About me. Jolinde Vlaeyen.
I study the social cognition of wild primates and wild dolphins, through communication, cooperation, social learning and ontogeny.
Having worked with both apes and cetaceans, I am interested in what these very different societies share, and what that tells us about how
complex social behaviour evolves. More broadly, I hope this work helps place animal minds in a wider perspective and fosters respect for the animals we study.
I am an Early-Career Fellow at the Collegium Helveticum and a Senior Research Scientist at the Cedar Key Dolphin Project. I completed my PhD in Cognitive Science at Osnabrück University, where I studied the development of independence and turn-taking in wild mother-infant bonobos.
