Research Interests for Vanessa Woods
Research Interests: bonobo chimpanzee psychology
Studying the comparitive psychology of bonobos and chimpanzees. Particular interests are cooperation, xenophobia, and the development of socio-sexual behaviour in bonobos.
- Keywords:
- Bonobo, chimpanzee, cooperation, xenophobia
- Current projects:
- xenophobia
- cooperation
- socio-sexual behaviour
- Areas of Interest:
- Bonobo
chimpanzee
psychology
cooperation
xenophobia
- Recent Publications
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- B. Hare, V. Woods, The Genius of Dogs
(In Press), Dutton, New York
- Woods, V; Hare, B, Bonobo but not chimpanzee infants use socio-sexual contact with peers.,
Primates; journal of primatology, vol. 52 no. 2
(April, 2011),
pp. 111-116 [21127940], [doi] [abs]
- V. Woods, Bonobo Handshake
(2010), Gotham, New York [com]
- V. Woods, H. Catchpole, It's True: Pirates Ate Rats
(2009), Sydney, Australia
- Woods, V; Hare, B, Think outside the lab: sanctuaries are the future of research on captive great apes,
Encyclopaedia of Animal Behaviour and Welfar, vol. In press
(June, 2008)