2026 Bridget M. Waller: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	43	7329	6835	729	695	111	6479

Overview

Bridget M. Waller is affiliated with Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with a focus on subfields such as Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Biology, Sensory Systems, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Their scholarly work addresses a range of topics, including:

Primate Behavior and Ecology
Face Recognition and Perception
Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Bridget M. Waller has published in several frequent venues, including:

eLife
International Journal of Primatology
The Anatomical Record
Scientific Reports
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Some of their recent publications are:

"Measuring the evolution of facial 'expression' using multi-species FACS," 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
"Morphological variants of silent bared-teeth displays have different social interaction outcomes in crested macaques (Macaca nigra)," 2020, American Journal of Physical Anthropology
"The language void 10 years on: multimodal primate communication research is still uncommon," 2022, Ethology Ecology & Evolution
"NetFACS: Using network science to understand facial communication systems," 2021, Behavior Research Methods
"The face is central to primate multicomponent signals," 2022, International Journal of Primatology

Throughout their career, Bridget M. Waller has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

Jérôme Micheletta
Jamie Whitehouse
Eithne Kavanagh
Peter R. Clark
Anne M. Burrows

Best Publications

A Cross-species Comparison of Facial Morphology and Movement in Humans and Chimpanzees Using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS)

Sarah-Jane Vick;Bridget M. Waller;Lisa A. Parr;Marcia C. Smith Pasqualini

296
Citations
Primate Communication: A Multimodal Approach

Katja Liebal;Bridget M. Waller;Anne M. Burrows;Katie E. Slocombe

263
Citations
Exorcising Grice's ghost: an empirical approach to studying intentional communication in animals

Simon William Townsend;Simon William Townsend;Sonja E. Koski;Sonja E. Koski;Richard W. Byrne;Katie E. Slocombe

238
Citations
Classifying chimpanzee facial expressions using muscle action.

Lisa A. Parr;Bridget M. Waller;Sarah J. Vick;Kim A. Bard

238
Citations
Paedomorphic Facial Expressions Give Dogs a Selective Advantage

Bridget M. Waller;Kate Peirce;Cátia C. Caeiro;Linda Scheider

238
Citations
Differential Behavioural Effects of Silent Bared Teeth Display and Relaxed Open Mouth Display in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Bridget M. Waller;Robin I. M. Dunbar

234
Citations
EquiFACS: The Equine Facial Action Coding System

Jen Wathan;Anne M. Burrows;Bridget M. Waller;Karen McComb

234
Citations
Muscles of facial expression in the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes): descriptive, comparative and phylogenetic contexts

Anne M. Burrows;Anne M. Burrows;Bridget M. Waller;Lisa A. Parr;Lisa A. Parr;Christopher J. Bonar

233
Citations
The language void: the need for multimodality in primate communication research

Katie E. Slocombe;Bridget M. Waller;Katja Liebal

225
Citations
Understanding chimpanzee facial expression: insights into the evolution of communication

Lisa A. Parr;Bridget M. Waller

184
Citations
Emotional communication in primates: implications for neurobiology

Lisa A Parr;Bridget M Waller;Jennifer Fugate

180
Citations
Brief communication: MaqFACS: A muscle-based facial movement coding system for the rhesus macaque.

Lisa A Parr;Bridget M Waller;Anne M Burrows;Anne M Burrows;Katalin M Gothard

171
Citations
Selection for universal facial emotion.

Bridget M. Waller;James J. Cray Jr.;Anne M. Burrows

169
Citations
Facial Expression in Nonhuman Animals

Bridget M. Waller;Jérôme Micheletta

161
Citations
Presidential speechmaking style: Emotional response to micro-expressions of facial affect

Patrick A. Stewart;Bridget M. Waller;James N. Schubert

134
Citations
Human attention affects facial expressions in domestic dogs

Juliane Kaminski;Jennifer Hynds;Paul Morris;Bridget M. Waller

129
Citations
Social bonds affect anti-predator behaviour in a tolerant species of macaque, Macaca nigra

Jérôme Micheletta;Bridget M. Waller;Maria R. Panggur;Christof Neumann

126
Citations
Facial Expression Categorization by Chimpanzees Using Standardized Stimuli

Lisa A. Parr;Bridget M. Waller;Matthew Heintz

122
Citations
Evolution of facial muscle anatomy in dogs

Juliane Kaminski;Bridget M. Waller;Rui Diogo;Adam Hartstone-Rose

117
Citations
Increased motor control of a phantom leg in humans results from the visual feedback of a virtual leg.

Eric E. Brodie;Anne Whyte;Bridget Waller

110
Citations
Measuring the evolution of facial 'expression' using multi-species FACS.

B.M. Waller;E. Julle-Daniere;J. Micheletta

110
Citations
Primate Communication: The neural substrates of primate communication

Katja Liebal;Bridget M. Waller;Anne M. Burrows;Katie E. Slocombe

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa A. Parr Emory University

Kim A. Bard University of Portsmouth

Aldert Vrij University of Portsmouth

Robin I. M. Dunbar University of Oxford

Mary L. Marazita University of Pittsburgh

Ádám Miklósi Eötvös Loránd University

Esther Herrmann University of Portsmouth

Judith M. Burkart University of Zurich

Richard W. Byrne University of St Andrews

External Links

Personal website of Bridget M. Waller

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