PEER REVIEWED PAPERS
Messer, E. J. E., Roome, H. E. & Legare, C. H. (in press) Learning to control through culture: Explaining variation in the development of self-regulation. Psychological Review.
Clyvia, A., Young, R. J., Messer, E. J. E., Cäsar, C. (2024) Social interactions in wild black-fronted titi monkeys (Callicebus nigrifrons). International Journal of Primatology, 45(1): 78-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-023-00410-6
Rawlings, B., Davis, H. E., Anum, A., Burger, O., Chen, L., Dutra, N.B., Dzokoto, V., Erut, A., Fong, F. T. K., Ghelardi, S., Kingsford, J., Lew-Levy, S., Mendez, K., Messer, E. J. E., Morales, J. C. C., Newhouse, M., Nielsen, M., Pamei, G., Pope-Caldwell, S. M., Ramos, K., Rojas, L. E. E., dos Santos, R. A. C., Silveira, L. G. S., Watzek, J., Wirth, C., & Legare, C. H. (2023). Quantifying qulality: The impact of measures of school quality on children’s academic achievement across diverse societies. Developmental Science, 00, e13434.. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13434
Messer, E. J. E., Bowler, M. T., Claidière, N. & Whiten, A. (2022) The role of anointing in robust capuchin monkeys (Sapajus apella) social dynamics. Animal Behaviour 190:103-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.04.017
Dutra, N.B., Chen, L., Anum, A., Burger, O., Davis, H. E., Dzokoto, V., Fong, F. T. K., Ghelardi, S., Mendez, K., Messer, E. J. E., Newhouse, M., Nielsen, M., Ramos, K., Rawlings, B., dos Santos, R., Silveira, L., Tucker-Drob, E., & Legare, C. H. (2022). Examining relations between performance on non-verbal executive function and verbal self-regulation tasks in demographically-diverse populations. Developmental Science. 25(5) https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13228
Messer, E. J. E., Lumsden, A., Burgess, V., & McGuigan, N. (2021) Young children selectively adopt sharing norms according to norm content and donor age. Cognitive Development 59: 101088 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101088
Blakey, K., Mason, E., Cristea, M., McGuigan, N., & Messer, E. J. E. (2019) Does kindness always pay? The influence of recipient affection and generosity on children’s tendency to share. Current Psychology 1-11 [PDF].
Messer, E. J. E., Burgess, V., Sinclair, M., Spencer, D., Grant, S., & McGuigan, N. (2017) Young children display an increase in prosocial donating in response to an upwards shift in generosity by a same-aged peer. Scientific Reports 7:2633 [PDF].
Tecwyn, E. C., Denison, S., Messer, E. J. E., Buchsbaum, D. (2017) Intuitive probabilistic inference in capuchin monkeys. Animal Cognition 20:243 doi:10.1007/s10071-016-1043-9.
Bowler, M., Messer, E. J. E., Claidière, N., Whiten, A. (2015) Mutual medication in capuchin monkeys - Social anointing improves coverage of topically applied anti-parasite medicines. Scientific Reports 5: 15030 [PDF].
Claidière, N., Whiten, A., Mareno, M. A., Messer, E. J. E., Brosnan, S. F., Hopper, L. M., Lambeth, S. P, Schapiro, S. J. McGuigan, N. (2015) Selective and contagious prosocial resource donation in capuchin monkeys, chimpanzees and humans. Scientific Reports 5 [PDF].
MacLean, E. L., Hare, B., Nunn, C. L., Addessi, E., Amici, F., Anderson, R. C., Aureli, F., Baker, J. M., Bania, A. E., Barnard, A. M., Boogert, N. J., Brannon, E. M., Bray, E. E., Bray, J., Brent, L. J. N., Burkart, J. M., Call. J., Cantlon, J. F., Cheke, L. G., Clayton, N. S., Delgado, M. M., DiVincenti, L. J., Fujita, K., Herrmann, E., Hiramatsu, C., Jacobs, L. F., Jordan, K. E., Laude, J. R., Leimgruber, K. L., Messer, E. J. E., Moura, A. C. de A., Ostojić, L., Picard, A., Platt, M. L., Plotnik, J. M., Range, F., Reader, S. M., Reddy, R. B., Sandel, A. A., Santos, L. R., Schumann K., Seed, A. M., Sewall, K. B., Shaw, R. C., Slocombe, K. E., Su, Y., Takimoto, A., Tan, J., Tao, R., van Schaik, C. P., Virányi, Z., Visalberghi, E., Wade, J. C., Watanabe, A., Widness, J., Young, J. K., Zentall, T. R., Zha, Y., (2014) The evolution of self-control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (20), E2140-E2148 [PDF].
Claidière, N., Messer, E. J. E., Hoppitt, W. & Whiten, A. (2013) Diffusion dynamics of socially learned foraging techniques in squirrel monkeys. Current Biology 23, 1251-1255 [PDF].
BOOK CHAPTERS
Messer, E. J .E. & Bowler, M. T. (2018). Anointing. In J. Vonk & T. K. Shackelford (eds.) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer.
SELECTED WORKS IN PROGRESS
Pascal, E., Romila, R., Messer, E. J. E. (under review) Is Maternal Perfectionism Feeding the Pickiness? Unpacking the Role of Feeding Anxiety in Children’s Negative Food Behaviors.
Messer, E. J. E. & McGuigan, N. (in prep) Doe generosity follow generosity? The selective transmission of prosociality in groups of young children
Buchsbaum, D., Tecwyn, E. C., Whalen, A., Messer, E. J. E., Bryant, E. L. F., Griffiths, T. L., Gopnik, A. & Seed, A. M. (revise and resubmit) Children, but not capuchins, rationally integrate social and physical information when deciding which actions to copy.
