[Kristin E. Bonnie]Assistant Professor of Psychology
   Office: Center for the Sciences Room 234
   Phone: (608) 363-2026
   Email: bonniek@beloit.edu

Education
  PhD (2007) - Neuroscience and Animal Behavior, Emory University
  MA (2003) - Neuroscience and Animal Behavior, Emory University
  BS (1999) - Psychology and Biology, St. Lawrence University

Courses
   Introduction to Psychology
   Research Methods and Design
   Physiological Psychology
   Cross Cultural Psychology
   Drugs & Behavior
   Animal Cognition

Research
Kristin's research focuses on learning and cognition in animals. She has an ongoing interest in social learning among non-human primates. As a graduate student, Kristin conducted non-invasive observational and experimental research through the Living Links Center of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, in Atlanta, Georgia. Now, she is conducting collaborative research on social learning among chimpanzees at the Lester E Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo.

Recent Publications

Bonnie KE, Milstein MS, Calcutt S, Ross SR, Wagner K, & Lonsdrof EV (2012). Flexibility and persistence of chimpanzee foraging behavior in a captive environment. American Journal of Primatology, 74(7), 661-668.

Lonsdorf EV & Bonnie KE (2010).  Opportunities and constraints when studying social learning: Developmental approaches and social factors. Learning and Behavior, 38(3), 195-205. doi:10.3758/LB.38.3.195

Horner V, Proctor D, Bonnie KE, Whiten A, & de Waal FBM (2010).  Prestige affects cultural learning in chimpanzees. PLoS ONE, 5(5): e10625. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010625

de Waal FBM & Bonnie KE (2009). In tune with others: the social side of primate culture. In The Question of Animal Culture (K.N. Laland & B.G. Galef, Eds.). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Bonnie KE & Earley RL (2007). Expanding the scope for social information use. Animal Behaviour, 74, 171-181. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.12.009.

Bonnie KE & de Waal FBM (2007). Copying without rewards: Socially influenced foraging decisions among brown capuchin monkeys. Animal Cognition, 10, 283-292. doi: 10.1007/s10071-006-0069-9.

Bonnie KE, Horner V, Whiten A, & de Waal FBM (2007). Spread of arbitrary conventions among chimpanzees: a controlled experiment. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 274, 367-372. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3733

Bonnie KE & de Waal FBM (2006). Affiliation promotes the transmission of a social custom:
handclasp grooming among captive chimpanzees. Primates, 47, 27-34.