Katie Hall, Ph.D.
Michale E. Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research
MD Anderson Cancer Center
650 Cool Water DrEmail:
Bastrop, TX78602, USAPhone: +1 (404) 308-2724
Education
2012Ph.D. in Psychology
University of St Andrews; Supervised by Professor Richard W. Byrne, in collaboration with Professor Frans de Waal at Emory University
2007B.A. in Biological Anthropology, B.A. in Spanish Literature
University of California, San Diego, Cum Laude
Academic Appointments
1/2013-Present, Postdoctoral Fellow; Supervised by Associate Professor Sarah Brosnan at Georgia State University, and Associate Professor Steve Schapiro at Michale E. Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research of the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX
I am studying nonhuman primates' responses to inequitable outcomes. The goals of the research are to determine the psychological mechanisms underlying the response to inequity and to test whether relative reward quality affects individual variation in task response.
Grants and Honors
2009-11University of St Andrews Overseas Research Award Scheme stipend, £25,642
2009-11Janet T. Anderson Trust research scholarship, £24,450
2009-11University of St Andrews School of Psychology studentship, £6,800
2010University of St Andrews School of Psychology travel bursary, £1,000
2010Experimental Psychology Society Grindley Grant for Conference Attendance, £500
2007Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society
2007UCSD Cum Laude
2005National Society of Collegiate Scholars
2003-05UCSD Sixth College Honors Seminar
Relevant Research and Work Experience
10-12/2012, Research Assistant, Mandena Conservation Zone, Madagascar
I collected data for Timothy M. Eppley’s PhD dissertation at University of Hamburg. I helped to anesthetize southern gentle lemurs (Hapalemur meridionalis), and take morphometric measurements. I followed and habituated three groups and collected continuous and five minute scans of feeding and social interaction. I collected food item and fecal samples for later macro- and micronutrient analyses.
4/2009-8/2010, Affiliated Postgraduate Researcher, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory University, GA
I studied chimpanzees’ (Pan troglodytes) use of gaze following to modify competitive tactics in the informed forager paradigm. I aimed to show how chimpanzees understand others’ visual perspective, and use visual information to predict others’ behavior, a precursor to human-like theory of mind. I coded videos on a one-second time scale using Noldus Observer XT9 software to capture detailed gaze interactions. I analyzed data using cross correlations and compared them with an independent estimation of the potential noise distribution.
11/2008-4/2009, Postgraduate Researcher, Living Links Centre at Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland
I collected data on brown capuchin (Cebus apella apella) food preferences and social strategies during food competition. I trained subjects using positive reinforcement to habituate to research cubicles, and to shift between indoor and outdoor enclosures. I worked closely with both research and zookeeper staff so that the training was consistent and beneficial for all involved.
1-4/2008, Research Assistant, Budongo Forest Project, Uganda
I collected data for Zinta Zommers’ PhD dissertation at Oxford University. I followed chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Kasokwa forest fragment. I collected data on feeding, social interaction, ranging and proximity during one-hour focal follows and group scans every fifteen minutes. I collected urine and fecal samples for later analysis of stress hormones and parasite load. This was part of a larger project comparing four chimpanzee communities in forests with different types of human impact: logging, research, ecotourism, and farming/hunting.
6-9/2007, Independent Study, UCSD Anthropology, Associate Professor Emeritus Jim Moore
I created GIS maps of African ape study sites. I researched and downloaded appropriate LANDSAT images and elevation data, imported and manipulated data in ArcMap software using Spatial Analyst Tools, and performed statistical analysis of distances chimpanzees travel in forest and non-forest area.
9/2006-9/2007, Intern at the San Diego Zoo, UCSD Cognitive Science, Dr. Christine Johnson
I participated in a videographic study of bonobo (Pan paniscus) socio-cognitive development, focused on the ontogeny of gaze following. I recorded digital video of one-hour focal follows and produced DVDs of the video. I meticulously scored the behavior observed, involving the micro-analysis of sequential and simultaneous action and attention, and transcribed it into an Excel database.
8/2003, Earthwatch volunteer at Central Washington University, WA
I collected data on chimpanzee enrichment preferences with Professors Roger and Debbie Fouts and Associate Professor Mary Lee Jensvold. I collected data on enrichment object category and type of manipulation during forty-minute focal follows, and entered data in an Excel worksheet. A goal of the research was to share results with other facilities to improve welfare of captive chimpanzees.
