Psychology & Neuroscience: Recent submissions
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The behaviour and ecology of domestic cats (Felis catus L.)
(University of St Andrews, 1984) - ThesisThis thesis is a reconnaissance of the behavioural ecology of domestic cats. The principal subjects were two groups of farm cats. There was also a group of captive cats and a house cat. The study differs from all previous ... -
Cognitive aspects of travel and food location by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) of the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda
(University of St Andrews, 2005) - ThesisFinding food in tropical forests poses a potentially major problem for chimpanzees, whose ranging is thought primarily to be directed at locating suitable food resources: (1) chimpanzees are frugivorous, large bodied and ... -
Emotion-related information processing biases associated with depression in childhood
(University of St Andrews, 2006) - ThesisFew studies have examined depression in children from an Information Processing (IP) perspective. In this thesis a number of domains of IP (known to be associated with adult depression)are examined in children and ... -
The psychology of sharing: an evolutionary approach
(University of St Andrews, 2000) - ThesisThis thesis takes an evolutionary perspective on human psychology. To the extent that inherited tendencies shape behaviour, their design will be fitted to the social environments prevailing as Homo sapiens evolved, ... -
Depression : cognitive, social, environmental and emotional factors
(University of St Andrews, 1991) - ThesisThis work examined four issues, in relation to both the experience of depression, and vulnerability to depression. There were four empirical studies, each with two parts. The first study examined the role of cognitions, ...