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- Interview with The Psychologist, 2013
- Interview with The New Evolutionary Enlightenment, 17 June 2009
- Q&A profile: R W Byrne (2007) Current Biology, 17, R943-R945
- Animal cognition, brain size and intelligence: theory and reviews
- Social learning, imitation and behaviour parsing: evidence and theory
- Skilled manual foraging, tool use, disability and the question of animal culture
- Behavioural laterality
- Gestural communication in great apes
- Vocal communication in primates
- Understanding others
- Tactical deception in primates
- Future planning, cognitive maps and navigation
- Elephant social cognition
- Cognition of the domestic pig
- Lizard cognition
- Behavioural ecology of baboons
Animal cognition, brain size and intelligence: theory and reviews
Animal cognition, brain size and intelligence: theory and reviews
- Kessler, SE, Bonnell, T R, Byrne, R W, Chapman, C A (2017) Selection to outsmart the germs: The evolution of disease recognition and social cognition. Journal of Human Evolution 108, 92e109
- Fedorova, N, Evans, C E & Byrne, R W (2017) Living in stable social groups is associated with reduced brain size in woodpeckers (Picidae). Biology Letters, 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0008
- Barnard, P, Davidson, I and Byrne, R W (2016) Towards a richer theoretical scaffolding for interpreting archaeological evidence concerning cognitive evolution. In T. Wynn and F. L. Coolidge (Eds.) Cognitive Models in Paleolithic Archaeology, pp.45-67. New York: Oxford University Press
- Bates, L A & Byrne R W (2015) Primate social cognition: What we have learned from primates and other animals. APA Handbook of personality and social psychology, Volume 1: Attitudes and social cognition [1-4338-1701-2]
- Byrne, R W (2015) The what as well as the why of animal fun. Current Biology, 25, R2-R4. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.09.008
- Cochet, H and Byrne, R W (2014) Complexity in animal behaviour: Towards common ground. Acta Ethologica. DOI 10.1007/s10211-014-0205-5
- Byrne, R W (2013) Primate intelligence (revised). In Henke, W, Rothe, H & Tattersall, I (Eds) Handbook of paleoanthropology. Vol.2. Primate evolution and human origin. Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg.
- Byrne, R W (2013) Animal curiosity. Current Biology, 23, R469-R470.
- Byrne, R W & Bates, L A (2011) Cognition in the wild: exploring animal minds with observational evidence. Biology Letters DOI 10.1098/rsbl.2011.o352
- Byrne, R W & Bates, L A (2010) Primate social cognition. Uniquely primate, uniquely social, or just unique? Neuron, 65, 815-830, DOI 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.03.010.
- Barnard, P J, Duke, D J, Byrne, R W and Davidson, I (2007) Differentiation in cognitive and emotional meanings: an evolutionary analysis. Cognition and Emotion, 21, 1155-1183.
- Byrne, R W & Bates, L A (2007) Sociality, evolution & cognition. Current Biology, 17, R714-723.
- Byrne, R W (2007) Clues to the origin of the human mind from primate observational field data. Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology, 57, 1-14.
- Byrne, R W (2007) Primate intelligence. In Henke, W, Rothe, H & Tattersall, I (Eds) Handbook of paleoanthropology. Vol.2. Primate evolution and human origin, pp. 1273-1293. Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg.
- Byrne, R W & Bates, L A (2007) Brain Evolution: When is a group not a group? Current Biology, 17, R883-R884.
- Byrne, R W (2006) Parsing behaviour. A mundane origin for an extraordinary ability? In N Enfield & S Levinson (eds.) The roots of human sociality, pp.478-505. Berg.
- Byrne, R W & Bates, L A (2006) Why are animals cognitive? Current Biology 16, R445-R447.
- Zuberbühler, K & Byrne, R W (2006) Social cognition. Current Biology, 16, R786-R790.
- Byrne, R W & Corp, N (2004) Neocortex size predicts deception in primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 271, 1693-1699.
