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                                     Lab Research in the News

   2012

bulletSeptember 14, 2012: Book review of Games Primates Play. Science
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September 12, 2012: It ain't necessarily so. How much do evolutionary stories reveal about
           the mind? The New Yorker
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July 16, 2012: When spouses forego wearing wedding rings: unconventional or warning sign?
           The Vancouver Courier
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July 3, 2012: Discover your inner baboon. The Daily Mail, UK

bulletMay 5, 2012: Book review of Games Primates Play. Science News
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May, 2012: Book review of Games Primates Play. Discover Magazine
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April 20, 2012: Now you know why your boss is such an ape. Wall Street Journal (Matt Ridley)
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April 14, 2012: Gorillas made me do it. Salon.com
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April 10, 2012: Monkey genetics track social status. Nature
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April 7, 2012: Can primates shed light on the roots of romance? The New Scientist
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April 1, 2012: Book review of Games Primates Play. Library Journal
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April 1, 2012: Yes, it is a jungle out there: Email and gorilla warfare. Chicago Tribune
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April 1, 2012: Evolving thinking: Studies of primates and robotic fish offer clues about how life
          developed and why we behave as we do
. Boston Globe
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April 2012: Book review of Games Primates Play. Psychology Today
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March 29, 2012: Book review of Games Primates Play. Nature
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March 5, 2012: Bobo Soprano: How monkeys, the Mafia, Italian academia - and, increasingly,
            American society - illustrate the biological impulse and the social peril of nepotism.
            The University of Chicago Magazine
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February 26, 2012: Women are attracted to men with healthy faces. Cosmos Magazine
bulletFebruary 22, 2012: Liberate your inner scientist. Arizona Daily Star

   2011

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October 11, 2011: Abused chicks grow up to be abusers. Science
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May 18, 2011: Men relax best when wives are busy. USA Today
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April 25, 2011: Science publishes replication of 2007 Hauser study. Science
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April 5, 2011: Booty call: how monkeys spot a fertile mate. MSNBC
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April 7, 2011: For rhesus macaques, to know her may mean to love her. The New York Times
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March 21, 2011: Low testosterone linked with financial risk-taking. New Scientist


  
2010

bulletJanuary 2010: Our inner monkey: biologist Dario Maestripieri studies the differences that separate man from man, monkey from monkey. The University of Chicago Magazine
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January 28, 2010: The ape that never grows up. Science
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August 17, 2010: Marriage and committed romance reduce stress-related hormone production.
Science Daily
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August 18, 2010: Relationships are good for your health. The Telegraph, UK
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August 23, 2010: Spouses can be stress vaccines. Psychology Today
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August 28, 2010: Marriage reduces stress-related hormone production. The Philadelphia Bulletin
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September 10, 2010: Something for the weekend. Financial Times
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September 23, 2010: Need a lift? Bloomberg Businessweek
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October 6, 2010: Take a lift and reveal your character. Economic Times
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October 21, 2010: Coffee kinesiology. Bloomberg Businessweek
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November 11, 2010: Like marriage, committed relationships may protect against stress. USA Today
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November 22, 2010: A primatologist discovers the social factors responsible for maternal infanticide.
Scientific American Blog
bulletNovember 23, 2010: Why do moms kill their kids? Wired Magazine

