Alvaro Lopez Caicoya

Alvaro Lopez Caicoya is a Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) in Germany since 2023. His work focuses on animal cognition, behavior, and welfare, particularly in ungulates and primates.

Research Interests:

• Understanding social cooperation and helping behaviors in pigs
• Investigating cognitive abilities across ungulate species
• Studying neophobia and problem-solving in wild Barbary macaques
• Exploring gaze-following and attention mechanisms in domesticated and non-domesticated species

Research Trends:His recent publications emphasize comparative cognition, quantity discrimination, optical illusions perception, and dominance-style impacts on behavior across ungulates and macaques. Studies include European bison, giraffes, and primates.

Labs & Teams:Alvaro is affiliated with the Psychophysiology Working Group at FBN, conducting research on animal cognition in both wild and captive settings.