What are the origins of empathy? A comparative developmental investigation

Project Information

EMPORIGIN

Grant agreement ID: 802979

DOI

10.3030/802979

EC signature date 21 January 2019

Start date 1 March 2019

End date 31 May 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 499 829,00

EU contribution

€ 1 499 829,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM
United Kingdom

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (11)

The rise of affectivism

Author(s): Dukes, D., Abrams, K., Adolphs, R., Ahmed, M. E., Beatty, A., Berridge, K. C., Clay, Z., Sander, D.
Published in: Nature Human Behaviour, Issue 1-5, 2021, Page(s) 1-5, ISSN 2397-3374
Publisher: nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-021-01130-8

Humans recognize affective cues in primate vocalizations: acoustic and phylogenetic perspectives

Author(s): C. Debracque, K. E. Slocombe, Z. Clay, D. Grandjean, T. Gruber
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 13, 2023, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37558-3

Emotional expressions in human and non-human great apes

Author(s): ME Kret, E Prochazkova, EHM Sterck, Z Clay
Published in: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Issue Volume 115, August 2020, Pages 378-395, 2020, Page(s) 378-395, ISSN 0149-7634
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.01.027

Anthropomorphism in comparative affective science: Advocating a mindful approach

Author(s): LA Williams, SF Brosnan, Z Clay
Published in: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Issue Volume 115, August 2020, Pages 299-307, 2020, Page(s) 299-307, ISSN 0149-7634
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.05.014

What makes us apes? The emotional building blocks of intersubjectivity in hominids

Author(s): Elisa Demuru, Zanna Clay, Ivan Norscia
Published in: Ethology, Ecology and Evolution, Issue 34, 3,, 2022, Page(s) 220-234, ISSN 0394-9370
Publisher: Universita degli Studi di Firenze
DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2022.2044390

Contagious Crying Revisited: A Cross‐Cultural Investigation Into Infant Emotion Contagion Using Infrared Thermal Imaging

Author(s): C. Vreden, E. Renner, H. E. Ainamani, R. Crowther, B. Forward, S. Mazari, G. Tuohy, E. Ndyareeba, Zanna Clay
Published in: Developmental Science, Issue 28, 2025, ISSN 1363-755X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/desc.13608

Bared‐teeth displays in bonobos (<i>Pan paniscus</i>): An assessment of the power asymmetry hypothesis

Author(s): Jolinde M. R. Vlaeyen, Raphaela Heesen, Mariska E. Kret, Zanna Clay, Thomas Bionda, Yena Kim
Published in: American Journal of Primatology, Issue 84, 2023, ISSN 0275-2565
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23419

Social contagion in primates: Moderating factors and significance for individuals and the group

Author(s): Georgia Sandars, Zanna Clay
Published in: Neuroscience &amp; Biobehavioral Reviews, Issue 173, 2025, Page(s) 106156, ISSN 0149-7634
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106156

Factors shaping socio-emotional trajectories in sanctuary-living bonobos: a longitudinal approach

Author(s): Stephanie Kordon; Christine E. Webb; Jake S. Brooker; Frans B.M. de Waal; Zanna Clay
Published in: Royal Society Open Science, Issue 1, 2024, ISSN 2054-5703
Publisher: Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.240435

Two wild female bonobos adopted infants from a different social group at Wamba

Author(s): Tokuyama, N., Toda, K., Poiret, M. L., Iyokango, B., Bakaa, B., & Ishizuka, S.
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 11(1), 2021, Page(s) 1-11, ISSN 2332-2675
Publisher: Scientific Reports
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83667-2

Perceptual integration of bodily and facial emotion cues in chimpanzees and humans

Author(s): Raphaela Heesen, Yena Kim, Mariska E Kret, Zanna Clay
Published in: PNAS Nexus, Issue 3, 2024, ISSN 2752-6542
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae012

Book chapters (2)

Comparative Perspectives of Empathy Development: Insights From Chimpanzees and Bonobos

Author(s): Zanna Clay, Christine E Webb, Teresa Romero, Frans BM de Waal
Published in: The Oxford Handbook of Emotional Development, Issue 2022, 2021, Page(s) Ch 19, ISBN 978-0-19-885590-3
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Primate empathy: A flexible and multi-componential phenomenon

Author(s): JS Brooker, CE Webb, Z Clay
Published in: Primate Cognitive Studies, 2021
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/bpw5x

Conference proceedings (1)

Bonobos' (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees' (Pan troglodytes) understanding of, and pupillary responses to, others' needs

Author(s): Christopher Krupenye, Moritz Köster, Zanna Clay
Published in: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2021
Publisher: Cognitive Science Society