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Wright, K.A., Biondi, L., Fragaszy, D., Visalberghi, E., Ma Z., & Izar, P. (2019). Positional behavior and substrate use in wild adult bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus). American Journal of Primatology, 81(3) e22958.  DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23067

Sabbatini, G., Manrique, H. M., Trapanese, C., De Bortoli Vizioli, A., Call, J., Visalberghi, E. (2014). Sequential use of rigid and pliable tools in tufted capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.). Animal Behaviour, 87, 213-220.  Audioslides of the paper

Fragaszy, D. M., Liu, Q., Wright, B. W., Allen, A., Brown, C. W., & Visalberghi, E. (2013). Wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) strategically place nuts in a stable position during nut-cracking. PloS one, 8(2), e56182.

Massaro, L., Liu, Q., Visalberghi, E. & Fragaszy, D. (2012). Wild bearded capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus) select hammer tools on the basis of both stone mass and distance from the anvil. Animal Cognition, 15, 1065-1074

Meulman, E. J. M., Sanz, C. M., Visalberghi, E. & Carel P. van Schaik, C. P. (2012). The role of terrestriality in promoting primate technology. Evolutionary Anthropology, 21, 58-68

Spagnoletti, N., Visalberghi, E., Verderane, M. P., Ottoni, E., Izar, P. & Fragaszy, D. (2012). Stone tool use in wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus). Is it a strategy to overcome food scarcity? Animal Behaviour, 83, 1285-1294

Visalberghi, E. & Fragaszy, D. (2012). What is challenging about tool use? The capuchin's prespective. In T. R. Zentall & E. A. Wasserman (Eds.), Comparative cognition: Experimental exploration of animal intelligence (pp. 777 - 799). Oxford University Press

Spagnoletti, N., Visalberghi, E., Ottoni, E., Izar, P. & Fragaszy, D. (2011). Stone tool use by adult wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus). Frequency, efficiency and tool selectivity. Journal of Human Evolution, 61, 97-107

Manrique, H. M., Sabbatini, G., Call, J. & Visalberghi, E. (2011). Tool choice on the basis of rigidity in capuchin monkeys. Animal Cognition, 14, 775-786

Sabbatini, G., Truppa, V., Hribar, A., Gambetta, B., Call, J. & Visalberghi, E. (2011). Understanding the functional properties of tools: chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) attend to tool features differently. Animal Cognition, 15(4), 577-590

Liu, Q., Fragaszy, D., Wright, B., Wright, K., Izar, P. & Visalberghi, E. (2011). Wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) place nuts in anvils selectively. Animal Behaviour, 81, 297-305

Fragaszy, D.M., Greenberg, R., Visalberghi, E., Ottoni, E.B., Izar, P. & Liu, Q. (2010). How wild bearded capuchin monkeys select stones and nuts to minimize the number of strikes per nut cracked. Animal Behaviour, 80, 205-214

Fragaszy, D., Pickering, T., Liu, Q., Izar, P., Ottoni, E. & Visalberghi, E. (2010). Bearded capuchin monkeys’ and a human’s efficiency at cracking palm nuts with stone tools: Field experiments. Animal Behaviour, 79, 231-332

Visalberghi, E., Spagnoletti, N., Silva, E.D.R., Andrade, F.R.D., Ottoni, E., Izar, P. & Fragaszy, D. (2009). Distribution of potential suitable hammers and transport of hammer tools and nuts by wild capuchin monkeys. Primates, 50, 95-104

Wright, B.W., Wright, K.A., Chalk, C., Verderane, M.P., Fragaszy, D., Visalberghi, E., Izar, P., Ottoni, E., Constantino, P. & Vinyard, C. (2009). Fallback foraging as a way of life: Using dietary toughness to compare the fallback signal among capuchins and implications for interpreting morphological variation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 140, 687-699

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Visalberghi, E., Addessi, E., Truppa, V., Spagnoletti, N., Ottoni, E., Izar, P. & Fragaszy, D. (2009). Selection of effective stone tools by wild bearded capuchin monkeys. Current Biology, 19, 213-217

Liu, Q., Simpson. K., Izar, P., Ottoni, E., Visalberghi, E. & Fragaszy, D. (2009). Kinematics and energetics of nut-cracking in wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) in Piauí, Brazil. American Journal Of Physical Anthropology, 138, 210-220

Visalberghi, E., Sabbatini, G., Spagnoletti, N., Andrade, F., Ottoni, E., Izar, P. & Fragaszy, D. (2008). Physical properties of palm fruits processed with tools by wild bearded capuchins (Cebus libidinosus). American Journal of Primatology, 70, 884-891

Schrauf, C., Huber, L. & Visalberghi, E. (2008). Capuchin monkeys learn to use weight to select the most effective tool to crack open nuts. Animal Cognition, 11, 413-422

Madden, M., Hinley, A.J., Fragaszy, D., Ottoni, E., Izar, P. & Visalberghi, E. (2007). Modelling the monkey habitat in Brazil. Geospatial Today, 5(6), 26-35

Visalberghi, E., Fragaszy, D., Ottoni, E., Izar, P., Oliveira, M.G. & Andrade, F.R.D. (2007). Characteristics of hammer stones and anvils used by wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) to crack open palm nuts. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 132, 426-444

Visalberghi, E., Fragaszy, D., Izar, P. & Ottoni, E.B. (2005). Terrestriality and tool use. Science, 318, 951

Fragaszy, D., Izar, P., Visalberghi, E., Ottoni, E.B. a& Oliveira, M. (2004). Wild capuchin monkeys use anvils and stone pounding tools. American Journal of Primatology, 64, 359-366

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