Presentations

Talks

Pope, S.M. Evolutionary, cultural, and environmental influences on cognitive flexibility. (September, 2019).  Invited speaker for the Evolution of Social Complexity Colloquia at Arizona State University. — Link to Abstract

Pope, S.M., Hopkins, W.D., Meguerditchian, A., Washburn, D.A., Fagot, J. (February, 2019). Cross-Cultural Variation in Optional-Switch Cognitive Flexibility. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research conference in Jacksonville, Florida.

Pope, S.M., Taglialatela, J.P., Davidek, K., Skiba, S., Hopkins, W.D.  (August, 2016). The neural underpinnings of Do-as-I-Do motor imitation in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Presented at the biennial meeting of the International Primatological Society, Chicago, Illinois.

Pope, S.M., Meguerditchian, A.,Fagot, J. (August, 2015). Baboons (Papio papio), but not humans, break cognitive set in a visuomotor task.  Presented at MD Anderson Cancer Research Center’s Monthly BEE Lecture Series.

Pope, S.M., Meguerditchian, A.,Fagot, J. Baboons (Papio papio), but not humans, break cognitive set in a visuomotor task.  Presented at Georgia State University’s Neuroscience Institute’s Breakfast & Lecture Series (May, 2015) and at MD Anderson Cancer Research Center’s Monthly BEE Lecture Series (August, 2015).

Pope, S.M., Meguerditchian, A.,Fagot, J. (August, 2014). Baboons (Papio papio) take the shortcut in a touchscreen task while humans stick to the long way.  Presented at the biennial meeting of the International Primatological Society, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Posters

Pope, S.M., Taglialatela, J.P., Davidek, K., Skiba, S., Hopkins, W.D.  (May, 2016). The neural underpinnings of Do-as-I-Do motor imitation in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Georgia State University’s Second Century Initiative University Doctoral Fellows Poster Day.

Pope, S. M., Russell, J. L., & Hopkins, W. D. (2015). The association between imitation recognition and socio-communicative competencies in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).  Georgia State University’s Second Century Initiative University Doctoral Fellows Poster Session.

Pope, S.M., Meguerditchian, A.,Fagot, J. (2014). Baboons (Papio papio) adopt a more efficient solution to a visuomotor task while humans stick to a learned rule.  Georgia State University’s Second Century Initiative University Doctoral Fellows Poster Day.

Pope, SM, Misiura, M, Taglialatela, JP, & Hopkins, WD. (2013). The association between Broca’s Area asymmetries and orofacial motor control in chimpanzees. American Society of Primatologists Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.