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Sophie Milward
@sophiemilward.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in developmental and comparative psychology
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We received this dispatch from a @uop-ccep.bsky.social @uopcidd.bsky.social BTSCON viewing party. Look at all the Big Team Science FUN they're having! WE LOVE TO SEE IT!!

(👀 @dremalt.bsky.social @manyprimates.bsky.social)
October 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Want to take part in a science experiment on children’s development? Come and join us at Victorious festival today!
August 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
There is still time to apply for our 3yr postdoc looking at the role of group size and culture on social coordination in the Republic of Korea, Uganda and the UK! Drop me a message if interested 😊 mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
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March 17, 2025 at 9:32 AM
We have a new paper out on co-representation in groups of up to 5 people, showing a possible limit of automatic task tracking beyond dyadic settings in UK adults. Let’s see what happens when we try it across cultures 😊 @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social

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Co-representation breaks down beyond the dyad in UK adults
Cooperation is so deeply embedded in human psychology that we spontaneously track a partner’s task as well as our own when acting in a pair. This automatic ‘co-representation’ of a partner’s mental re...
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February 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A few more days left to apply for our 3 year postdoc on social coordination across cultures. Deadline 6/2/25!
You can now apply for our 3 year postdoc looking at the role of culture and group size in social coordination and collaboration in the UK, Uganda and Republic of Korea!

Any questions please don’t hesitate to drop me a dm or email (sophie.milward@port.ac.uk)

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January 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
You can now apply for our 3 year postdoc looking at the role of culture and group size in social coordination and collaboration in the UK, Uganda and Republic of Korea!

Any questions please don’t hesitate to drop me a dm or email (sophie.milward@port.ac.uk)

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January 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Looking for a PhD candidate for our project on uncertainty in communicative interactions as indicators of affective valence. Supervised by Dr Jérôme Micheletta (@jmicheletta.bsky.social), Prof Bridget Waller and me. Get in touch if interested. See details here:
Validating quantitative measures of uncertainty in communicative interaction as indicators of affective valence in wild animals at University of Portsmouth on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Validating quantitative measures of uncertainty in communicative interaction as indicators of affective valence in wild animals at University of Portsmouth, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 10, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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Together with @leanneproops.bsky.social and Cressida Bowyer, we are looking for PhD applicants for a project using human behaviour change theory to develop educational programmes promoting the conservation of crested macaques. More information here: www.port.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Using human behaviour change theory to develop educational programmes promoting the conservation of critically endangered crested macaques (Macaca nigra) in North Sulawesi, Indonesia
www.port.ac.uk
December 10, 2024 at 10:04 PM
More information about my upcoming Leverhulme project here. Postdoc adverts coming soon!
www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...
Researcher awarded £270k to unpack how people interact in groups
At a time when countries across the world need to work together to address pressing global issues, a new study will look at how people from diverse backgrounds come together and interact.
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December 9, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Advertising for 2 fully funded PhD projects on cooperation in children, apes and across cultures. Co-supervised by Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social and Esther Herrmann. See below for links. Message me if interested!
December 5, 2024 at 12:16 PM
I’m very excited to have been awarded a Leverhulme Trust grant to study co-representation across 3 cultures (Uganda, Republic of Korea and UK) in dyads and groups.

I’ll soon be advertising for a 3 year postdoc. More details to follow, but please drop me a message if you’re interested! 😊🌍
November 28, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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🚨Publication Alert!🚨

The ManyBabies4 paper is out! 37 labs around the world tested over 1,000 babies in the largest investigation of infants' social evaluation to date.

doi.org/10.1111/desc...
Infants’ Social Evaluation of Helpers and Hinderers: A Large‐Scale, Multi‐Lab, Coordinated Replication Study
Evaluating whether someone's behavior is praiseworthy or blameworthy is a fundamental human trait. A seminal study by Hamlin and colleagues in 2007 suggested that the ability to form social evaluatio...
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November 27, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Looking for a PhD candidate for our project on task co-representation across cultures! See details of the project and funding here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... Contact me for more information!
Beyond the dyad: Development of task co-representation of multiple co-actors across cultures at Univ...
PhD Project - Beyond the dyad: Development of task co-representation of multiple co-actors across cultures at University of Portsmouth, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 24, 2023 at 11:28 AM