   2009

bulletFebruary 10, 2009: What's the attraction? Look to society, biology, not "logic". USA Today
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March 11, 2009: Public tantrums defeat monkey moms too. Science News
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May 17, 2009:
Minding the Animals: Ethology and the Obsolescence of Left Humanism American Chronicle
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May 27, 2009: Why the elevator floor is so interesting. Wired Magazine
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June 5, 2009: Elevators make monkeys of us. New York Times Freakonomics Blog
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July/August, 2009: An architectural tour of the mind. The APS Observer
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August 24, 2009: Testosterone makes a difference in financial risk taking, study of MBA students finds. The Chronicle of Higher Education
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August 24, 2009: Testosterone influences women's career moves. US News & World Report
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August 24, 2009: Testosterone-charged women take more financial and career risks. Bloomberg News
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August 24, 2009: High testosterone boosts women traders. Reuters
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August 24, 2009: Was the financial crisis caused by hormones? The Wall Street Journal
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August 24, 2009: Women with high testosterone take financial risks. National Geographic
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August 24, 2009: Women's testosterone levels may affect finances. MSNBC
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August 24, 2009: Women with high testosterone take more money risks. USA Today
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August 24, 2009: Women with high testosterone take more money risks. NPR
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August 24, 2009: Women with high testosterone take more money risks. CBS News
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August 24, 2009: Study finds women with higher levels of testosterone more likely to take financial risks. Los Angeles Times (Associated Press)
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August 24, 2009: Study finds women with higher levels of testosterone more likely to take financial risks. Chicago Tribune (Associated Press)
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August 25, 2009: Women with an appetite for risk may also be hungry for sex. Daily Mail
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August 25, 2009: Testosterone may guide women's careers. ABC News
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August 25, 2009: Women with high levels of testosterone take riskier jobs. The Telegraph (UK)
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August 25, 2009: Fourth finger may show if you have what it takes. Bloomberg News
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August 25, 2009: Can hormones explain female high fliers? BBC News
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August 25, 2009: Testosterone holds the key to financial risk. Financial Times
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August 25, 2009: "Trader's testosterone" fuels female financial flutters. Nature
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August 25, 2009: Risky business and testosterone. Forbes
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August 25, 2009: High levels of testosterone in women linked to choice of risky careers. ScienceDaily
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August 25, 2009: "T" factor: why some women go for risky finance. Calcutta Telegraph, India
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August 25, 2009: Male hormone draws women to finance. Ansa Press Agency, Italy
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August 25, 2009: Piu' sesso e amore del gioco d'azzardo per le donne col testosterone alto. Corriere della Sera, Italy
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August 25, 2009: Elogio della donna "senza palle". Il Giornale, Italy
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August 26, 2009: Risky business: women, testosterone, and finance.
The Economist
bulletAugust 28, 2009: Testosterone role in investment decisions. US News & World Report
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September 28, 2009: Rats learn to be once bitten, twice shy. The New Scientist
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October 5, 2009: Want less risk? Hire more women? The Huffington Post
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October 8, 2009: Monkey moms and babies communicate from the start. US News & World Report
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December 2009: The science of success. The Atlantic Monthly
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December 2, 2009: All'Universita' trionfa la legge dei macachi. La Stampa, Italy

   2008

bulletJanuary 2008: Understanding baby talk. Scientific American Mind
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January 7, 2008: It's a jungle out there ... The New Scientist, U.K.
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January 9, 2008: Law of jungle applies to office politics. The Telegraph, U.K.
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January 11, 2008: Sopravvivere in ufficio come nella giungla. Il Corriere della Sera, Italy
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January 22, 2008: Political animals (yes, animals). The New York Times
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February 21, 2008: Popular science. Chicago Weekly
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March 12, 2008: Monkey motherese. Babble
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April 1, 2008: The origin of fools. MSNBC
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April 24, 2008: Science of loveChicago Tribune Red Eye
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October 17, 2008: Well, excuuuuuse me! Slate Magazine
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November 5, 2008: The human brain developed due to the social pressure. CubaNow.net

   2007

bulletJanuary 2, 2007: Uomini, quello da sposare e’….TgCom – Mediaset, Italy
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March 14, 2007: What makes someone harm their own baby? Evening Standard, UK
bulletApril 3, 2007: Breaking the cycle. The Spokesman Review
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August 24, 2007: Monkeys use "baby talk" to interact with infants. The University of Chicago News Office
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August 24, 2007: Monkeys fluent in baby talk. The Chicago Tribune
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August 24, 2007: Monkeys use "baby talk" to soothe infants not mums. The New Scientist
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August 24, 2007: Study: "Baby talk" universally understood. Fox News
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August 24, 2007: Monkeys use baby talk with infants. National Geographic News
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August 24, 2007: Monkeys use "baby talk" with infants. Discovery Channel News
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August 24, 2007: Monkey moms use baby talk, too. US News and World Report
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August 24, 2007: Monkey moms use baby talk, too. Forbes Magazine
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August 24, 2007: Making sense of baby talk. Science
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October 5, 2007: Monkey business all about winning. The Times - Higher Education Supplement
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October 22, 2007: How to fight monkeys. Slate magazine
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October 24, 2007: Monkeys are Machiavellian, too. The New York Times
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October 25, 2007: Humans and monkeys share Machiavellian intelligence. Science Daily
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November 1, 2007: Macachiavellian Intelligence.  Discover magazine
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November 1, 2007: Research on rhesus macaques shows..University of Chicago Chronicle
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November 11, 2007: Machiavellian monkeys scheme for dominance. Earth & Sky
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November 19, 2007: Queen Kong? In rhesus realm, females rule. Chicago Tribune
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December, 2007: Our social rootsNature
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December, 2007: Cibo, sesso, e potere: Il duro mondo dei macachi. Panorama, Italy
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December, 2007: The new monkey in the mirror: A rhesus macaque reflection. Evolutionary Psychology
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December 22, 2007: Monkeys behaving badly. The Telegraph, U.K.

