Sarah Brosnan
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neuroscience
Georgia State University
What She Studies
The mechanisms underlying cooperation, reciprocity, inequity, and other economic decisions in nonhuman primates from an evolutionary perspective.
recent articles on Origins & Evolution
in the news
Our Sense Of Fairness Is As Old As Our Monkey Ancestors
Watch how monkeys respond to income inequality.
— Co.Exist, Fast Company
The Human Race Evolved to Be Fair for Selfish Reasons
Sarah Brosnan and Frans de Waal propose that the motivation to seek equal rewards, despite disadvantaging oneself, is to prevent dissatisfaction of the cooperative partner and avoid any negative outcomes that may follow.
— The Conversation
Connect
Cebus Lab
140 Decatur Street, Suite 1151
Atlanta, GA 30303-3083
Phone: 404-413-6301
Email: sbrosnan@gsu.edu
Recommended Sites
- Language Research Center, Georgia State University
- Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research
- Living Links Center of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center
- Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research
- FIRST Fellowship Program of Emory University
- American Society of Primatologists
- Animal Behavior Society
- NIMBioS
- International Primatological Society
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