6-9/2001-02, Intern at Bob Dunn’s Animal Services, Sylmar, CA
I cleaned cages and compound, fed animals, prepared behavioral enrichment, cared for juvenile chimpanzees, orangutans, capuchins, and assisted in training with positive reinforcement.
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Hall, K., Brosnan, S.F. (accepted). Comparative Psychology. In Oxford Bibliographies in Psychology. Dana S. Dunn (Ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
Hall, K., Brosnan, S.F. (in review). Cooperation and deception in primates. Special Issue onEarly Forms of Social Cognitionin Infant Behavior and Development.
Eppley, T.M., Hall, K., Donati, G., Ganzhorn, J.U. (2015). An unusual case of affiliative association of a female Lemur catta in a Hapalemur meridionalis social group. Behavior, 152, 1041-1061.
Mingle, M., Eppley, T.M., Campbell, M.W., Hall, K., Horner, V., de Waal, F.B.M. (2014). Clarification to Mingle et al., (2014). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 40(4), 400.
Mingle, M., Eppley, T.M., Campbell, M.W., Hall, K., Horner, V., de Waal, F.B.M. (2014). Chimpanzees prefer African and Indian music over silence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 40(4), 502-505.
Hall, K., Oram, M.W., Campbell, M.W., Eppley, T.M., Byrne, R.W., de Waal, F.B.M. (2014). Using cross correlations to investigate how chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) use conspecific gaze cues to extract and exploit information in a foraging competition.American Journal of Primatology,76(10), 932-941.
Chapters
Hall, K., Brosnan, S.F. (2016). A comparative perspective on the evolution of moral behavior. In Hansen, R, Shackelford, T (Eds). The Evolution of Morality. Springer International Publishing, pp. 157-176.
Working Papers
Hall, K., Lambeth, S.P., Schapiro, S.J., Brosnan, S.F. (in prep). Chimpanzees respond differently to inequity based on relative food values.
Hall, K., Beran, M.J., Wilson, B.J., Lambeth, S.P., Schapiro, S.J., Brosnan, S.F. (in prep). Captive chimpanzees’ (Pan troglodytes) responses to three economic games.
Talbot, C.F., Hall, K., Williams, L.E., Brosnan, S.F. (in prep). Do inequity responses predict success in a cooperative task in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri spp.)?
Hall, K., Oram, M.W., Campbell, M.W., Eppley, T.M., Byrne, R.W., de Waal, F.B.M. (in prep). Chimpanzees’ use of gaze to conceal and reveal information about hidden foods of different values.
Hall, K., Oram, M.W., Campbell, M.W., Eppley, T.M., Byrne, R.W., de Waal, F.B.M. (in prep). Uninformed, misinformed, and uncertain: varying knowledge and ignorance of both partners in the informed forager paradigm.
Presentations and Posters
Invited Talks
Hall, K. (2015, October 28). The evolution of cooperation. Guest lecture at University of Texas at Austin, Primate Social Behavior class.
Hall, K., Lambeth, S.P., Schapiro, S.J., Brosnan, S.F. (2015, May 21). Chimpanzees respond differently to inequity based on relative food values. Lecture at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Behavioral Education Event.
Hall, K., Watzek, J., Beran, M.J., Wilson, B.J., Salwiczek, L.H., Lambeth, S.P., Schapiro, S.J., Brosnan, S.F. (2014, December 15). Inequity and economic decision making. Lecture at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Behavioral Education Event.
Hall, K. (2014). Identifying deception in the animal kingdom and the question of intentionality. 106th Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Charleston, SC, USA, February 6-8, 2014. (Invited speaker to symposium “Multiple perspectives on deception and its detection”)
Hall, K. (2014, April 15). Animal social cognition: Machiavellian intelligence, tactical deception, and the question of intentionality. Guest lecture at University of Texas at Austin, Informal Physical Anthropology Series.
Hall, K. (2013, March 14). How chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) use gaze cues to conceal and reveal information to foraging competitors: an analysis with cross correlations. Lecture at MD Anderson Cancer Center, NIH R25 Primatology series.
Hall, K.(2011, October 24). Machiavellian intelligence and tactical deception. Guest lecture at Georgia State University, Animal Behavior class.
Conference Presentations
Hall, K., Lambeth, S.P., Schapiro, S.J., Brosnan, S.F. (2015). Chimpanzees respond differently to inequity based on relative food values. 38th Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Bend, OR, USA, June 17-20, 2015.
