Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology
@uop-ccep.bsky.social
Multidisciplinary team of psychologists and behavioural biologists. Our research is helping us to better understand human evolution. University of Portsmouth, UK
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Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
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🐘 New Paper on Elephant Gestures Featured in The New York Times
📰 NYT article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/s...
The study is part of Vesta Eleuteri’s PhD research, supervised by me and Catherine Hobaiter, in collaboration with Josh Plotnik and Lucy Bates.
📰 NYT article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/s...
The study is part of Vesta Eleuteri’s PhD research, supervised by me and Catherine Hobaiter, in collaboration with Josh Plotnik and Lucy Bates.
How Elephants Say They Like Them Apples
www.nytimes.com
July 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🐘 New Paper on Elephant Gestures Featured in The New York Times
📰 NYT article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/s...
The study is part of Vesta Eleuteri’s PhD research, supervised by me and Catherine Hobaiter, in collaboration with Josh Plotnik and Lucy Bates.
📰 NYT article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/s...
The study is part of Vesta Eleuteri’s PhD research, supervised by me and Catherine Hobaiter, in collaboration with Josh Plotnik and Lucy Bates.
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June 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Check out my article in The Conversation, all about our latest paper, which created an extensive catalogue of horse facial expressions 🐴 Thank you so much for inviting me to contribute! #TheConversation #equineresearch #facialexpressions
theconversation.com/horses-have-...
theconversation.com/horses-have-...
Horses have a complex repertoire of facial expressions, just like primates
The study has created a catalogue of horse facial expressions to help people understand how to read these incredible animals.
theconversation.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Check out my article in The Conversation, all about our latest paper, which created an extensive catalogue of horse facial expressions 🐴 Thank you so much for inviting me to contribute! #TheConversation #equineresearch #facialexpressions
theconversation.com/horses-have-...
theconversation.com/horses-have-...
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🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
We have created the first anatomically based ethogram of horse facial behaviour, covering a broad range of distinct behaviours from aggression through to play 🐴
Check it out here: peerj.com/articles/193...
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We have created the first anatomically based ethogram of horse facial behaviour, covering a broad range of distinct behaviours from aggression through to play 🐴
Check it out here: peerj.com/articles/193...
@leanneproops.bsky.social
@uop-ccep.bsky.social
An ethogram of facial behaviour in domestic horses: evolutionary perspectives on form and function
Understanding cause and function of animal facial behaviour can provide key insights into the animal’s cognitive and emotional state. The Equine Facial Action Coding System (EquiFACS) has characterise...
peerj.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
We have created the first anatomically based ethogram of horse facial behaviour, covering a broad range of distinct behaviours from aggression through to play 🐴
Check it out here: peerj.com/articles/193...
@leanneproops.bsky.social
@uop-ccep.bsky.social
We have created the first anatomically based ethogram of horse facial behaviour, covering a broad range of distinct behaviours from aggression through to play 🐴
Check it out here: peerj.com/articles/193...
@leanneproops.bsky.social
@uop-ccep.bsky.social
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New paper just dropped🎉 With novel "Curiosity Boxes", we find that chimps & children are very curious about social interactions, & some even give up a reward to gain info! Fun collaboration with @alisongopnik.bsky.social, @janengelmann.bsky.social & others royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Chimpanzees and children are curious about social interactions | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Curiosity is adaptive, enhances learning, and reduces uncertainty. Social curiosity
is defined as the motivation to gain information about the actions, relationships,
and psychology of others. Little ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
June 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
New paper just dropped🎉 With novel "Curiosity Boxes", we find that chimps & children are very curious about social interactions, & some even give up a reward to gain info! Fun collaboration with @alisongopnik.bsky.social, @janengelmann.bsky.social & others royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
📢 The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship call is now open!
Join our international expert team to explore minds across species.
We study:
🐒 Primates
🐕 Dogs
🐘 Elephants
🐴 Donkeys and horses
🔗 contact one of us to discuss your application: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
#MSCA
Join our international expert team to explore minds across species.
We study:
🐒 Primates
🐕 Dogs
🐘 Elephants
🐴 Donkeys and horses
🔗 contact one of us to discuss your application: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
#MSCA
Postdoctoral Fellowships call: 6 steps to prepare your application
These tips and tricks will help you find the best host organisation and prepare a successful proposal.
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu
May 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
📢 The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship call is now open!
Join our international expert team to explore minds across species.
We study:
🐒 Primates
🐕 Dogs
🐘 Elephants
🐴 Donkeys and horses
🔗 contact one of us to discuss your application: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
#MSCA
Join our international expert team to explore minds across species.
We study:
🐒 Primates
🐕 Dogs
🐘 Elephants
🐴 Donkeys and horses
🔗 contact one of us to discuss your application: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
#MSCA
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Very grateful for my Jana Robyest Trust Fund grant and Portsmouth Psychology grant for getting me on a plane to Botswana - and to the Elephants for Africa research camp! 🐘🩶 Here to scope out the national park for my PhD field season next year; what a beautiful place 🌍🇧🇼 #SCDTP @scdtp.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Very grateful for my Jana Robyest Trust Fund grant and Portsmouth Psychology grant for getting me on a plane to Botswana - and to the Elephants for Africa research camp! 🐘🩶 Here to scope out the national park for my PhD field season next year; what a beautiful place 🌍🇧🇼 #SCDTP @scdtp.bsky.social
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Today at 1pm UK time the GMP will be featured in the Journal Club of the Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology from the University of Portsmouth!
