Research Interests
- Individual Differences in Behavior and Cognition
- Personality Development
- Behavior Genetics & Behavioral Ecology
- Methods in Personality Research
Current Projects
- A Comparative Perspective on Personality in Humans and Animals
- Individual Differences and Manipulation of Meat and Dairy Consumption
Past Projects
- Personality Development in Rhesus Macaques
- Prosociality in Meerkats
- Facultative Calibration of Personality
Current Publications
- Amici, F., Colell Mimo, M., von Borell, C., Bueno Guerra, N. (2017). Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) fail to prosocially donate food in an experimental set-up. Animal Cognition.
- Arslan, R. C., von Borell, C. J., Ostner, J., & Penke, L. (2017). Negative results are needed to show the specific value of a cultural explanation for g: A commentary on Burkart et al. Behavioral and Brain Sciences (40), 26.
- von Borell, C., Kulik, L., & Widdig, A. (2016). Growing into the self: the development of personality in rhesus macaques. Animal Behaviour (122), 183-195.
