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Lisa A. Parr is a researcher affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their work spans fields including Neuroscience and Computer Science, with particular focus on the subfields of Cognitive Neuroscience and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

Their main research topics include:

  • Face Recognition and Perception
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Face and Expression Recognition

Parr's research contributions include the study titled "Automatic recognition of macaque facial expressions for detection of affective states," published in 2021 in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). This publication explores methods for recognizing facial expressions in macaques to understand affective states.

Frequent collaborators in their research activities include:

  • Anna Morozov
  • Katalin M. Gothard
  • Rony Paz
  • Raviv Pryluk

Their work has appeared at least once in the publication venue bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), highlighting their contribution to preprint and open-access scientific communication.

Best Publications

  • A Cross-species Comparison of Facial Morphology and Movement in Humans and Chimpanzees Using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS)

    Sarah-Jane Vick;Bridget M. Waller;Lisa A. Parr;Marcia C. Smith Pasqualini

  • Recognizing facial cues: individual discrimination by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta).

    Lisa A. Parr;James T. Winslow;William D. Hopkins;Frans B. M. de Waal

  • Visual kin recognition in chimpanzees

    Lisa A. Parr;Frans B. M. de Waal

  • Classifying chimpanzee facial expressions using muscle action.

    Lisa A. Parr;Bridget M. Waller;Sarah J. Vick;Kim A. Bard

  • Muscles of facial expression in the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes): descriptive, comparative and phylogenetic contexts

    Anne M. Burrows;Anne M. Burrows;Bridget M. Waller;Lisa A. Parr;Lisa A. Parr;Christopher J. Bonar

  • A comparison of resting-state brain activity in humans and chimpanzees

    James K. Rilling;Sarah K. Barks;Lisa A. Parr;Todd M. Preuss

  • Cognitive and physiological markers of emotional awareness in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

    Lisa A. Parr

  • The evolution of face processing in primates

    Lisa A. Parr

  • Understanding chimpanzee facial expression: insights into the evolution of communication

    Lisa A. Parr;Bridget M. Waller

  • Emotional communication in primates: implications for neurobiology

    Lisa A Parr;Bridget M Waller;Jennifer Fugate

  • Brief communication: MaqFACS: A muscle-based facial movement coding system for the rhesus macaque.

    Lisa A Parr;Bridget M Waller;Anne M Burrows;Anne M Burrows;Katalin M Gothard

  • Process Versus Product in Social Learning: Comparative Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Neural Systems for Action Execution–Observation Matching in Macaques, Chimpanzees, and Humans

    Erin E. Hecht;David Andrew Gutman;Todd M Preuss;Mar Sanchez

  • Intranasal oxytocin selectively attenuates rhesus monkeys' attention to negative facial expressions.

    Lisa A. Parr;Meera Modi;Meera Modi;Erin Siebert;Larry J. Young;Larry J. Young

  • Why Faces May Be Special: Evidence of the Inversion Effect in Chimpanzees

    Lisa A. Parr;Tara Dove;William D. Hopkins

  • Brain temperature asymmetries and emotional perception in chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes

    L. A. Parr;William D Hopkins;William D Hopkins

  • Aerosolized oxytocin increases cerebrospinal fluid oxytocin in rhesus macaques.

    Meera E. Modi;Meera E. Modi;Fawn Connor-Stroud;Rainer Landgraf;Larry J. Young;Larry J. Young

  • Influence of Social Context on the Use of Blended and Graded Facial Displays in Chimpanzees

    Lisa A. Parr;Mirit Cohen;Frans de Waal;Frans de Waal

  • Grooming down the hierarchy: allogrooming in captive brown capuchin monkeys,Cebus apella

    Lisa A Parr;Megan D Matheson;Irwin S Bernstein;Frans B.M De Waal

  • Acoustic startle, prepulse inhibition, and fear-potentiated startle measured in rhesus monkeys.

    James T Winslow;Lisa A Parr;Michael Davis

  • Facial Expression Categorization by Chimpanzees Using Standardized Stimuli

    Lisa A. Parr;Bridget M. Waller;Matthew Heintz

Frequent Co-Authors

Bridget M. Waller
Bridget M. Waller Nottingham Trent University
William D. Hopkins
William D. Hopkins University of Wisconsin–Madison
Frans B. M. de Waal
Frans B. M. de Waal Emory University
Kim A. Bard
Kim A. Bard University of Portsmouth
Anthony C. Little
Anthony C. Little University of Bath
Peter J. B. Hancock
Peter J. B. Hancock University of Stirling
Mary L. Marazita
Mary L. Marazita University of Pittsburgh
Pier Francesco Ferrari
Pier Francesco Ferrari Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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