Andrew Whiten

David Andrew Whiten, known as Andrew Whiten (born 1948) is a British zoologist and psychologist, Professor of Evolutionary and Developmental Psychology, and Professor Wardlaw Emeritus at University of St Andrews in Scotland. He is known for his research in social cognition, specifically on social learning, tradition and the evolution of culture, social Machiavellian intelligence, autism and imitation, as well as the behavioral ecology of sociality. In 1996, Whiten and his colleagues invented an artificial fruit that allowed to study learning in apes and humans. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Does culture shape hunting behavior in bonobos?

    Does culture shape hunting behavior in bonobos? by Andrew Whiten

    Published 2020-09-01
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    Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) display limited behavioural flexibility when faced with a changing foraging task requiring tool use

    Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) display limited behavioural flexibility when faced with a changing foraging task requiring tool use by Rachel A. Harrison, Andrew Whiten

    Published 2018-02-01
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    Spontaneous emergence, imitation and spread of alternative foraging techniques among groups of vervet monkeys.

    Spontaneous emergence, imitation and spread of alternative foraging techniques among groups of vervet monkeys. by Erica van de Waal, Andrew Whiten

    Published 2012-01-01
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    Evidence for weak or linear conformity but not for hyper-conformity in an everyday social learning context.

    Evidence for weak or linear conformity but not for hyper-conformity in an everyday social learning context. by Nicolas Claidière, Mark Bowler, Andrew Whiten

    Published 2012-01-01
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    Assessing public engagement with science in a university primate research centre in a national zoo.

    Assessing public engagement with science in a university primate research centre in a national zoo. by Mark T Bowler, Hannah M Buchanan-Smith, Andrew Whiten

    Published 2012-01-01
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    Chimpanzees' behavioral flexibility, social tolerance, and use of tool-composites in a progressively challenging foraging problem

    Chimpanzees' behavioral flexibility, social tolerance, and use of tool-composites in a progressively challenging foraging problem by Rachel A. Harrison, Edwin J.C. van Leeuwen, Andrew Whiten

    Published 2021-02-01
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    Frequency of behavior witnessed and conformity in an everyday social context.

    Frequency of behavior witnessed and conformity in an everyday social context. by Nicolas Claidière, Mark Bowler, Sarah Brookes, Rebecca Brown, Andrew Whiten

    Published 2014-01-01
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    The reach of gene–culture coevolution in animals

    The reach of gene–culture coevolution in animals by Hal Whitehead, Kevin N. Laland, Luke Rendell, Rose Thorogood, Andrew Whiten

    Published 2019-06-01
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    Social Learning in the Real-World: 'Over-Imitation' Occurs in Both Children and Adults Unaware of Participation in an Experiment and Independently of Social Interaction.

    Social Learning in the Real-World: 'Over-Imitation' Occurs in Both Children and Adults Unaware of Participation in an Experiment and Independently of Social Interaction. by Andrew Whiten, Gillian Allan, Siobahn Devlin, Natalie Kseib, Nicola Raw, Nicola McGuigan

    Published 2016-01-01
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    Prestige affects cultural learning in chimpanzees.

    Prestige affects cultural learning in chimpanzees. by Victoria Horner, Darby Proctor, Kristin E Bonnie, Andrew Whiten, Frans B M de Waal

    Published 2010-05-01
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    Cognitive flexibility supports the development of cumulative cultural learning in children

    Cognitive flexibility supports the development of cumulative cultural learning in children by Sarah Davis, Bruce Rawlings, Jennifer M. Clegg, Daniel Ikejimba, Rachel E. Watson-Jones, Andrew Whiten, Cristine H. Legare

    Published 2022-08-01
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