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                       Lab Publications


 
For publications prior to 2000 and to download pdf reprints, click here

IN PRESS

D. Maestripieri.
    Behavior and social dynamics of rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago.
    In: Bones, Genetics, and Behavior: Physical Anthropology at the Caribbean Primate Research Center.
    Ed. by Q. Wang. Berlin: Springer, in press.
D. Maestripieri.
    Rhesus macaque behavior.
    In: Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior
    Ed. by M. Breed & J. Moore. New York: Academic Press, in press.
C. Carere & D. Maestripieri, eds.
     Animal Personalities: Behavior, Physiology, and Evolution.
     Chicago: University of Chicago Press, in press.
D. Maestripieri, T. T. G. Groothuis.
     Parental influences on offspring personality traits in oviparous and placental vertebrates.
     In: Animal Personalities: Behavior, Physiology, and Evolution.
     Ed. by C. Carere & D. Maestripieri. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, in press.
M. M. Sanchez, K. M. McCormack, D. Maestripieri.
     Ethological case study: Infant abuse in rhesus macaques.
     In: Formative Experiences: The Interaction of Caregiving, Culture, and Developmental Psychobiology.
     Ed. by C. Worthman, P. Plotsky, & D. Schachter.
     Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, in press.
D. Maestripieri.
     Adaptations for reproduction in adolescence in macaques.
     In: Adolescence in Humans and Animals (ed. by S. Copans & D. Watts).
     Oxford: Oxford University Press, in press.
Marty, J.M., Higham, J.P., Gadsby, E.L. & Ross, C.
    
Dominance, coloration and social and sexual behavior in male drills (Mandrillus leucophaeus).
     International Journal of Primatology, in press
Stevens, M.S., Stoddard, M.C. & Higham, J.P.
    Studying primate color: towards visual system dependent techniques.
    International Journal of Primatology, in press.
C. L. Hoffman, J. E. Ayala, A. Mas-Rivera, D. Maestripieri.
     Effects of reproductive condition and dominance rank on cortisol responsiveness to stress
     in free-ranging female rhesus macaques.
     American Journal of Primatology, in press.

2010

D. Maestripieri.
     Neurobiology of social behavior.
     In: Primate Neuroethology (ed. by M. Platt & A. Ghazanfar).
     Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 358-383, 2010.
M. M. Sanchez, K. McCormack, A. P. Grand, R. Fulks, A. Graff, D. Maestripieri.
    
Effects of sex and early maternal abuse on adrenocorticotropin hormone and cortisol responses to the corticotropin-releasing hormone challenge during the first 3 years of life in group-living rhesus monkeys.
     Development & Psychopathology, 22: 45-53, 2010.

2009

Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A.M., Heistermann, M., Ross, C. & Semple, S.
     Rates of self-directed behaviour and faecal glucocorticoid leves are not correlated in wild baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis).
     Stress, 12: 526-532, 2009.
P. Sapienza, L. Zingales, D. Maestripieri.
     Gender differences in financial risk aversion and career choices are affected by testosterone.
    
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., 106: 15268-15273,  2009.
D. Maestripieri.
     Konrad Z. Lorenz.
     In: The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion. Ed. by R. Shweder.
     Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, pp. 580-581, 2009.
J. M. Mateo, D. Maestripieri.
     Maternal effects in mammals: conclusions and future directions.
     In: Maternal Effects in Mammals (ed. by D. Maestripieri & J. M. Mateo).
     Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, pp. 322-334, 2009.
D. Maestripieri
.
     Maternal influences on offspring growth, reproduction, and behavior in primates.
     In: Maternal Effects in Mammals (ed. by D. Maestripieri & J. M. Mateo).
     Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, pp. 256-291, 2009.
D. Maestripieri, J. M. Mateo.
     The role of maternal effects in mammalian evolution and adaptation.
     In: Maternal Effects in Mammals (ed. by D. Maestripieri & J. M. Mateo).
     Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, pp. 1-9, 2009.
D. Maestripieri, J. M. Mateo (eds).
     Maternal Effects in Mammals.
     Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2009.
K. McCormack, T. K. Newman, J. D. Higley, D. Maestripieri, M. M. Sanchez.
     Serotonin transporter gene variation, infant abuse, and responsiveness to stress in rhesus macaque mothers and infants.
     Hormones and Behavior, 55: 538-547, 2009.
D. Maestripieri, C. L. Hoffman, G. M. Anderson, C. S. Carter, J. D. Higley.
    Mother-infant interactions in free-ranging rhesus macaques: Relationships between physiological and behavioral variables.
     Physiology and Behavior, 96: 613-619, 2009.

