Elsa Addessi
Email:
elsa.addessi@istc.cnr.it
Telephone:
+39 06 3221437
Fax:
+39 06 3217090
Address:
Via Ulisse Aldrovandi, 16/b - 00197 Roma
Curriculum Vitae:
Profile
Position:
Researcher
Short profile:
Primate cognition
Publications
Journal articles | |
| 2012 | |
Evans T., Beran M., Paglieri F., Addessi E. Delaying gratification for food and tokens in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): When quantity is salient, symbolic stimuli do not improve performance. In: Animal Cognition, vol. . p. .. , 2012.   | |
| Visalberghi E., Addessi E. Selectivity in stone tool use by wild bearded capuchin monkeys.Field observations and experimental evidence. In: Nova Acta Leopoldina, vol. . p. .. , 2012. | |
| 2011 | |
| Addessi E. In search of human uniqueness.Review of "Mind the Gap.Tracing the Origins of Human Universals"(by Peter M.Kappeler & Joan B.Silk Eds). In: Metascience, vol. 20 pp. 533 - 536. , 2011. | |
| Addessi E., Mancini A., Crescimbene L., Visalberghi E. How social context, token value, and time course affect token exchange in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, vol. 32 pp. 83 - 98. 2011. | |
| Addessi E., Paglieri F., Focaroli V. The ecological rationality of delay tolerance: insights from capuchin monkeys. In: COGNITION, vol. 119 pp. 142 - 147. 2011. | |
| Addessi E., Rossi S. Tokens improve capuchin performance in the reverse-reward contingency task. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, vol. 278 pp. 849 - 854. 2011. | |
| 2010 | |
| Addessi E., Mancini A., Crescimbene L., Ariely D., Visalberghi E. How to spend a token? Trade-offs between food variety and food preference in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). In: BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES, vol. 83 pp. 267 - 275. 2010. | |
| Evans T., Beran M., Addessi E. Can nonhuman primates use tokens to represent and sum quantities?. In: JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 124 pp. 369 - 380. 2010. | |
| 2009 | |
| Silberberg A., Crescimbene L., Addessi E., Anderson J., Visalberghi E. Does inequity aversion depend on a frustration effect? A test with capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). In: ANIMAL COGNITION, vol. 12 pp. 505 - 509. 2009. | |
| Visalberghi E., Addessi E., Truppa V., Spagnoletti N., Ottoni E., Izar P., Fragaszy D. Selection of effective stone tools by wild capuchin monkeys. In: CURRENT BIOLOGY, vol. 19 pp. 213 - 217. 2009. | |
| 2008 | |
| Addessi E., Crescimbene L., Visalberghi E. Food and token quantity discrimination in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). In: ANIMAL COGNITION, vol. 11 pp. 275 - 282. 2008. | |
| Addessi E. Food-variety seeking in capuchin monkeys. In: PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR, vol. 93 pp. 304 - 309. 2008. | |
| Addessi E., Spagnoletti N. Macigni mini per un pranzo con noci super. In: TuttoScienze, La Stampa, vol. 1317 pp. 1 - 2. 2008. | |
| Addessi E., Mancini A., Crescimbene L., C. P., Visalberghi E. Preference transitivity and symbolic representation in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). In: PLOS ONE, vol. 3(6) p. e2414. 2008. | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Recensione di "Prevedibilmente Irrazionale" (Dan Ariely). In: L'Indice dei Libri del Mese, vol. 12 pp. 25 - 25. 2008. | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Recensione di 'Se i cani potessero parlare' (Vilmos Csà¡nyi). In: L'Indice dei LIbri del Mese, vol. 5 pp. 28 - 28. 2008. | |
| 2007 | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Ci vuole cervello per spaccare noci con le pietre. In: Boiler, 2007. | |
| Addessi E., Crescimbene L., Visalberghi E. Do capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) use tokens as symbols?. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, vol. 274 pp. 2579 - 2585. 2007. | |
| Addessi E. Recensione di Rosso. Uno studio sulla coscienza, Nicholas Humphrey. In: Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità , vol. 43 pp. 436 - 437. 2007. | |
| Addessi E., Chiarotti F., Visalberghi E., Anzenberger G. Response to novel food and the role of social influences in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) and Goeldi's monkeys (Callimico goeldii). In: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, vol. 69 pp. 1210 - 1222. 2007. | |
| Truppa V., Addessi E. Che ci faccio io l� Riflessioni di un animale allo specchio. In: Piemonte Parchi, vol. 2 pp. 23 - 25. 2007. | |
| 2006 | |
| Addessi E. Economia comportamentale. Si studiano in laboratorio i meccanismi che ci suggeriscono comportamenti e scelte. In: Le scelte del consumatore, vol. 5342 pp. 7 - 9. 2006. | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. I bambini e gli animali. In: Le scelte del consumatore, vol. 5442 pp. 20 - 21. 2006. | |
| 2005 | |
| Addessi E., Sabbatini M., Visalberghi E G. How tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) rank monkey chow in relation to other foods. In: ANIMAL WELFARE, vol. 14 pp. 215 - 222. 2005. | |
