Emily J. E. Messer

EmailE.J.E.Messerhw.acuk

EH14 4AS
United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

I am willing to consider applicants from potential PhD students on any of my research interests and areas of expertise, mostly with a focus on (but not necessarily limited to) social learning and prosociality.

Research activity per year

13 Article
1 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

14 results

2025
Learning to control through culture: Explaining variation in the development of self-regulation
Messer, E. J. E., Roome, H. E. & Legare, C. H., Jul 2025, In: Psychological review. 132, 4, p. 956-972 17 p.
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2024
Quantifying quality: The impact of measures of school quality on children's academic achievement across diverse societies
Rawlings, B. S., Davis, H. E., Anum, A., Burger, O., Chen, L., Morales, J. C. C., Dutra, N., Dzabatou, A., Dzokoto, V., Erut, A., Fong, F. T. K., Ghelardi, S., Goldwater, M., Ingram, G., Messer, E., Kingsford, J., Lew-Levy, S., Mendez, K., Newhouse, M. & Nielsen, M. & 9 others, Pamei, G., Pope-Caldwell, S., Ramos, K., Rojas, L. E. E., dos Santos, R. A. C., Silveira, L. G. S., Watzek, J., Wirth, C. & Legare, C. H., Sept 2024, In: Developmental Science. 27, 5, e13434.
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7 Citations (Scopus)

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Social interactions in wild black-fronted titi monkeys (Callicebus nigrifrons)
Clyvia, A., Messer, E. J. E., Young, R. J. & Cäsar, C., Feb 2024, In: International Journal of Primatology. 45, 1, p. 78-103 26 p.
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2022
Examining relations between performance on non-verbal executive function and verbal self-regulation tasks in demographically-diverse populations
Dutra, N. B., Chen, L., Anum, A., Burger, O., Davis, H. E., Dzokoto, V. A., Fong, F. T. K., Ghelardi, S., Mendez, K., Messer, E. J. E., Newhouse, M., Nielsen, M. G., Ramos, K., Rawlings, B., dos Santos, R. A. C., Silveira, L. G. S., Tucker-Drob, E. M. & Legare, C. H., 25 Aug 2022, In: Developmental Science. 25, 5, e13228.
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10 Citations (Scopus)
The role of anointing in robust capuchin monkey, Sapajus apella, social dynamics
Messer, E. J. E., Bowler, M. T., Claidière, N. & Whiten, A., Aug 2022, In: Animal Behaviour. 190, p. 103-114 12 p.
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3 Citations (Scopus)

73 Downloads (Pure)
2021
Young children selectively adopt sharing norms according to norm content and donor age
Messer, E. J. E., Lumsden, A., Burgess, V. & McGuigan, N., Jul 2021, In: Cognitive Development. 59, 101088.
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4 Citations (Scopus)
2019
Does kindness always pay? The influence of recipient affection and generosity on young children’s allocation decisions in a resource distribution task
Blakey, K., Mason, E., Cristea, M., McGuigan, N. & Messer, E. J. E., Aug 2019, In: Current Psychology. 38, 4, p. 939-949 11 p.
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8 Citations (Scopus)

60 Downloads (Pure)
2017

Anointing
Messer, E. J. E. & Bowler, M. T., 24 Oct 2017, Encyclopaedia of Animal Cognition and Behaviour. Springer, p. 1-3 3 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Intuitive probabilistic inference in capuchin monkeys
Tecwyn, E. C., Denison, S., Messer, E. J. E. & Buchsbaum, D., Mar 2017, In: Animal Cognition. 20, 2, p. 243-256 14 p.
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44 Citations (Scopus)

79 Downloads (Pure)
Young children display an increase in prosocial donating in response to an upwards shift in generosity by a same-aged peer
Messer, E. J. E., Burgess, V., Sinclair, M., Grant, S., Spencer, D. & McGuigan, N., 1 Jun 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 2633.
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12 Citations (Scopus)

60 Downloads (Pure)
2015
Mutual medication in capuchin monkeys - Social anointing improves coverage of topically applied anti-parasite medicines
Bowler, M., Messer, E. J. E., Claidière, N. & Whiten, A., 12 Oct 2015, In: Scientific Reports. 5, 15030.
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18 Citations (Scopus)

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Selective and contagious prosocial resource donation in capuchin monkeys, chimpanzees and humans
Claidière, N., Whiten, A., Mareno, M. C., Messer, E. J. E., Brosnan, S. F., Hopper, L. M., Lambeth, S. P., Schapiro, S. J. & McGuigan, N., 2015, In: Scientific Reports. 5, 7631.
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50 Citations (Scopus)

108 Downloads (Pure)
2014
The evolution of self-control
MacLean, E. L., Hare, B., Nunn, C. L., Addessi, E., Amici, F., Anderson, R. C., Aureli, F., Baker, J. M., Bania, A. E., Barnard, A. M., Boogert, N. J., Brannon, E. M., Bray, E. E., Bray, J., Brent, L. J. N., Burkart, J. M., Call, J., Cantlon, J. F., Cheke, L. G. & Clayton, N. S. & 38 others, Delgado, M. M., DiVincenti, L. J., Fujita, K., Herrmann, E., Hiramatsu, C., Jacobs, L. F., Jordan, K. E., Laude, J. R., Leimgruber, K. L., Messer, E. J. E., Moura, A. C. D. A., Ostojic, L., Picard, A., Platt, M. L., Plotnik, J. M., Range, F., Reader, S. M., Reddy, R. B., Sandel, A. A., Santos, L. R., Schumann, K., Seed, A. M., Sewall, K. B., Shaw, R. C., Slocombe, K. E., Su, Y., Takimoto, A., Tan, J., Tao, R., van Schaik, C. P., Viranyi, Z., Visalberghi, E., Wade, J. C., Watanabe, A., Widness, J., Young, J. K., Zentall, T. R. & Zhao, Y., 20 May 2014, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111, 20, p. E2140-E2148 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
554 Citations (Scopus)
2013
Diffusion dynamics of socially learned foraging techniques in squirrel monkeys
Claidiere, N., Messer, E. J. E., Hoppitt, W. & Whiten, A., 8 Jul 2013, In: Current Biology. 23, 13, p. 1251-1255 5 p.
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86 Citations (Scopus)

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