Research outputs per year
Research outputs per year
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I completed my PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, under the supervision of Michael Tomasello and Josep Call. After that I continued working as a postdoc, a coordinator for research in African chimpanzee sanctuaries and senior scientist. In 2013 I was awarded my own Minerva Research Group on the Human Origins of Self-Regulation within the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. I joined the psychology department at Portsmouth as a senior lecturer in July 2020.
The goal of my research is to investigate the roots of human cooperation and self-control through a multi-disciplinary and comparative lens. My experimental research focuses on: 1) contributing to our understanding of the evolution of human cognition by identifying shared and unique socio-cognitive abilities in humans and non-human great-apes and 2) discovering how developmental factors and cultural characteristics influence social cognition and behavior. To pursue this goal, over the last years, I established, coordinated and conducted research across various cross-cultural field sites in Africa and African chimpanzee sanctuaries.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Eckert, J. (Creator), Call, J. (Creator), Hermes, J. (Creator), Herrmann, E. (Creator) & Rakoczy, H. (Creator), Elsevier BV, 1 Nov 2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2018.07.004, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027718301872?via%3Dihub
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Esther Herrmann (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Esther Herrmann (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Esther Herrmann (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Esther Herrmann (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
21/06/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research cited
21/06/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research cited
28/12/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research cited
27/12/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research cited
27/12/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research cited