May 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Today at 1pm UK time the GMP will be featured in the Journal Club of the Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology from the University of Portsmouth!
Congrats to our PhD student @vascom.bsky.social who recently won Best Photo at the University of Portsmouth Revolution Plastics PhD Conference! 🥳 🥇 check out his thought-provoking picture of a Moor Macaque in South Sulawesi, Indonesia:🐒🥤📦🛍️
#plasticpollution #primate #phd
#plasticpollution #primate #phd
April 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Congrats to our PhD student @vascom.bsky.social who recently won Best Photo at the University of Portsmouth Revolution Plastics PhD Conference! 🥳 🥇 check out his thought-provoking picture of a Moor Macaque in South Sulawesi, Indonesia:🐒🥤📦🛍️
#plasticpollution #primate #phd
#plasticpollution #primate #phd
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We had a fantastic time showcasing our research at the Science is Wonderful! fair organised by the European Commission in Brussels. Thanks to #MSCA for the invitation and to all children who visited our booth 😃 🐒 @francescadp.bsky.social @jmicheletta.bsky.social @teresa-romero.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We had a fantastic time showcasing our research at the Science is Wonderful! fair organised by the European Commission in Brussels. Thanks to #MSCA for the invitation and to all children who visited our booth 😃 🐒 @francescadp.bsky.social @jmicheletta.bsky.social @teresa-romero.bsky.social
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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/
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Excited to showcase our 🐒 research at the #scienceiswonderful 2025 science fair organised by the #EuropeanCommission #MSCA.
See you in March in Brussels 😃 with @jmicheletta.bsky.social, @teresa-romero.bsky.social, @francescadp.bsky.social
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/science-is-w...
See you in March in Brussels 😃 with @jmicheletta.bsky.social, @teresa-romero.bsky.social, @francescadp.bsky.social
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/science-is-w...
Science is Wonderful!
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu
January 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Excited to showcase our 🐒 research at the #scienceiswonderful 2025 science fair organised by the #EuropeanCommission #MSCA.
See you in March in Brussels 😃 with @jmicheletta.bsky.social, @teresa-romero.bsky.social, @francescadp.bsky.social
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/science-is-w...
See you in March in Brussels 😃 with @jmicheletta.bsky.social, @teresa-romero.bsky.social, @francescadp.bsky.social
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/science-is-w...
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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)
mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
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
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)
mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
Any questions please don’t hesitate to drop me a dm or email (sophie.milward@port.ac.uk)
mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
Congratulations to @louiseloyant.bsky.social, winner of the @primatesocietygb.bsky.social 2024 Napier Medal for her PhD work on inhibitory control across macaque species. What an achievement 🥳💪🥇
Congratulations to our winner of the 2024 Napier Medal: Dr Louise Loyant - a fantastic talk on her PhD research investigating inhibitory control across macaque species. #PSGBBristol
December 13, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Congratulations to @louiseloyant.bsky.social, winner of the @primatesocietygb.bsky.social 2024 Napier Medal for her PhD work on inhibitory control across macaque species. What an achievement 🥳💪🥇
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Thanks to the Bristol Zoological Society for hosting such a great @primatesocietygb.bsky.social meeting! It was nice to catch up with our @uop-ccep.bsky.social PhD students: Luke Collins, @louiseloyant.bsky.social, @sarahsalphati.bsky.social and Amanda Bartlett.
December 13, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Thanks to the Bristol Zoological Society for hosting such a great @primatesocietygb.bsky.social meeting! It was nice to catch up with our @uop-ccep.bsky.social PhD students: Luke Collins, @louiseloyant.bsky.social, @sarahsalphati.bsky.social and Amanda Bartlett.
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Congrats again Louise!! #proudsupervisor @uop-ccep.bsky.social
Congratulations to our winner of the 2024 Napier Medal: Dr Louise Loyant - a fantastic talk on her PhD research investigating inhibitory control across macaque species. #PSGBBristol
December 13, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Congrats again Louise!! #proudsupervisor @uop-ccep.bsky.social
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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
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...
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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
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:
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More information about my upcoming Leverhulme project here. Postdoc adverts coming soon!
www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...
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.
www.port.ac.uk
December 9, 2024 at 3:54 PM
More information about my upcoming Leverhulme project here. Postdoc adverts coming soon!
www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...
www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...
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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
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!
We are now on Bluesky 🥳
We are passionate about understanding what makes us and other animals tick. 🐒🐕🫏🐘🕷️
Follow us for research highlights, collaborations, and a peek into the fascinating world of comparative psychology, welfare and conservation!
We are passionate about understanding what makes us and other animals tick. 🐒🐕🫏🐘🕷️
Follow us for research highlights, collaborations, and a peek into the fascinating world of comparative psychology, welfare and conservation!
December 3, 2024 at 8:03 PM
We are now on Bluesky 🥳
We are passionate about understanding what makes us and other animals tick. 🐒🐕🫏🐘🕷️
Follow us for research highlights, collaborations, and a peek into the fascinating world of comparative psychology, welfare and conservation!
We are passionate about understanding what makes us and other animals tick. 🐒🐕🫏🐘🕷️
Follow us for research highlights, collaborations, and a peek into the fascinating world of comparative psychology, welfare and conservation!