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Catch us at these conferences (and other news)!
Planning for the first ManyPrimates symposium is currently on hold. We will provide an update in mid-April.
As a large scientific collaboration that aims to be inclusive, we developed guidelines and criteria for how to assign authorship to individuals involved in ManyPrimates projects.
We developed ethical guidelines for procedures and participation in ManyPrimates studies.
We encourage everyone who is interested in primate cognition to get involved. Access to primates is NOT a prerequisite.
- ManyPrimates et al. (2019) Collaborative open science as a way to reproducibility and new insights in primate cognition research. Japanese Psychological Review 62(3), 205-220 [→ PDF]
- ManyPrimates et al. (2019) Establishing an infrastructure for collaboration in primate cognition research. PLOS ONE 14(10), e0223675. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223675
We conducted a systematic review of primate cognition research published between 2014 and 2019 to quantify sample sizes and identify sampling biases. Based on this survey we outline why many research questions can only be addressed through large-scale collaboration.
As a proof of concept, this study was a first step towards building an infrastructure that facilitates large-scale collaboration in primate cognition research. In this pilot study, we conducted a short-term memory task with 176 primates from 12 species and 11 sites.
The first ManyPrimates project is a continuation of our pilot study. We hope to increase the number of species and individuals per species in order to make meaningful inferences about the evolution of short-term memory abilities in the primate lineage.
The second ManyPrimates project will assess primates' ability to resist the temptation of an immediate reward in order to receive a larger or better reward later on. If you are interested in joining the project, please get in touch.
The third ManyPrimates project will assess primates' ability to make choices by excluding alternative options. If you are interested in joining the project, please get in touch.