Dr. E.J.C. (Edwin) van Leeuwen

Hugo R. Kruytgebouw
Padualaan 8
Kamer O3.07
3584 CH Utrecht

Dr. E.J.C. (Edwin) van Leeuwen

Universitair docent
Animal Behaviour and Cognition
e.j.c.vanleeuwen@uu.nl

Publicaties

2025

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Bryon, E., Rogers, A., Balaran, A., Motsch, P., & Brooker, J. S. (2025). Chimpanzees socially learn non-instrumental behaviour from conspecifics. Behaviour, 162(6-8), 459-476. [DOI] [Portal]
Radovanović, K., Lorskens, A., Schütte, S., Bräuer, J., Call, J., Haun, D. B. M., & Van Leeuwen, E. J. C. (2025). Bonobos respond aversively to unequal reward distributions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292(2045), Article 20242873. [DOI] [Portal]
Brooker, J. S., Webb, C. E., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Kordon, S., de Waal, F. B. M., & Clay, Z. (2025). Bonobos and chimpanzees overlap in sexual behaviour patterns during social tension. Royal Society Open Science, 12(3), Article 242031. [DOI] [Portal]

2024

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Staes, N., Eens, M., & Stevens, J. M. G. (2024). Group-level signatures in bonobo sociality. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 6, Article e48. [DOI] [Portal]
van Leeuwen, EJC., Detroy, SE., Haun, DBM., & Call, J. (2024). Chimpanzees use social information to acquire a skill they fail to innovate. Nature Human Behaviour, 8(5), 891-902. [DOI] [Repository]
DeTroy, S. E., Hirata, S., Nakamura, M., Haun, D. B. M., & van Leeuwen, E. J. C. (2024). Evolution of Humanity: English Translation of the Original Essay by Kinji Imanishi. Including Commentaries by Contemporary Scholars. International Journal of Primatology, 45(2), 360–387. [DOI] [Repository]

2023

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Staes, N., Brooker, J. S., Kordon, S., Nolte, S., Clay, Z., Eens, M., & Stevens, J. M. G. (2023). Group-specific expressions of co-feeding tolerance in bonobos and chimpanzees preclude dichotomous species generalizations. iScience, 26(12), 1-12. Article 108528. [DOI] [Repository]
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Hoppitt, W. (2023). Biased cultural transmission of a social custom in chimpanzees. Science advances, 9(7), Article eade5675. [DOI] [Repository]
Hallers-Haalboom, E. T., Vermande, M. M., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2023). Food sharing with friends and acquaintances: A study in preschool boys and girls. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1130632. [DOI] [Repository]
Rawlings, B. S., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Davila-Ross, M. (2023). Chimpanzee communities differ in their inter- and intrasexual social relationships. Learning and Behavior, 51(1), 48-58. [DOI] [Repository]
Goldsborough, Z., Schel, A. M., & Van Leeuwen, E. J. C. (2023). Chimpanzees communicate to coordinate a cultural practice. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290(1991), Article 20221754. [DOI] [Repository]
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Goldsborough, Z. (2023). What animal cultures may beget: Comment on "Blind alleys and fruitful pathways in the comparative study of cultural cognition" by Andrew Whiten. Physics of Life Reviews, 44, 99-101. [DOI] [Repository]
Nolte, S., Sterck, L., & van Leeuwen, E. (2023). Does tolerance allow bonobos to outperform chimpanzees on a cooperative task? A conceptual replication of Hare et al., 2007. Royal Society Open Science, 10(1), 1-21. Article 220194. [DOI] [Repository]

2022

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Hallers - Haalboom, L., Vermande, M., van Leeuwen, E., & Sterck, L. (2022). Food sharing in human children. Revue de Primatologie, 13. [DOI]
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Bruinstroop, B. M. C., & Haun, D. B. M. (2022). Early Trauma Leaves No Social Signature in Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Animals, 13(1), 1-13. Article 49. [DOI] [Repository]
Verspeek, J., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Laméris, D. W., Staes, N., & Stevens, J. M. G. (2022). Adult bonobos show no prosociality in both prosocial choice task and group service paradigm. PeerJ, 10, 1-24. Article e12849. [DOI] [Repository]
Staes, N., Vermeulen, K., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Verspeek, J., Torfs, J. R. R., Eens, M., & Stevens, J. M. G. (2022). Drivers of Dyadic Cofeeding Tolerance in Pan: A Composite Measure Approach. Biology, 11(5), 1-21. Article 713. [DOI] [Repository]
Verspeek, J., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Laméris, D. W., & Stevens, J. M. G. (2022). Self-interest precludes prosocial juice provisioning in a free choice group experiment in bonobos. Primates, 63(6), 603-610. [DOI]
Escribano, D., Doldán-Martelli, V., Cronin, K. A., Haun, D. B. M., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Cuesta, J. A., & Sánchez, A. (2022). Chimpanzees organize their social relationships like humans. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-8. Article 16641. [DOI] [Repository]
DeTroy, S. E., Haun, D. B. M., & van Leeuwen, E. J. C. (2022). What isn't social tolerance? The past, present, and possible future of an overused term in the field of primatology. Evolutionary Anthropology, 31(1), 30-44. [DOI]

2021

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

DeTroy, S. E., Ross, C. T., Cronin, K. A., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Haun, D. B. M. (2021). Cofeeding tolerance in chimpanzees depends on group composition: A longitudinal study across four communities. iScience, 24(5), Article 102453. [DOI] [Repository]
Harrison, R. A., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Whiten, A. (2021). Chimpanzees' behavioral flexibility, social tolerance, and use of tool-composites in a progressively challenging foraging problem. iScience, 24(2), 1-52. Article 102033. [DOI] [Repository]
DeTroy, S. E., Ross, C. T., Cronin, K. A., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Haun, D. B. M. (2021). Cofeeding tolerance in chimpanzees depends on group composition: a longitudinal study across four communities. iScience, 24(3), 1-31. Article 102175. [DOI] [Repository]
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., DeTroy, S. E., Kaufhold, S. P., Dubois, C., Schütte, S., Call, J., & Haun, D. B. M. (2021). Chimpanzees behave prosocially in a group-specific manner. Science advances, 7(9), Article eabc7982. [DOI] [Repository]
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Van Donink, S., Eens, M., & Stevens, J. M. G. (2021). Group-level variation in co-feeding tolerance between two sanctuary-housed communities of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Ethology, 127(7), 517-526. [DOI] [Repository]
Goldsborough, Z., Webb, C. E., De Waal, F. B. M., & Van Leeuwen, E. J. C. (2021). Zoo-housed female chimpanzee adopts local female-specific tradition upon immigrating into a new group. Behaviour, 158(6), 547-564. [DOI] [Repository]
Singh, M., Acerbi, A., Caldwell, C. A., Danchin, É., Isabel, G., Molleman, L., Scott-Phillips, T., Tamariz, M., Van Den Berg, P., Van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Derex, M. (2021). Beyond social learning. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376(1828), 1-10. Article 20200050. [DOI]
Van Leeuwen, E. J. C. (2021). Temporal stability of chimpanzee social culture. Biology Letters, 17(5), 1-6. Article 20210031. [DOI] [Repository]
Van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Morgan, T. J. H., & Riebel, K. (2021). Foraging zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) are public information users rather than conformists. Biology Letters, 17(6), 1-6. Article 20200767. [DOI] [Repository]
Cohen, E., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Barbosa, A., & Haun, D. B. M. (2021). Does accent trump skin color in guiding children's social preferences? Evidence from Brazil's natural lab. Cognitive Development, 60, 1-24. Article 101111. [DOI]

2020

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Goldsborough, Z., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Kolff, K. W. T., de Waal, F. B. M., & Webb, C. E. (2020). Do chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) console a bereaved mother? Primates, 61(1), 93-102. [DOI] [Repository]
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Staes, N., Verspeek, J., Hoppitt, W. J. E., & Stevens, J. M. G. (2020). Social culture in bonobos. Current Biology, 30(6), R261-R262. [DOI]

2019

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Acerbi, A., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Haun, D. B. M., & Tennie, C. (2019). Author Correction: Reply to ‘Sigmoidal Acquisition Curves are Good Indicators of Conformist Transmission’ (Scientific Reports, (2018), 8, 1, (14016), 10.1038/s41598-018-30382-0). Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 6241. [DOI]
Morgan, T. J. H., Acerbi, A., & van Leeuwen, E. J. C. (2019). Copy-the-majority of instances or individuals? Two approaches to the majority and their consequences for conformist decision-making. PLoS One, 14(1), Article e0210748. [DOI]
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Cronin, K. A., & Haun, D. B. M. (2019). Reply to farine and Aplin: Chimpanzees choose their association and interaction partners. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(34), 16676-16677. [DOI]
Kaufhold, S. P., & Van Leeuwen, E. J. C. (2019). Why intergroup variation matters for understanding behaviour. Biology Letters, 15(11), Article 20190695. [DOI]

2018

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Cohen, E., Collier-Baker, E., Rapold, C. J., Schäfer, M., Schütte, S., & Haun, D. B. M. (2018). The development of human social learning across seven societies. Nature Communications, 9(1), Article 2076. [DOI]
Acerbi, A., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Haun, D. B. M., & Tennie, C. (2018). Reply to ‘Sigmoidal Acquisition Curves are Good Indicators of Conformist Transmission’. Scientific Reports, 8(1), Article 14016. [DOI]
Van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Cronin, K. A., & Haun, D. B. M. (2018). Population-specific social dynamics in chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(45), 11393-11400. [DOI]
Schweinfurth, M. K., DeTroy, S. E., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Call, J., & Haun, D. B. M. (2018). Spontaneous social tool use in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 132(4), 455-463. [DOI]

2017

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Call, J. (2017). Conservatism and “copy-if-better” in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Animal Cognition, 20(3), 575-579. [DOI]
Van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Cronin, K. A., & Haun, D. B. M. (2017). Tool use for corpse cleaning in chimpanzees. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 44091. [DOI]
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Mundry, R., Cronin, K. A., Bodamer, M., & Haun, D. B. M. (2017). Chimpanzee culture extends beyond matrilineal family units. Current Biology, 27(12), R588-R590. [DOI]

2016

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Acerbi, A., Kendal, R. L., Tennie, C., & Haun, D. B. M. (2016). A reappreciation of ‘conformity’. Animal Behaviour, 122, e5-e10. [DOI]
Acerbi, A., Van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Haun, D. B. M., & Tennie, C. (2016). Conformity cannot be identified based on population-level signatures. Scientific Reports, 6, Article 36068. [DOI]

2015

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Kendal, R. L., Tennie, C., & Haun, D. B. M. (2015). Conformity and its look-a-likes. Animal Behaviour, 110, e1-e4. [DOI]

2014

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Call, J., & Haun, D. B. M. (2014). Human children rely more on social information than chimpanzees do. Biology Letters, 10(11), Article 20140487. [DOI]
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Mulenga, I. C., & Chidester, D. L. (2014). Early social deprivation negatively affects social skill acquisition in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Animal Cognition, 17(2), 407-414. [DOI]
Cronin, K. A., Pieper, B. A., Van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Mundry, R., & Haun, D. B. M. (2014). Problem solving in the presence of others: How rank and relationship quality impact resource acquisition in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). PLoS One, 9(4), Article e93204. [DOI]
Cronin, K. A., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Vreeman, V., & Haun, D. B. M. (2014). Population-level variability in the social climates of four chimpanzee societies. Evolution and Human Behavior, 35(5), 389-396. [DOI]
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Haun, D. B. M. (2014). Conformity without majority? The case for demarcating social from majority influences. Animal Behaviour, 96, 187-194. [DOI]
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Cronin, K. A., & Haun, D. B. M. (2014). A group-specific arbitrary tradition in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Animal Cognition, 17(6), 1421-1425. [DOI]

2013

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Haun, D. B. M., Van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Edelson, M. G. (2013). Majority influence in children and other animals. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 3(1), 61-71. [DOI]
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Haun, D. B. M. (2013). Conformity in nonhuman primates: Fad or fact? Evolution and Human Behavior, 34(1), 1-7. [DOI]
Van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Cronin, K. A., Schütte, S., Call, J., & Haun, D. B. M. (2013). Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) flexibly adjust their behaviour in order to maximize payoffs, not to conform to majorities. PLoS One, 8(11), Article e80945. [DOI]

2012

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Dunbar, R. I. M., Baron, R., Frangou, A., Pearce, E., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Stow, J., Partridge, G., Macdonald, I., Barra, V., & van Vugt, M. (2012). Social laughter is correlated with an elevated pain threshold. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279(1731), 1161-1167. [DOI]
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Cronin, K. A., Haun, D. B. M., Mundry, R., & Bodamer, M. D. (2012). Neighbouring chimpanzee communities show different preferences in social grooming behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279(1746), 4362-4367. [DOI]

2011

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Zimmermann, E., & Ross, M. D. (2011). Responding to inequities: Gorillas try to maintain their competitive advantage during play fights. Biology Letters, 7(1), 39-42. [DOI]