Fernando Colmenares

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Keeping track of time: evidence for episodic-like memory in great apes

Gema Martin-Ordas, Daniel Haun, Fernando Colmenares, Josep Call
Animal Cognition
2009

Episodic memory, as defined by Tulving, can be described in terms of behavioural elements (what, where and when information) but it is also accompained by an awareness of one’s past (chronesthesia)… (More)

Behavioural processes in social context: Female abductions, male herding and female grooming in hamadryas baboons

Pablo Plumed Polo, Fernando Colmenares
Behavioural Processes
2012

The formation of bonds between strangers is an event that occurs routinely in many social animals, including humans, and, as social bonds in general, they affect the individuals' welfare and… (More)

Relative quantity judgments in South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens)

José Z Abramson, Victoria Hernández-Lloreda, Josep Call, Fernando Colmenares
Animal Cognition
2011

There is accumulating evidence that a variety of species possess quantitative abilities although their cognitive substrate is still unclear. This study is the first to investigate whether sea lions… (More)

Application of hierarchical linear modelling to the study of trajectories of behavioural development

M. Victoria Hernández-Lloreda, Fernando Colmenares, Rosario Martı́nez Arias
Animal Behaviour
2003

Correspondence: M. V. Hernández-Lloreda, Departamento de Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223 Madrid,… (More)

Tubes, tables and traps: great apes solve two functionally equivalent trap tasks but show no evidence of transfer across tasks

Gema Martin-Ordas, Josep Call, Fernando Colmenares
Animal Cognition
2007

Previous studies on tool using have shown that presenting subjects with certain modifications in the experimental setup can substantially improve their performance. However, procedural modifications… (More)

Testing the function of reconciliation and third-party affiliation for aggressors in hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas).

Teresa Romero, Fernando Colmenares, Filippo Aureli
American journal of primatology
2009

In social groups, agonistic conflicts can have different negative consequences. Several post-conflict interactions have been suggested as post-conflict management behaviors to mitigate those negative… (More)

Application of piecewise hierarchical linear growth modeling to the study of continuity in behavioral development of baboons (Papio hamadryas).

M. Victoria Hernández-Lloreda, Fernando Colmenares, Rosario Martínez-Arias
Journal of comparative psychology
2004

In behavioral science, developmental discontinuities are thought to arise when the association between an outcome measure and the underlying process changes over time. Sudden changes in behavior… (More)

One-male units and clans in a colony of hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas): effect of male number and clan cohesion on feeding success.

Fernando Colmenares, Marta M Esteban, Félix Zaragoza
American journal of primatology
2006

In the multilevel societies of hamadryas baboons, adult males can be attached to single one-male units (OMUs) or to clans containing several such OMUs. This paper examines the effect of male number… (More)

Is Postconflict Affiliation in Captive Nonhuman Primates an Artifact of Captivity?

Fernando Colmenares
International Journal of Primatology
2006

Researchers have conducted most studies on primate conflict management and resolution in captive settings. The few studies on groups of the same species in captivity and in the wild and the overall… (More)

Greeting, aggression, and coalitions between male baboons: Demographic correlates

Fernando Colmenares
Primates
2006

Interactions of asymmetrical, symmetrical, and unreciprocated greeting, and episodes of aggression and coalitions observed between 18 males, members of a large multi-harem colony of baboons (Papio… (More)

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