Researcher Portfolio

 
   

Amici, Federica

Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society, Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society, Department of Human Behavior Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society, Junior Research Group of Primate Kin Selection, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society, Research Group Primate Behavioural Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society  

 

Researcher Profile

 
Position: Junior Research Group of Primate Kin Selection, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Position: Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Position: Research Group Primate Behavioural Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Position: Department of Human Behavior Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Position: Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Position: Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Researcher ID: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/persons/resource/persons72564

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Publications

 
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 : Schaffer, A., Caicoya, A. L., Widdig, A., Holland, R., & Amici, F. (2025). Quantity discrimination in 9 ungulate species: Individuals take item number and size into account to discriminate quantities. Cognition, 254: 105979. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105979. [PubMan] : Nigrini, L., Amici, F., & Llorente, M. (2025). A comparison between the methodology of the mainstream in (neuro-)psychology, Holzkamp’s and Vygotsky’s approach. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 59: 7. doi:10.1007/s12124-024-09880-6. [PubMan] : Amici, F., & Liebal, K. (2024). Flexibility of gestural production in captive groups of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), Sumatran Orangutans (Pongo abelii), and Siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus) (advance online). International Journal of Primatology. doi:10.1007/s10764-024-00469-9. [PubMan] : Lemes, W. P., & Amici, F. (2024). Contagious yawning and scratching in captive lemurs. Scientific Reports, 14: 26672. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-77805-9. [PubMan] : Liebal, K., Ersson-Lembeck, M., Amici, F., Schultze, M., & Holodynski, M. (2024). Applying the human component model of parenting to other primates: Developmental patterns of mother-child interactions across primate species. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 48(6), 483-577. doi:10.1177/01650254241255675. [PubMan] : Cardoso Rodriguez, S., Corral, E., Llorente, M., Liebal, K., & Amici, F. (2024). Beyond the canopy: Social play behavior in wild spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). International Journal of Primatology, 45(5), 1158-1177. doi:10.1007/s10764-024-00442-6. [PubMan] : Schaffer, A., Widdig, A., Holland, R., & Amici, F. (2024). Evidence of object permanence, short-term spatial memory, causality, understanding of object properties and gravity across five different ungulate species. Scientific Reports, 14(1): 13718. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-64396-8. [PubMan] : Souganidis, C., Llorente, M., Aureli, F., Call, J., & Amici, F. (2024). Variation in neophilia in seven primate species. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 138(3), 170-176. doi:10.1037/com0000377. [PubMan] : Amici, F., Meacci, S., Caray, E., Oña, L., Liebal, K., & Ciucci, P. (2024). A first exploratory comparison of the behaviour of wolves (Canis lupus) and wolf-dog hybrids in captivity. Animal Cognition, 27: 9. doi:10.1007/s10071-024-01849-7. [PubMan] : Villa-Larenas, F., Llorente, M., Liebal, K., & Amici, F. (2024). Gestural communication in wild spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). Animal Cognition, 27(1): 18. doi:10.1007/s10071-024-01854-w. [PubMan] : Rahman, F., Maulany, R. I., Ngakan, P. O., Rodriguez del Castillo, C., Majolo, B., & Amici, F. (2024). Moor Macaques (Macaca maura) remember earlier habituation despite changes in group composition. International Journal of Primatology. doi:10.1007/s10764-023-00413-3. [PubMan] : Berardo, C., Holland, R., Schaffer, A., Lopez Caicoya, A., Liebal, K., Valsecchi, P., & Amici, F. (2024). Perception of optical illusions in ungulates: Insights from goats, sheep, guanacos and llamas. Animal Cognition, 27: 40. doi:10.1007/s10071-024-01878-2. [PubMan] : Amici, F., Liebal, K., Ersson-Lembeck, M., & Holodynski, M. (2024). A longitudinal comparison of maternal behaviour in German urban humans (Homo sapiens) and captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Scientific Reports, 14(1): 1517. Retrieved from 10.1038/s41598-024-51999-4. [PubMan] : Bernardi‐Gómez, C., Valdivieso‐Cortadella, S., Llorente, M., Aureli, F., & Amici, F. (2023). Vigilance has mainly a social function in a wild group of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). American Journal of Primatology, 85(12): e23559. doi:10.1002/ajp.23559. [PubMan] : Soben, C., Llorente, M., Villariezo, P., Liebal, K., & Amici, F. (2023). Mother’s age and social integration modulate sex-biased maternal investment in wild spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). International Journal of Primatology, 44(5), 1007-1025. doi:10.1007/s10764-023-00375-6. [PubMan] : Padrell, M., Amici, F., Úbeda, Y., & Llorente, M. (2023). Assessing Eysenck’s PEN model to describe personality in chimpanzees. Behavioural Processes, 210: 104909. doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2023.104909. [PubMan] : Soben, C., Llorente, M., Villariezo, P., Liebal, K., & Amici, F. (2023). Maternal investment fosters male but not female social interactions with other group members in immature wild Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). Animals, 13: 1802, pp. 1802. doi:10.3390/ani13111802. [PubMan] : Valdivieso-Cortadella, S., Bernardi-Gómez, C., Aureli, F., Llorente, M., & Amici, F. (2023). Yawning and scratching contagion in wild spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). Scientific Reports, 13(1): 8367. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-35693-5. [PubMan] : Caicoya, A. L., Colell, M., & Amici, F. (2023). Giraffes make decisions based on statistical information. Scientific Reports, 13: 5558. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-32615-3. [PubMan] : Caicoya, A. L., Schaffer, A., Holland, R., Fersen, L. v., Colell, M., & Amici, F. (2023). Innovation across 13 ungulate species: problem solvers are less integrated in the social group and less neophobic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290(1996): 20222384. doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.2384. [PubMan] : Amici, F., Ersson-Lembeck, M., Holodynski, M., & Liebal, K. (2023). Face to face interactions in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and human (Homo sapiens) mother–infant dyads. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 378(1875): 2021.0478. doi:10.1098/rstb.2021.0478. [PubMan] : Amici, F. (2023). Primate social behaviour: Benefits, challenges and diversity of relations. Mètode, 14(Pieces of science), 103-107. doi:10.7203/metode.14.25454. [PubMan] : Castellano‐Navarro, A., Beltrán Francés, V., Albiach‐Serrano, A., MacIntosh, A. J. J., Illa Maulany, R., Ngakan, P. O., Liebal, K., & Amici, F. (2023). Maternal and offspring behavior in free‐ranging Japanese and moor macaques: A comparative approach. American Journal of Primatology, 85(2): e23461. doi:10.1002/ajp.23461. [PubMan] : Amici, F., & Liebal, K. (2023). Testing hypotheses for the emergence of gestural communication in great and small apes (Pan troglodytes, Pongo abelii, Symphalangus syndactylus). International Journal of Primatology, 44, 319-340. doi:10.1007/s10764-022-00342-7. [PubMan] : Amici, F., Widdig, A., von Fersen, L., Lopez Caicoya, A., & Majolo, B. (2023). Corrigendum: Intra-specific variation in the social behavior of Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus). Frontiers in Psychology, 14: 1192731. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1192731. [PubMan]