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Group size and mating system predict sex differences in vocal fundamental frequency in anthropoid primates (2023)
Journal Article
Aung, T., Hill, A. K., Pfefferle, D., McLester, E., Fuller, J., Lawrence, J. M., Garcia-Nisa, I., Kendal, R. L., Petersdorf, M., Higham, J. P., Galat, G., Lameira, A. R., Apicella, C. L., Barelli, C., Glenn, M. E., Ramos-Fernandez, G., & Puts, D. A. (2023). Group size and mating system predict sex differences in vocal fundamental frequency in anthropoid primates. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 4069. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39535-w

Vocalizations differ substantially between the sexes in many primates, and low-frequency male vocalizations may be favored by sexual selection because they intimidate rivals and/or attract mates. Sexual dimorphism in fundamental frequency may be more... Read More about Group size and mating system predict sex differences in vocal fundamental frequency in anthropoid primates.

Beyond collective intelligence: Collective adaptation (2023)
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Galesic, M., Barkoczi, D., Berdahl, A. M., Biro, D., Carbone, G., Giannoccaro, I., Goldstone, R. L., Gonzalez, C., Kandler, A., Kao, A. B., Kendal, R., Kline, M., Lee, E., Massari, G. F., Mesoudi, A., Olsson, H., Pescetelli, N., Sloman, S. J., Smaldino, P. E., & Stein, D. L. (2023). Beyond collective intelligence: Collective adaptation. Journal of the Royal Society. Interface, 20(200), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0736

We develop a conceptual framework for studying collective adaptation in complex socio-cognitive systems, driven by dynamic interactions of social integration strategies, social environments and problem structures. Going beyond searching for ‘intellig... Read More about Beyond collective intelligence: Collective adaptation.

The influence of task difficulty, social tolerance and model success on social learning in Barbary macaques (2023)
Journal Article
Garcia-Nisa, I., Evans, C., & Kendal, R. L. (2023). The influence of task difficulty, social tolerance and model success on social learning in Barbary macaques. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 1176. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26699-6

Despite playing a pivotal role in the inception of animal culture studies, macaque social learning is surprisingly understudied. Social learning is important to survival and influenced by dominance and affiliation in social animals. Individuals gener... Read More about The influence of task difficulty, social tolerance and model success on social learning in Barbary macaques.

Social learning strategies and cooperative behaviour: Evidence of payoff bias, but not prestige or conformity, in a social dilemma game (2021)
Journal Article
Watson, R., Morgan, T. J., Kendal, R. L., Van de Vyver, J., & Kendal, J. (2021). Social learning strategies and cooperative behaviour: Evidence of payoff bias, but not prestige or conformity, in a social dilemma game. Games, 12(4), Article 89. https://doi.org/10.3390/g12040089

Human cooperation, occurring without reciprocation and between unrelated individuals in large populations, represents an evolutionary puzzle. One potential explanation is that cooperative behaviour may be transmitted between individuals via social le... Read More about Social learning strategies and cooperative behaviour: Evidence of payoff bias, but not prestige or conformity, in a social dilemma game.

Personality predicts innovation and social learning in children: implications for cultural evolution (2021)
Journal Article
Rawlings, B., Flynn, E., & Kendal, R. (2022). Personality predicts innovation and social learning in children: implications for cultural evolution. Developmental Science, 25(1), Article e13153. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13153

Innovation and social learning are the pillars of cultural evolution, allowing cultural behaviours to cumulatively advance over generations. Yet, little is known about individual differences in the use of social and asocial information. We examined w... Read More about Personality predicts innovation and social learning in children: implications for cultural evolution.

Reconnecting epistemologies via co-design and participatory action research practice (2020)
Book Chapter
Bailey-Ross, C., Rudman, H., Kendal, J., Mursic, Z., Lloyd, A., Ross, B., & Kendal, R. (in press). Reconnecting epistemologies via co-design and participatory action research practice. In C. Hayes, J. Fulton, & K. Petrie (Eds.), Beyond disciplinarity in social research : methodologies, epistemologies and philosophies. Routledge

Sex differences in longitudinal personality stability in chimpanzees (2020)
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Rawlings, B., Flynn, E., Freeman, H., Reamer, L., Schapiro, S., Lambeth, S., & Kendal, R. (2020). Sex differences in longitudinal personality stability in chimpanzees. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2, Article e46. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2020.45

Personality factors analogous to the Big Five observed in humans are present in the great apes. However, few studies have examined the long-term stability of great ape personality, particularly using factor-based personality instruments. Here, we ass... Read More about Sex differences in longitudinal personality stability in chimpanzees.

Skills and motivations underlying children's cumulative cultural learning: case not closed (2020)
Journal Article
Reindl, E., Gwillians, A., Dean, L., Kendal, R., & Tennie, C. (2020). Skills and motivations underlying children's cumulative cultural learning: case not closed. Palgrave communications, 6, Article 106. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-0483-7

The breakthrough study of Dean et al. (Science 335:1114–1118, 2012) claimed that imitation, teaching, and prosociality were crucial for cumulative cultural learning. None of their child participants solved the final stage of their puzzlebox without s... Read More about Skills and motivations underlying children's cumulative cultural learning: case not closed.

