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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=Addessi%2C%20E.%20Mancini%2C%20A.%20Crescimbene%2C%20L.%20Ariely%2C%20D.%20Visalberghi%2C%20E.&ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords

Factors affecting cashew processing by wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus, Kerr 1792)

Authors: Elisabetta Visalberghi, Alessandro Albani, Marialba Ventricelli, Patricia Izar, Gabriele Schino, Dorothy Fragazsy

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: *tool use, age-related ability, anacardium spp, caustic compounds, social facilitation of eating

2016


Grooming, social rank and ‘optimism’ in tufted capuchin monkeys: a study of judgement bias

Authors: Gabriele Schino, Roberta Massimei, Marta Pinzaglia, Elsa Addessi

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: *cognitive bias, dominance rank, emotions, grooming, optimism, reciprocity, sapajus

2016


Between-group hostility affects within-group interactions in tufted capuchin monkeys

Authors: E. Polizzi di Sorrentino, G. Schino, L. Massaro, E. Visalberghi, F. Aureli

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: affiliation, aggression, between-group interaction, capuchin monkey, cebus apella

2012


Stone tool use in wild bearded capuchin monkeys, Cebus libidinosus. Is it a strategy to overcome food scarcity?

Authors: N. Spagnoletti, E. Visalberghi, M.P. Verderane, E. Ottoni, P. Izar, D. Fragaszy

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: *tool use, bearded capuchin, cebus libidinosus, fallback food, necessity hypothesis, nut cracking, opportunity hypothesis

2012


Wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) place nuts in anvils selectively

Authors: Qing Liu, Dorothy Fragaszy, Barth Wright, Kristin Wright, Patricia Izar, Elisabetta Visalberghi

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: *tool use, affordance, anvil use, capuchin, cebus libidinosus, embodied cognition, nut cracking, perception-action, selectivity, social influence

2011


Can nonhuman primates use tokens to represent and sum quantities?

Authors: Theodore A. Evans, Michael J. Beran, Elsa Addessi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: capuchin monkeys, chimpanzee, quantity representation, summation, token

2010


How to spend a token? Trade-offs between food variety and food preference in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

Authors: Addessi, E. Mancini, A. Crescimbene, L. Ariely, D. Visalberghi, E.

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: capuchin monkeys, diversity, omnivorous, preference, selection, variety token, variety-seeking

2010


Regulatory framework and private innovation: The case of animal welfare friendly beef Ssupply chain in Italy

Authors: F. Arfini, M,C. Mancini

Publication/Journal: International Journal on Food System Dynamics

Keywords: animal welfare, private innovation, regulatory framework

2010


Play and social dynamics in a captive herd of Gelada baboons (Theropithecus gelada)

Authors: G. Mancini, E. Palagi

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: adult play, agonistic support, gelada baboons, grooming, immature play

2009


Food variety-seeking in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

Authors: Elsa Addessi

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: capuchin monkeys, feeding behaviour, monotony, sensory specific satiety, variety-seeking

2008


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