- Byrne, R W (2003) Ape cognition. McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 2003, pp.19-21.
- Byrne, R W (2002) The primate origins of human intelligence. In R J Sternberg & J C Kaufman (Eds.) The evolution of intelligence. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, New Jersey.
- Byrne, R W (2000) The evolution of primate cognition. Cognitive Science, 24 (4) 543-570.
- Byrne, R W (1999) Cognition in great ape ecology. Skill-learning ability opens up foraging opportunities. In H O Box & K R Gibson (eds), Mammalian social learning. Comparative and ecological perspectives, pp.333-350. Cambridge University Press. [Symposia of the Zoological Society of London, 72, 333-350.]
- Byrne, R W (1997) The Technical Intelligence hypothesis: an additional evolutionary stimulus to intelligence? In A Whiten and R W Byrne (Eds.) Machiavellian Intelligence II: Extensions and Evaluations, pp. 289-311. Cambridge University Press.
- Byrne, R W (1996) Machiavellian intelligence. Evolutionary Anthropology, 5, 135-143.
- Byrne, R W (1996) Relating brain size to intelligence. In P A Mellars and K R Gibson (Eds.) Modelling the early human mind, pp.49-56. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge.
- Byrne, R W (1996) The misunderstood ape: cognitive skills of the gorilla. In A E Russon, K A Bard and S T Parker (Eds.) Reachinginto thought: the minds of the great apes, pp.111-130. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
- Byrne, R W, (1995) Primate cognition: comparing problems and skills. American Journal of Primatology, 2037, 127-141.
- Byrne, R W (1994) The evolution of intelligence. In P J B Slater and T R Halliday (Eds.) Behaviour and Evolution, pp.223-265. Cambridge University Press.
Social learning, imitation and behaviour parsing: evidence and theory
Social learning, imitation and behaviour parsing: evidence and theory
- Rapaport, L and Byrne, R W (2012) Reply to Thornton & McAuliffe 2011. Animal Behaviour, 84, e1-e3
- Byrne, R W and Rapoport, L (2011) What are we learning from teaching? Animal Behaviour, 82, 1207-1211
- Byrne, R W, Hobaiter, C and Klailova, M (2011) Local traditions in gorilla manual skill: Evidence for observational learning of behavioural organization. Animal Cognition, 14, 683-693. DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0403-8
- Hobaiter, C and Byrne, R W (2010) Able-bodied chimpanzees imitate a disabled individual. PLoS-ONE, 5, Issue 8, e11959; doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011959
- Bates, LA & Byrne, RW (2010) Imitation: what animal imitation tells us about animal cognition. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science 1, 685-695.
- Byrne, R W (2009) Animal imitation. Current Biology, 19, R111-R114
- Byrne, R W and Tanner, J E (2006) Gestural imitation by a gorilla: Evidence and nature of the capacity. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy (Special issue on Animal Learning and Cognition), 6, 215-231.
- Topál, J, Byrne, R W, Miklósi, A, Csányi, V (2006) Reproducing human actions and action sequences: "Do as I Do!" in a dog. Animal Cognition, 9, 355-367.
- Byrne, R W (2005) Detecting, understanding, and explaining animal imitation. In S Hurley & N Chater (eds) Perspectives on imitation: from mirrorneurons to memes, pp.255-282. MIT Press, Cambridge MA.
- Byrne, R W (2005) Social Cognition: Imitation, Imitation, Imitation. Current Biology, 15, R496-R500.
- Byrne, R W (2003) Imitation as behaviour parsing. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 358, 529-536.
- Byrne, R W (2002) Imitation of novel complex actions: What does the evidence from animals mean? Advances in the Study of Behavior, 31, 77-105.
- Byrne, R W (2002) Seeing actions as hierarchically organized structures. Great ape manual skills. In A Meltzoff and W Prinz (Eds) The Imitative Mind: Development, Evolution, and Brain Bases, pp.122-140. Cambridge University Press.
