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Francine Dolins is an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, affiliated with the College of Arts, Sciences & Letters. She also contributes to the Health Psychology and Human Centered Design Studies programs.
- Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology and Behavioral Primatology from University of Stirling
- BSc. in Biology (Behavioral Ecology, Evolutionary Theory) from University of Sussex
Research Interests focus on primate cognition, particularly spatial and social cognition across species using virtual reality (VR) experiments. Her work spans free-ranging field studies in Madagascar and laboratory VR experiments comparing humans, apes, and monkeys. Key areas include:
- Virtual environment cognition transfer
- Primate conservation education
- STEM outreach in Detroit and Madagascar
- Cognitive-ecological modeling
Scientific Awards include grants from the Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) and Ford Motor Company for her VR-based primate cognition research.
Collaborative Projects involve MIT (AI comparisons with chimpanzee data), GERP (Madagascar conservation), and Lemur Conservation Foundation. She is co-author on 48+ publications with 27,088 reads and 532 citations.
