Publications

2023

Melis AP; Raihani NJ (2023)

Publisher Correction: The cognitive challenges of cooperation in human and nonhuman animals (Nature Reviews Psychology, (2023), 2, 9, (523-536), 10.1038/s44159-023-00207-7)

Nature Reviews Psychology, 2 (9), 584- DOI: 10.1038/s44159-023-00225-5

Melis AP; Raihani NJ (2023)

The cognitive challenges of cooperation in humans and animals

Nature Reviews Psychology DOI: 10.1038/s44159-023-00207-7

2022

Melis AP; Rossano F (2022)

When and how do non-human great apes communicate to support cooperation?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377 (1859) DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0109

2021

Keupp S; Grueneisen S; Ludvig EA; Warneken F; Melis AP (2021)

Reduced risk-seeking in chimpanzees in a zero-outcome game

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0673

2020

Duguid S; Melis AP (2020)

How animals collaborate: Underlying proximate mechanisms.

Wiley Interdiscip Rev Cogn Sci, e1529-e1529 DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1529

2019

Altschul DM; Beran MJ; Bohn M; Call J; DeTroy S; Duguid SJ; Egelkamp CL; Fichtel C; Fischer J; Flessert M (2019)

Establishing an infrastructure for collaboration in primate cognition research

PLoS One, 14 (10), e0223675-e0223675 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223675

John M; Duguid S; Tomasello M; Melis AP (2019)

How chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) share the spoils with collaborators and bystanders.

PLoS One, 14 (9), e0222795-e0222795 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222795

Melis AP; Tomasello M (2019)

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) coordinate by communicating in a collaborative problem-solving task

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 286 (1901) DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0408

2018

John M; Melis AP; Read D; Rossano F; Tomasello M (2018)

The preference for scarcity: A developmental and comparative perspective

Psychology & Marketing, 35 (8), 603-615 DOI: 10.1002/mar.21109

Melis AP (2018)

The evolutionary roots of prosociality: the case of instrumental helping

Current Opinion in Psychology, 20, 82-86 DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.08.019

Melis AP; Engelmann JM; Warneken F (2018)

Correspondence: Chimpanzee helping is real, not a byproduct

Nature Communications, 9 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02321-6

2016

Melis AP; Warneken F (2016)

The psychology of cooperation: Insights from chimpanzees and children

EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY, 25 (6), 297-305 DOI: 10.1002/evan.21507

Melis AP; Grocke P; Kalbitz J; Tomasello M (2016)

One for You, One for Me: Humans’ Unique Turn-Taking Skills

Psychological Science, 27 (7), 987-996 DOI: 10.1177/0956797616644070

2015

Melis AP; Floedl A; Tomasello M (2015)

Non-Egalitarian Allocations among Preschool Peers in a Face-to-Face Bargaining Task

PLOS ONE, 10 (3) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120494

2014

Bullinger AF; Melis AP; Tomasello M (2014) Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Instrumentally Help But Do Not Communicate in a Mutualistic Cooperative Task JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY, 128 (3), 251-260 DOI: 10.1037/a0035645

2013

Rosati AG; Herrmann E; Kaminski J; Krupenye C; Melis AP; Schroepfer K; Tan J; Warneken F; Wobber V; Hare B (2013)

Assessing the Psychological Health of Captive and Wild Apes: A Response to Ferdowsian et al. (2011)

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY, 127 (3), 329-336 DOI: 10.1037/a0029144

Melis AP; Tomasello M (2013)

Chimpanzees’ (Pan troglodytes) strategic helping in a collaborative task

BIOLOGY LETTERS, 9 (2) DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0009

Melis AP; Altrichter K; Tomasello M (2013)

Allocation of resources to collaborators and free-riders in 3-year-olds

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, 114 (2), 364-370 DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.08.006

Bullinger AF; Burkart JM; Melis AP; Tomasello M (2013)

Bonobos, Pan paniscus, chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, and marmosets, Callithrix jacchus, prefer to feed alone

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 85 (1), 51-60 DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.10.006

2012

Schneider A-C; Melis AP; Tomasello M (2012)

How chimpanzees solve collective action problems

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 279 (1749), 4946-4954 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1948

Tomasello M; Melis AP; Tennie C; Wyman E; Herrmann E (2012)

Two Key Steps in the Evolution of Human Cooperation The Interdependence Hypothesis

CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY, 53 (6), 673-692 DOI: 10.1086/668207

Nitzschner M; Melis AP; Kaminski J; Tomasello M (2012)

Dogs (Canis familiaris) Evaluate Humans on the Basis of Direct Experiences Only

PLOS ONE, 7 (10) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046880

Warneken F; Melis AP (2012)

The Ontogeny and Phylogeny of Cooperation

In The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Evolutionary Psychology : 1697090. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199738182.013.0021

2011

Bullinger AF; Wyman E; Melis AP; Tomasello M (2011)

Coordination of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in a Stag Hunt Game

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, 32 (6), 1296-1310 DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9546-3

Bullinger AF; Melis AP; Tomasello M (2011)

Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, prefer individual over collaborative strategies towards goals

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 82 (5), 1135-1141 DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.08.008

Melis AP; Schneider A-C; Tomasello M (2011)

Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, share food in the same way after collaborative and individual food acquisition

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 82 (3), 485-493 DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.05.024

Melis AP; Warneken F; Jensen K; Schneider A-C; Call J; Tomasello M (2011)

Chimpanzees help conspecifics obtain food and non-food items

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 278 (1710), 1405-1413 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1735

Warneken F; Lohse K; Melis AP; Tomasello M (2011)

Young Children Share the Spoils After Collaboration

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 22 (2), 267-273 DOI: 10.1177/0956797610395392

2010

Melis AP; Semmann D (2010)

How is human cooperation different?

PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 365 (1553), 2663-2674 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0157

Melis AP; Call J; Tomasello M (2010)

36-month-olds conceal visual and auditory information from others

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE, 13 (3), 479-489 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00892.x

2009

Melis AP; Hare B; Tomasello M (2009)

Chimpanzees coordinate in a negotiation game

EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 30 (6), 381-392 DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.05.003

2008

Melis AP; Hare B; Tomasello M (2008)

Do chimpanzees reciprocate received favours?

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 76, 951-962 DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.05.014

2007

Warneken F; Hare B; Melis AP; Hanus D; Tomasello M (2007)

Spontaneous altruism by chimpanzees and young children

PLOS BIOLOGY, 5 (7), 1414-1420 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050184

Hare B; Melis AP; Woods V; Hastings S; Wrangham R (2007)

Tolerance allows bonobos to outperform chimpanzees on a cooperative task

CURRENT BIOLOGY, 17 (7), 619-623 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.02.040

2006

Melis AP; Hare B; Tomasello M (2006)

Chimpanzees recruit the best collaborators

Science, 311, 1297-1300

2004

Roessner-Tunali U; Liu JL; Leisse A; Balbo I; Perez-Melis A; Willmitzer L; Fernie AR (2004)

Kinetics of labelling of organic and amino acids in potato tubers by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry following incubation in C-13 labelled isotopes

PLANT JOURNAL, 39 (4), 668-679 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02157.x

2002

Regierer B; Fernie AR; Springer F; Perez-Melis A; Leisse A; Koehl K; Willmitzer L; Geigenberger P; Kossmann J (2002)

Starch content and yield increase as a result of altering adenylate pools in transgenic plants

NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY, 20 (12), 1256-1260 DOI: 10.1038/nbt760