- Byrne, R W (2002) Emulation in apes: Verdict "Not Proven". Developmental Science, 5, 21-22.
- Byrne, R W (2000) Changing views on imitation in primates. In S C Strum & L M Fedigan (Eds.) Primate encounters: models of science, gender and society, pp.296-309. University of Chicago Press.
- Byrne, R W (1999) Imitation without intentionality: using string-parsing to copy the organization of behaviour. Animal Cognition, 2, 63-72.
- Byrne, R W (1999) Cognition in great ape ecology. Skill-learning ability opens up foraging opportunities. In H O Box & K R Gibson (eds), Mammalian social learning. Comparative and ecological perspectives, pp.333-350. Cambridge University Press. [Symposia of the Zoological Society of London, 72, 333-350.]
- Byrne, R W (1998) Imitation: the contributions of priming and program-level copying. In S Bråten (Ed) Intersubjectivecommunication and emotion in ontogeny: A Sourcebook, pp.228-244. Cambridge University Press.
- Byrne, R W and Russon, A (1998) Learning by imitation: a hierarchical approach. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 21, 667-721.
- Byrne, R W and Tomasello, M (1995) Do rats ape? Animal Behaviour, 50, 1417-1420.
- Byrne, R W (1994) The evolution of intelligence. In P J B Slater and T R Halliday (Eds.) Behaviour and Evolution, pp.223-265. Cambridge University Press.
Skilled manual foraging, tool use, disability and the question of animal culture
Skilled manual foraging, tool use, disability and the question of animal culture
- Hockings, K J, McLennan, M R, Carvalho, S, Ancrenaz, M, Bobe, R, Byrne, R W, Dunbar, R I M, Matsuzawa, T, McGrew, W C, Williamson, E A, Wilson, M L, Wood, B, Wrangham, R W, and Hill, C M. (2015) Apes in the Anthropocene: flexibility and survival. Trends in Evolution & Ecology, 30, 215-222. DOI 10.1016/j.tree.2015.02.002
- Seed, A M & Byrne, R W (2010) Animal tool use. Current Biology 20, R1032-R1039
- Byrne, R W (2007) Culture in great apes: Using intricate complexity in feeding skills to trace the evolutionary origin of human technical prowess. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 362, 577-585.
- Byrne, R W (2007) Animal Cognition: Bring me my spear. Current Biology, 17, R164-R165.
- Stokes, E J & Byrne, R W (2006) The effect of snare injuries on the fig-feeding behaviour of chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest, Uganda: behavioural adaptations and long term implications. In N E Newton-Fisher, H Nottman and V Reynolds (Eds.) The primates of WesternUganda. Springer.
- Byrne, R W (2005) The maker not the tool: The cognitive significance of great ape manual skills. In V Roux and B Bril (Eds.) Stone Knapping: the necessary conditions for a uniquely hominid behaviour, pp.159-169. McDonald Institute Monograph series, Cambridge.
- Byrne, R W (2004) The manual skills behind hominid tool use. In A E Russon and D R Begun (Eds.) Evolutionary origins of great ape intelligence, pp.31-44. Cambridge University Press.
- Byrne, R W, Barnard, P J, Davidson, I, Janik, V M, McGrew, W C, Miklósi, A & Wiessner, P (2004) Understanding culture across species. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8,341-346.
- Byrne, R W & Stokes, E J (2002) Effects of manual disability on feeding skills in gorillas and chimpanzees. International Journal of Primatology, 23 (3), 539-554.
- Corp, N & Byrne, R W (2002) The ontogeny of manual skill in wild chimpanzees: Evidence from feeding on the fruit of Saba florida. Behaviour, 139, 137-168.
- Corp, N & Byrne, R W (2002) Leaf processing of wild chimpanzees: Physically defended leaves reveal complex manual skills. Ethology, 108, 1-24.
- Byrne, R W, Corp, N, and Byrne, J M (2001) Manual dexterity in the gorilla: bimanual and digit role differentiation in a natural task. Animal Cognition, 4, 347-361.
