Sandra Molesti

Sandra Molesti is a Lecturer at Toulouse Jean Jaurès University, affiliated with the Cognition, Languages, Ergonomics (CLLE) research unit and the Language and Cognitive Processes Team. Her work focuses on primate social behavior, cooperation, and emotional mechanisms, particularly using thermal imaging to study children's emotions and cross-species comparisons.

• Primary research areas:
  • Primate gestural communication
  • Cooperation and reciprocity mechanisms
  • Emotional dynamics in social interactions
  • Evolutionary psychology

Key recent publications analyze macaque social networks, baboon gestural intentionality, and handedness lateralization in primates. Her methodological approaches include long-term behavioral observation and cross-institutional collaboration networks.

Current projects investigate emotional evaluation in cooperative contexts and comparative gestural analysis across primate species. She teaches Developmental Psychology, Comparative Psychology, and Observation Techniques at Toulouse Jean Jaurès University.