Dr Eoin O'Sullivan

Lecturer

Phone: +44 (0)1334 46 3059
Email: epo1@st-andrews.ac.uk

Research areas

I am an Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) in the School of Psychology & Neuroscience. I currently teach the research methods component of the first year psychology course (PS1002) and while interested in pedagogical best practices generally, I am especially keen on exploring novel ways of teaching research methods and statistics to psychologists.

I am broadly interested in social behaviour and cognition from an evolutionary perspective. To better understand how animals learn from each other I explore imitation and other forms of social learning in children, adults, and nonhuman primates.

PhD supervision

Jasmine Rodriguez

Selected publications

Open access

Understanding imitation in Papio papio: the role of experience and the presence of a conspecific demonstrator
Formaux, A., O'Sullivan, E., Fagot, J. & Claidière, N., 16 Mar 2022, In: Cognitive Science. 46, 3, e13117.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open access

Automatic imitation effects are influenced by experience of synchronous action in children
O'Sullivan, E. P., Caldwell, C. A. & Bijvoet-van den Berg, S., Jul 2018, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 171, p. 113-130
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Imitation
O'Sullivan, E. P. & Caldwell, C. A., 31 Jan 2018, Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Vonk, J. & Shackelford, T. (eds.).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Open access

Action-matching biases in monkeys (Sapajus spp.) in a stimulus-response compatibility task: evaluating experience-dependent malleability
O'Sullivan, E. P., Caldwell, C. & Claidière, N., Nov 2017, In: Journal of Comparative Psychology. 131, 4, p. 337-347
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Infant orofacial movements: Inputs, if not outputs, of early imitative ability? Commentary on: Keven, N., & Akins, K. (2017). Neonatal imitation in context: Sensorimotor development in the perinatal period.
O'Sullivan, E. P. & Caldwell, C., 2017, In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 40, 1 p., e398.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
Using photographs to study animal social cognition and behaviour: do capuchins’ responses to photos reflect reality?
O'Sullivan, E. P., Morton, F. B., Brosnan, S., Prétôt, L., Buchanan-Smith, H., Stocker, M., D'Mello, D. & Wilson, V., Mar 2016, In: Behavioural Processes. 124, p. 38-46
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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