D. Maestripieri.
    The contribution of comparative research to the development and testing of life-history
     models of human attachment and reproductive strategies.
     Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32: 37-38, 2009.
Higham, J.P., Warren, Y., Adanu, J., Umaru, B.N., MacLarnon, A.M., Sommer, V. & Ross, C.
     Living on the edge: life-history of olive baboons at Gashaka-Gumti National Park, Nigeria.
      American Journal of Primatology, 71: 293-304, 2009.

Higham, J.P., Semple, S. MacLarnon, A., Heistermann, M. & Ross, C.
    Female reproductive signaling, and male mating behavior, in the olive baboon.  
    Hormones and Behavior, 55: 60-67, 2009.

2008

Higham, J.P. Heistermann, M., Ross, C., Semple, S. & MacLarnon, A.
     The timing of ovulation with respect to sexual swelling detumescence in wild olive baboons.
     Primates 49: 295-299, 2008.
Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A., Ross, C., Heistermann, M. & Semple, S. 
     Baboon sexual swellings: information content of size and color.
     Hormones and Behavior 53 452-462, 2008.
D. Maestripieri.
     On the use of comparative research for understanding human language evolution.
     Current Anthropology, 49: 1066-1067, 2008.

C. L. Hoffman, A. V. Ruiz-Lambides, E. Davila, E. Maldonado, M. S. Gerald, D. Maestripieri.
      Sex differences in survival costs of reproduction in a promiscuous primate.
      Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62: 1711-1718, 2008.
C. Carere, D. Maestripieri.
     The behavioral repertoire approach in comparative personality research:
     Inconsistencies between theory and practice.
     European Journal of Personality, 22: 457-459, 2008.
D. Maestripieri.

     Neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying the intergenerational transmission of maternal
     behavior and infant abuse in rhesus macaques.
     In: Hormones and Social Behavior. Ed. by D. Pfaff, C. Kordon, P. Chanson, Y. Christen.
     Berlin: Springer, pp. 121-130, 2008.
C. S. Barr, M. L. Schwandt, S. G. Lindell, J. D. Higley, D. Maestripieri, D. Goldman, S. J. Suomi, M. Heilig.
    
Variation at the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) influences attachment behavior in infant primates.
     Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., 105: 5277-5281, 2008.
D. Maestripieri.

     The role of the brain serotonergic system in the origin and transmission of adaptive
     and maladaptive variations in maternal behavior in rhesus macaques.
     In: Neurobiology of the Parental Brain (ed. by R. Bridges).
     Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 163-173, 2008.
D. Maestripieri
, C. L. Hoffman, R. Fulks, M. S. Gerald.
     Plasma cortisol responses to stress in lactating and nonlactating female rhesus macaques.
     Hormones and Behavior, 53: 170-176, 2008.
D. Maestripieri.
    Primate behavior and misbehavior in Michael Crichton's Congo.
    In: The Science of Michael Crichton (ed. by K. Grazier).
    Dallas, TX: BenBella Books,
pp. 59-68, 2008.
D. Maestripieri.
    Biological bases of maternal attachment.
    In: Current Directions in Developmental Psychology. Ed. by L. Liben.
    Boston: Pearson, pp. 37-42, 2008 (reprint).

2007

D. Maestripieri.
    Macachiavellian Intelligence: How Rhesus Macaques and Humans Have Conquered the World.
    Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2007.
M. M. Sanchez, O. Alagbe, J. C. Felger, J. Zhang, A. E. Graff, A. P. Grand, D. Maestripieri, A. H. Miller.
     
Activated p38 MAPK is associated with decreased CSF 5-HIAA and  increased maternal rejection during infancy in rhesus monkeys.
      Molecular Psychiatry, 12: 895-897, 2007.

E. P. Riley, B. Suryobroto, D. Maestripieri.
     Distribution of Macaca ochreata and identification of mixed ochreata-tonkeana groups in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
     Primate Conservation, 22: 1-5, 2007.

D. Maestripieri.
     Gestural communication in three species of macaques (Macaca mulatta, M. nemestrina, M. arctoides):
    Use of signals in relation to dominance and social context.
    In: Gestural Communication in Nonhuman and Human Primates.
    Ed. by K. Liebal, C. Muller, & S. Pika. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 51-66. 2007.
J. C. Whitham
, M. S. Gerald, D. Maestripieri.
      Intended receivers and functional significance of grunt and girney vocalizations in free-ranging female rhesus macaques.

