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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

    • Haux, L. M., Engelmann, J. M., Herrmann, E., & Hertwig, R.  (2025). Chimpanzees adapt their exploration to key properties of the environment.  Nature Communications, 16(1), 1807.
    • Haux, L. M., Engelmann, J. M., Arslan, R. C., Hertwig, R., & Herrmann, E. (2023). Chimpanzee and human risk preferences show key similarities. Psychological Science, 34(3), 358-369.
    • 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.

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