Messer, E. J. E., Roome, H. E. & Legare, C. H. (in press) Learning to control through culture: Explaining variation in the development of self-regulation. Psychological Review.
Clyvia, A., Young, R. J., Messer, E. J. E., Cäsar, C. (2024) Social interactions in wild black-fronted titi monkeys (Callicebus nigrifrons). International Journal of Primatology, 45(1): 78-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-023-00410-6
Rawlings, B., Davis, H. E., Anum, A., Burger, O., Chen, L., Dutra, N.B., Dzokoto, V., Erut, A., Fong, F. T. K., Ghelardi, S., Kingsford, J., Lew-Levy, S., Mendez, K., Messer, E. J. E., Morales, J. C. C., Newhouse, M., Nielsen, M., Pamei, G., Pope-Caldwell, S. M., Ramos, K., Rojas, L. E. E., dos Santos, R. A. C., Silveira, L. G. S., Watzek, J., Wirth, C., & Legare, C. H. (2023). Quantifying qulality: The impact of measures of school quality on children’s academic achievement across diverse societies. Developmental Science, 00, e13434.. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13434
Messer, E. J. E., Bowler, M. T., Claidière, N. & Whiten, A. (2022) The role of anointing in robust capuchin monkeys (Sapajus apella) social dynamics. Animal Behaviour 190:103-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.04.017
Dutra, N.B., Chen, L., Anum, A., Burger, O., Davis, H. E., Dzokoto, V., Fong, F. T. K., Ghelardi, S., Mendez, K., Messer, E. J. E., Newhouse, M., Nielsen, M., Ramos, K., Rawlings, B., dos Santos, R., Silveira, L., Tucker-Drob, E., & Legare, C. H. (2022). Examining relations between performance on non-verbal executive function and verbal self-regulation tasks in demographically-diverse populations. Developmental Science. 25(5) https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13228
Messer, E. J. E., Lumsden, A., Burgess, V., & McGuigan, N. (2021) Young children selectively adopt sharing norms according to norm content and donor age. Cognitive Development 59: 101088 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101088
Blakey, K., Mason, E., Cristea, M., McGuigan, N., & Messer, E. J. E. (2019) Does kindness always pay? The influence of recipient affection and generosity on children’s tendency to share. Current Psychology 1-11 [PDF].
Messer, E. J. E., Burgess, V., Sinclair, M., Spencer, D., Grant, S., & McGuigan, N. (2017) Young children display an increase in prosocial donating in response to an upwards shift in generosity by a same-aged peer. Scientific Reports 7:2633 [PDF].
Tecwyn, E. C., Denison, S., Messer, E. J. E., Buchsbaum, D. (2017) Intuitive probabilistic inference in capuchin monkeys. Animal Cognition 20:243 doi:10.1007/s10071-016-1043-9.
Bowler, M., Messer, E. J. E., Claidière, N., Whiten, A. (2015) Mutual medication in capuchin monkeys - Social anointing improves coverage of topically applied anti-parasite medicines. Scientific Reports 5: 15030 [PDF].
Claidière, N., Whiten, A., Mareno, M. A., Messer, E. J. E., Brosnan, S. F., Hopper, L. M., Lambeth, S. P, Schapiro, S. J. McGuigan, N. (2015) Selective and contagious prosocial resource donation in capuchin monkeys, chimpanzees and humans. Scientific Reports 5 [PDF].
MacLean, E. L., Hare, B., Nunn, C. L., Addessi, E., Amici, F., Anderson, R. C., Aureli, F., Baker, J. M., Bania, A. E., Barnard, A. M., Boogert, N. J., Brannon, E. M., Bray, E. E., Bray, J., Brent, L. J. N., Burkart, J. M., Call. J., Cantlon, J. F., Cheke, L. G., Clayton, N. S., Delgado, M. M., DiVincenti, L. J., Fujita, K., Herrmann, E., Hiramatsu, C., Jacobs, L. F., Jordan, K. E., Laude, J. R., Leimgruber, K. L., Messer, E. J. E., Moura, A. C. de A., Ostojić, L., Picard, A., Platt, M. L., Plotnik, J. M., Range, F., Reader, S. M., Reddy, R. B., Sandel, A. A., Santos, L. R., Schumann K., Seed, A. M., Sewall, K. B., Shaw, R. C., Slocombe, K. E., Su, Y., Takimoto, A., Tan, J., Tao, R., van Schaik, C. P., Virányi, Z., Visalberghi, E., Wade, J. C., Watanabe, A., Widness, J., Young, J. K., Zentall, T. R., Zha, Y., (2014) The evolution of self-control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (20), E2140-E2148 [PDF].
Claidière, N., Messer, E. J. E., Hoppitt, W. & Whiten, A. (2013) Diffusion dynamics of socially learned foraging techniques in squirrel monkeys. Current Biology 23, 1251-1255 [PDF].
BOOK CHAPTERS
Messer, E. J .E. & Bowler, M. T. (2018). Anointing. In J. Vonk & T. K. Shackelford (eds.) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer.
SELECTED WORKS IN PROGRESS
Pascal, E., Romila, R., Messer, E. J. E. (under review) Is Maternal Perfectionism Feeding the Pickiness? Unpacking the Role of Feeding Anxiety in Children’s Negative Food Behaviors.
Messer, E. J. E. & McGuigan, N. (in prep) Doe generosity follow generosity? The selective transmission of prosociality in groups of young children
Buchsbaum, D., Tecwyn, E. C., Whalen, A., Messer, E. J. E., Bryant, E. L. F., Griffiths, T. L., Gopnik, A. & Seed, A. M. (revise and resubmit) Children, but not capuchins, rationally integrate social and physical information when deciding which actions to copy.