Cultural change in animals: a flexible behavioural adaptation to human disturbance (2019)
Journal Article
Gruber, T., Luncz, L., Moerchen, J., Schuppli, C., Kendal, R., & Hockings, K. (2019). Cultural change in animals: a flexible behavioural adaptation to human disturbance. Palgrave communications, 5, Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-019-0271-4

In recent decades, researchers have increasingly documented the impact of anthropogenic activities on wild animals, particularly in relation to changes in behaviour. However, whether human-induced behavioural changes in wildlife may be considered evi... Read More about Cultural change in animals: a flexible behavioural adaptation to human disturbance.

Chimpanzees demonstrate individual differences in social information use (2018)
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Watson, S., Vale, G., Hopper, L., Dean, L., Kendal, R., Price, E., Wood, L., Davis, S., Schapiro, S., Lambeth, S., & Whiten, A. (2018). Chimpanzees demonstrate individual differences in social information use. Animal Cognition, 21(5), 639-650. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-018-1198-7

Studies of transmission biases in social learning have greatly informed our understanding of how behaviour patterns may diffuse through animal populations, yet within-species inter-individual variation in social information use has received little at... Read More about Chimpanzees demonstrate individual differences in social information use.

Social Learning Strategies: Bridge-building between fields (2018)
Journal Article
Kendal, R., Boogert, N., Rendell, L., Laland, K., Webster, M., & Jones, P. (2018). Social Learning Strategies: Bridge-building between fields. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 22(7), 651-665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2018.04.003

While social learning is widespread, indiscriminate copying of others is rarely beneficial. Theory suggests that individuals should be selective in what, when, and whom they copy, by following ‘social learning strategies’ (SLSs). The SLS concept has... Read More about Social Learning Strategies: Bridge-building between fields.

Selective copying of the majority suggests children are broadly “optimal-” rather than “over-” imitators (2017)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Laland, K., Carpenter, M., & Kendal, R. (2018). Selective copying of the majority suggests children are broadly “optimal-” rather than “over-” imitators. Developmental Science, 21(5), https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12637

Human children, in contrast to other species, are frequently cast as prolific “over-imitators”. However, previous studies of “over-imitation” have overlooked many important real-world social dynamics, and may thus provide an inaccurate account of thi... Read More about Selective copying of the majority suggests children are broadly “optimal-” rather than “over-” imitators.

Testing differential use of payoff-biased social learning strategies in children and chimpanzees (2017)
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Vale, G., Flynn, E. G., Kendal, J., Rawlings, B., Hopper Lydia, M., Schapiro Steven, J., Lambeth Susan, P., & Kendal, R. (2017). Testing differential use of payoff-biased social learning strategies in children and chimpanzees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1868), Article 20171751. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1751

Various non-human animal species have been shown to exhibit behavioural traditions. Importantly, this research has been guided by what we know of human culture, and the question of whether animal cultures may be homologous or analogous to our own cul... Read More about Testing differential use of payoff-biased social learning strategies in children and chimpanzees.

Multidisciplinary exhibit design in a Science Centre: a participatory action research approach (2017)
Journal Article
Rudman, H., Bailey-Ross, C., Kendal, J., Mursic, Z., Lloyd, A., Ross, B., & Kendal, R. L. (2018). Multidisciplinary exhibit design in a Science Centre: a participatory action research approach. Educational Action Research, 26(4), 567-588-588. https://doi.org/10.1080/09650792.2017.1360786

In this paper we highlight the issues and opportunities of a participatory action research (PAR) and co-design project, currently being undertaken as engaged research between academics at Durham University and practitioners at the UK’s International... Read More about Multidisciplinary exhibit design in a Science Centre: a participatory action research approach.

The cultural capacity of human and nonhuman primates: Social learning, innovation, and cumulative culture (2016)
Book Chapter
Vale, G., Carr, K., Dean, L., & Kendal, R. (2017). The cultural capacity of human and nonhuman primates: Social learning, innovation, and cumulative culture. In J. Kass (Ed.), Evolution of nervous systems (second edition) (475-508). (2nd ed.). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-804042-3.00095-6

Whether the foundations of nonhuman and human traditions are fundamentally similar, or whether they are different, has been the subject of heated debate even referred to as the animal “culture wars.” In this chapter we aim to explore the question of... Read More about The cultural capacity of human and nonhuman primates: Social learning, innovation, and cumulative culture.

To copy or to innovate? The role of personality and social networks on children's learning strategies (2016)
Journal Article
Rawlings, B., Flynn, E., & Kendal, R. (2017). To copy or to innovate? The role of personality and social networks on children's learning strategies. Child Development Perspectives, 11(1), 39-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12206

In our technologically complex world, children frequently have problems to solve and skills to learn. They can develop solutions through learning strategies involving social learning or asocial endeavors. While evidence is emerging that children may... Read More about To copy or to innovate? The role of personality and social networks on children's learning strategies.

Eureka!: What is innovation, how does it develop, and who does it? (2016)
Journal Article
Carr, K., Kendal, R., & Flynn, E. (2016). Eureka!: What is innovation, how does it develop, and who does it?. Child Development, 87(5), 1505-1519. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12549

Innovation is not only central to changes in traditional practice but arguably responsible for humanity's remarkable success at colonizing the earth and diversifying the products, technologies, and systems within it. Surprisingly little is known of h... Read More about Eureka!: What is innovation, how does it develop, and who does it?.