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Dorothy M. Fragaszy

Dorothy M. Fragaszy

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
65
Citations
13566
World Ranking
1046
National Ranking
488

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Dorothy M. Fragaszy is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States and specializes in psychology, with an emphasis on primate behavior and related fields. Their body of work spans multiple subfields, including social psychology, developmental and educational psychology, developmental biology, ecology, and aspects of ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on topics such as primate behavior and ecology, child and animal learning development, animal vocal communication and behavior, action observation and synchronization, animal behavior and reproduction, human-animal interaction studies, and wildlife ecology and conservation.

Recent publications by Dorothy M. Fragaszy include:

  • Ingestive behaviors in bearded capuchins (Sapajus libidinosus), 2020, Scientific Reports
  • On the psychological origins of tool use, 2022, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Stone tools improve diet quality in wild monkeys, 2022, Current Biology
  • Rare Bearded Capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus) Tool-Use Culture is Threatened by Land use Changes in Northeastern Brazil, 2020, International Journal of Primatology
  • Revisiting the fourth dimension of tool use: how objects become tools for capuchin monkeys, 2021, Evolutionary Human Sciences

Dorothy M. Fragaszy has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Patrícia Izar
  • Elisabetta Visalberghi
  • Madhur Mangalam
  • Andréa Presotto
  • Callum F. Ross

Their work has been published extensively in journals such as the Journal of Comparative Psychology, American Journal of Primatology, Current Biology, Developmental Psychobiology, and Scientific Reports. The Journal of Comparative Psychology represents the venue with the highest number of their publications.

In 2009, Dorothy M. Fragaszy was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), reflecting their membership in this professional scientific association.

Best Publications

  • The Complete Capuchin: The Biology of the Genus Cebus

    Dorothy M. Fragaszy;Elisabetta Visalberghi;Linda Marie Fedigan

  • On the relation between social dynamics and social learning

    Sabine Coussi-Korbel;Dorothy M. Fragaszy

  • Wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) use anvils and stone pounding tools

    Dorothy Fragaszy;Patrícia Izar;Elisabetta Visalberghi;Eduardo B. Ottoni

  • The Biology of Traditions : Models and Evidence

    Dorothy M. Fragaszy;Susan Perry

  • Do monkeys ape

    Elisabetta Visalberghi;Dorothy Munkenbeck Fragaszy

  • Selection of effective stone tools by wild bearded capuchin monkeys.

    Elisabetta Visalberghi;Elsa Addessi;Valentina Truppa;Noemi Spagnoletti

  • The manufacture and use of tools by capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella).

    Gregory Charles Westergaard;Dorothy Munkenbeck Fragaszy

  • Performance in a tool-using task by common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), bonobos (Pan paniscus), an orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), and capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella).

    Elisabetta Visalberghi;Dorothy M. Fragaszy;Sue Savage-Rumbaugh

  • Characteristics of hammer stones and anvils used by wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) to crack open palm nuts.

    E. Visalberghi;D. Fragaszy;Eduardo Benedicto Ottoni;P. Izar

  • Prehension in Cebus and Saimiri: I. Grip type and hand preference.

    Michael B. Costello;Dorothy Munkenbeck Fragaszy

  • Social influences on the acquisition of tool-using behaviors in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella).

    Dorothy M. Fragaszy;Elisabetta Visalberghi

  • The ontogeny of foraging in squirrel monkeys, Saimiri oerstedi

    S. Boinski;D.M. Fragaszy

  • Generative aspects of manipulation in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella).

    Dorothy M. Fragaszy;Leah E. Adams-Curtis

  • Stone tool use by adult wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus). Frequency, efficiency and tool selectivity.

    Noemi Spagnoletti;Elisabetta Visalberghi;Eduardo Ottoni;Patricia Izar

  • The fourth dimension of tool use: temporally enduring artefacts aid primates learning to use tools.

    D.M. Fragaszy;Dora Biro;Y. Eshchar;Tatyana Humle

  • Ontogeny of manipulative behavior and nut-cracking in young tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella): a perception-action perspective.

    Briseida Dogo de Resende;Eduardo B. Ottoni;Dorothy M. Fragaszy

  • The behaviour of capuchin monkeys,Cebus apella, with novel food: the role of social context

    Elisabetta Visalberghi;Dorothy Fragaszy

  • Socially biased learning in monkeys

    D. Fragaszy;E. Visalberghi

  • Effects of manipulatable objects on the activity of captive capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

    Gregory Charles Westergaard;Dorothy Munkenbeck Fragaszy

  • Social processes affecting the appearance of innovative behaviors in capuchin monkeys

    Dorothy Munkenbeck Fragaszy;Elisabetta Visalberghi

  • Towards a Biology of Traditions

    Dorothy M. Fragaszy;Susan Perry

  • Do monkeys ape?: ten years after

    Elisabetta Visalberghi;Dorothy Fragaszy

  • Stone tool use in wild bearded capuchin monkeys, Cebus libidinosus. Is it a strategy to overcome food scarcity?

    Noemi Spagnoletti;Elisabetta Visalberghi;Michele P. Verderane;Eduardo Ottoni

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE Wild Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) Use Anvils and Stone Pounding Tools

    Dorothy Fragaszy;Elisabetta Visalberghi;Eduardo B. Ottoni;Marino Gomes De Oliveira

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisabetta Visalberghi
Elisabetta Visalberghi National Research Council (CNR)
Susan Perry
Susan Perry University of California, Los Angeles
Tetsuro Matsuzawa
Tetsuro Matsuzawa California Institute of Technology
Callum F. Ross
Callum F. Ross University of Chicago
Karl M. Newell
Karl M. Newell University of Georgia
James R. Anderson
James R. Anderson Kyoto University
Peter W. Lucas
Peter W. Lucas George Washington University
Michael C. Corballis
Michael C. Corballis University of Auckland
Masaki Tomonaga
Masaki Tomonaga University of Human Environments
Brian W. Darvell
Brian W. Darvell University of Birmingham

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