      Ethology, 113: 862-874, 2007.
C. Waitt, D. Maestripieri, M. S. Gerald.
    
Effects of parity and age on female attraction to faces of infants and neonates in rhesus macaques.
     Primates, 48: 164-167, 2007.
D. Maestripieri.
    Social and biological influences on rhesus monkey development and health across the lifespan:
    Challenges and rewards of population-based biobehavioral research with nonhuman primates.
    In: Proceedings of the 2006 Chicago Workshop on Biomarkers in Population-Based
    Health and Aging Research (ed. by S. Lindau & N. Gavrilova).  Chicago, IL: University of Chicago
    Center on Demography and Economics of Aging, pp. 7-24, 2007.
D. Maestripieri
, S. G. Lindell, J. D. Higley
    Intergenerational transmission of maternal behavior in rhesus macaques and its underlying mechanisms.
    Developmental Psychobiology, 49: 165-171, 2007.
D. Maestripieri, J. Mayhew, C. L. Carlson, C. L. Hoffman, J. M. Radtke.
    One-male harems and female social dynamics in Guinea baboons.
    Folia Primatologica, 78: 56-68, 2007.

2006

M. S. Gerald, C. Waitt, D. Maestripieri.
  
 An experimental examination of female responses to infant face coloration in
    rhesus macaques
   
Behavioural Processes, 73: 253-256, 2006
D. Maestripieri, K. McCormack, S. G. Lindell, J. D. Higley, M. M. Sanchez.
     Influence of parenting style on the offspring's behaviour and CSF monoamine metabolite
     levels in crossfostered and noncrossfostered female rhesus macaques.
     Behavioural Brain Research, 175: 90-95, 2006.
D. Maestripieri
, J. D. Higley, S. G. Lindell, T. K. Newman, K. McCormack, M. M. Sanchez.
     Early maternal rejection affects the development of monoaminergic systems and adult
     abusive parenting in rhesus macaques.
     Behavioral Neuroscience, 120: 1017-1024, 2006.
K. McCormack, M. M. Sanchez, M. Bardi, D. Maestripieri.
     Maternal care patterns and behavioral development of rhesus macaque abused infants in
     in the first 6 months of life.
     Developmental Psychobiology,
48: 537-550, 2006.
J. R. Roney, K. N. Hanson, K. M. Durante, D. Maestripieri.
    Reading men’s faces: Women’s mate attractiveness judgments track men’s testosterone and interest in infants.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 273: 2169-2175, 2006.
D. Maestripieri, J. R. Roney
    
Evolutionary developmental psychology: Contributions from comparative research with nonhuman primates.
     Developmental Review, 26: 120-137, 2006.
G. R. Pradhan, A. Engelhardt, C. P. van Schaik, D. Maestripieri.
    The evolution of female copulation calls in primates: a review and a new model.
    Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 59: 333-343, 2006.

2005

D. Maestripieri, J. R. Roney
 
    Primate copulation calls and post-copulatory female choice.
     Behavioral Ecology, 16: 106-113, 2005.
D. Maestripieri, S. G. Lindell, A. Ayala, P. W. Gold, J. D. Higley
     Neurobiological characteristics of rhesus macaque abusive mothers and their
     relation to social and maternal behavior.
     Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 29: 51-57, 2005.

D. Maestripieri.

    On the importance of comparative research for the understanding of human behavior
    and development: A reply to Gottlieb & Lickliter (2004).
    Social Development, 14: 181-186, 2005.
D. Maestripieri.
     Effects of early experience on female behavioral and reproductive development in rhesus macaques.
     Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, 272: 1243-1248, 2005.
D. Maestripieri.
     Early experience affects the intergenerational transmission of infant abuse in rhesus monkeys.
     Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., 102: 9726-9729, 2005.

D. Maestripieri, M. Leoni, S. S. Raza, E. J. Hirsch, J. C. Whitham

     Female copulation calls in Guinea baboons: Evidence for post-copulatory female choice?
     International Journal of Primatology, 26: 737-758, 2005.

D. Maestripieri.
     Gestural communication in three species of macaques (Macaca mulatta, M. nemestrina,
     M. arctoides): Use of signals in relation to dominance and social context.
     Gesture, 5: 57-73, 2005.

D. Maestripieri.
     Improbable antics: Notes from a gorilla guru.
     In: King Kong is Back!  (ed. by D. Brin). Dallas, TX: BenBella Books, pp. 85-91, 2005.
E. P. Riley.
     The loud calls of the Sulawesi Tonkean macaques, Macaca tonkeana.
     Tropical Biodiversity, 8: 199-209, 2005.

