Alejandro (Alex) Sánchez-Amaro
Guest
Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
e-mail:
alex_sanchez@[>>> Please remove the text! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Thesis title: Coordination in conflict situations: A comparative investigation of the coordination strategies that children, chimpanzees and bonobos use to solve situations of conflict
Research Interests
- social decision-making for cooperation and conflict resolution
- evolution of cognitive biases
- risk and uncertainty
- biological market theory
Curriculum Vitae
Career & Education
2021 - present | Postdoctoral Researcher |
2018 - 2020
| Postdoctoral Researcher (DFG Fellowship 2019-2020) |
2013 - 2017 | Dr. rer. Nat. Biology |
2011 - 2013 | MSc Primatology |
2006 - 2010 | BA (Hons) Biology |
Teaching
| 2020 | Cooperation and conflicts of interest in non-human primates |
| 2018 | COGS 144: Social Cognition: A developmental and evolutionary perspective Temporary lecturer at the University of California San Diego, USA |
| 2016 | Cooperation in non-human great apes Seminar at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany |
Academic Talks
| 2019 | How harshness and unpredictability of resources affect chimpanzees |
| 2018 | Sunk Cost Effect Department of Cognitive Science Central European University, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2017 | Coordination in Conflict Situations Cognitive Science Department University of California, San Diego, USA |
| 2017 | Coordination in Conflict Situations Department of Anthropology University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2017 | Coordination in Conflict Situations MPI CEU Symposium Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany |
Conference Talks and Posters
Sánchez-Amaro, A., Tan, J., Kaufhold, S., & Rossano, F. “Gibbons exploit information about what a competitor can see". Poster presented at the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Conference, Konstanz, Germany 2019 |
Sánchez-Amaro, A., & Rossano, F. “Exploration biases in Great Apes”. Oral presentation presented at the PDA Postdoctoral Symposium UCSD, San Diego, USA 2018, 3rd price talk |
Sánchez-Amaro, A., Duguid, S., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. “Chimpanzees leverage understanding”. Oral presentation presented at the XXVII International Primatological Conference, Nairobi, Kenya 2018 |
Sánchez-Amaro, A., Duguid, S., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. “Decoy Effect in great apes (Pan troglodytes, Pan paniscus, Gorilla gorilla and Pongo abelii)”. Poster presented at the XXVII International Primatological Conference, Nairobi, Kenya 2018 |
Sánchez-Amaro, A., Duguid, S., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. ”Chimpanzees and children coordination in a Prisoner´s Dilemma”. Oral presentation presented at the VI Iberian Primatological Conference, Burgos, Spain 2017, 3rd price talk |
Sánchez-Amaro, A., Duguid, S., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. “Chimpanzees and children coordinate in a Prisoner´s Dilemma”. Oral presentation presented at the XXXIV Behaviour Conference, Estoril, Portugal 2017 |
Sánchez-Amaro, A., Duguid, S., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. "Coordination despite conflict in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), bonobos (Pan paniscus) and children". Oral presentation presented at the XXVI International Primatological Conference, Chicago, USA 2016 |
Sánchez-Amaro, A., Duguid, S., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. "Strategic decision-making by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), bonobos (Pan paniscus) and children in a Snowdrift-Game task". Poster presented at the IV Chimpanzees in Context Simposium, Chicago, USA 2016 |
Sánchez-Amaro, A., Duguid, S., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. "Coordination under conflict in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), bonobos (Pan paniscus) and children". Poster presented at the VIII Conference on Cognitive Science, Dubrovnik, Croatia 2016 |
Sánchez-Amaro, A., Peretó, M. & Call, J. "Difference in between-reinforcer value modulate the selective value effect in Great Apes". Oral presentation presented at the XXXIII Behaviour Conference, Cairns, Australia 2015 |
Sánchez-Amaro, A., Duguid, S., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. "Chimpanzees and children strategic decision-making in Snowdrift Games". Poster presented at the XXXIII Behaviour Conference, Cairns, Australia 2015 |
Sánchez-Amaro, A., Duguid, S., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. "Strategic decision-making by chimpanzees and children in a Snowdrift Game". Oral presentation presented at the VI European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association Conference, Helsinki, Finland 2015 |
Sánchez-Amaro, A., Duguid, S., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. "Strategic decision-making by chimpanzees in a Snowdrift Game". Oral presentation presented at the II European Student Conference on Behaviour and Cognition, Zurich, Switzerland 2015 |
Sánchez-Amaro, A., Peretó, M. & Call, J. “Natural Choices of Food in Great Apes". Oral presentation presented at the XIV Gesellschaft für Primatologie Conference, Leipzig, Germany 2015 |
Sánchez-Amaro, A., Peretó, M. & Call, J. "Natural Choices of Food in Great Apes". Poster presented at the XXV International Primatological, Hanoi, Vietnam 2014 |
Sánchez-Amaro, A., Peretó, M. & Call, J. "Natural Choices of Food in Chimpanzees and Orangutans". Oral presentation presented at the IV Iberian Primatological Conference. Girona, Spain 2013 |
Research Awards & Funding
| 2021 - 2022 | Forschungskredit project grant (rejected after being awarded) |
| 2019 - 2020 | DFG Postdoctoral Fellowship SA 3716/1-1 |
| 2016 | DAAD mobility Fellowship |
| 2013 - 2015 | LaCaixa Fellowship |
| 2010, 2012 | AGAUR Mobility Fellowship, Generalitat de Catalunya |
| 2010 | B.A. with Honors in Biology, Award |
Languages
- Spanish, Catalan (native)
- English (fluent)
- German (basic)
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