Natalie Schwob

Natalie Awad Schwob

Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellow with the Cognitive Evolution Group, University of Michigan
  • Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University
  • M.S., Cognitive Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University
  • M.S., Integrative Biology, Kennesaw State University
  • B.S., Psychology, University of Georgia

Research Interests

Humans have a suite of cognition (mental processing) that is unique from other primates. The research conducted by the Primate and Cognitive Evolution (PACE) Lab examines the building blocks of complex cognition in diverse species of primates to understand the evolutionary context for why and how a skill evolved. We also measure individual differences within and between species to investigate how cognition may impact real world behavior. In particular, we are interested in language evolution, motor control, and executive functions.

Representative Publications

Schwob, N., Groner, R., Lebkuecher, A. L., Rudnicki, S., & Weiss, D. J. (2022). Consistent second-order motor planning by cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus): Evidence from a dowel task. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 136(4), 279.

Margiotoudi, K., Bohn, M., Schwob, N., Taglialatela, J., Pulvermüller, F., Epping, A., Schweller, K., & Allritz, M. (2022). Bo-NO-bouba-kiki: picture-word mapping but no spontaneous sound symbolic speech-shape mapping in a language trained bonobo. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289(1968), 20211717.

Schwob, N., Epping, A. J., Taglialatela, J. P., & Weiss, D. J. (2022). The early bonobo gets the juice? The evolutionary roots of pre-crastination in bonobos (Pan paniscus). Animal Behavior and Cognition, 9(1), 3-13.

Recent Courses

  • PSYC 216: Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology
  • PSYC / ANBE 296: Advanced Methods in Animal Behavior
  • PSYC / ANBE 371: Primate Minds

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