- Byrne, R W, Corp, N & Byrne, J M (2001) Estimating the complexity of animal behaviour: How mountain gorillas eat thistles. Behaviour, 138, 525-557.
- Stokes, E J and Byrne, R W (2001) Cognitive capacities for behavioural flexibility in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes):The effect of snare injury on complex manual food processing. Animal Cognition, 4, 11-28.
- Byrne, R W (2001) Clever hands. The food processing skills of mountain gorillas. In M Robbins, P Sicotte and K Stewart (Eds) Mountain Gorillas. Three decades of research at Karisoke, pp. 294-313. Cambridge University Press.
- Byrne, R W (1999) Object manipulation and skill organization in the complex food preparation of mountain gorillas. In S T Parker, R W Mitchell & H L W Miles (Eds.) The mentalities of gorillas and orang-utans in comparative perspective, pp.147-159. Cambridge University Press.
- Byrne, R W and Byrne, J M E (1993) The complex leaf-gathering skills of mountain gorillas (Gorilla g. beringei): variability and standardization. American Journal of Primatology, 31, 241-261.
- Byrne, R W and Byrne, J M E (1991) Hand preferences in the skilled gathering tasks of mountain gorillas. (Gorilla g. beringei). Cortex, 27, 521-546.
Behavioural laterality
Behavioural laterality
- Hobaiter, C and Byrne, R W (2013) Laterality in the gestural communication of wild chimpanzees. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1288, 9–16. DOI 10.1111/nyas.12041
- Cochet, H and Byrne, R W (2013) Evolutionary origins of human handedness: evaluating contrasting hypotheses. Animal Cognition 16, 531-542. DOI 10.1007/s10071-013-0626-y
- Farmer, K, Krueger, K and Byrne, RW (2010) Visual laterality in the domestic horse (Equus caballus) in interaction with humans. Animal Cognition, 12, 229-238, DOI 10.1007/s10071-009-0260-x
- Corp, N & Byrne, R W (2004) Sex difference in chimpanzee handedness. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 123, 62-68.
- Harrison, K and Byrne, R W (2000) Hand preferences in unimanual and bimanual feeding by wild vervet monkeys. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 114, 1-9.
- Byrne, R W and Byrne, J M E (1991) Hand preferences in the skilled gathering tasks of mountain gorillas. (Gorilla g. beringei). Cortex, 27, 521-546.
Gestural communication in great apes
Gestural communication in great apes
- Byrne, RW, Cartmill, E, Genty, E, Graham, K E, Hobaiter, C & Tanner, J E (2017) Great ape gestures. Intentional communication with a rich set of innate signals. Animal Cognition 20, 755-769
- Hobaiter, C, Byrne, R W, Zuberbühler, K (2017) Wild chimpanzees’ use of single and combined vocal and gestural signals. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 71, 96, DOI 10.1007/s00265-017-2325-1
- Graham, K E, Furuichi, T & Byrne, R W (2017) The gestural repertoire of the wild bonobo (Pan paniscus): a mutually understood communication system. Animal Cognition 20:171–177 DOI 10.1007/s10071-016-1035-9
- Byrne, R W & Cochet, H (2016) Where have all the (ape) gestures gone? PsychonomicBulletin & Review DOI:10.3758/s13423-016-1071-0
- Cochet, H & Byrne, R W (2016) Communication in the second and third year of life: Relationships between nonverbal social skills and language. Infant Behaviourand Development. 44, 189–19
- Hobaiter, C & Byrne, R W (2014) The meanings of chimpanzee gestures. Current Biology 24, 1596-1600. DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.066
- Hobaiter, C and Byrne, R W (2013) Le flexibilité et l’intentionnalité dans la communication gestuelle chez les grands singes non-humains (Flexibility and intentionality in non-human great ape gestural communication). RevuePrimatologie 5 Varia. DOI 10.4000/primatologie.1713
- Hobaiter, C & Byrne, R W (2012) Gesture use in consortship: wild chimpanzees' use of gesture for an 'evolutionarily urgent' purpose In S Pika and K Liebal (Eds.), Developments in Primate Gesture Research, pp. 129-146. John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam.
