Profile
Position: Professoressa Associata
Unit: Dipartimento di Biologia
Scientific-disciplinary sector: Zoologia BIOS-03/A
https://people.unipi.it/elisabetta_palagi/
Teaching
Teaching activity
Teaching responsibility for modules/courses
- Etologia (cod. 079EE) per Laurea in Scienze naturali e ambientali
Insegnamenti condivisi/mutuati:- Etologia (cod. 079EE) - Laurea in Scienze naturali ed ambientali
- Social behaviour and cognition in mammals (cod. 500EE) per Laurea Magistrale in Conservazione ed evoluzione
Incarichi di co-docenza in moduli/insegnamenti
- Zoologia dei Vertebrati (Cod. 275EE) per Laurea in Scienze naturali ed ambientali
Student consultation hours
Location: Via A. Volta 6, Pisa
Time: Su richiesta dello studente, previo appuntamento.
Research
Publications
- SEX IN BONOBOS: THE INTENSITY OF SEXUAL STIMULATION SHARPLY DROPS AFTER FACIAL MIMICRY (Francesconi, M.; Galotti, A.; Jadoul, Y.; Giovannini, F.; Ravignani, A.; Palagi, E. - 2026 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large-scale collaboration (Moor, De; Skelton, D.; Amici, M.; Arlet, F.; Balasubramaniam, M. E.; Ballesta, K. N.; Berghänel, S.; Berman, A.; Bernstein, C. M.; Bhattacharjee, S. K.; Bliss-Moreau, D.; Brotcorne, E.; Butovskaya, F.; Campbell, M.; Carosi, L. A. D.; Chatterjee, M.; Cooper, M.; Cowl, M. A.; V. B., ; De La, O; Brent, …; L. J. N., ; Palagi, Elisabetta - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Behavioural adaptability of wild geladas [Theropithecus gelada] in human-impacted areas revealed by encounters with free-roaming dogs and potential threats (Pedruzzi, L.; Galotti, A.; Francesconi, M.; Quartesan, A.; Abiyou Gamessa, S.; Afework Bogale, B.; Petroni, G.; Serra, V.; Lemasson, A.; Palagi, E. - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Teeth baring as a model to understand facial complexity in a tolerant macaque species (Fantoni, F.; Maglieri, V.; Giusti, N.; Scopa, C.; Pallante, V.; Loprete, A. L.; Palagi, E. - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Late bloomers in play: social isolation and playful skills in an adult bonobo (Francesconi, Martina; Galotti, Alice; Ludmann, Kerstin; Palagi, Elisabetta - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Untamed smile: rapid facial mimicry in wild wolves (Maglieri, Veronica; Galotti, Alice; Petroni, Luca; Garzelli, Alessio; Apollonio, Marco; Boni, Chiara Benedetta; Cappai, Nadia; Coppola, Francesca; Del Frate, Marco; Di Rosso, Alessia; Dissegna, Arianna; Fazzi, Paola; Felicioli, Antonio; Lucchesi, Marco; Massolo, Alessandro; Palagi, Elisabetta - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Diving back two hundred million years: yawn contagion in fish (Galotti, A.; Manduca, G.; Digregorio, M.; Ambrosini, S.; Romano, D.; Andreazzoli, M.; Palagi, E. - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Yawning in sync: implications for social cohesion in horses (Galotti, Alice; Romano, Martina; Baragli, Paolo; Palagi, Elisabetta - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Teeth Baring as a Model to Understand Complex Facial Signals in a Tolerant Macaque Species (Fantoni, F.; Maglieri, V.; Giusti, N.; Scopa, C.; Pallante, V.; Loprete, A. L.; Palagi, E. - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- The sound of yawns makes geladas yawn (Pedruzzi, Luca; Francesconi, Martina; Palagi, Elisabetta; Lemasson, Alban - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- With a little help from a friend: sharing a laugh with Frans de Waal (Palagi, E; Caruana, F - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Animal play and evolution: seven timely research questions about enigmatic phenomena. (Burghardt, Gordon M.; Pellis, Sergio M.; Schank, Jeffrey C.; Smaldino, Paul E.; Vanderschuren, Louk J. M. J.; Palagi, Elisabetta - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- What do rattle quills tell? A morphological analysis of the rattling in the African crested porcupine (Schianini, V.; Gamba, M.; Mori, E.; Palagi, E. - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Manual preference, performance, and dexterity for bimanual grass-feeding behavior in wild geladas [Theropithecus gelada] (Truppa, V.; Gamba, M.; Togliatto, R.; Caselli, M.; Zanoli, A.; Palagi, E.; Norscia, I. - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- More than a simple fixed action pattern: Yawning in drills (Galotti, A.; Fausti, G.; Casetta, G.; Nolfo, A. P.; Maglieri, V.; Palagi, E. - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
Academic news
To fight or to make peace? Geladas understand it just by listening
A study led by the University of Pisa and published in the journal PLOS ONE shows that these monkeys possess a capacity for “listening” oriented toward understanding the social relationships within their group.