2004

D. Maestripieri, S. R. Ross
      Sex differences in play among western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
      infants: Implications for adult behavior and social structure.
     American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 123: 52-61, 2004.

D. Maestripieri, S. R. Ross

      Maternal influences on infant behavioral development in western lowland gorillas.
      In: Advances in Psychology Research, Vol. 27 (Ed. by S. P. Shohov). Hauppage,
      NY: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 96-112, 2004.

D. Maestripieri
      Genetic aspects of mother-offspring conflict in rhesus macaques.
      Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 55: 381-387, 2004.
J. R. Roney, J. C. Whitham, M. Leoni, A. Bellem, N. Wielebnowski, D. Maestripieri.
      Relative digit lengths and testosterone levels in Guinea baboons.
      Hormones and Behavior, 45: 285-290, 2004.

D. Maestripieri.
     
Maternal behavior, infant handling and socialization. In: Macaque Societies:
      A Model for the Study of Social Organization. Ed. by B. Thierry, M. Singh, W.  
      Kaumanns. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 231-234, 2004.

J. R. Roney, D. Maestripieri
     Relative digit lengths predict men's behavior and attractiveness during social interactions with women.
     Human Nature, 15: 271-282, 2004.
E. Newport, M. D. Hauser, G. M. Spaepen, R. N. Aslin.
     Learning at a distance: II. Statistical learning of non-adjacent dependencies in a nonhuman primate.
     Cognitive Psychology, 49: 85-117, 2004.

D. Maestripieri, J. R. Roney, N. DeBias, K. M. Durante, G. M. Spaepen
     Father absence, menarche, and interest in infants among adolescent girls.
     Developmental Science, 7: 560-566, 2004.

D. Maestripieri, K. M. Durante
     Infant colic: Re-evaluating the adaptive hypotheses.
     Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27: 468-469, 2004.

2003

J. R. Roney.
     
Effects of visual exposure to the opposite sex: Cognitive aspects of mate attraction in human males.
     
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 29: 393-404, 2003.
S. W. Margulis, J. C. Whitham, K. Ogorzalek.
     Silverback male presence and group stability in gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla).
     Folia Primatologica, 74: 92-96, 2003.
D. Maestripieri, K. Wallen.
     Nonhuman primate models of developmental psychopathology: problems and prospects.
     In: Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms in Psychopathology. Ed. by D. Cicchetti &
     E. Walker, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pp. 187-214, 2003.
J. C. Whitham, D. Maestripieri.
      Primate rituals: The function of greetings between male Guinea baboons.
      Ethology, 109: 847-859, 2003.
D. Maestripieri
      Similarities in affiliation and aggression between cross-fostered rhesus
      macaque females and their biological mothers.
      Developmental Psychobiology, 43: 321-327, 2003.

J. R. Roney, S. V. Mahler, D. Maestripieri
      Behavioral and hormonal responses of men to brief interactions with women.
      Evolution and Human Behavior, 24: 365-375, 2003.

D. Maestripieri.                      
     The past, present, and future of primate psychology. 
      In: Primate Psychology. Ed. by D. Maestripieri. Cambridge, MA:
      Harvard University Press, pp. 1-16, 2003.
D. Maestripieri.
     Attachment. In: Primate Psychology. Ed. by D. Maestripieri.
     Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 108-143, 2003.
    
J. R. Roney, D. Maestripieri.
    Social development and affiliation. In: Primate Psychology.
    Ed. by D. Maestripieri. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press,
    pp. 171-204, 2003.
L. A. Parr, D. Maestripieri.
    Nonvocal communication. In: Primate Psychology. Ed. by
    D. Maestripieri. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press,
    pp. 324-358, 2003.

2002

D. Maestripieri.
    Biological bases of maternal attachment.
    In: Foundations of Social Neuroscience.
    Ed. By J. T. Cacioppo, G. G. Berntson, R. Adolphs, C. S. Carter, R. J. Davidson,
    M. K. McClintock, B. S. McEwen, M. J. Meaney, D. L. Schacter, E. M. Sternberg,
    S. J. Suomi, S. E. Taylor. MIT Press, pp. 749-753, 2002.
D. Maestripieri, P.M. Kappeler
  