| Addessi E. Salgono i casi di neofobia infantile. In: Le scelte del consumatore, vol. 5256 pp. 7 - 11. 2005. | |
| Addessi E., Galloway A., Visalberghi E., Birch L. Specific social influences on the acceptance of novel foods in 2-5-year-old children. In: APPETITE, vol. 45 pp. 264 - 271. 2005. | |
| Ferrari P., Maiolini C., Addessi E., Fogassi L., Visalberghi E. The observation and hearing of eating actions activates motor programs related to eating in macaque monkeys. In: BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, vol. 161 pp. 95 - 101. 2005. | |
| Galloway A. T., Addessi E., Fragaszy D., Visalberghi E. Social facilitation of eating familiar food in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella): Does it involve behavioral coordination?. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, vol. 26 pp. 181 - 189. 2005. | |
| Visalberghi E., Addessi E. Mangiare con la testa. In: Mente e Cervello, vol. 13 pp. 64 - 71. 2005. | |
| 2004 | |
| Addessi E., Galloway A. T., Birch L. L., Visalberghi E. Taste perception and food choices in capuchin monkeys and human children. In: Primatologie, vol. 6 pp. 101 - 118. 2004. | |
| 2003 | |
| Addessi E., Visalbergi E. Recensione del Libro di Frans de Waal "La scimmia e l'arte del sushi. La cultura nell'uomo e negli altri animali". In: L'Indice, vol. 5 pp. 23 - 23. 2003. | |
| Drapier M., Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Response of Cebus apella to foods flavored with familiar and novel odor. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, vol. 24 pp. 295 - 315. 2003. | |
| Hare B., Addessi E., Call J., Tomasello M., Visalberghi E. Do capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella), know what conspecifics do and do not see?. In: ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, vol. 65 pp. 131 - 142. 2003. | |
| Visalberghi E., Addessi E. Commentary to the article of Perry et al. Social conventions in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys: evidence for tradition in a neotrpical primate. In: CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY, vol. 44 pp. 259 - 260. 2003. | |
| Visalberghi E., Sabbatini G., Stammati M., Addessi E. Preferences towards novel foods in Cebus apella: the role of nutrients and social influences. In: PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR, vol. 80 pp. 341 - 349. 2003. | |
| 2002 | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Nabucodonosor il babbuino. Recensione del libro di R. Sapolski, Diario di un uomo scimmia. In: l'indice, vol. 2 p. 32. 2002. | |
| 2001 | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Acceptance of novel foods in capuchin monkeys: do specific social facilitation and visual stimulus enhancement play a role?. 2001. | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. IL DILEMMA DELL'ONNIVORO. In: SAPERE, vol. 6 pp. 64 - 69. 2001. | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Il dilemma dell'onnivoro. 2001. | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Social facilitation of eating novel food in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella): Input provided by group members and responses affected in the observer. In: ANIMAL COGNITION, vol. 4 pp. 297 - 303. 2001. | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Social facilitation of eating novel food in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella): input provided, responses affected, and cognitive implications. 2001. | |
| Visalberghi E., Addessi E. Acceptance of novel foods in Cebus apella: do specific social facilitation and visual stimulus enhancement play a role?. In: ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, vol. 65 pp. 131 - 142. 2001. | |
| 2000 | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Response to changes in food palatability in tufted capuchin monkeys, Cebus apella. 2000. | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Seeing group members eating a familiar food affects the acceptance of novel foods in capuchin monkeys, Cebus apella. 2000. | |
| Visalberghi E., Addessi E. Response to changes in food palatability in tufted capuchin monkeys, Cebus apella. In: ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, vol. 59 pp. 231 - 238. 2000. | |
| Visalberghi E., Addessi E. Seeing group members eating a familiar food enhances the acceptance of novel foods in capuchin monkeys. In: ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, vol. 60 pp. 69 - 76. 2000. | |
Books/Monographs | |
| 2004 | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Individual and social learning about food. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004. | |
Contribution to Book/Monograph | |
| 2006 | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. How social influences affect food neophobia in captive chimpanzees. A comparative approach. Tokyo: Springer-Verlag, 2006. | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Rationality in capuchin monkeys' feeding behaviour?. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. | |