- Hobaiter, C and Byrne, R W (2011) Serial gesturing by wild chimpanzees: its nature and function for communication. Animal Cognition, 14, 827–838. DOI 10.1007/s10071-011-0416-3
- Hobaiter, C and Byrne, R W (2011) The gestural repertoire of the wild chimpanzee. Animal Cognition, 14, 745-767. DOI 10.1007/s10071-011-0409-2
- Cartmill, E A & Byrne, R W (2011) Addressing the problems of intentionality and granularity in non-human primate gesture. In S. Gale and M. Ishino (Eds.), IntegratingGestures. The interdisciplinary nature of gesture, pp.15-26. John Benjamins Publishing Company: Amsterdam
- Cartmill, E A & Byrne, R W (2010) The semantics of primate gestures: intentional meanings of orangutan gestures. Animal Cognition, DOI:10.1007/s10071-010-0328-7 Support Materials
- Genty, E and Byrne, R W (2010) Why do gorillas make sequences of gestures? Animal Cognition, 13, 287-301, DOI 10.1007/s10071-009-0266-4
- Genty, E, Breuer, T, Hobaiter, C, and Byrne, R W (2009) Gestural communication of the gorilla (Gorilla gorilla): Repertoire, intentionality, and possible origins. Animal Cognition 12:527–546.
- Cartmill, E A and Byrne, R W (2007) Orangutans modify their gestural signalling according to their audience's comprehension. Current Biology, 17, 1345-1348
- Tanner, J E, Patterson, F G and Byrne, R W (2006) The development of spontaneous gestures in zoo-living gorillas and sign-taught gorillas: from action and location to object representation. Journal of Developmental Processes 1, 69-102.
- Tanner, J E and Byrne, R W (1999). The development of spontaneous gestural communication in captive lowland gorillas. In S T Parker, R W Mitchell & H L W Miles (Eds.) The mentalities of gorillas and orang-utans in comparative perspective, pp.211-239. Cambridge University Press.
- Tanner, J E and Byrne R W (1996) Representation of action through iconic gesture in a captive lowland gorilla. Current Anthropology, 37, 162-173.
Vocal communication in primates
Vocal communication in primates
- Fallon B, Neumann C, Byrne R W, Zuberbühler K (2016) Female chimpanzees adjust copulation calls according to reproductive status and level of female competition. Animal Behaviour 113, 87-92
- Cäsar, C, Zuberbühler, K, Young, R J and Byrne, R W (2013) Titi monkey call sequences vary with predator location and type. Biology Letters, 9, 20130535
- Da Cunha, R G T and Byrne, R W (2013) Age-related differences in the use of the "moo" call in black howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya). International Journal of Primatology, 34, 1105–1121. DOI 10.1007/s10764-013-9718-4
- Cäsar, C, Byrne R, Young R J and Zuberbühler, K (2012) The alarm call system of wild black-fronted titi monkeys, Callicebus nigrifrons. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 66, 653–667. DOI 10.1007/s00265-011-1313-0
- Cäsar, C, Byrne, R W, Hoppitt, W, Young, R J and Zuberbühler, K. (2012) Evidence for semantic communication in Titi monkey alarm calls. Animal Behaviour, 84, 405-411.
- Da Cunha, R G T & Byrne, R W (2008). The use of vocal communication in keeping the spatial cohesion of groups: intentionality and specific functions. In Garber, P A, Estrada, A, Bicca-Marques, J C, Heymann, E and Strier K (Eds.) South American primates: comparative perspectives in the study of behavior, ecology, and conservation. Springer Press.
- Da Cunha, R G T and Byrne, R W (2006) Roars of black howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya): evidence for a function in inter-group spacing. Behaviour, 143, 1169-1199.
