Dr. Sae In Lee

• Prosociality across adulthood
• Social norms for prosociality for different age-groups across cultures
• Evolution of social relationships and social behavior

With a background rooted in Primatology, I have investigated social relationships in different groups of non-human primates. My inspiration is to make a meaningful connection between the knowledge of non-human primates and understanding of social behavior through the lens of evolution.

Currently, I am engaged in a project on prosocial behavior across adulthood and cultures. Taking a cultural perspective, I focus on investigating the impact of social norms on age-related differences in prosocial behavior in different cultures.

Forss, S., Ciria, A., Clark, F., Galusca, C. L., Harrison, D., & Lee, S. (2024). A transdisciplinary view on curiosity beyond linguistic humans: animals, infants, and artificial intelligence. Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13054

Lee, S., Ryu, H., Yi, Y., Jang, S. A., Gye, H., Choi, A., Cho, H., Lee, B.K., & Choe, J. C. (2022). The effects of visitors and social isolation from a peer on the behavior of a mixed-species pair of captive gibbons. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23196-8

Yi, Y., Choi, A., Lee, S., Ham, S., Jang, H., Oktaviani, R., Mardiastuti, A., & Choe, J. C. (2022). Transient co-singing of offspring and mothers in non-duetting Javan gibbons (Hylobates moloch). https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.910260