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Frans de Waal, Neuroscience and Animal Behavior

When Frans de Waal (C.H. Candler Professor of Primate Behavior in the Department of Psychology) was featured in TIME magazine's Top 100: The People Who Shape Our World special issue (2007), it came as no surprise to his colleagues and students. The Emory psychologist has been shaping the world of animal behavior research for several decades.

Over the course of his distinguished career, he has authored numerous books and research articles. His book Peacemaking Among Primates, an account of his fifteen years of research on conflict-resolution in nonhuman primates, received a Los Angeles Times book award. Both Our Inner Ape and The Ape and the Sushi Master were New York Times Notable Books of the Year. His scientific work has appeared in hundreds of technical articles in journals such as Science, Nature, Scientific American, and publications specializing in animal behavior.

De Waal's current research includes studies of food-sharing, social reciprocity and conflict-resolution in nonhuman primates. His latest book, Primates and Philosophers, is based on the Tanner Lectures that he delivered at Princeton University 's Center for Human Values in 2004. The book explores the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits, morality.

In 2004, acknowledging his vital contributions to the world of science, the National Academy of Sciences named him a foreign associate, one of the highest honors accorded to U.S. scientists and engineers. A year later, he was elected to membership in the American Philosophical Society, the nation's oldest learned society.

Homepage: http://www.psychology.emory.edu/nab/dewaal/index.html

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