Reamer, L.A., Talbot, C.F., Hopper, L.M., Mareno, M.C., Hall, K., Henrich, J., Silk, J., Brosnan, S.F., Lambeth, S.P., Schapiro, S.J. (2015). Assessing quantity of space for captive chimpanzee welfare. 38th Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Bend, OR, USA, June 17-20, 2015.
Hall, K., Beran, M.J., Wilson, B.J., Lambeth, S.P., Schapiro, S.J., Brosnan, S.F. (2014). Captive chimpanzees’ (Pan troglodytes) responses to two economic games. 37th Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Decatur, GA, USA, September 12-15, 2014.
Hall, K., Lambeth, S.P., Schapiro, S.J., Brosnan, S.F. (2014). Chimpanzees’ (Pan troglodytes) responses to inequity in a group setting. International Primatological Society XXV Congress, Hanoi, Vietnam, August11-16, 2014.
Hall, K., Byrne, R.W., Oram, M.W., Campbell, M.W., Eppley, T.M., de Waal, F.B.M. (2012). Chimpanzees use gaze cues to conceal and reveal information to foraging competitors. International Primatological Society XXIV Congress, Cancun, Mexico, August 12-17, 2012.
Hall, K., Byrne, R.W., Oram, M.W., Campbell, M.W., Eppley, T.M., de Waal, F.B.M. (2011). Chimpanzees follow conspecifics’ gaze in naturalistic informed forager competition: Using cross correlation analysis. 34th Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Austin, Texas, September 16-19, 2011. (Session chair for Learning/Cognition/Language)
Hall, K., Byrne, R.W., Oram, M.W., Campbell, M.W., Eppley, T.M., de Waal, F.B.M. (2011). A new solution to an old problem: Statistical analysis of the informed forager paradigm. Scottish Primate Research Group meeting, Angus, UK, January 21-23, 2011.
Hall, K., Campbell, M.W., Horner, V., Eppley, T.M., Carter, J.D., Byrne, R.W., de Waal, F.B.M. (2010). Do chimpanzees have ‘shifty eyes’? An analysis of gaze following in the informed forager paradigm. International Primatological Society XXIII Congress, Kyoto, Japan, September 12-18, 2010.
Conference Posters
Hall, K., Byrne, R.W., Oram, M.W., Campbell, M.W., Eppley, T.M., de Waal, F.B.M. (2013). Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) socially reference gaze cues to correct their own misinformation. 36th Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 19-22, 2013.
Eppley, T.M., Hall, K., Donati, G., Ganzhorn, J.U. (2013). Observations of affiliative polyspecific association between Lemur catta and Hapalemur meridionalis. 11th Meeting of the German Society of Primatology, Hamburg, Germany, February 24-26, 2013.
Hall, K., Byrne, R.W., Oram, M.W., Campbell, M.W., Eppley, T.M., de Waal, F.B.M. (2011). Chimpanzee gaze following in the informed forager paradigm. Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Summer Conference, St Andrews, UK, August 18-19, 2011.
Hall, K., Byrne, R.W., Oram, M.W., Campbell, M.W., Eppley, T.M., de Waal, F.B.M. (2011). A new solution to an old problem: Statistical analysis of the informed forager paradigm. Scottish Conference on Animal Behaviour, St Andrews, UK, March 12, 2011.
Hall, K., de Waal, F.B.M., Byrne, R.W. (2009). Do chimpanzees have ‘shifty eyes’? Investigating the cooperative eye hypothesis.32nd Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, San Diego, California, September 18-21, 2009.
Hall, K., de Waal, F.B.M, Byrne, R.W. (2009). Do chimpanzees have ‘shifty eyes’? Investigating the cooperative eye hypothesis. The Primate Mind workshop, Erice, Italy, June 4-7, 2009.
Media Coverage
BBC/PBS Nova “Inside the animal mind” episode 3.
Professional Affiliations Other Skills
American Society of Primatologists Fluent Spanish speaker
International Primatological Society Rock climbing, lead-certified
Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Coached gymnastics for 1.5 years,
coordinated summer camp activities
Outreach
Smithville Junior High career day, May 22, 2015
MD Anderson open house, April 24, 2015
MD Anderson open house, April 25, 2014
Hot Science—Cool Talks pre-lecture fair, April 4, 2014
Yerkes NPRC open house, May 1, 2010
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