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Overview

David A. Leavens is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to human-animal interactions, child and animal learning development, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, primate behavior and ecology, animal behavior and welfare studies, geographies of human-animal interactions, and neuroscience and music perception.

Frequent coauthors include Jemma Forman, Bennett L. Schwartz, Elizabeth Renner, Hannah Clark, and David A. Washburn.

Leavens has published papers in various academic venues, with frequent publications appearing in the Journal of Comparative Psychology, Research Square, Frontiers in Psychology, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science, and Scientific Reports.

  • The Referential Problem Space revisited: An ecological hypothesis of the evolutionary and developmental origins of pointing (2021, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science)
  • Fetching felines: a survey of cat owners on the diversity of cat (Felis catus) fetching behaviour (2023, Scientific Reports)
  • Comparing effects of sad melody versus sad lyrics on mood (2023, Psychology of Music)
  • The performance of domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) on two versions of the object choice task (2021, Animal Cognition)
  • The effects of changes in the referential problem space of infants and toddlers (Homo sapiens): Implications for cross-species comparisons (2020, Journal of Comparative Psychology)

They have also contributed to book publications, including a volume titled Primate Cognitive Studies published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.

Their main fields of study are:

  • Psychology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of study include:

  • Social Psychology
  • Genetics
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Small Animals
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Main topics covered in their work are:

  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Geographies of human-animal interactions
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception

Best Publications

  • Intentional Communication by Chimpanzees: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Use of Referential Gestures

    David A. Leavens;William D. Hopkins

  • Indexical and Referential Pointing in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

    David A. Leavens;William D. Hopkins;Kim A. Bard

  • Intentionality as Measured in the Persistence and Elaboration of Communication by Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

    David A. Leavens;Jamie L. Russell;William D. Hopkins;William D. Hopkins

  • Chimpanzees Differentially Produce Novel Vocalizations to Capture the Attention of a Human

    William D. Hopkins;William D. Hopkins;Jared P. Taglialatela;David A. Leavens

  • Understanding the Point of Chimpanzee Pointing Epigenesis and Ecological Validity

    David A. Leavens;William D. Hopkins;Kim A. Bard

  • Tactical use of unimodal and bimodal communication by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

    David A Leavens;David A Leavens;Autumn B Hostetter;Michael J Wesley;William D Hopkins;William D Hopkins

  • The whole-hand point: the structure and function of pointing from a comparative perspective.

    David A. Leavens;William D. Hopkins

  • Hand Use and Gestural Communication in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

    William D. Hopkins;David A. Leavens

  • Referential communication by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

    David A. Leavens;William D. Hopkins;Roger K. Thomas

  • Multimodal communication by captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

    David A. Leavens;Jamie L. Russell;William D. Hopkins;William D. Hopkins

  • Self‐Awareness in Human and Chimpanzee Infants: What Is Measured and What Is Meant by the Mark and Mirror Test?

    Kim A. Bard;Brenda K. Todd;Chris Bernier;Jennifer Love

  • Manual deixis in apes and humans

    David A Leavens

  • Deictic gesturing in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)? Some possible cases

    Catherine Hobaiter;David A Leavens;Richard W Byrne

  • Effects of cognitive challenge on self-directed behaviors by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

    David A. Leavens;David A. Leavens;Filippo Aureli;Filippo Aureli;William D. Hopkins;William D. Hopkins;Charles W. Hyatt

  • The mismeasure of ape social cognition.

    David A. Leavens;Kim A. Bard;William D. Hopkins

  • Joint Attention in Apes and Humans: Are Humans Unique?

    David A. Leavens;Timothy P. Racine

  • Human handedness: an inherited evolutionary trait

    Gillian S. Forrester;Caterina Quaresmini;David A. Leavens;Denis Mareschal

  • Socio-emotional factors in the development of joint attention in human and ape infants.

    Kim A. Bard;David A. Leavens

  • Do chimpanzees have voluntary control of their facial expressions and vocalizations

    William D. Hopkins;Jared P. Taglialatela;David A. Leavens

  • Intentional communication by chimpanzees: A cross-sectional study of the use of referential gestures.

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  • Emotional Engagements Predict and Enhance Social Cognition in Young Chimpanzees

    Kim A. Bard;Roger Bakeman;Sarah T. Boysen;Sarah T. Boysen;David A. Leavens

  • Having a concept 'see' does not imply attribution of knowledge: some general considerations in measuring 'theories of mind'

    David A Leavens

Frequent Co-Authors

William D. Hopkins
William D. Hopkins University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kim A. Bard
Kim A. Bard University of Portsmouth
Giorgio Vallortigara
Giorgio Vallortigara University of Trento
Sarah T. Boysen
Sarah T. Boysen The Ohio State University
Steven J. Schapiro
Steven J. Schapiro The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Richard W. Byrne
Richard W. Byrne University of St Andrews
Roger Bakeman
Roger Bakeman Georgia State University
Denis Mareschal
Denis Mareschal Birkbeck, University of London
Heidi Keller
Heidi Keller Osnabrück University
Michael S.C. Thomas
Michael S.C. Thomas Birkbeck, University of London

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