   2006

bulletFebruary 5, 2006: Gioia e lutti: animali con l'anima. La Repubblica - Italy
bulletMarch 19, 2006: Monkeys breathe new life into UPR's offshore lab. The San Juan Star - Puerto Rico
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May 9, 2006: Women "sense qualities in a man" BBC News - U.K.
bulletMay 9, 2006: How to tell if a man wants children The London Times - U.K.
bulletMay 9, 2006: Men's friendliness to children shows in their faces The New Scientist
bulletMay 9, 2006: Women get paternal clues in men's faces ABC News
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May 9, 2006: Mr. Right or ...Mr. Now? CBS News
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May 9, 2006: Does he like kids? It's written all over his face MSNBC
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May 9, 2006: Women get paternal clues in men's faces The Washington Post
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May 9, 2006: Women get paternal clues in men's faces USA Today
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May 9, 2006: Women attracted to men when they see interest in children reflected in their faces EurekAlert
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May 9, 2006: How women spot a potential father The Herald
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May 9, 2006: Instincts matter when looking for Mr. Right ABC Science News - Australia
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May 9, 2006: Daddy material? It takes just 1 look. The Chicago Tribune
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May 9, 2006: Women are on target in the mating game The Independent - South Africa
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May 9, 2006: Women attracted to men who like children Reuters India - India
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May 10, 2006: Psicologia: lei gli legge in viso se e' un buon partito. Ansa - Italy
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May 10, 2006: Are children in his future? his face may be a clue. Boston Globe
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May 10, 2006: Man's face answers questions: kids or fling? Washington Times
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May 10, 2006: Men are taken at face value. Toronto Star - Canada
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May 10, 2006: Women don't have to ask if you like babies The Chicago Sun-Times
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May 10, 2006: Study: Women can predict good dads, good lovers on looks alone Fox News
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May 10, 2006: Men's faces show paternal potential The Guardian - U.K.
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May 10, 2006: Women feel good fathers, new study says Pravda - Russia
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May 10, 2006: Hot date or daddy material? Just look San Jose Mercury News
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May 11, 2006: Study claims male faces speak for themselves China Daily- China
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May 11, 2006: Women can read men like books The Economist
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May 11, 2006: Sesso o amore in uno sguardo: cosi' la donna sceglie l'uomo La Repubblica - Italy
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May 11, 2006: Women's attractiveness judgments track men's affinity to children, hormone levels The University of Chicago Chronicle
bulletMay 11, 2006: Ist dieser mann ein guter vater? SpektrumDirekt - Germany
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May 12, 2006: What's in a face? Maybe a father Baltimore Sun
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May 13, 2006: Men with weak chins The Los Angeles Times
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May 17, 2006: L'uomo ideale in uno sguardo News Italia Press
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May 23, 2006: Choices: Testosterone matters, but only in the short term. The New York Times
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June 05, 2006: Let's face it. Looks count. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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June 25, 2006: Pretending to have a baby to score? Fish do it. The Seattle Times
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July 14, 2006: Live prey for dummies: Meerkats coach pups on hunting. Science News
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August 2006: That baby face. University of Chicago Magazine
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August 21, 2006: Women are able to read more in a man's face than he might think. Voice of America News
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November 2, 2006: Low levels of neurotransmitter serotonin may perpetuate child abuse across generations. EurekAlert
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November 2, 2006: Abuse can alter brain, study finds: low serotonin linked to cycle of crueltyThe Chicago Tribune
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November 2, 2006: Low serotonin may be key in cycle of abuse. MSNBC News
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November 2, 2006: Child abuse: nature or nurture? The New Scientist
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November 2, 2006: Low levels of neurotransmitter serotonin may perpetuate child abuse across generations. Science Daily
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November 3, 2006:A biological reason for child abuse? PsychCentral News
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November 4, 2006: Brain chemical linked to child abuse. The Sydney Morning Herald - Australia
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November 7, 2006: Brain chemical linked to child-abuse perpetuation. ABC News
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November 7, 2006: Brain chemical linked to child-abuse perpetuation. Scientific American
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November 10, 2006: Low serotonin levels possibly to blame for abusive parents. The University of Chicago Maroon
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December 25, 2006: No saving faces: Masculine features can be threatening. USA Today

