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Academic Profile
1992 PhD, Biological Sciences, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
1986 BSc equivalent, Biological Sciences, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
Previous Posts:
1998-1999 Core Faculty, Neuroscience and Behavioural Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
1997-1999 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
1992-1999 Research Associate, Living Links Center, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
Research Interests:
Evolution of social behaviour, the regulation of social relationships in primates and other animals, conflict resolution, fission-fusion societies and cognitive evolution, tension reduction, animal emotion, non-invasive methods to assess stress and anxiety.
Current Research and Scholarship Activities:
For my research projects within the Primate Behaviour Research Group follow the link: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/RCEAP/66467.htm
Selected recent publications:
Aureli F. and de Waal F.B.M 2000. Natural Conflict Resolution. University of California Press, Berkeley. http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8927.html]
Aureli F. and Schaffner C.M. 2002. Relationship assessment through emotional mediation. Behaviour 139: 393-420.
Aureli F., Cords M. and van Schaik C.P. 2002. Conflict resolution following aggression in gregarious animals: a predictive framework. Animal Behaviour 64: 325-343.
Aureli F., Schaffner C.M., Verpooten J., Slater K. and Ramos-Fernandez G. 2006. Raiding parties of male spider monkeys: insights into human warfare? American Journal of Physical Anthropology 131: 486-497.
Aureli F. and Schaffner C.M. 2007. Aggression and conflict management at fusion in spider monkeys. Biology Letters 3: 147-149.
Amici F., Aureli F. and Call J. 2008. Fission-fusion dynamics, behavioral flexibility and inhibitory control in primates. Current Biology 18: 1415-1419.
Fraser O.N., Stahl D. and Aureli F. 2008. Stress reduction through consolation in chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105: 8557-8562.
For a complete list of my publications click on Publication list on the left side menu. Also check here for more publications from our research group.
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