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Camilla Cenni, Ph.D.

Camilla Cenni, Ph.D.

Academic staff member
University of Mannheim
School of Social Sciences
Cross-Cultural Social and Personality Psychology
A 5, 6
Building A – Room A 439
68159 Mannheim
Phone: +49 621 181-2036
Fax: +49 621 181-2038
E-mail: camilla.cennimail-uni-mannheim.de
  • Curriculum Vitae

  • Research Interests

    • Social learning
    • Behavioral innovations
    • Material culture
    • Animal traditions
  • Publications

    Cenni, C., Thierry, B., Wandia, I. N., & Leca, J. B. (2023). Tool-assisted water scooping in Balinese long-tailed macaques. Behaviour, 160, 817–836. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10230

    Cenni, C., Wandia, I. N., & Leca, J. B. (2023). Twig-assisted masturbation in Balinese long-tailed macaques. Behaviour, 160, 683–700. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10223

    Cenni, C., Christie, J. B. A., Van der Pant, D. H. L., Gunst, N., Vasey, P. L., Wandia, I. N., & Leca, J. B. (2022). Do monkeys use sex toys? Evidence of stone tool-assisted masturbation in free-ranging long-tailed macaques. Ethology, 128, 632–646. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13324

    Hirsche, L., Cenni, C., Leca, J. B., & Whishaw, I. Q. (2022). Two types of withdraw-to-eat movement related to food size in long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis): Insights into the evolution of the visual control of hand shaping in anthropoid primates. Animal Cognition and Behavior, 9, 176–195. https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.09.02.02.2022

    Cenni, C., Pellis, S. M., Wandia, I. N., & Leca, J. B. (2021). Stone affordances as potential for action expression in object play in long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 135, 430–438. https://doi.org/10.1037/com0000283

    Cenni, C., Casarrubea, M., Gunst, N., Vasey, P. L., Pellis, S. M., Wandia, I. N., & Leca, J. B. (2020). Inferring tool use behavior patterns from the temporal structure of object play sequences in a non-human primate species. Physiology & Behavior,222, 112938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.112938

    Cenni, C., & Leca, J. B. (2020). Technical intelligence hypothesis. In J. Vonk & T. Shackelford (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_103–1

    Cenni, C., & Leca, J. B. (2020). Tool use. In J. Vonk & T. Shackelford (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1541-1 

    Cenni, C., & Fawcett T. W. (2018). The coevolution of juvenile play-fighting and adult competition. Ethology, 124, 290–301. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.12732