Psychology & Neuroscience Theses: Recent submissions
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A more nuanced investigation into mixed emotion understanding in children
(2024-06-10) - ThesisThis thesis investigated mixed emotional development across childhood using the Analogue Emotions Scale (AES). The AES is an underused emotion methodology which offers detailed insight into emotion interactions across both ... -
The gestural communication of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)
(2024-06-10) - ThesisGestures are communicative tools with which great apes navigate close-range social interaction. Sharing key commonalities with human linguistic behaviour, the ape gestural system has long been discussed as a potential ... -
Dopaminergic modulation of locomotor networks in larval Drosophila melanogaster
(University of St Andrews, 2022-06-17) - Thesis -
The representational systems for object and agent in new world monkeys
(University of St Andrews, 2021-11-30) - ThesisRepresenting the environment in its most basic components, namely objects and agents, is a fundamental feature of human cognition which we may share to different extents with nonhuman animals. This thesis explored some ... -
The influence of social dynamics on the gestural communication of East African chimpanzees
(2024-06-10) - ThesisGreat apes use gestural communication flexibly and intentionally to request a range of goals across diverse social contexts. The cognitive capacities required for this communication system have been compared to those ...