All Stories

  1. Bimanual Coordination and Right‐Hand Bias in Extractive Foraging by Wild Sapajus libidinosus

    Article • American Journal of Primatology, May 2026, Wiley

    Valentina Truppa

  2. Exploring visual categorical learning in teleost fish Danio rerio and Xenotoca eiseni

    Article • Animal Cognition, February 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Valentina Truppa

  3. Manual preference, performance, and dexterity for bimanual grass‐feeding behavior in wild geladas (Theropithecus gelada)

    Article • American Journal of Primatology, February 2024, Wiley

    Valentina Truppa

  4. Spatial frequency and global–local visual processing in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.) and humans (Homo sapiens).

    Article • Journal of Comparative Psychology, February 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Valentina Truppa

  5. Planning actions with a magnetic tool: how initial tool orientation and number of functional ends influence motor planning abilities in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.)

    Article • Animal Cognition, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Valentina Truppa

  6. Anticipating future actions: Motor planning improves with age in wild bearded capuchin monkeys ( Sapajus libidinosus )

    Article • Developmental Science, December 2020, Wiley

    Valentina Truppa, Professor Dorothy M Fragaszy

  7. Optional tool use: The case of wild bearded capuchins ( Sapajus libidinosus ) cracking cashew nuts by biting or by using percussors

    Article • American Journal of Primatology, December 2020, Wiley

    Valentina Truppa, Professor Dorothy M Fragaszy

  8. Touch improves visual discrimination of object features in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.)

    Article • Behavioural Processes, March 2020, Elsevier

    Valentina Truppa

  9. Manual skills for processing plant underground storage organs by wild bearded capuchins

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, July 2019, Wiley

    Valentina Truppa

  10. Object grasping and manipulation in capuchin monkeys (genera Cebus and Sapajus)

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, September 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Valentina Truppa

  11. Global/local processing of hierarchical visual stimuli in a conflict–choice task by capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.)

    Article • Animal Cognition, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Valentina Truppa

  12. Versatile grasping ability in power-grip actions by tufted capuchin monkeys (Sapajusspp.)

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, August 2015, Wiley

    Valentina Truppa

  13. Effects of brief time delays on matching-to-sample abilities in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.)

    Article • Behavioural Brain Research, September 2014, Elsevier

    Valentina Truppa

  14. Exploration and learning in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.): the role of action–outcome contingencies

    Article • Animal Cognition, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gloria Sabbatini, Valentina Truppa

  15. The “Mechatronic Board”: A Tool to Study Intrinsic Motivations in Humans, Monkeys, and Humanoid Robots

    Article • November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gloria Sabbatini, Valentina Truppa

  16. Understanding the functional properties of tools: chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) attend to tool features differently

    Article • Animal Cognition, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gloria Sabbatini, Valentina Truppa

  17. A mechatronic platform for behavioral analysis on nonhuman primates

    Article • Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, March 2012, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Dr Gloria Sabbatini, Valentina Truppa

  18. Same/Different Concept Learning by Capuchin Monkeys in Matching-to-Sample Tasks

    Article • PLOS One, August 2011, PLOS

    Valentina Truppa

  19. Identity concept learning in matching-to-sample tasks by tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

    Article • Animal Cognition, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Valentina Truppa

  20. Processing of visual hierarchical stimuli by fish (Xenotoca eiseni)

    Article • Behavioural Brain Research, February 2010, Elsevier

    Valentina Truppa

  21. Picture processing in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

    Article • Behavioural Processes, October 2009, Elsevier

    Valentina Truppa

  22. Selection of Effective Stone Tools by Wild Bearded Capuchin Monkeys

    Article • Current Biology, February 2009, Elsevier

    Valentina Truppa, Professor Dorothy M Fragaszy

  23. The relative use of proximity, shape similarity, and orientation as visual perceptual grouping cues in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) and humans (Homo sapiens).

    Article • Journal of Comparative Psychology, January 2009, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Valentina Truppa

  24. Hematological and plasma biochemical values for captive tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

    Article • American Journal of Primatology, January 2008, Wiley

    Valentina Truppa

  25. Pattern recognition in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella): The role of the spatial organisation of stimulus parts

    Article • Behavioural Brain Research, July 2007, Elsevier

    Valentina Truppa

  26. Hand use by tufted capuchins (Cebus apella) to extract a small food item from a tube: digit movements, hand preference, and performance

    Article • American Journal of Primatology, January 2007, Wiley

    Valentina Truppa

  27. A Comparative Analysis of Global and Local Processing of Hierarchical Visual Stimuli in Young Children (Homo sapiens) and Monkeys (Cebus apella).

    Article • Journal of Comparative Psychology, January 2005, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Valentina Truppa

  28. Categorization of Above and Below Spatial Relations by Tufted Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella).

    Article • Journal of Comparative Psychology, January 2004, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Valentina Truppa

  29. Grasping behavior in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella): Grip types and manual laterality for picking up a small food item

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, November 2003, Wiley

    Valentina Truppa

  30. Global and local processing of hierarchical visual stimuli in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella).

    Article • Journal of Comparative Psychology, January 2003, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Valentina Truppa

  31. Article • International Journal of Primatology, January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Valentina Truppa