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Zanna Clay

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Professor, Psychology- Durham University. Comparative Cognition and Cross-Cultural Development Lab. Primatology, developmental psychology, bonobos, chimpanzees. Interested in evolution and development of empathy, language, culture, social cognition

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Zanna Clay

Open-access paper link here! Ignore the snake-skin pic, that's a red herring 😆 Bravo lead author Jake Brooker and our fab team of collaborators! EJC van Leeuwen, @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social , Christine Webb and Stephanie Kordon royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Reassuring body contact promotes social tolerance in bonobos and chimpanzeesAbstract. Social tolerance underpins cooperation in humans and other social animals, but its proximate drivers in short-term, competitive contexts remain proyalsocietypublishing.org
Zanna Clay

Social structure as a form of collective intelligence In our framework, we argue that social structure is a form of collective intelligence shaped by and shaping individual decision-making Out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org w/ J Brooker, E van Leeuwen royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...

Social structure as a form of collective intelligence: a new frameworkAbstract. Collective intelligence arises when group-level cognition exceeds the capabilities of individual members, enabling more effective learning, decisroyalsocietypublishing.org
Zanna Clay

How do young children respond to others' distress? Using the nifty method of infra-red thermal imaging, we found evidence that the affective building blocks of empathy are already in place from the first years of life Out now! @plosone.org @durhampsych.bsky.social dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

How do young children respond to the distress of others? Applying infrared thermography and behavioural analyses to examine the development of emotion contagion and empathyEmpathy is a core feature of the human social experience, underpinned by the sharing of and understanding of others’ states. However, we know relatively little about its early development. Here, we us...dx.plos.org
Zanna Clay

A new study in @nature.com demonstrates the prevalence of same-sex sexual behaviour in primates (59 species) and its possible ecological and social functions. My comments on the study feature at the end of this coverage in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/science/2026...?

Primates’ same-sex sexual behaviour ‘may reinforce bonds amid environmental stress’Behaviour among non-human species could help keep groups together in face of social challenges, says studywww.theguardian.com
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