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Overview

Nicola S. Clayton is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and has a significant body of research primarily within the field of psychology. Their scholarly work extends into various subfields including social psychology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, cognitive neuroscience, developmental and educational psychology, and ecology.

Clayton's research topics cover diverse aspects of animal behavior and cognition. These topics include:

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on animal cognition and consciousness, with notable papers such as:

  • "Dimensions of Animal Consciousness" (2020) published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • "How intelligent is a cephalopod? Lessons from comparative cognition" (2020) published in Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Replications in Comparative Cognition: What Should We Expect and How Can We Improve?" (2020) published in Animal Behavior and Cognition
  • "Cuttlefish exert self-control in a delay of gratification task" (2021) published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Socio-ecological correlates of neophobia in corvids" (2021) published in Current Biology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Alexandra K. Schnell, Elias Garcia-Pelegrin, Markus Boeckle, Rachael Miller, and Ljerka Ostojić, indicating sustained partnerships in studies often related to comparative cognition and animal behavior.

Clayton's research appears regularly in several publication venues, with multiple papers published in Current Biology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS ONE, Learning & Behavior, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Best Publications

  • Episodic-like memory during cache recovery by scrub jays

    Nicola S. Clayton;Anthony Dickinson

  • The Mentality of Crows: Convergent Evolution of Intelligence in Corvids and Apes

    Nathan J. Emery;Nicola S. Clayton

  • Cognitive dysfunction in psychiatric disorders: characteristics, causes and the quest for improved therapy

    Mark J. Millan;Yves Agid;Martin Brüne;Edward T. Bullmore

  • The evolution of self-control

    Evan L. MacLean;Brian Hare;Charles L. Nunn;Elsa Addessi

  • Effects of experience and social context on prospective caching strategies by scrub jays

    N. J. Emery;N. S. Clayton

  • Can animals recall the past and plan for the future

    Nicola S. Clayton;Timothy J. Bussey;Anthony Dickinson

  • Planning for the future by western scrub-jays.

    C. R. Raby;D. M. Alexis;A. Dickinson;N. S. Clayton

  • Food-Caching Western Scrub-Jays Keep Track of Who Was Watching When

    Joanna M. Dally;Nathan J. Emery;Nicola S. Clayton

  • Cognitive adaptations of social bonding in birds

    Nathan J. Emery;Amanda M. Seed;Auguste Marie Philippa von Bayern;Nicola S. Clayton

  • Elements of episodic-like memory in animals.

    N. S. Clayton;D. P. Griffiths;N. J. Emery;A. Dickinson

  • Social cognition by food-caching corvids. The western scrub-jay as a natural psychologist

    Nicola S Clayton;Joanna M Dally;Nathan J Emery

  • Western Scrub-Jays Anticipate Future Needs Independently of Their Current Motivational State

    Sérgio P.C. Correia;Sérgio P.C. Correia;Anthony Dickinson;Nicola S. Clayton

  • Memory for spatial and object-specific cues in food-storing and non-storing birds

    N. S. Clayton;J. R. Krebs

  • Dimensions of Animal Consciousness.

    Jonathan Birch;Alexandra K. Schnell;Nicola S. Clayton

  • Scrub jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) remember the relative time of caching as well as the location and content of their caches.

    Nicola S. Clayton;Anthony Dickinson

  • Scrub jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) form integrated memories of the multiple features of caching episodes.

    Nicola S. Clayton;Kara Shirley Yu;Anthony Dickinson

  • A test of the adaptive specialization hypothesis: Population differences in caching, memory, and the hippocampus in black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapilla).

    Vladimir V. Pravosudov;Nicola S. Clayton

  • Investigating Physical Cognition in Rooks, Corvus frugilegus

    Amanda M. Seed;Sabine Tebbich;Nathan J. Emery;Nicola S. Clayton

  • Episodic memory: what can animals remember about their past?

    Daniel Griffiths;Anthony Dickinson;Nicola Clayton

  • Interacting Cache memories: evidence for flexible memory use by Western Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma californica).

    Nicola S. Clayton;Kara Shirley Yu;Anthony Dickinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan J. Emery
Nathan J. Emery Queen Mary University of London
Anthony Dickinson
Anthony Dickinson University of Cambridge
Josep Call
Josep Call University of St Andrews
Thomas Suddendorf
Thomas Suddendorf University of Queensland
Andrew N. Meltzoff
Andrew N. Meltzoff University of Washington
Samuel R. Chamberlain
Samuel R. Chamberlain University of Southampton
Jon S. Simons
Jon S. Simons University of Cambridge
Geoffrey Bird
Geoffrey Bird University of Oxford
Pradeep J. Nathan
Pradeep J. Nathan University of Cambridge
Paul C. Fletcher
Paul C. Fletcher University of Cambridge

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