Animal Behaviour

Researchers in this group are interested in comparative cognition, covering topics such as social cognition, causal understanding, social learning, vocal and non-vocal communication, language and brain evolution. The subjects of their behavioural studies include fish, birds, cetaceans and primates.

Group Members

	Prof Josep Call Professor of Comparative Psychology Problem solving, Causal and inferential reasoning, Mindreading, Comparative cognition	jc276@st-andrews.ac.uk
	Prof Malinda Carpenter Professor of Developmental Psychology Imitation, joint attention, pre-verbal communication, prosocial behaviour, group membership	mc213@st-andrews.ac.uk
	Dr Juan-Carlos Gomez Reader Evolution and development of social cognition and intelligence	jg5@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 462059
	Dr Lauren Guillette BBSRC Anniversary Future Leader Fellow Social learning in nest-building birds	lmg4@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463346
	Dr Sue Healy Reader Animal cognition in the wild	sdh11@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 462065
	Prof Vincent Janik Professor of Biology Director of Scottish Oceans Institute Acoustic communication and behaviour in marine mammals	vj@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 467214
	Prof Kevin Laland Professor Social learning, cultural evolution and niche construction	knl1@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463568
	Prof Patrick Miller Professor Acoustic communication and behavioural ecology	pm29@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463554
	Dr Luke Rendell MASTS Reader in Biology The evolution of learning, behaviour and communication	ler4@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463499
	Prof Christian Rutz Professor of Biology Evolution, ecology and social dynamics of animal tool use	cr68@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463340
	Dr Amanda Seed Senior Lecturer Comparative cognition and the evolution of intelligence	ams18@st-andrews.ac.uk
	Prof Peter Slater Professor of Natural History (Emeritus) Vocal communication in birds and mammals	pjbs@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463500
	Prof Peter Tyack Professor Behaviour and acoustic communication in cetaceans	plt@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 462630
	Dr Mike Webster Lecturer in Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology Behavioural ecology, social learning, evolution, functions & mechanisms of animal grouping behaviour	mmw1@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 461690
	Prof Andrew Whiten Professor of Evolutionary and Developmental Psychology and Wardlaw Professor of Psychology Social cognition, social learning, tradition and culture in humans and non-human animals	aw2@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: +44 (0)1334 46 2073
	Prof Klaus Zuberbühler Professor The primate roots of human language	kz3@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: +44 (0)1334 46 2080