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Katherine Wagner
Publications Foster, M.W., Linick, S.A., Milstein, M.S., Wagner, K.E., Margulis, S.W., Ross, S.R., and Lonsdorf, E.V. 2008. Motivating a new generation of primatologists: the Lincoln Park Zoo’s Exploring Ape Behavior Program. American Journal of Primatology, 70:38. Ross, S.R. and Wagner, K.E. 2008. Differential behavior patterns in zoo-housed apes between exhibits and holding: Effects on welfare assessment. American Journal of Primatology, 70:41. Ross, S.R., Wagner, K.E., Lonsdorf, E.V. 2008. Preliminary evidence for sequential list-learning by a western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla): Performance measures and analysis of errors. Primate Eye, 96. Wagner, K. and Ross, S.R. 2008. Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) birth patterns and human presence in zoological settings. American Journal of Primatology, 70: 1-4. Wagner, K.E. and Ross, S.R. 2008. Association between self-directed behaviors and performance in a cognitive sequencing task in a female chimpanzee. American Journal of Primatology, 70:55. |
Kathy received her BS in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin where she studied orangutan play behavior in zoos and phoneme acquisition in rodent and avian species. She has also examined the interaction between dominance and proximity in dolphins and social visual attention behaviors of zoo-living baboons, chimpanzees and gorillas. As Cognition Intern at the Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, she examines the sequencing ability of the resident chimpanzees and gorillas using a computer touch-screen interface. She also manages the collection and analyses of the observational behavioral data collected daily on the zoo’s ape groups. Other research interests include self- and other-understanding in the primate, the interaction between perception, sociality and cognition, and imitative processes.