What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Cognition
- Ecology
- Social psychology
Andrew Whiten mainly focuses on Cognitive psychology, Imitation, Cultural transmission in animals, Sociocultural evolution and Foraging.
The concepts of his Cognitive psychology study are interwoven with issues in Cognitive development, Mental representation, Causality, Emulation and Social cognition.
The Imitation study combines topics in areas such as Mirror neuron, Communication, Cognition and Developmental psychology, Autism.
His research integrates issues of Epistemology, Phenomenon, Cultural learning and Conformity in his study of Cultural transmission in animals.
His Sociocultural evolution research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Evolutionary biology, Darwinism, Diversity and Cultural neuroscience, Cultural analysis.
His Foraging study results in a more complete grasp of Ecology.
His most cited work include:
- Cultures in chimpanzees (1668 citations)
- Machiavellian intelligence : social expertise and the evolution of intellect in monkeys, apes, and humans (1489 citations)
- Imitation, mirror neurons and autism. (768 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His main research concerns Cognitive psychology, Imitation, Social psychology, Developmental psychology and Foraging.
His biological study deals with issues like Cultural transmission in animals, which deal with fields such as Sociocultural evolution.
He has researched Imitation in several fields, including Mirror neuron, Cognitive science, Communication, Emulation and Observational learning.
His Cognitive science study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Social intelligence, Deception, Machiavellian intelligence and Social cognition.
The various areas that Andrew Whiten examines in his Developmental psychology study include Theory of mind and Primate.
His Foraging research is included under the broader classification of Ecology.
He most often published in these fields:
- Cognitive psychology (27.08%)
- Imitation (21.30%)
- Social psychology (17.33%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?
- Cognitive psychology (27.08%)
- Cultural transmission in animals (14.80%)
- Sociocultural evolution (10.47%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Andrew Whiten mostly deals with Cognitive psychology, Cultural transmission in animals, Sociocultural evolution, Imitation and Foraging.
His study in Cognitive psychology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Cultural learning, Cognition, Flexibility and Conformity.
His Sociocultural evolution research integrates issues from Epistemology, Ecology, Evolutionary biology and Behavioural sciences.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Social influence, Oldowan and Cognitive science.
His Cognitive science research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Cultural cognition and Neuroscience.
His Foraging study also includes fields such as
- Troglodytes that intertwine with fields like Social psychology,
- Copying which is related to area like Developmental psychology and Child development.
Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Experimental evidence for the co-evolution of hominin tool-making teaching and language (227 citations)
- Chimpanzees copy dominant and knowledgeable individuals: implications for cultural diversity (120 citations)
- Social networks in primates: smart and tolerant species have more efficient networks (81 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Cognition
- Ecology
- Social psychology
Andrew Whiten spends much of his time researching Cognitive psychology, Sociocultural evolution, Cultural transmission in animals, Copying and Foraging.
His Cognitive psychology study incorporates themes from Behavioral ecology, Animal ecology, Imitation and Empirical research.
Andrew Whiten performs multidisciplinary study on Imitation and Context in his works.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Epistemology, Extension, Zoology and Scientific literature in addition to Sociocultural evolution.
His research in Copying tackles topics such as Social psychology which are related to areas like Completeness.
His research on Foraging frequently links to adjacent areas such as Troglodytes.
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