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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
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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
Media Coverage
- Similarities in Human and Chimpanzee Behavior Support Evolutionary Basis for Risk Taking, APS
- Why we place too much trust in machines, BBC Future
- Wie Schimpansen Risikoentscheidungen treffen, Campus Talks, Television program, ARDalpha
- Affenmensch, Movie by Paule Hammer at Museum der Bildenen Künste Leipzig
- Living side by side with chimpanzees, MaxPlanckResearch Science Magazine