Mother-infant relationship in primates

By combining theoretical frameworks from cross-cultural and comparative psychology, we study mother infant-relationships in several primate species, including great apes, moor macaques and spider monkeys.

We especially focus on variation in maternal styles, and in the crucial role played by mothers for the development of immatures.

The work is conducted in collaboration with Katja Liebal and other international researchers, including Miquel Llorente, Risma Illa Maulany and Bonaventura Majolo.

Publications

• Maternal style in German urban humans (Homo sapiens) and captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) – a methodological comparison
  Amici F, Lembeck M, Holodynski M, Liebal K
  (in review)
• Offspring’s sex modulates maternal investment in wild spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)
  Sobén López C, Llorente M, Villariezo P, Liebal K, Amici F
  International Journal of Primatology.
  (accepted)
• Face to face interactions in chimpanzee and human mother-infant-dyads
  Amici F, Lembeck M, Holodynski M, Liebal K
  Philosophical Transactions B. 2023 Mar;378:20210478.
  DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0478
• Maternal and offspring behavior in free-ranging Japanese and moor macaques: a comparative approach
  Castellano-Navarro A, Beltrán Francés V, Albiach-Serrano A, MacIntosh AJJ, Illa Maulany R, Ngakan PO, Liebal K, Amici F
  American Journal of Primatology. 2022 Dec;85(2):e23461.
  DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23461