   2005

bulletFebruary 21, 2005: 'Animal clue' to teen pregnancies. BBC News - U.K.
bulletFebruary 21, 2005: Las niñas que viven su niñez sin uno de los padres alcanzan antes la pubertad. Al Dia - Cuba
bulletFebruary 22, 2005: Estresse é associado à gravidez na adolescência. Sociedade Mineira de Pediatria - Brazil
bulletMarch 8, 2005: A Darwinian look at a wailing baby. The New York Times
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March 16, 2005: Crying babies get scientists' attention. The San Diego Union-Tribune
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March 21, 2005: Survival of the noisiest kid? The Telegraph - Calcutta, India
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May 5, 2005: Neurobiological changes resulting from abuse may play role in later behaviors. NewsRx
bulletJune 27, 2005: Early experience, not genetics, leading factor in intergenerational infant abuse. Emory University Press Release
bulletJune 27, 2005: Monkey see, monkey abuse. Science Now
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June 27, 2005: Early experience, not genes, shapes child abusers. New Scientist
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June 27, 2005: Child abuse a pattern of experience. Forbes Magazine
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June 27, 2005: Schlechtes vorbild: Die saat der gewalt bei affen. SpektrumDirect  - Germany
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June 28, 2005: Genes not responsible for child abuse. News Fox
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June 29, 2005: Child abuse a pattern of experience. The Atlanta Journal Constitution
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June 29, 2005: Child abuse a pattern of experience. ABC News
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June 29, 2005: Gewalt wird in der Kindheit erlernt. Der Spiegel - Germany
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June 30, 2005: Monkey business. Nature News
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July 2, 2005: Mother knows worst: Abusive parenting spans generations in monkeys. Science News
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July 3, 2005: Infant abuse linked to early experience, not genetics. Science Daily
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July 4, 2005: Monkey see, monkey do harm. Discovery Channel Canada
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July 5, 2005: 
Почему родители избивают своих детей? Pravda - Russia
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July 8, 2005: Monkey see, monkey abuse. Science
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July 21, 2005: Learning abuse ScienCentral News (with downloadable video of TV interview)
bulletOctober 2005: Effects of early abuse. Infants to Adolescents: Research Update
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December 1, 2005: Four Chicago professors elected to the AAAS.
The University of Chicago Chronicle

   2004

bulletJanuary 2004: Switched monkeys show powerful effects of genes. Crime Times
bulletJanuary 2004: Developmental and evolutionary aspects of female attraction to babies.
Psychological Science Agenda (Newsletter of the American Psychological Association Science Directorate)
bulletFebruary 12, 2004: My Darwinian daughters. Corante
bulletFebruary 2004: In the testoster-zone. University of Chicago Magazine
bulletFebruary 2004: Nature over nurture. University of Chicago Magazine
bulletMarch 2004: Beyond recognition: Motivated mother monkeys. A new perspective on bonding
Newsletter of the Center for Early Childhood Research, University of Chicago
bulletApril, 2004: Motherhood's dark side: Infant abuse and neglect in primates
Dialogo
(Newsletter of the Social Science Division, University of Chicago). Winter 2004 issue.
bulletFebruary 20, 2005: Animal parenting, personality, and pair-ups. EurekAlert