| 2003 | |
| Visalberghi E., Addessi E. Food for thought: social learning and the feeding behavior in capuchin monkeys. Insights from the laboratory (pp. 187-212. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. | |
| Visalberghi E., Addessi E. Voci: Attaccamento (pp. 80-82); Intelligenza (pp. 522-530); Apprendimento (pp. 61-70); Problem solving (pp. 759-761). Torino: UTET, 2003. | |
Technical reports | |
| 2002 | |
| Visalberghi E., Addessi E. Nabucodonosor il babbuino. Recensione del libro "Diario di un uomo scimmia", di Robert Sapolski. Addessi, E. & Visalberghi, E. 2002. | |
| 2001 | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Recensione del libro "La bella e le bestie", di Carole Jahme. Addessi, E. & Visalberghi, E. 2001. | |
| 2000 | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Solo l'uomo è morale. Recensione del libro "La scimmia che si parla. Linguaggio, autocoscienza e libertà nell'animale umano", di Felice Cimatti. Addessi, E. & Visalberghi, E. 2000. | |
Abstracts | |
| 2012 | |
| Addessi E., Paglieri F., Focaroli V., Visalberghi E. An egg today? Or a hen tomorrow? Delay discounting for primary an secondary rewards in capuchin monkeys. In: International Journal of Primatology. Abstract, vol. . p. .. , 2012. | |
| De Petrillo F., Focaroli V., Macchitella L., Rossi S., Paglieri F., Addessi E. Delay discounting for primary and secondary rewards in capuchin monkeys. In: Folia Primatologica. Abstract, vol. . p. .. , 2012. | |
| Macchitella L., De Petrillo F., Focaroli V., Evans T., Beran M., Paglieri F., Addessi E. Does preference for a larger delayed reward necessarily indicate self-control? An evaluation of the validity of the intertemporal choice task in capuchin monkeys. In: Folia Primatologica. Abstract, vol. . p. .. , 2012. | |
| Ventricelli M., Focaroli V., De Petrillo F., Macchitella L., Paglieri F., Addessi E. Response latency and self-directed behaviours by capuchin monkeys in an intemporal choice task. In: Folia Primatologica. Abstract, vol. . p. .. , 2012. | |
| 2009 | |
| Addessi E., Mancini A., Crescimbene L., Ariely D., Visalberghi E. How to spend a token? Value representation and food choice in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). In: Folia Primatologica. Abstract, vol. 80 p. 363. , 2009. | |
| Mancini A., Crescimbene L., Addessi E., Ariely D., Visalberghi E. Is variety the spice of capuchins' life? An experiment on token value representation and food choice. In: Folia Primatologica. Abstract, vol. 80 p. 127. , 2009. | |
| Rossi S., Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Do symbols improve capuchins' performance in a reverse-reward contingency task?. In: Folia Primatologica. Abstract, vol. 80 p. 379. , 2009. | |
| Rossi S., Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Symbolic stimuli facilitate capuchin monkeys to solve the reverse-reward contingency task. In: Folia Primatologica. Abstract, vol. 80 pp. 139 - 140. , 2009. | |
| 2008 | |
| Addessi E., Mancini A., Crescimbene L., Visalberghi E. Do capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) deal with tokens as they do with real food?. In: Folia Primatologica. Abstract, vol. 79 (5) p. 305. , 2008. | |
| Addessi E., Garramone A., Tranchida F., Natale F., Visalberghi E. An intervention to promote a scientific approach towards animals and a correct understanding of animal well-being in elementary school students. In: Folia Primatologica. Abstract, vol. 79 (3) pp. 150 - 151. , 2008. | |
| Addessi E., Mancini A., Crescimbene L., Visalberghi E. Do capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) deal with tokens as they do with real food?. In: Folia Primatologica, 79:305. 2008. | |
| Addessi E., Maranesi M., Visalberghi E. Tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) prefer variety when dealing with objects and food. In: Folia Primatologica. Abstract, vol. 79 (3) p. 146. 2008. | |
| Addessi E., Spagnoletti N., Visalberghi E. Wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) select functional hammer tools. In: PRIMATE EYE. Abstract, vol. 96 (Sp CD_ROM iss-IPS 2008) p. 472. , 2008. | |
| Crescimbene L., Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Do capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) use tokens as symbols?. vol. 79 (3) p. 142. , 2008. | |
| Mancini A., Crescimbene L., Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Does token value combine according to transitivity in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)?. In: Folia Primatologica. Abstract, vol. 79 (3) p. 149. , 2008. | |
| Riviello M., Wirz A., Addessi E., Natale F., Poti P., Sabbatini G., Saporiti M., Truppa V., Visalberghi E., Spinozzi G. The Primate Centre of the CNR (Rome, Italy): research and education. In: Folia Primatologica. Abstract, vol. 79 (5) p. 377. 2008. | |
