Eithne Kavanagh
@eithnekavanagh.bsky.social
Senior lecturer and research fellow at NTU Psychology. Research on social and communicative behaviour in humans and other primates
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Expressive Faces Make People More Likable
Facial expressions do far more than just broadcast emotions
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Read about our research on the social bonding function of facial expressivity, here in our Scientific American article! www.scientificamerican.com/article/expr...
@jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social @bridgetwaller.bsky.social
@jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social @bridgetwaller.bsky.social
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Fully funded PhD studentship on human dominance hierarchies and non-verbal behaviour, with lead Eithne Kavanagh. Join us at NTU! @eithnekavanagh.bsky.social
www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-co...
www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-co...
Physiological health outcomes of dominance hierarchies in team-based contexts
Find out more about this fully funded PhD studentship opportunity.
www.ntu.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Fully funded PhD studentship on human dominance hierarchies and non-verbal behaviour, with lead Eithne Kavanagh. Join us at NTU! @eithnekavanagh.bsky.social
www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-co...
www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-co...
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I'm very excited to share the central paper from my PhD out now in Science Advances. We investigated how social effects among neighbors shape the evolution of reproductive cooperation and the pace of adaptive population growth among the Indigenous Tsimane of Bolivia.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Indirect genetic effects among neighbors promote cooperation and accelerate adaptation in a small-scale human society
Social effects on fertility promote population growth and the evolution of flexible cooperation in a small-scale human society.
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July 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'm very excited to share the central paper from my PhD out now in Science Advances. We investigated how social effects among neighbors shape the evolution of reproductive cooperation and the pace of adaptive population growth among the Indigenous Tsimane of Bolivia.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Our #study finds that #male #dominance isn't the norm among #primates, and starts to unravel what shapes flexibility in intersexual power
paper (OA) https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2500405122
press release https://www.mpg.de/24986976/0630-evan-beyond-the-alpha-male-150495-x?c=2249
paper (OA) https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2500405122
press release https://www.mpg.de/24986976/0630-evan-beyond-the-alpha-male-150495-x?c=2249
July 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Our #study finds that #male #dominance isn't the norm among #primates, and starts to unravel what shapes flexibility in intersexual power
paper (OA) https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2500405122
press release https://www.mpg.de/24986976/0630-evan-beyond-the-alpha-male-150495-x?c=2249
paper (OA) https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2500405122
press release https://www.mpg.de/24986976/0630-evan-beyond-the-alpha-male-150495-x?c=2249
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We are looking for a Research Assistant to contribute to our ongoing analysis of dolphin acoustic data from West Wales - collaboration between @wtsww.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social 🐬
Deadline is 29th June - please share widely!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Deadline is 29th June - please share widely!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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June 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We are looking for a Research Assistant to contribute to our ongoing analysis of dolphin acoustic data from West Wales - collaboration between @wtsww.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social 🐬
Deadline is 29th June - please share widely!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Deadline is 29th June - please share widely!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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New paper alert 👇 We present a new two-action sequential coordination task designed to investigate co-representation non-human primates. In collaboration with @drelizabethwarren.bsky.social and Josep Call and out now, fully #openaccess in PLoS One! (1/4)
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Do chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) mentally represent collaboration?: Action-learning and communication in a partnered task
Non-human primates engage in complex collective behaviours, but existing research does not paint a clear picture of what individuals cognitively represent when they act together. This study investigat...
journals.plos.org
June 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
New paper alert 👇 We present a new two-action sequential coordination task designed to investigate co-representation non-human primates. In collaboration with @drelizabethwarren.bsky.social and Josep Call and out now, fully #openaccess in PLoS One! (1/4)
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Interested in biology and comparative psychology, and working in an interdisciplinary project and research team? I’m advertising two PhD positions on the evolutionary origins of cooperative sociality and communication (start 1.10.) at the University of Konstanz👇 links below!
May 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Interested in biology and comparative psychology, and working in an interdisciplinary project and research team? I’m advertising two PhD positions on the evolutionary origins of cooperative sociality and communication (start 1.10.) at the University of Konstanz👇 links below!
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We asked how behavioral diversity & agonistic behaviors relate to group size in wild capuchins. We analyzed >65,000 behavioral scans collected over 15 yrs on 214 capuchins (8 groups) & controlled for # inds sampled. We found behavioral richness, diversity & agonism was higher in larger groups.
April 28, 2025 at 4:15 AM
We asked how behavioral diversity & agonistic behaviors relate to group size in wild capuchins. We analyzed >65,000 behavioral scans collected over 15 yrs on 214 capuchins (8 groups) & controlled for # inds sampled. We found behavioral richness, diversity & agonism was higher in larger groups.
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Alisa Balabanova runner up in the student talk prize at EHBEA for her talk on facial expressivity and popularity! Well done Alisa! @ehbea2025.bsky.social @ntupsychology.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Alisa Balabanova runner up in the student talk prize at EHBEA for her talk on facial expressivity and popularity! Well done Alisa! @ehbea2025.bsky.social @ntupsychology.bsky.social
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CE Job Alert 🚨 - 2 year postdoc at LSE to develop empirically informed models of reputation dynamics on evolving social networks, as part of Leverhulme project on Reputation and the Reproduction of Social Inequality.
