Dr. Matthew H. Babb

I am the current Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Zoo Atlanta with on-going collaborations at the Georgia State University Language Research Center and Georgia Aquarium. I am broadly interested in how animals make social decisions, with a particular emphasis on cooperation. My specific interests include understanding prosocial behavior, how non-human animals react to unequal outcomes, how these behaviors influence decision-making, and the relationship that hormones have to all of these topics. In the past, I have worked on a range of species including, tufted capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.), western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla), golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia), beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas), and loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). 

In addition to my research, I am proficient in both Python and R programming languages and have a wealth of knowledge on GLMM statistical models. If you are interested in using any of my programs or apparatus designs in your research, check out my coding and design pages.