Publications
Publications
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Publications
2012
- Strasser, A. & Burkart, J. M. (in press). Can we measure brain-efficiency? An empirical test with common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Brain, Behavior and Evolution.
- van Schaik, C. P., Isler, K. & Burkart, J. M. (in press) Explaining mammalian brain size variation: From the social to the cultural brain Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- Rudolf von Rohr, C., Koski, S. E., Burkart, J. M., Caws, C., Fraser, O. N., Ziltener, A. & van Schaik, C.P. (2012). Impartial third party interventions in captive chimpanzees. PlosOne 7, e32494, 1-9.
- van Schaik, C. P., Burkart, J. M., Jaeggi, A. & Rudolf von Rohr, C. (in press). Morality as biological adaptation. In: Christen, M., Fischer, J., Huppenbauer, M., Tanner, C. & van Schaik, C. (eds). Empirically Informed Ethics: Morality between Facts and Norms.
- Cacchione, T. & Burkart, J. M. (2012). Dissociation between seeing and acting: Insights from Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Behavioural Processes. 89, 52-60.
- Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2012). Group service in macaques, capuchins, and marmosets: A comparative approach to identifying proactive prosocial motivations. Journal of Comparative Psychology. Published ahead of print.
- Burkart, J. M., Kupferberg, A., Glasauer, S. & van Schaik, C. P. (2012) Even simple forms of social learning rely on intention attribution in marmoset monkeys. Journal of Comparative Psychology. Published ahead of print.
2011
- van Schaik, C. P & Burkart, J. M. (2011). Social learning and evolution: The cultural intelligence hypothesis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 366, 1008-1016.
- Rudolf von Rohr, C., Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2011) Evolutionary Precursors of Social Norms in Chimpanzees: A New Approach. Biology and Philosophy 26, 1-30.
- Lehner, S. R., Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2011). Can captive orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus abelii) be coaxed into cumulative build-up of techniques? Journal of Comparative Psychology. 125, 446-455.
- van Schaik, C. P. & Burkart, J. M. (2011). Sind höhere Tiere mehr wert als niedere? Versuch zur Exegese. In: Sigg, H. & Folkers, G. (eds). Güterabwägung bei der Bewilligung von Tierversuchen. Die Güterabwägung interdisziplinär kritisch beleuchtet. 71-75.
- van Schaik, C. P. & Burkart, J. M. (2011) Die Evolution des Menschen und seiner Kultur. In: Reyer, H.-U. & Schmid-Hempel, P. (eds.). Darwins langer Arm – Evolutionstheorie heute. 137-154.
2010
- Lehner, S R; Burkart, J M; van Schaik, C P (2010). An evaluation of the geographic method for recognizing innovations in nature, using zoo orangutans. Primates, 51(2):101-118.
- Jaeggi, A., Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2010). On the psychology of cooperation in humans and other primates: the natural history and experimental evidence of prosociality. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 12, 365: 2723-2735.
- Burkart, J M; van Schaik, C P (2010). Cognitive consequences of cooperative breeding in primates? Animal Cognition, 13(1):1-19.
2009
- Kappeler, P. M., Silk, S. J., Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2009) Primate Behavior and Human Universals: Exploring the Gap. In: Kappeler PM, Silk J, editors. Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals. 3-15.
- van Schaik CP & Burkart JM (2009) Mind the Gap: Cooperative breeding and the evolution of our unique features. In: Kappeler PM, Silk J, editors. Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals.477-496.
- Burkart, J. M., Hrdy, S. B. & van Schaik, C. P. (2009). Cooperative breeding and human cognitive evolution. Evolutionary Anthropology 18, 175-186.
- Burkart, J. M., Strasser, A. & Foglia, M. (2009) Trade-offs between social learning and individual innovativeness in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Animal Behaviour, 77, 1291-1301.
- Burkart, J. M. (2009). Cooperative breeding and socio-cognitive abilities. In: Louise S. Röska-Hardy and Eva M. Neumann-Held (eds.). Learning from Animals? London: Psychology Press. 123-141.
2008
- Burkart, J. M. & Strasser, A. (2008). Primate behavior and human universals, Evolutionary Anthropology: News, 17, 85-87.
- Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. (2008). Determinanten innovativen Verhaltens bei nichtmenschlichen Primaten. In H. Schmidinger & C. Sedmak (Eds.), Topologien des Menschlichen. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. 275-298.
2007
- Burkart, J. M., Fehr, E., Efferson, C., & van Schaik, C. P. (2007). Other-regarding preferences in a nonhuman primate: Common marmosets provision food altruistically. PNAS 104 (50), 19762-19766.
- Deaner, R. O., Isler, K., Burkart, J. & Van Schaik, C. P. (2007). Overall brain size, and not encephalization quotient, best predicts cognitive ability across non-human primates. Brain, Behaviour and Evolution, 70 (2), 115-124.
- Burkart, J. & Heschl, A (2007). Perspective taking or behaviour reading? Understanding visual access in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Animal Behaviour, 73, 457-469.
2006
- Burkart, J. & Heschl, A. (2006). Geometrical gaze following in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 120 (2), 120 - 130.
- Burkart, J. (2006). Wie beim Menschen so beim Tier. Chez l'homme comme chez l'animal. VSAO Journal 25 (4), 19 - 21.
- Heschl, A. & Burkart, J. (2006). A new mark test for mirror self-recognition in non-human primates. Primates, 47, 187-198
- Burkart, J. & Heschl, A. (2005). Behavior reading, not perspective taking in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Primate Report 72: 22.
- Burkart, J. & Heschl, A. (2004). Non-human primates performance in object choice tasks: The role of chance probabilities and prepotent action tendencies. Folia primatologica 75: 361.
- Burkart, J. (2004). Evolutionäre Vorläufer der Theory of Mind. Experimente zur sozialen Kognition bei Weissbüschelaffen. Ph.D. thesis, University of Zurich, CH.
- Macho, S. & Burkart, J. (2002). Recursive retrospective revaluation of causal judgements. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 28 (6), 1171-1186.
- Burkart, J. (2001). Krallenäffchen vor dem Spiegel. Versuche zur Phylogenese des sich Erkennens im Spiegel. Diploma thesis, University of Fribourg, CH.