Psychology & Neuroscience: Recent submissions
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Meaning, sociality and dialog in bonobo (Pan paniscus) gestural communication : an observational study at the Milwaukee County Zoo
(University of St Andrews, 2014-04) - ThesisApes use gestures in an intentional and highly flexible manner. It has been proposed that human language originated in gestural communication and therefore ape gestures have been of great interest to primatologists and ... -
A comparative cognition perspective on the production and use of visual signals by African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana)
(University of St Andrews, 2015-02) - ThesisElephants’ complex societies, well-developed communication systems, evolutionary history and close working relationship with humans make them an important species for studies of cognition but research on elephant cognition ... -
Social learning and social behaviour in two mixed-species communities of tufted capuchins (Sapajus sp.) and common squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)
(University of St Andrews, 2013-08) - ThesisPrimates are known for being highly social species, living in groups of various compositions with different social structures. The study of social or observational learning has largely focussed on investigating non-human ... -
Coordination of joint activities and communication in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) of the Budongo Forest, Uganda
(University of St Andrews, 2015) - ThesisEvidence from captive studies suggests that chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) lack the motivation to complete cooperative tasks and there is little evidence for communication that coordinates their behaviour during joint ... -
The roles of dopamine and the sodium pump in the spinal control of locomotion
(University of St Andrews, 2017) - ThesisRhythmically active, locomotor networks of the spinal cord are subject to both neuromodulation and activity-dependent homeostatic regulation. I first show that the neuromodulator dopamine exerts potent inhibitory effects ...