Projects and cooperations

• Emotions of researchers with Oliver Lubrich, University of Bern and Thomas Stodulka, Freie Universität Berlin (Start May 2013)

• The grammar of the body mit Wendy Sandler, University of Haifa, Israel
• Comparing emotional expression across species – GibbonFACS  with Bridget Waller, University of Portsmouth, UK and Anne Burrows, Duquesne University, USA

> Website GibbonFACS for more information and access to GibbonFACS manual

• Processing of emotion and language - development and interaction across lifespan with Isabell Wartenburger, University of Potsdam

• Age differences in experiencing, expressing, and understanding of emotions - a cross-cultural approach with Michaela Riediger and Antje Rauers, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin; Christian Rapold, Universität Regensburg, and Daniel Haun, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig

• What makes orangutans intelligent? Testing the cultural intelligence hypothesis with Carel van Schaik, Laura Damerius, Zaida Kosonen, Maria van Noordwijk, Judith Burkhard, University of Zurich and Daniel Haun, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig

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Finished projects

• Empathy in great apes with Amrisha Vaish, Michael Tomasello, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig

• Evolutionary roots of human social interaction with Daniel Haun and Juliane Kaminski, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig

• Towards a grammar of gesture with Cornelia Müller and Ellen Fricke, European University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder and Hedda Lausberg, Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln

• Comparison of the parental framing of compliance and non-compliance in two different cultural environments with Vasudevi Reddy, University of Portsmouth

• Socio-cognitive skills of gibbons with Juliane Kaminski, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig