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Dr. T.S. (Tom) Roth

Assistant Professor 
Science
Biology
Environmental Biology
Animal Behaviour and Cognition
Animal Behaviour and Cognition
Hugo R. Kruytgebouw
Padualaan 8
Kamer O307
3584 CH Utrecht

Dr. T.S. (Tom) Roth

Assistant Professor
Animal Behaviour and Cognition
t.s.roth@uu.nl
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Publications

2025

Scholarly publications

van Oosten, J. C. P., Vanhooland, L.-C., Roth, T. S., Gallup, A. C., & Massen, J. J. M. (2025). No Experimental Evidence For Yawn Contagion In Galahs (Eolophus Roseicapilla). Animal Behavior and Cognition, 12(2), 148-171. [DOI], [DOI] [Portal]
Roth, T. S., van Berlo, E., Perea-García, J. O., & Kret, M. E. (2025). Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) show an attentional bias toward a male secondary sexual trait. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Advance online publication. [DOI]
Sterck, E. H. M., Kamp, S. M., Rouart, I., van den Berg, L. M., Zijlmans, D. G. M., Roth, T. S., & Bushman, B. J. (2025). Reactions to social videos in long-tailed macaques. Animal Cognition, 28(1), Article 50. [DOI] [Portal]

2024

Scholarly publications

Benítez, M. E., & Roth, T. S. (2024). Frans de Waal’s lasting legacy: inspiring a new generation of animal behaviour scholars. Behaviour, 161(7), 511-522. [DOI] [Portal]
Roth, TS., Von wulffen, C., Fox, M., Askew, J., Spierings, M., & Perea-Garcia, J. (2024). Idiosyncratic long call-like vocalisations in two zoo-housed Bornean orang-utan females. Behaviour, 161(7), 567-585. [DOI] [Portal]
van Berlo, E., Roth, T. S., Kim, Y., & Kret, M. E. (2024). Selective and prolonged attention to emotional scenes in humans and bonobos. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 291(2028), Article 20240433. [DOI] [Portal]
Roth, T. S., Samara, I., Perea-Garcia, J. O., & Kret, M. E. (2024). No immediate attentional bias towards or choice bias for male secondary sexual characteristics in Bornean orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus). Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 12095. [DOI] [Repository]
Folz, J., Roth, T., Nikolic, M., & Kret, M. E. (2024). Who gets caught by the emotion? Attentional biases toward emotional facial expressions and their link to social anxiety and autistic traits. Current Psychology, 43(4), 3486–3502. [DOI]

2023

Scholarly publications

Roth, T., Samara, I., Perea-Garcia, J. O., & Kret, M. E. (2023). Individual attractiveness preferences differentially modulate immediate and voluntary attention. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1-14. Article 2147. [DOI] [Repository]
Samara, I., Roth, T. S., Nikolic, M., Prochazkova, E., & Kret, M. E. (2023). Can third-party observers detect attraction in others based on subtle nonverbal cues? Current Psychology, 42(22), 18928-18942. [DOI]

2022

Scholarly publications

Laméris, D. W., van Berlo, E., Roth, T., & Kret, M. E. (2022). No Evidence for Biased Attention Towards Emotional Scenes in Bornean Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). Affective Science, 3, 772-782. [DOI]
Sterck, E. H. M., & Roth, T. S. (2022). Socioecology of Asian Colobines. In I. Matsuda, C. C. Grueter, & J. A. Teichroeb (Eds.), The Colobines: Natural History, Behaviour and Ecological Diversity (pp. 250-270). Cambridge University Press. [DOI] [Portal]
Roth, T. S., Du, X., Samara, I., & Kret, M. E. (2022). Attractiveness modulates attention, but does not enhance gaze cueing. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 16(4), 343–361. [DOI]

2021

Scholarly publications

Nikolić, M., & Roth, T. (2021). A comparative glance on self-conscious emotions: A commentary on Kret et al. (2020). Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 129, 154-156. [DOI]
Roth, T. S., Samara, I., & Kret, M. E. (2021). Ultimate and proximate factors underlying sexual overperception bias: A reply to Lee et al. (2020). Evolution and Human Behavior, 42(1), 73-75. [DOI]
Roth, T. S., Samara, I., Tan, J., Prochazkova, E., & Kret, M. E. (2021). A comparative framework of inter-individual coordination and pair-bonding. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 39, 98-105. [DOI] [Repository]
Roth, T. S., Samara, I., & Kret, M. E. (2021). Multimodal mate choice: Exploring the effects of sight, sound, and scent on partner choice in a speed-date paradigm. Evolution and Human Behavior, 42(5), 461-468. [DOI] [Repository]
Samara, I., Roth, T. S., & Kret, M. E. (2021). The Role of Emotion Projection, Sexual Desire, and Self-Rated Attractiveness in the Sexual Overperception Bias. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(6), 2507-2516. [DOI] [Repository]

2020

Scholarly publications

Roth, T. S., Rianti, P., Fredriksson, G. M., Wich, S. A., & Nowak, M. G. (2020). Grouping behavior of Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) and Tapanuli orangutans (Pongo tapanuliensis) living in forest with low fruit abundance. American Journal of Primatology, 82(5), Article e23123. [DOI] [Portal]
Kret, M. E., & Roth, T. S. (2020). Anecdotes in animal behaviour. Behaviour, 157(5), 385-386. [DOI]
Roth, T. S., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2020). Social Vigilance of Friends and Foes in Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Animal Behavior and Cognition, 7( 4), 537-555. [DOI] [Repository]

2019

Scholarly publications

Roth, T. S., Bionda, T. R., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2019). Duckling-catching by a zoo-housed western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, 7(3), 144–148. [DOI] [Portal]

2017

Scholarly publications

Roth, T., Bionda, T. R., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2017). Recapturing the canopy: stimulating Bornean orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) natural locomotion behaviour in a zoo environment. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, 5(1), 16-24. https://www.jzar.org/jzar/article/view/186/124
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