Main Focus

  • Risk preference
  • Exploration
  • Cooperation
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Comparative Psychology

Curriculum Vitae

  • 2018–2022        PhD in Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development & FU Berlin  
  • 2012–2018        Research Assistant, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology  
  • 2015–2018        Book Arts/Graphic Design, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig      
  • 2009–2015        Psychology in Strasbourg, Magdeburg and HU Berlin    

    Selected Publications

    • Haux, L. M., Engelmann, J. M., Arslan, R. C., Hertwig, R.*, & Herrmann, E.* (2023). Chimpanzee and human risk preferences show key similarities. Psychological Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976221140326
    • Haux, L. M., Engelmann, J.M., Herrmann, E.*, Hertwig, R.* (2021). How chimpanzees decide in the face of social and nonsocial uncertainty. Animal Behaviour, 173, 177-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.01.015
    • Herrmann, E., Haux, L. M., Zeidler, H., & Engelmann, J.M. (2019). Human children but not chimpanzees make irrational decisions driven by social comparison. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286(1894), 20182228. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2228

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