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Alexandra Rosati is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the evolutionary origins of the human mind and explores cognitive abilities in primate relatives. By employing a comparative approach that integrates evolutionary theory, cognitive science, and developmental psychology, she aims to understand how complex cognitive traits emerge both across evolutionary time and through species ontogeny. Rosati's work places a particular emphasis on capacities that support decision-making, executive control, and social cognition. She studies a variety of semi-free-ranging populations, including apes, monkeys, and lemurs, to investigate cognitive processes in these species. Her selected recent publications include studies on temperament in macaques, the emergence of metacognition in rhesus monkeys, and age-related physiological dysregulation in chimpanzees. Through her research, Rosati contributes valuable insights into primate behavior and cognitive evolution.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science