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
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Prof Malinda Carpenter
Professor of Developmental Psychology
Imitation, joint attention, pre-verbal communication, prosocial behaviour, group membership
Contact
- mc213@st-andrews.ac.uk
- 01334 462085
Prof Vincent Janik
Professor of Biology
Director of Scottish Oceans Institute
Acoustic communication and behaviour in marine mammals
Contact
- vj@st-andrews.ac.uk
- 01334 467214
Dr Amanda Seed
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Dr Mike Webster
Lecturer in Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology
Behavioural ecology, social learning, evolution, functions & mechanisms of animal grouping behaviour
Contact
- mmw1@st-andrews.ac.uk
- 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
Contact
- aw2@st-andrews.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1334 46 2073
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