Peer Reviewed Publications

Brosnan, Sarah F., Grady, Mark, Lambeth, Susan P., Schapiro, Steven J., and Beran, Michael J. (2008)  Chimpanzee Autarky.  PLoS ONE 3(1): e1518. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001518.

Vonk, Jennifer, Brosnan, Sarah, Silk, Joan B., Henrich, Joseph, Schapiro, Steven, Richardson, Amanda, Lambeth, Susan P., Povinelli, Daniel J. (in press)  Chimpanzees do not take advantage of very low cost opportunities to deliver food to unrelated group members.  Animal Behavior

Brosnan, Sarah. F., Jones, Owen D., Lambeth, Susan P., Mareno, Mary Catherine, Richardson, Amanda S., and Schapiro, Steven J. (2007)  Endowment effects in chimpanzees.  Current Biology. DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2007.08.059.

van Wolkenten, Megan, Brosnan, Sarah F., and de Waal, Frans B. M. (2007) Inequity responses of monkeys modified by effort. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104: 18854-18859.

Brosnan, Sarah F. (2006) Nonhuman species' reactions to inequity and their implications for fairness. Journal
of Social Justice 19: 153-185.

Brosnan, Sarah F., Freeman, Cassie, and de Waal, Frans B. M. (2006) Capuchin monkey's (Cebus apella) reactions to inequity in an unrestricted barpull situation. American Journal of Primatology 68: 713-724.

Silk, Joan B. Brosnan, Sarah F., Vonk, Jennifer, Henrich, Joseph, Povinelli, Daniel, Lambeth, Susan, Richardson, Amanda, Mascaro, Jenny, and Shapiro, Steve (2005) Chimpanzees are indifferent to the welfare of unrelated group members.  Nature 437: 1357-1359.

Brosnan, Sarah F. and de Waal, Frans B. M. (2005) A simple response to barter in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Primates 46: 173-182.

Brosnan, Sarah F., Schiff, Hillary C., and de Waal, Frans B. M. (2005) Tolerance for inequity may increase with social closeness in chimpanzees.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 1560: 253-258.

Brosnan, Sarah F. and de Waal, Frans B. M. (2004) A concept of value during experimental exchange in brown capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Folia Primatologica 75: 317-330.

Brosnan, Sarah F. and de Waal, Frans B. M. (2004) Socially learned preferences for differentially rewarded tokens in the brown capuchin monkey, Cebus apella.  Journal of Comparative Psychology 119: 133-139.

Brosnan, Sarah F. and de Waal, Frans B. M. (2004) Reply to "Inequity aversion in capuchins". Nature 428: 140.

Brosnan, Sarah F. and de Waal, Frans B. M. (2003) Monkeys reject unequal pay. Nature 425: 297-299.

Brosnan, Sarah F., Dugatkin, Lee A., and Early, Ryan L. (2003) Observational learning and predator inspection in guppies, (Poecilia reticulata). Ethology 109: 823-834.

Brosnan, Sarah F. and de Waal, Frans B. M. (2003) Regulation of vocalizations by chimpanzees finding food in the presence or absence of an audience. Evolution of Communication 4 (2): 211-224.

Brosnan, Sarah F. and de Waal, Frans B. M. (2002). Variations on tit-for-tat: Proximate mechanisms of cooperation and reciprocity. Human Nature 13 (1): 129-152.

Cantalupo, C., Russell, J., Hostetter, A., Brosnan, S. F., Braccini, S., Hook, M., Shapiro, S., and Hopkins, W. D. (submitted) Tool-use and handedness in chimpanzees. Journal of Comparative Psychology.

Chapters
Brosnan, Sarah F.  (2008) Fairness and other-regarding preferences in non-human primates  (ed. Paul Zak)
Preprint available on SSRN at  http://ssrn.com/abstract=928966

de Waal, Frans B. M. and Brosnan, Sarah F.  (2006)  Simple and complex social reciprocity in monkeys and apes.  In Cooperation in Primates and Humans: Mechanisms and Evolution  (ed. Peter Kappeler & Carel van Schaik).  Springer Press.

Brosnan, Sarah F. (2004)  A sense of fairness in monkeys.  In The Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (ed. Marc Bekoff).  Greenwood Press.

Brosnan, Sarah F. (in press )  The evolution of inequity.  (ed. Daniel Houser and Kevin McCabe)  in Advances in Health Economics series.  Elsevier.

Brosnan, Sarah F. (in press).  Inequity responses in nonhumn primates (ed. Paul Glimcher, Ernst Fehr, Colin Camerer, Russ Poldrack) in Neuroeconomics.  Elsevier.

Brosnan, Sarah F. (in press )  Prosocial behavior in chimpanzees.  (ed. Elizabeth Lonsdorf, Steven Ross, and Tetsuro Matsuzawa) in The Chimpanzee Mind.  University of Chicago Press.

Reviews and Commentaries

Brosnan, Sarah F.  (2008)  The ultimatum game and nonhuman primates.  Scientific American “Mind Matters” blog.  http://science-community.sciam.com/blog-entry/Mind-Matters/Chimps-Rational-Humans/300009942

Jones, Owen D. and Brosnan, Sarah F. (in press)  Law, Biology and Property:  A new theory of the endowment effect.  William & Mary Law Review.

Brosnan, Sarah F. (in press)  A different approach to human evolution - a review of "Baboon Metaphysics: The evolution of a social mind" by Dorothy Cheney & Robert Seyfarth.  Evolution and Human Behavior.

Brosnan, Sarah F. (2007)  Our Social Roots.  Review of “Macachiavellian Intelligence” by Dario Maestripieri, “Gorilla Societies” by Andrew Harcourt and Kelly Stewart, and “Chimpanzee Societies, 25th Anniversary Edition” by Frans de Waal.  Nature 425: 1160-1161.

Brosnan, Sarah F. (2006)  At a crossroads of disciplines.  Journal of Social Justice. 19: 218-227.

Silk, Joan B., Brosnan, Sarah F., Vonk, Jennifer, Henrich, Joseph, Povinelli, Daniel, Richardson, Lambeth, Susan, Amanda, Mascaro, Jenny, and Shapiro, Steve.  (2006)   Animal Behavior: Chimpanzee choice and prosociality (Reply). Nature 440: E6.

Brosnan, Sarah F.  (2006) An exploration of culture: Review of “The cultured Chimpanzee:  Reflections on cultural primatology” by William McGrew.  American Journal of Primatology 68: 425-427.

Brosnan, Sarah F. and de Waal, Frans B. M.  (2006)  Partial support for a non-replication: Commentary on Roma, Silberberg, Ruggiero, and Suomi (2006).  Journal of Comparative Psychology 120(1): 74-75.

Brosnan, Sarah F. and de Waal, F.B.M. (2005) A cross-species perspective on the selfishness axiom: Commentary on Henrich et. al.  Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28: 818.

Brosnan, Sarah F. and de Waal, Frans B. M. (2004) Reply to "Inequity aversion in capuchins". Nature 428: 140.

de Waal, Frans B. M. and Brosnan, Sarah F.  (2003)  Review of “What it Means to be 98% Chimpanzee” by Jonathan Marks and “In Defense of the Soul: What it means to be human” by Ric Machuga.  Science and Spirit Jan/Feb: 41.