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SUMMARY:Studying culture in the laboratory in human and nonhuman primates 
 - Prof Christine Anna Caldwell\, University of Stirling
DTSTART:20160302T163000Z
DTEND:20160302T173000Z
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CONTACT:Aurélien Mounier
DESCRIPTION:The significance of the role of social learning in the natural
  behaviours of nonhuman primates has now been long recognised (e.g. McGrew
 \, 1992). Much of my own research has developed from these foundations\, d
 riven by the motivation to probe further into the nature of primate social
  learning. I will discuss studies in which we have investigated how social
  influence might affect social behaviours in captive laboratory-housed mon
 keys (Watson & Caldwell\, 2010) and whether such effects can be exploited 
 to improve welfare (Watson et al.\, 2014). I will also discuss recent rese
 arch aiming to investigate ontogenetic explanations of the mechanisms impl
 icated in primate social learning (O’Sullivan & Caldwell\, in prep). Fin
 ally\, I will discuss experimental work we have carried out with humans\, 
 illustrating cumulative culture in the laboratory (e.g. Caldwell & Millen\
 , 2009)\, and a future research programme which aims to determine the exte
 nt to which we can identify similar effects in nonhuman primates. 
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Henry Wellcome Building\, Division of Biological A
 nthropology\, Fitzwilliam Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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