Jeffrey R. Stevens, PhD
Department of Psychology
Center for Brain, Biology, and Behavior
B83 East Stadium
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0156 United States
http://decisionslab.unl.edu/index.html

Dr. Stevens is a faculty member in the Department of Psychology and a core faculty member of the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior. His research integrates cognitive and evolutionary perspectives to study decision making in humans and other animals. He directs the Adaptive Decision Making Lab and the Canine Cognition and Human Interaction Lab. He was founding editor-in-chief of Frontiers in Comparative Psychology and is now an associate editor of Animal Behavior and Cognition.

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2022

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The Evolution of Quantitative Sensitivity, Margaret A H Bryer, Sarah E. Koopman, Jessica F. Cantlon, Steven T. Piantadosi, Evan L. MacLean, Joseph M. Baker, Michael J. Beran, Sarah M. Jones, Kerry E. Jordan, Salif Mahamane, Andreas Nieder, Bonnie M. Perdue, Friederike Range, Jeffrey R. Stevens, Masaki Tomonaga, Dorottya Ujfalussy, and Jennifer Vonk

2021

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Are Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus spp.) Sensitive to Lost Opportunities? The Role of Opportunity Costs in Intertemporal Choice, Elsa Addessi, Valeria Tierno, Valentina Focaroli, Federica Rossi, Serena Gastaldi, Francesca De Petrillo, Fabio Paglieri, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Attribute-Based Choice, Francine W. Goh and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Exercise Shifts Hypothetical Food Choices toward Greater Amounts and More Immediate Consumption, Karsten Koehler, Safiya E. Beckford, Elise Thayer, Alexandra R. Martin, Julie B. Boron, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Introduction to Nature and Psychology : Biological, Cognitive, Developmental, and Social Pathways to Well-being, Anne R. Schutte, Julia Torquati, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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excluder: An R Package that Checks for Exclusion Criteria in Online Data, Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Improving Measurements of Similarity Judgments with Machine-Learning Algorithms, Jeffrey R. Stevens, Alexis Polzkill Saltzman, Tanner Rasmussen, and Leen-Kiat Soh

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Dog and Owner Characteristics Predict Training Success, Jeffrey R. Stevens, London M. Wolff, Megan Bosworth, and Jill Morstad

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Effects of Human-Animal Interactions on Affect and Cognition, Elise L. Thayer and Jeffrey R. Stevens

2020

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Developing a Computer-Controlled Treat Dispenser for Canine Operant Conditioning, Walker Arce and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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The Role of Mesotocin on Social Bonding in Pinyon Jays, Juan Duque, Tanner Rasmussen, Anna Rodriguez, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

2019

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Differential Relationship between Physical Activity and Intake of Added Sugar and Nutrient-Dense Foods: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, Karsten Koehler, Julie B. Boron, Teresa M. Garvin, Matthew R. Bice, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Order Matters: Alphabetizing In-Text Citations Biases Citation Rates, Jeffrey R. Stevens and Juan Duque

2018

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Mesotocin influences pinyon jay prosociality, Juan Duque, Whitney Leichner, Holly Ahmann, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Heterogeneity and Parsimony in Intertemporal Choice, Michel Regenwetter, Daniel R. Cavagnaro, Anna Popova, Ying Guo, Chris Zwilling, Shiau Hong Lim, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Predicting Similarity Judgments in Intertemporal Choice with Machine Learning, Jeffrey R. Stevens and Leen-Kiat Soh

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Social Contact Patterns Can Buffer Costs of Forgetting in the Evolution of Cooperation, Jeffrey R. Stevens, Jan K. Woike, Lael J. Schooler, Stefan Lindner, and Thorsten Pachur

2017

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Intertemporal Choice and Delayed Gratification, Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Replicability and Reproducibility in Comparative Psychology, Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Is Cooperative Memory Special? The Role of Costly Errors, Context, and Social Network Size When Remembering Cooperative Actions, Jeffrey R. Stevens and Tim Winke

2016

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Voluntary food sharing in pinyon jays: The role of reciprocity and dominance, Juan F. Duque and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Cognitive Phenotypes and the Evolution of Animal Decisions, Tamra C. Mendelson, Courtney L. Fitzpatrick, Mark E. Hauber, Charles H. Pence, Rafael L. Rodriguez, Rebecca J. Safran, Caitlin A. Stern, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Nature as a buffer: The physiological effects of exposure to nature on stress, Tyler J. Stading and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Intertemporal similarity: Discounting as a last resort, Jeffrey R. Stevens

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The domain specificity of intertemporal choice in pinyon jays, Jeffrey R. Stevens, Bryce Kennedy, Dina Morales, and Marianna Burks

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Reflections of the Social Environment in Chimpanzee Memory: Applying Rational Analysis Beyond Humans, Jeffrey R. Stevens, Julian N. Marewski, Lael J. Schooler, and Ian C. Gilby

2015

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Embracing multiple definitions of learning, Andrew B. Barron, Eileen A. Hebets, Thomas A. Cleland, Courtney L. Fitzpatrick, Mark E. Hauber, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

2014

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We’ll Meet Again: Revealing Distributional and Temporal Patterns of Social Contact, Thorsten Pachur, Lael J. Schooler, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Evolutionary pressures on primate intertemporal choice, Jeffrey R. Stevens

2013

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Does Fertility Status Influence Impulsivity and Risk Taking in Human Females? Adaptive Influences on Intertemporal Choice and Risky Decision Making, Farnaz Kaighobadi, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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When Will We Meet Again? Regularities of Social Connectivity As Reflected in Memory and Decision Making, Thorsten Pachur, Lael J. Schooler, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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The Bounds of Rationality and Cognitive Building Blocks, Jeffrey R. Stevens

