Plotnik, Joshua M.

The evolution of self-control.

MacLean, E. L., Hare, B., Nunn, C. L., Addessi, E., Amici, F., Anderson, R. C., Aureli, F., Baker, J. M., Bania, A. E., Barnard, A. M., et al. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Primate Behavior and EcologyEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Cited by 819

Self-recognition in an Asian elephant

Plotnik, J. M., de Waal, F. B. M., & Reiss, D. (2006) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Primate Behavior and EcologyFace Recognition and Perception

Cited by 709

Elephants know when they need a helping trunk in a cooperative task

Plotnik, J. M., Lair, R., Suphachoksahakun, W., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Primate Behavior and EcologyChild and Animal Learning Development

Cited by 308

Asian elephants ( Elephas maximus ) reassure others in distress

Plotnik, J. M., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2014) · PeerJ

Primate Behavior and EcologyAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Cited by 138

Elephants have a nose for quantity

Plotnik, J. M., Brubaker, D. L., Dale, R., Tiller, L. N., Mumby, H. S., & Clayton, N. S. (2019) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Primate Behavior and EcologyCognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills

Cited by 71

Visual cues given by humans are not sufficient for Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) to find hidden food

Plotnik, J. M., Pokorny, J. J., Keratimanochaya, T., Webb, C., Beronja, H. F., Hennessy, A., Hill, J., Hill, V. J., Kiss, R., Maguire, C., et al. (2013) · PLoS ONE

Human-Animal Interaction StudiesPrimate Behavior and Ecology

Cited by 58

A “thinking animal” in conflict: studying wild elephant cognition in the shadow of anthropogenic change

Plotnik, J. M., & Jacobson, S. L. (2022) · Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Primate Behavior and EcologyWildlife Ecology and Conservation

Cited by 34

Persistence is key: investigating innovative problem solving by Asian elephants using a novel multi-access box

Jacobson, S. L., Puitiza, A., Snyder, R. J., Sheppard, A., & Plotnik, J. M. (2022) · Animal Cognition

Primate Behavior and EcologyAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Cited by 30

Innovating to solve a novel puzzle: wild Asian elephants vary in their ability to problem solve

Jacobson, S. L., Dechanupong, J., Horpiencharoen, W., Yindee, M., & Plotnik, J. M. (2023) · Animal Behaviour

Primate Behavior and EcologyWildlife Ecology and Conservation

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Do elephants really never forget? What we know about elephant memory and a call for further investigation

Hope, S. F., Willgohs, K. R., Dittakul, S., & Plotnik, J. M. (2025) · Learning & Behavior

Primate Behavior and EcologyWildlife Ecology and Conservation

Cited by 8

Evidence for ancestral olfactory sensitivity but not discrimination across two living elephant species

Schmitt, M., Rudolph, M., Jacobson, S., & Plotnik, J. (2023)

Olfactory and Sensory Function StudiesWildlife Ecology and Conservation

Cited by 2