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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Psicologia (IP) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Patrícia Izar holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the University of São Paulo (1990), a master's (1994), and a doctorate (1999) in Experimental Psychology from USP. Currently, she is a CNPq 1B productivity fellow and a Full Professor at USP. She has experience in the field of Psychology, with an emphasis on Naturalistic Studies of Animal Behavior, mainly focusing on the following topics: socioecology of Neotropical primates, development, social network analysis, evolutionary psychology, and primate cognition. She served as Head of the Department of Experimental Psychology at USP from 2008 to 2012, Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Experimental Psychology at USP from 2012 to 2016, Coordinator of the Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from 2020 to 2022, and of the Commission for Combating Sexual and Gender Violence at IPUSP from 2017 to 2023, and President of the Inclusion and Belonging Commission at IPUSP from 2022 to 2024. She was Vice-President of the Brazilian Society of Primatology from 2017 to 2019, a Board Member of the Cultural Evolution Society from 2019 to 2022, and Secretary of the elected Board for the 2020-2022 term of ANPEPP. Currently, she is the Vice-Director of the Institute of Psychology at USP, President of the Brazilian Society of Primatology, and Vice-President for Education of the International Primatological Society, a position to which she was elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Over the last century, the natural habitats of many animal species have drastically and rapidly changed due to anthropogenic actions. The differential resilience of species to such anthropogenic habitat alteration is hypothetically a function of phenotypic plasticity, that could allow for rapid adjustments to the changing environment. However, a fundamental research question is to underst…
In the literature on animal behavior, there is growing interest in the idea of phenotypic plasticity as a crucial factor in evolution. Among non-human primates, the Neotropical genus Sapajus is ideal to investigate hypotheses about behavioral plasticity as adaptation to diverse environmental contexts. Thus, this project aims at investigating the processes underlying the already observed b…
Socioecology is responsible for studying social systems using the behavioral ecology principles. Studying rodents social systems represent a valuable opportunity once this group shows high variations on social behavior, which may be an adaptation selected in evolutionary past and/or an adaptative feedback to the ecological context. Investigate the social organization flexibility by studyi…
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Both humans and other primates are widely recognized for their ability to skillfully use their hands to manipulate objects. This skill is linked to development across various domains (e.g., motor and cognitive) and emerges gradually after birth. During infancy, a common pattern is the onset of unimanual actions, followed by undifferentiated bimanual actions, and later, differentiated bima…
Increasing evidence suggests that individuals within the same population differ consistently in the way they behave (animal 'personality') and in their ability to respond to environmental variation (plasticity), but both phenomena can be considered complementary aspects of the individuals' phenotype. In the context of maternal care, investigation into how parental care styles occur and wh…
In the last three decades, gestures have been the focus of research on non-vocal communication in primates. The growing interest in this topic is due to its potential association with the evolution of human language. Over the years, more than 80 gestures performed by chimpanzees have been cataloged, but this type of signaling has not been extensively investigated in other taxa. In this re…
This project aims to investigate the relationship between behavioral plasticity and primate adaptability and resilience to rapidly changing environments. Our model is the neotropical primate genus Sapajus, known as the robust capuchin monkey. We are continuing the research on primate development in three long-term studied populations/species, Sapajus nigritus at Carlos Botelho State Park …
This project aims to investigate the relationship between behavioral plasticity and primate adaptability and resilience to rapidly changing environments. Our model is the neotropical primate genus Sapajus, known as the robust capuchin monkey. We are continuing the research on primate development in three long-term studied populations/species, Sapajus nigritus at Carlos Botelho State Park …
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Touch has a great impact on the healthy development of infants, especially when they are held and caressed. But there is not much literature about the influence of touch made by infants, nor on developmental changes in touch. Recent work has shown that by having the opportunity to investigate objects manually, capuchin monkeys learned more quickly to differentiate these objects visually. …
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