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Faculty
Research Interests Flexible instrumental behavior (problem-solving), manipulation, foraging and feeding in primates. I consider the developmental bases of flexible behavior, and the contribution of social learning and social context to the expression of flexible behavior. I work primarily with capuchins (Cebus; South American monkeys) and human children. I collaborate with Sue Boinski (University of Florida) in field research in Suriname, with the team EthoCebus (P. Izar, E. Ottoni, and E. Visalberghi) in field research in Brazil, with Charles Menzel (Georgia State University) in laboratory studies of spatial cognition, all with nonhuman primates, and with Jeff Lockman (Tulane University), Karen Brakke (Spelman College) and Kathy Simpson (Dept. of Kinesiology, UGA) on studies of tool use, percussion and bimanual coordination in human children. Selected PublicationsBooks Fragaszy, D.M., Visalberghi, E., & Fedigan, L. (2004). The Complete Capuchin. Cambridge University Press. Fragaszy, D., & Perry, S. (Eds). (2003). The Biology of Traditions: Models and Evidence. Cambridge University Press. Refereed Publications Fragaszy, D., Johnson-Pynn, J., Hirsh, E., & Brakke, K. (2003). Strategic navigation of two-dimensional alley mazes: Comparing capuchin monkeys and chimpanzees. Anim. Cogn. 6, 149-160. Johnson-Pynn, J., Fragaszy, D.M., & Cummins-Sebree, S. (2003). Common territories in comparative and developmental psychology: The quest for shared means and meaning in behavioral investigations. Int. J. Comp. Psych. 16, 1-27. Leighty, K., & Fragaszy, D. (2003). Joystick acquisition in tufted capuchins (Cebus apella). Anim. Cogn., 6, 141-148. Leighty, K., & Fragaszy, D. (2003). Primates in cyberspace: Using interactive computer tasks to study perception and action in nonhuman animals. Anim. Cogn. 6, 137-139. Fragaszy, D. (2003). Making space for traditions. Evol. Anthropol. 12, 61-70. Fragaszy, D.M., & Visalberghi, E. (2004). Socially biased learning in monkeys. Learning and Behav. 32, 24-35. Leighty, K.A., Byrne, G., Fragaszy, D.M., Visalberghi, E., Welker, C., & Lussier, I. (2004). Twinning in tufted capuchins (Cebus apella): Rate, survivorship, and physical development. Folia Primatol. 75, 14-18. Fragaszy, D.M., Izar, P., Visalberghi, E., Ottoni, E.B., & Gomes De Oliveira, M. (2004). Wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) use anvils and stone pounding tools. Amer. J. Primatol. 64, 359-366. Cummins-Sebree, S., & Fragaszy, D. (2005). Choosing and using tools: Capuchins use a different metric than tamarins. J. Comp. Psych., 119, 210-219 . Fragaszy, D., and Cummins-Sebree, S. (2005). Relational spatial reasoning by a nonhuman: The example of capuchin monkeys. Behavioral Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews, 4, 282-306. Galloway, A., Addessi, E., Fragaszy, D., & Visablerghi, E. (2005). Social facilitation of eating familiar food in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella): Does it involve behavioral coordination? Int. J. Primatol., 26, 181-189 . Matheson, M.D., Fragaszy, D.M., Johnson-Pynn, J.S . (2005). Response to novel housing in two groups of captive tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Primates, 46, 235-240. Rosengart, C.R., & Fragaszy, D.M. (2005). Experience and materials affect combinatorial construction in tufted capuchins monkeys. J. Comp. Psych, 119, 166-178. Takeshita, H., Fragaszy, D., Mizuno, Y., Matsuzawa, T. Tomonaga, M., and Tanaka, M. (2005). Exploring by doing. How young chimpanzees discover surfaces through action with objects. Infant Behavior and Development, 28, 316-328. Izar, P., Verderane M.P., Visalberghi E. , Ottoni E.B. , Gomes De Oliveira M, Shirley J ; Fragaszy D. (2006). Cross-genus adoption of a marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) by wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus): Case report. American Journal of Primatology, 68, 692-700. Visalberghi, E., D. Fragaszy, E. Ottoni, P. Izar, M. G. de Oliveira, F. R. D. Andrade. (2007). Characteristics of hammer stones and anvils used by wild bearded capuchin monkeys ( Cebus libidinosus) to crack open palm nuts. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 132, 426-444. Brakke, K., Fragaszy, D, Simpson, K., Hoy, E., and Cummins-Sebree, S. (2007). The production of unimanual and bimanual percussion in 12- to 24-month-old children. Infant Behavior and Development 30, 2-15. Book Chapters Fragaszy, D., & Perry, S. (2003). Towards a biology of traditions. In D. Fragaszy & S. Perry (Eds.), Traditions in Nonhuman Animals: Models and Evidence, pp. 1-32. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Cummins-Sebree, S.E., & Fragaszy. (2005). Capuchins as stone-knappers?: An evaluation of the evidence. In Knapping Stone: A Uniquely Hominid Behavior, eds. V. Roux and B. Brill, pp. 171-182. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Visalberghi, E. & Fragaszy, D. (2006). What is challenging about tool use? The capuchin's perspective. In Comparative Cognition: Experimental Explorations of Intelligence, eds. E. Wasserman & T. Zentall, pp. 529-552. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Selected Professional ActivitiesImmediate past-president and currently ex-officio member of Council, International Primatological Society Editor, American Journal of Primatology Editorial Board, Primates and Developmental Psychobiology Courses Regularly Taught
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