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The Lives of Others: Social Rationality in Animals, Jeffrey R. Stevens and Andrew J. King

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Rational analysis of the adaptive and predictive nature of memory, Jeffrey R. Stevens, Thorsten Pachur, and Lael J. Schooler

2012

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Cooperation in Risky Environments: Decisions from Experience in a Stochastic Social Dilemma, Florian Artinger, Nadine Fleischhut, Vittoria Levati, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Six Reasons for Invoking Evolution in Decision Theory, Peter Hammerstein and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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The Lives of Others: Social Rationality in Animals, Jeffrey R. Stevens and Andrew J. King

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Intertemporal choice in lemurs, Jeffrey R. Stevens and Nelly Mühlhoff

2011

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Spatial discounting of food and social rewards in guppies (Poecilia reticulata), Nelly Mühlhoff, Jeffrey R. Stevens, and Simon M. Reader

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Mechanisms for Decisions about the Future, Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Waiting for Grapes: Expectancy and Delayed Gratification in Bonobos, Jeffrey R. Stevens, Alexandra G. Rosati, Sarah R. Heilbronner, and Nelly Mühlhoff

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Forgetting constrains the emergence of cooperative decision strategies, Jeffrey R. Stevens, Jenny Volstorf, Lael J. Schooler, and Jörg Rieskamp

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The Good, the Bad, and the Rare: Memory for Partners in Social Interactions, Jenny Volstorf, Jörg Rieskamp, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

2010

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Donor payoffs and other-regarding preferences in cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus), Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Intertemporal Choice, Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Rational Decision Making in Primates: The Bounded and the Ecological, Jeffrey R. Stevens

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The challenges of understanding animal minds, Jeffrey R. Stevens

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The Adaptive Nature of Impulsivity, Jeffrey R. Stevens and David W. Stephens

2009

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Rational Decisions: The Adaptive Nature of Context-Dependent Choice, Alexandra G. Rosati and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Social Interaction Effects on Reward and Cognitive Abilities in Monkeys, Jeffrey R. Stevens and Marc D. Hauser

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The dynamics of development: Challenges for Bayesian rationality, Nils Straubinger, Edward T. Cokely, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

2008

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A fruit in the hand or two in the bush? Divergent risk preferences in chimpanzees and bonobos, Sarah R. Heilbronner, Alexandra G. Rosati, Jeffrey R. Stevens, Brian Hare, and Marc D. Hauser

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Individual Decision Making and the Evolutionary Roots of Institutions, Richard McElreath, Robert Boyd, Gerd Gigerenzer, Andreas Glöckner, Peter Hammerstein, Robert Kurzban, Stefan Magen, Peter J. Richerson, Arthur Robson, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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The Evolutionary Biology of Decision Making, Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Patience, Jeffrey R. Stevens and David W. Stephens

2007

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A statistical taxonomy and another “chance” for natural frequencies, Adrien Barton, Shabnam Mousavi, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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The Evolutionary Origins of Human Patience: Temporal Preferences in Chimpanzees, Bonobos, and Human Adults, Alexandra G. Rosati, Jeffrey R. Stevens, Brian Hare, and Marc D. Hauser

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When Quantity Trumps Number: Discrimination Experiments in Cotton-Top Tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) and Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus), Jeffrey R. Stevens, Justin N. Wood, and Marc D. Hauser

2006

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Effects of temporal clumping and payoff accumulation on impulsiveness and cooperation, David W. Stephens, Colleen M. McLinn, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

2005

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Evolving the Psychological Mechanisms for Cooperation, Jeffrey R. Stevens, Fiery A. Cushman, and Marc D. Hauser

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The ecology and evolution of patience in two New World monkeys, Jeffrey R. Stevens, Elizabeth V. Hallinan, and Marc D. Hauser

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Cooperative Brains: Psychological Constraints on the Evolution of Altruism, Jeffrey R. Stevens and Marc D. Hauser

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Will Travel for Food: Spatial Discounting in Two New World Monkeys, Jeffrey R. Stevens, Alexandra G. Rosati, Kathryn R. Ross, and Marc D. Hauser

2004

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The Selfish Nature of Generosity: Harassment and Food Sharing in Primates, Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Cognitive constraints on reciprocity and tolerated scrounging, Jeffrey R. Stevens and Fiery A. Cushman

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A Conceptual Framework for Non-Kin Food Sharing: Timing and Currency of Benefits, Jeffrey R. Stevens and Ian C. Gilby

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Why be nice? Psychological constraints on the evolution of cooperation, Jeffrey R. Stevens and Marc D. Hauser

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The economic basis of cooperation: Tradeoffs between selfishness and generosity, Jeffrey R. Stevens and David W. Stephens

2002

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Discounting and Reciprocity in an Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma, David W. Stephens, Colleen M. McLinn, and Jeffrey R. Stevens

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Food sharing: A model of manipulation by harassment, Jeffrey R. Stevens and David W. Stephens

1996

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New County Records of Botrychium lunarioides in Texas., L. H. Do, R. D. Gooch, Jeffrey R. Stevens, W. C. Holmes, and J. R. Singhurst

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Comments on the distribution of Botrychium lunarioides (Ophioglossaceae) in Texas, W. C. Holmes, T. L. Morgan, Jeffrey R. Stevens, R. D. Gooch, and J. R. Singhurst

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First report of Wolffiella lingulata (Lemnaceae) in western Mexico, T. L. Morgan, Jeffrey R. Stevens, and W. C. Holmes