Evolutionary theory and primate behavior.
   International Journal of Primatology, 23: 703-705, 2002.
D. Maestripieri.  
    Parent-offspring conflict in primates.
    International Journal of Primatology, 23: 923-951, 2002.
F. C. Graves, K. Wallen, D. Maestripieri
    Opioids and attachment in rhesus macaque abusive mothers.
    Behavioral Neuroscience, 116: 489-493, 2002.
O. J. Ginther, A. Lara, M. Leoni, D. R. Bergfelt.
    Herding and snaking by the harem stallion in domestic herds.
    Theriogenology, 57: 2139-2146, 2002.
D. Maestripieri.
   Maternal dominance rank and age affect offspring sex ratio in pigtail macaques.
   Journal of Mammalogy, 83: 563-568, 2002.
D. Maestripieri, S. Pelka
    Sex differences in interest in infants across the lifespan: A biological adaptation
    for parenting?
    Human Nature, 13: 327-344, 2002.
D. Maestripieri, S. K. Ross, N. L. Megna
    Mother-infant interactions in western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla):
    Spatial relationships, communication, and opportunities for social learning.
    Journal of Comparative Psychology, 116: 219-227, 2002.
J. R. Roney, D. Maestripieri
      The importance of comparative and phylogenetic analyses in the study of adaptation.
      Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 25: 525, 2002.

2001

D. Maestripieri.
     Is there mother-infant bonding in primates?
     Developmental Review, 21: 93-120, 2001.
D. Maestripieri.

    Female-biased maternal investment in rhesus macaques.
    Folia Primatologica, 72: 44-47, 2001.
D. Maestripieri.

    Intraspecific variability in parenting styles of rhesus macaques: The role of the
    social environment.
    Ethology, 107: 237-248, 2001.
D. Maestripieri.
    Biological bases of maternal attachment.
    Current Directions in Psychological Science, 10: 79-83, 2001.
D. Maestripieri, J. Whitham.
    Teaching in marine mammals? Anecdotes vs science.
     Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24: 342-343, 2001.
J. E. Lambert, J. C. Whitham. 
    Cheek pouch use in Papio cynocephalus. 
    Folia Primatologica, 72: 89-91, 2001.
S. W. Margulis, J. C. Whitham, K. Ogorzalek. 
   Social interactions among female gorillas before and after the introduction of a new silverback.  
    Conference Proceedings, The Apes: Challenges for the 21st century, pp. 79-82. Chicago:
    Chicago Zoological Society, 2001.


2000

D. Maestripieri, K. A. Carroll.
    Causes and consequences of infant abuse and neglect in monkeys.
    Aggression and Violent Behavior, 5: 245-254, 2000.
D. Maestripieri
, T. Jovanovic, H. Gouzoules
    Crying and infant abuse in rhesus monkeys.
    Child Development, 71: 301-309, 2000.
D. Maestripieri
, Megna, N. L., Jovanovic, T.
    Adoption and maltreatment of foster infants by rhesus macaque abusive mothers.
    Developmental Science, 3: 287-293, 2000.
D. Maestripieri.

    Determinants of affiliative interactions between adult males and lactating females
    in pigtail macaques.
    Ethology, 106: 425-439, 2000.
S. Cabib, F. R. D'Amato, S. Puglisi-Allegra, D. Maestripieri.
    Behavioral and mesocorticolimbic dopamine responses to non aggressive social 
     interactions depend on previous social experiences and on the opponent's sex.
    Behavioural Brain Research, 112: 13-22, 2000.
D. Maestripieri
.
    Measuring temperament in rhesus macaques: consistency and change in 
    emotionality over time.
    Behavioural Processes, 49: 167-171, 2000.
D. Maestripieri, N. L. Megna
.
    Hormones and behavior in abusive and nonabusive rhesus macaque mothers.
    1: Social interactions during late pregnancy and early lactation.
    Physiology & Behavior, 71: 35-42, 2000.
D. Maestripieri, N. L. Megna
.
    Hormones and behavior in abusive and nonabusive rhesus macaque mothers.
    2: Mother-infant interactions.
    Physiology & Behavior, 71: 43-49, 2000.
T. Jovanovic, N. L. Megna, D. Maestripieri.
    Early maternal recognition of offspring vocalizations in rhesus macaques
    (Macaca mulatta).
    Primates, 41: 421-428, 2000.
D. Maestripieri.

     Biography.
     American Psychologist, 55: 1274-1276, 2000. 
J. R. Roney, R. N. Wolfe
     Paths after high school. In M.  Csikszentmihalyi & B. Schneider (eds.), Becoming
     adult: How teenagers prepare for the world of work. New York: Basic Books, pp.
    199-212, 2000.

 

 


 


 

 

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