Evolution and Social Interaction Group
@evo_NTU
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We are the Evolution and Social Interaction Group at Nottingham Trent University @TrentUni @PsychologyNTU Find out more here: https://t.co/zHzcDgRxLe
Nottingham
Joined March 2022
New paper alert 📢 from the @TaiChimpProject Chimpanzees combine calls to alter meaning in different ways. #chimpanzees expand messaging by creating new meanings, modifying meanings or adding meanings together. Thanks to a great team for all the hard work. https://t.co/VABGqC08jo
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Chimpanzees uniquely use diverse combinatorial mechanisms to alter meaning in call combinations.
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🐒 Baby monkeys who receive more care from their mothers develop stronger facial expression recognition skills as they grow, which could help them to navigate vital social groups. @NTUSocSciences PhD researcher Olivia O'Callaghan explains more 📷 @ERC_Research @iScience_CP
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Reminder of our baboon health resilience PhD opportunity. The deadline is approaching, 14th February. Get in touch if interested and follow the link below for full details how to apply 👇
Fully funded PhD studentship with field work in South Africa on baboon health resilience with me, @rich_mcfarland @StefanoKaburu at @PsychologyNTU @NottmTrentUni @evo_NTU please share or get in touch if interested 👇 https://t.co/4gGC3lGiIQ
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Field based research assistants wanted to work on baboons in South Africa expenses paid. See below 👇 Might be of interest @PsgbStudent @EFPrimatology @SocietyAfrican @IPS_PrimateNews @ASPvoice @AnimalOpps @LaSFDP @EthoGes @primatologie @asab_org
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New paper: Homophily in social and demographic traits predict association patterns in female western and mountain gorillas with Martha Robbins @MPI_EVA_Leipzig @NottmTrentUni @maxplanckpress @evo_NTU @PsychologyNTU @ntu_research in @RSocPublishing
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Affiliative relationships are a hallmark of social relationships in gregarious mammals, but what drives variation of association patterns when kin are absent remains unknown. Gorillas, where females...
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🚨Two fully funded PhD studentships 1⃣baboon health resilience with @drchrisyoung1 @rich_mcfarland @StefanoKaburu 👉 https://t.co/CmkDElXyNL 2⃣Using hyperspectral imaging to assess facial expressivity with @WallerBridget @WhitehouseJam 👉 https://t.co/wQCJ4U52JE Get in touch!🐵
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Funded PhD position on stress behaviours in autistic children with Lizzy Sheppard and me - join us! 👇
We are thrilled to announce that applications for our 3rd cohort are now open. We invite members of the community to apply for our fully funded, community-centred PhD research projects, that aim to enhance the lives of communities across Nottinghamshire. 🔗 https://t.co/KUKugyYZJC
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Funded PhD studentship: Using hyperspectral imaging to assess facial expressivity in humans/primates. Ideal candidate would have skills in both bio and physical sciences! Join our team! :) @evo_NTU @WhitehouseJam @PsychologyNTU
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Our annual fully funded PhD studentships provide vital support for future researchers. Sign up for emails to be notified when opportunities are live.
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Fully funded PhD studentship with field work in South Africa on baboon health resilience with me, @rich_mcfarland @StefanoKaburu at @PsychologyNTU @NottmTrentUni @evo_NTU please share or get in touch if interested 👇 https://t.co/4gGC3lGiIQ
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New paper on facial behaviour and first impressions online - people are (slightly) more expressive in person vs online, but personality types react differently! @jasminerollings @eithnekavanagh @AlisBalabanova @ERC_Research @PsychologyNTU @evo_NTU
https://t.co/P5LJBThkAt
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Our new paper shows that facial expressivity in dominant macaques is linked to group cohesion, suggesting a social bonding function of facial expression! @WhitehouseJam @ERC_Research @evo_NTU @PsychologyNTU | Proceedings of the Royal Society B
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Social living affords primates (including humans) many benefits. Communication has been proposed to be the key mechanism used to bond social connections, which could explain why primates have evolved...
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🦍 Research by PhD candidate @Eric_shimiye of @NTUSocSciences to examine the health of wild, male mountain gorillas in Rwanda has received a prestigious grant from @IPS_PrimateNews Read more 👉
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Research to examine the health of wild, male mountain gorillas has received a prestigious grant.
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Deadline 1st July, any questions feel free to get in contact!
Job alert! 10-month full-time paid RA in primate behaviour/cognition working on a range on projects (e.g. video coding, long-term datasets, zoo based experiments): get in touch for details! @evo_NTU @PsychologyNTU @NTUSocSciences
https://t.co/sEveMts6p6
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New paper from ERC grant FACEDIFF! Being facially expressive makes you more likeable and a better negotiator (if more agreeable). @eithnekavanagh @WhitehouseJam @evo_NTU @PsychologyNTU @NTUSocSciences @ERC_Research
https://t.co/kzNU6yYQiO
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Might be of interest to your followers: @PsgbStudent @IPS_PrimateNews @PrimateSociety @AnimBehSociety Come and join us @NottmTrentUni @PsychologyNTU @ntu_research and the @evo_NTU group!
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🚨Job Alert! Research assistant in Primate behaviour - 10 month paid position. Fantastic chance to gain experience in a range of primate based research: behavioural data collection, coding, zoo based experiments, long-term data and more. Get in touch
vacancies.ntu.ac.uk
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Great news and well deserved honour for @Eric_shimiye and PhD supervisor @drchrisyoung1 well done Eric! @ntu_research @PsychologyNTU @NottmTrentUni thanks @IPS_PrimateNews
We are delighted to announce Eric Ndayishimiye has been awarded our inaugural Sebastían Ramírez Amaya Award for Fieldwork in Primatology. Eric's PhD research focuses on the physiological response to social stressors & the fitness consequences in adult male mountain gorillas 1/3
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We are delighted to announce Eric Ndayishimiye has been awarded our inaugural Sebastían Ramírez Amaya Award for Fieldwork in Primatology. Eric's PhD research focuses on the physiological response to social stressors & the fitness consequences in adult male mountain gorillas 1/3
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Come and take part in our research on campus at NTU (Nottingham)!
Take part in @PsychologyNTU research with a friend, and receive £50 in Amazon vouchers each as compensation. We're looking for pairs of friends aged 18-55 years to participate in a 2.5 hour session involving interactive, cooperative and sensory tasks. https://t.co/N3IwEtpYz9
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New paper out with @evo_NTU group members @drchrisyoung1 and @rich_mcfarland and colleagues in @FunEcology Mother–offspring conflict and body temperature regulation during gestation and lactation in a wild primate - open access so go have a read! https://t.co/16RyTW4Aer
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