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Two-year Postdoctoral Research Officer - Cultural Evolution Society
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April 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
CE Job Alert 🚨 - 2 year postdoc at LSE to develop empirically informed models of reputation dynamics on evolving social networks, as part of Leverhulme project on Reputation and the Reproduction of Social Inequality.
culturalevolutionsociety.org/jobs/two-yea...
culturalevolutionsociety.org/jobs/two-yea...
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🚨New in @science.org🚨
With Simon Townsend (@nccrlanguage.bsky.social) and Martin Surbeck, we have investigated whether wild bonobos can combine calls in complex combinations, similar to how humans combine words into sentences 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#ScienceResearch #AnimalCommunication
With Simon Townsend (@nccrlanguage.bsky.social) and Martin Surbeck, we have investigated whether wild bonobos can combine calls in complex combinations, similar to how humans combine words into sentences 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#ScienceResearch #AnimalCommunication
Extensive compositionality in the vocal system of bonobos
Compositionality, the capacity to combine meaningful elements into larger meaningful structures, is a hallmark of human language. Compositionality can be trivial (the combination’s meaning is the sum ...
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April 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🚨New in @science.org🚨
With Simon Townsend (@nccrlanguage.bsky.social) and Martin Surbeck, we have investigated whether wild bonobos can combine calls in complex combinations, similar to how humans combine words into sentences 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#ScienceResearch #AnimalCommunication
With Simon Townsend (@nccrlanguage.bsky.social) and Martin Surbeck, we have investigated whether wild bonobos can combine calls in complex combinations, similar to how humans combine words into sentences 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#ScienceResearch #AnimalCommunication
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Have you every found yourself wondering whether the most widely used measures of social cognitive ability measure what they are supposed to measure?
April 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Have you every found yourself wondering whether the most widely used measures of social cognitive ability measure what they are supposed to measure?
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We’re recruiting for 5 faculty positions in cognitive neuroscience, psychology & animal neuroscience!
Exciting science going on @UofG, Glasgow is an amazing and green city with the friendliest people, and you’ll have the stunning highlands on your doorstep!
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Exciting science going on @UofG, Glasgow is an amazing and green city with the friendliest people, and you’ll have the stunning highlands on your doorstep!
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Professor, Senior Lecturer/Lecturer and Lecturer posts - Glasgow City (GB) job with University of Glasgow | 12838283
University of Glasgow College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences School of Psychology & Neuroscience Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience/Psy...
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March 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We’re recruiting for 5 faculty positions in cognitive neuroscience, psychology & animal neuroscience!
Exciting science going on @UofG, Glasgow is an amazing and green city with the friendliest people, and you’ll have the stunning highlands on your doorstep!
tinyurl.com/mbn6yf56
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Exciting science going on @UofG, Glasgow is an amazing and green city with the friendliest people, and you’ll have the stunning highlands on your doorstep!
tinyurl.com/mbn6yf56
Please repost!
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🐳 UPCOMING BOOK ALERT 🐬
The Evolution of Cetacean Societies
Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @andrewfoote.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and myself
Preorder available now
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
#whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour
The Evolution of Cetacean Societies
Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @andrewfoote.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and myself
Preorder available now
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
#whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour
March 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🐳 UPCOMING BOOK ALERT 🐬
The Evolution of Cetacean Societies
Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @andrewfoote.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and myself
Preorder available now
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
#whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour
The Evolution of Cetacean Societies
Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @andrewfoote.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and myself
Preorder available now
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
#whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour
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@mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social are seeking a PhD candidate in the field of psychology focusing on self-awareness in nonhuman great apes drawing from different methods such as touch screens experiments, playback experiments, eye tracking, and behavioural experiments www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
www.eva.mpg.de
March 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
@mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social are seeking a PhD candidate in the field of psychology focusing on self-awareness in nonhuman great apes drawing from different methods such as touch screens experiments, playback experiments, eye tracking, and behavioural experiments www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
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New paper from Olivia O'Callaghan's PhD on ERC project FACEDIFF www.facediff.co.uk, macaque facial expression processing gets better with age and good maternal care, so more flex than previously thought? @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @ntupsychology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
Maternal care predicts facial expression processing in macaques
Facial expressions are common across mammals and are essential for social communication. In humans, a rich early social environment is important for t…
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March 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
New paper from Olivia O'Callaghan's PhD on ERC project FACEDIFF www.facediff.co.uk, macaque facial expression processing gets better with age and good maternal care, so more flex than previously thought? @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @ntupsychology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
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New paper on macaque facial muscles with @clarekimock.bsky.social @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social and others! Macaques don’t show the same extreme variability in facial musculature as humans… anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
New paper on macaque facial muscles with @clarekimock.bsky.social @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social and others! Macaques don’t show the same extreme variability in facial musculature as humans… anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Tutorial on exploring ecological momentary assessment data is online at AMPPS, with:
- Accessible ways to visualize data for better understanding
- Models to get some first insights
- Further reading boxes for more advanced topics
- Reproducible pipeline you can run over your own data
Tutorial on exploring ecological momentary assessment data is online at AMPPS, with:
- Accessible ways to visualize data for better understanding
- Models to get some first insights
- Further reading boxes for more advanced topics
- Reproducible pipeline you can run over your own data
February 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Tutorial on exploring ecological momentary assessment data is online at AMPPS, with:
- Accessible ways to visualize data for better understanding
- Models to get some first insights
- Further reading boxes for more advanced topics
- Reproducible pipeline you can run over your own data
Tutorial on exploring ecological momentary assessment data is online at AMPPS, with:
- Accessible ways to visualize data for better understanding
- Models to get some first insights
- Further reading boxes for more advanced topics
- Reproducible pipeline you can run over your own data
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So exciting to see MacaqueNet out into the world! 🤩
Learn about our global community & database centralizing standardized affiliative & agonistic data from 61 populations across 14 macaque species: doi/10.1111/1365...
