Alejandro Sanchez Amaro

Dr. Alejandro Sanchez Amaro is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Stirling's Department of Psychology (Faculty of Natural Sciences). His research focuses on social dilemmas in human and non-human primates using game theory frameworks, with recent interests in social bonding, dominance dynamics, and cognitive fallacies. He has held postdoctoral positions at the University of California San Diego, University of Zurich, and the Max Planck Institutes for Evolutionary Anthropology and Evolutionary Psychology.

• Education:
• Biology (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
• MSc in Primatology (Universitat de Barcelona)
• PhD in Developmental and Comparative Psychology (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 2017)
• Affiliations:
• Comparative Cultural Psychology Department (Max Planck Institute, 2021–2023)
• Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (current)

Research emphasizes how social contexts influence cognitive outcomes in primates and vice versa, including studies on curiosity and risk-taking behaviors. Methodological strengths include experimental paradigms in comparative psychology and behavioral ecology.