   2003

bulletFebruary 2003: Mister Mom. Super Science
bulletJuly 22, 2003: Female baboons speak out about sex. Science Now
bulletAugust 1, 2003: That was good, baby. Science
bulletAugust 2, 2003: Gli strani richiami sessuali dei babbuini. Le Scienze - Italy
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August, 2003: Cross-disciplinary perspective on attachment processes. The APS Observer
bulletSeptember 21, 2003: Animal research points to blend. The Atlanta Journal Constitution
bulletOctober 2003: Monkey love. University of Chicago Magazine
bulletNovember 3, 2003: Risky diddling bonds baboons. Nature News
bulletNovember 3, 2003: Research assistant sends sex hormones soaring.  Nature News
bulletNovember 4, 2003: Men drool over women.  NewWomanOnline
bulletNovember 4, 2003: Making men drool.  Evening Standard - U.K.
bulletNovember 5, 2003: Male sex hormone easily triggered.  BBC News - U. K.
bulletNovember 6, 2003: Secrets of testosterone surges.  ONE News - New Zealand
bulletNovember 7, 2003: Researchers pore over spit for clues to sexuality. The Chicago Sun-Times
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November 7, 2003: Men's saliva responds to women. NBC News
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November 7, 2003: Just like dogs. Chicago Red Streak News
bulletNovember 8, 2003: Bawdy baboons. CBC Radio
bulletNovember 10, 2003: Baboon male bonding can get a little frisky. The Chicago Sun-Times
bulletNovember 10, 2003: Baboons mimic high school students. The Washington Times
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November 13, 2003: When boy meets girl, brain hits high gear. The Chicago Tribune
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November 14, 2003: Stress: Di madre in figlio. Galileo - Italy
bulletDecember 4, 2003: Social behavior among monkeys may be more nature than nurture. The University of Chicago News Office
bulletDecember 4, 2003: Social behavior among monkeys may be more nature than nurture. ScienceDaily News
bulletDecember 4, 2003: Adopted monkeys don't fall far from the tree. The Globe and Mail - Canada
bulletDecember 5, 2003: Monkey study favors nature over nurture. The Chicago Sun-Times
bulletDecember 8, 2003: Bestemmer genene oppførselen?  Forskning - Norway
bulletDecember 11, 2003: Discovery of inheritability of social behavior traits has human implications. University of Chicago Chronicle

   2002

bulletApril, 2002: The mating game. The University of Chicago Magazine
bulletJune 12, 2002: Troppi baroni, pochi soldi: fuga dei cervelli all'estero. La Repubblica - Italy
bulletOctober, 2002: The postpartum cuddles: Inspired by hormones?  The APA Monitor

   2001

bulletMay 11, 2001: U of C research finds monkeys bond with moms. The Chicago Sun-Times
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May 15, 2001: Monkey mothers recognize offspring during postnatal bonding period. The Chicago Maroon
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June 15, 2001: Ego boost. The New Scientist
bulletJuly 12, 2001: Professor finds that nonhuman primates have evolutionary reason to bond with their offspring. The University of Chicago Chronicle

   2000

bulletMarch 16, 2000: American Psychological Association awards professor’s behavioral research. The University of Chicago Chronicle
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May 2000: APA announces 2000 award winners. The APA Monitor
bulletNovember 2000: Dario Maestripieri: biography. The American Psychologist

   1991-1999

bulletJanuary 1999: Madri che maltrattano. Psicologia Contemporanea - Italy
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May 9, 1999: Nurturing a theory. The Dallas Morning News
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May 23, 1998: Monkeys provide model of child abuse. Science News
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June 4, 1998: Child abuse: still a lot to learn. The Times - New Jersey
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Autumn 1998: Scientists bypass children, focus on monkeys instead.
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Magazine
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April 28, 1997: Maestripieri compares abusive monkeys and humans. The Emory Report
bulletDecember 6, 1997: Baby bashers. The New Scientist
bulletDecember 11, 1997: Abused infant monkeys may grow up to become abusers. Discovery Channel Canada
bulletApril 9, 1994: Not now, my dear, I'm busy. The New Scientist
bulletNovember 19, 1992: Killer mothers bite back. The Guardian - U. K.


 

 
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