Explore >600 networks & request data: macaquenet.github.io/database/
Learn about our global community & database centralizing standardized affiliative & agonistic data from 61 populations across 14 macaque species: doi/10.1111/1365...
Explore >600 networks & request data: macaquenet.github.io/database/
MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large‐scale collaboration
We present MacaqueNet, a global community of macaque researchers who developed the first publicly searchable, standardised database on affiliative and agonistic behaviour. This cross-species database...
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February 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
So exciting to see MacaqueNet out into the world! 🤩
Learn about our global community & database centralizing standardized affiliative & agonistic data from 61 populations across 14 macaque species: doi/10.1111/1365...
Explore >600 networks & request data: macaquenet.github.io/database/
Learn about our global community & database centralizing standardized affiliative & agonistic data from 61 populations across 14 macaque species: doi/10.1111/1365...
Explore >600 networks & request data: macaquenet.github.io/database/
Read about our research on the social bonding function of facial expressivity, here in our Scientific American article! www.scientificamerican.com/article/expr...
@jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social @bridgetwaller.bsky.social
@jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social @bridgetwaller.bsky.social
Expressive Faces Make People More Likable
Facial expressions do far more than just broadcast emotions
www.scientificamerican.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Read about our research on the social bonding function of facial expressivity, here in our Scientific American article! www.scientificamerican.com/article/expr...
@jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social @bridgetwaller.bsky.social
@jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social @bridgetwaller.bsky.social
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New paper! 🐒 🧪
We found the Kinda baboons have long-lasting female-male relationships that are largely male-driven and persist across female reproductive states.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We found the Kinda baboons have long-lasting female-male relationships that are largely male-driven and persist across female reproductive states.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
January 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
New paper! 🐒 🧪
We found the Kinda baboons have long-lasting female-male relationships that are largely male-driven and persist across female reproductive states.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We found the Kinda baboons have long-lasting female-male relationships that are largely male-driven and persist across female reproductive states.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Fully funded PhD studentship using imaging methods to quantify variation in faces - would suit candidates with coding skills or computational methods. Get in touch! www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-co...
Using imaging spectroscopy to measure individual differences in facial expressivity in human and non-human primates
Find out about this studentship opportunity on using multiple imaging spectroscopy techniques to understand individual differences in facial expressivity in human and non-human primates.
www.ntu.ac.uk
December 23, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Fully funded PhD studentship using imaging methods to quantify variation in faces - would suit candidates with coding skills or computational methods. Get in touch! www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-co...
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There is a reason McDonalds is on the Boycott list and to remove any confusion in your head, if you can't even limit which Yank crap you stuff in your maw when they're feeding the men who shoot kids, you're the Good German coward who would've ignored the smoke in the air from the nearby camp.
December 26, 2024 at 9:12 AM
There is a reason McDonalds is on the Boycott list and to remove any confusion in your head, if you can't even limit which Yank crap you stuff in your maw when they're feeding the men who shoot kids, you're the Good German coward who would've ignored the smoke in the air from the nearby camp.
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Today (16 December) is the deadline for submitting abstracts for the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association conference. Don't miss it 😊
⏳ ONE WEEK LEFT! ⏳
The extended deadline to submit your abstracts for #EHBEA2025 is FAST approaching:
🗓️ Mon 16 Dec, midnight (GMT)!
Don’t miss this opportunity to present your work at Newcastle, April 14-17! 🌟
Submit now: ehbea2025.com
@ehbea.bsky.social #BioAnth #CultEvo #EvPsych #Evosky
The extended deadline to submit your abstracts for #EHBEA2025 is FAST approaching:
🗓️ Mon 16 Dec, midnight (GMT)!
Don’t miss this opportunity to present your work at Newcastle, April 14-17! 🌟
Submit now: ehbea2025.com
@ehbea.bsky.social #BioAnth #CultEvo #EvPsych #Evosky
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To submit your abstract you will need to create a Cambridge Core account. To sign-up for a free Cambridge Core account please register your email address here.
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December 16, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Today (16 December) is the deadline for submitting abstracts for the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association conference. Don't miss it 😊