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Prof. Andrew Whiten
 
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Andrew Whiten is Professor of Evolutionary and Developmental Psychology and Wardlaw Professor of Psychology. He conducts research on the evolution and development of mind and behaviour.

Recent and current studies have focussed on theory of mind (mindreading), imitation, social learning, culture, cooperation and related aspects of social cognition in both captive and wild non-human primates as well as normal and autistic children.
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Whiten, A., Spiteri, A., Horner, V., Bonnie, K. E., Lambeth, S. P., Schapiro, S. J. & de Waal, F. B. M. (2007) Transmission of multiple traditions within and between chimpanzee groups. Current Biology, 17, 1038-1043.
Whiten, A. & van Schaik, C. P (2007).The evolution of animal ‘cultures’ and social intelligence. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. ‘B’, 362, 603-620.
Whiten, A. (2005). The second inheritance system of chimpanzees and humans. Nature, 437, 52-55.
Whiten, A., Horner, V. and de Waal, F.B.M. (2005). Conformity to cultural norms of tool use in chimpanzees. Nature, 437, 737-740.
 
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