Alicia P. Melis

Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
Germany

 

 

Research interests

Comparative social cognition (great apes and children)
Deception, concealment, visual perspective taking
Psychological basis for cooperation in great apes and children

• Social factors and cognitive skills influencing collaborative problem-solving
• Prosociality
• Reciprocity
• Bargaining games
• Collective Action Problems