Understanding Early Adversity in Nonhuman Primates: Impact on Mental Health and Strategies to Improve Well-Being
Our research group is seeking a motivated Master’s student to join a project investigating how early adverse experiences influence the development of mental and behavioral
disorders in nonhuman primates. By integrating animal welfare and evolutionary psychiatry,
the study seeks to uncover the evolutionary, ecological, and developmental foundations of
psychopathology. Our main hypothesis is that human dimensional models of adversity—
deprivation, threat, and unpredictability—can predict the emergence of psychopathologies
in primates.