Research
Research Area
Evolutionary and comparative psychology: evolution of language, chimpanzee communication, primate behaviour and cognition
Collaborators
Dr K. Zuberbuhler (St Andrews), Tanja Kaller (St Andrews), Simon Townsend (St Andrews), Josep Call (MPI, Leipzig), Professor T. Matsusawa and L. Martinez (Primate research institute, Kyoto), Dr. N. Newton-Fisher (Kent), Zarin Machanda (Harvard).
Misc.
If you are interested in pursuing research in primate cognition and behaviour then research experience is vital. Opportunities to volunteer with data collection and analysis are sometimes available: please contact me if this is of interest to you.
Publications
Slocombe, K. E. and Zuberbühler, K. (2007). Chimpanzees modify recruitment screams as a function of audience composition. PNAS.104 (43), 17228-17233
Slocombe, K. E. and Zuberbühler, K. (2005) Functionally referential communication in a chimpanzee. Current Biology, 15 (19), 1779-1784.
Slocombe, K. E. and Zuberbühler, K. (2006) Food-associated calls in chimpanzees: Responses to food types or food preferences? Animal Behaviour, 72, 989-999
Slocombe, K. E. and Zuberbühler, K. (2005) Agonistic screams in wild chimpanzees vary as a function of social role, Journal of Comparative Psychology, 119(1), 67-77
Townsend, S. W., Slocombe, K. E., Emery-Thompson, M. & Zuberbühler, K. (2007) Female-led infanticide in wild chimpanzees. Current Biology, 17 (10), 355-356
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