Sarah Brosnan

Sarah Brosnan is a researcher studying the development of cognitive processes that underlie cooperation and reciprocity. The focus of her work has been on how animals perceive "exchanged goods and services," as demonstrated by reciprocal interactions,. She has looked at both human and nonhuman primates as a way of understanding the evolution of cooperative and economic behaviors. She works at Georgia State University in the Department of Psychology, and directs the university's Comparative Economics and Behavioral Studies Laboratory (CEBUS Lab).

Selected publications

• Brosnan, Sarah F.; Salwiczek, Lucie; Bshary, Redouan (2 August 2010). "The interplay of cognition and cooperation". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 365 (1553): 2699–2710. doi:10.1098/rstb.2010.0154. PMC 2936177. PMID 20679113.
• Brosnan, Sarah F. Brosnan; de Waal, Frans B. M. (18 September 2003). "Monkeys reject unequal pay". Nature. 425 (6955): 297–9. doi:10.1038/nature01963. PMID 13679918.
• Sarah F., Brosnan; Bshary, Redouan (2 August 2010). "Cooperation and deception: from evolution to mechanisms" (PDF). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 365 (1553): 2593–2598. doi:10.1098/rstb.2010.0155. PMC 2942876. PMID 20679104.
• Brosnan, Sarah F de Waal; de Waal, Frans B. M. (11 March 2004). "Animal behaviour: Fair refusal by capuchin monkeys". Nature. 428: 140. doi:10.1038/428140b.