| 2006 | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) seek food variety. In: International Journal of Primatology. Abstract, vol. 27 (1) p. 209. , 2006. | |
| Addessi E., Crescimbene L., Visalberghi E. Comprensione del valore simbolico dei token nel cebo dai cornetti (Cebus apella)?. In: XXII Convegno della Società Italiana di Etologia (SIE) (Erice (TP), 2006). | |
| Addessi E., Crescimbene L., Visalberghi E. Do capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) use tokens as symbols?. In: Simposio "Comparison and Interaction between Semiotic Resources in Evolution and Development" (Lund (Svezia), 2006). | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E., Anzenberger G. How social influences affect food neophobia and exploration in two South-American primate species (Callimico goeldii and Callithrix jacchus). In: Folia Primatologica. Abstract, vol. 77 (4) p. 282. 2006. | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E., Aznenberger G. How two South-American primate species (Callimico goeldii and Callithrix jacchus) deal with novel foods: the role of the social context. In: International Journal of Primatology. Abstract, vol. 27 (1) p. 207. , 2006. | |
| Ferrari P., Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Evolutionary processes and constraints on the origins of social cognition. In: 21st Congress International Primatological Society (Entebbe (Uganda), Abstract, 2006. | |
| Ferrari P., Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Symposium: social influences on individual behavior: fromsocial contagion to social synchronization and cooperation evolutionary processes and constraints on the origins of social cognition. In: International Journal of Primatology. Abstract, vol. 27 (1) p. 536. , 2006. | |
| Ferrari P. F., Fogassi L., Maiolini C., Addessi E., Paukner A., Visalberghi E. Recognising when being imitated and the repetition of observed actions in macaques (Macaca nemestrina). In: Folia Primatologica, 77: 278-279. 2006. | |
| Ferrari P., Fogassi L., Maiolini C., Addessi E., Paukner A., Visalberghi E. Recognising when being imitated and the repetition of observed actions in macaques (Macaca nemestrina). In: Folia Primatologica. Abstract, vol. 77 (4) pp. 278 - 279. , 2006. | |
| 2005 | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E., Anzenberger G. How social influences affect food neophobia and exploration in two South-American primate species (Callimico goeldii and Callithrix jacchus). In: XVII Congresso dell'Associazione Primatologica Italiana (API) (Palermo, 2005). | |
| Ferrari P. F., Fogassi L., Maiolini C., Addessi E., Paukner A., Visalberghi E. Recognising when being imitated and the repetition of observed actions in macaques (Macaca nemestrina). In: XVII Convegno dell'Associazione Primatologica Italiana (API) (Palermo, 2005). | |
| 2004 | |
| Addessi E., Sabbatini G., Stammati M., Visalberghi E. Factors affecting preferences for novel and familiar food in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). In: Folia Primatologica. Abstract, vol. 75(S1) p. 231. , 2004. | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. The role of individual learning, social facilitation and stimulus enhancement in the acquisition of an object-choice task in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). In: Folia Primatologica. Abstract, vol. 75 (6) p. 395. , 2004. | |
| Addessi E., Birch L., Visalberghi E. Social influences on food neophobia in young children. In: Convegno della Società Italiana di Etologia (SIE) (Padova, Abstract, 2004. | |
| Addessi E. Traditions: what are the ingredients? The capuchin monkeys' recipe. In: Capuchins: The state of the art (Radicondoli (SI), 2004). | |
| 2003 | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. Apprendimento individuale, facilitazione sociale e incentivazione dell'interesse verso lo stimolo nell'acquisizione di un compito di scelta dell'oggetto nel cebo dai cornetti (Cebus apella). In: XVI Convegno dell'Associazione Primatologica Italiana (API) (Radicondoli, (Siena), 2003). | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. How social influences affect food neophobia in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). In: Society for Nutrition Education (Philadelphia (USA), Abstract, 2003. | |
| Addessi E., Visalberghi E. The role of social influences on food neophobia in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). In: XI Conference of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (Groningen (The Netherlands), 2003). | |
| Visalberghi E., Addessi E. Do capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) learn from others, with others, or by themselves about novel foods? Insights from the laboratory. In: XXVIII International Etholological Conference (Florianopolis (Brazil), 2003). | |
| Visalbergi E., Addessi E. Apprendimento sociale e "culture" nei Primati non umani: luoghi comuni e analisi critica. In: Seminario: "Intersezioni" su: Processi di mediazione e vincoli nella diffusione e trasmissione culturale (Roma, 2003). | |