- Teixidor, P and Byrne, R W (1999) The 'whinny' of spider monkeys: individual recognition before situational meaning. Behaviour, 136, 279-308.
- Teixidor, P and Byrne, R W (1997) Can spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) discriminate vocalizations of familiar individuals and strangers? Folia Primatologica, 68, 254-264.
- Mitani, J C, Hasegawa, T, Gros-Louis, J, Marler, P, and Byrne, R (1992) Dialects in wild chimpanzees? American Journal ofPrimatology, 27, 233-243.
- Byrne, R W (1981) Distance vocalisations of Guinea baboons (Papio papio): an analysis of function. Behaviour, 78, 283-312.
Understanding others
Understanding others
- Townsend, S W, Koski, S E, Byrne, R W, Slocombe, K E, Burkart, J, van Schaik, C, Glock, H J, Goncalves, I B, Linke, A, Zuberbühler, K, Wild, M, Vail, A, Liebal, K, Gruber, T, Waller, B, Bickel, B, Böckle, M, Flower, T, Miklosi, A, Jansen, D A W A M, Gaunet, F, Stoll, S, and Manser, M B (2016) Exorcising Grice’s ghost: an empirical approach to studying intentional communication in animals. Biological Reviews DOI:10.1111/brv.12289
- Hall, K, Oram, MW, Campbell, MW, Eppley, TE, Byrne, RW and de Waal, FBM (2014) Using cross correlations to investigate how chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) use conspecific gaze cues to extract and exploit information in a foraging competition. American Journal of Primatology DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22279
- Hobaiter, C, Leavens, D A and Byrne, R W (2014) Deictic gesturing in wild chimpanzees? Some possible cases. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 128, 82-87. DOI 10.1037/a0033757
- Tanner, J E & Byrne, R W (2010) Triadic and collaborative play by gorillas in social games with objects. Animal Cognition, DOI 10.1007/s10071-009-0308-y
- Ruiz, A, Gomez, J C, Roeder, J J, and Byrne, R W (2009) Gaze following and gaze priming in lemurs. Animal Cognition 12:427–434.
- Byrne, R W (2007) Ape Society: Trading favours. Current Biology, 17, R775-R776.
- Byrne, R W (2006) Animal Cognition: Know your enemy. Current Biology, 16, R385-R688.
- Byrne, R W (2005) Animal evolution: Foxy friends. Current Biology, 15, R86-87.
- Scerif, G, Gomez, J-C and Byrne, R W (2004) What do Diana monkeys know about the focus of attention of a conspecific? Animal Behaviour, 68, 1239-1247.
- Byrne, R W (2003) Animal Communication: What makes a dog able to understand its master? Current Biology, 13, R347-R348.
- Byrne, R W (2000) A sign of acceptance. In M Bekoff (Ed) The smile of a dolphin. Remarkable accounts of animal behavior, pp.192-3. Random House.
- Byrne, R W and Byrne, J M (1997) Leopard killers of Mahale. In R L Ciochon & R Nisbett (Eds.) The primate anthology, pp. 113-118. Prentice Hall.
- Tanner, J E and Byrne, R W (1993) Concealing facial evidence of mood: evidence for perspective-taking in a captive gorilla? Primates, 34, 451-456.
- Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, M, Byrne, R W and Takasaki, H and Byrne, J M (1986) Aggression towards large carnivores by wild chimpanzees of Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania. Folia Primatologica, 47, 8-13.
Tactical deception in primates
Tactical deception in primates
- Hall, K, Oram, M W, Campbell, M W, Epple, T M, Byrne, R W, de Waal, F B M (2016) Chimpanzee uses manipulative gaze cues to conceal and reveal information to foraging competitor. American Journal of Primatology DOI 10.1002/ajp.22622
- Byrne, R W (2010) Deception: competition by misleading behaviour. In M D Breed and J Moore (Eds.), Encyclopaedia of Animal Behavior. Academic Press: Oxford.
- Byrne, R W & Corp, N (2004) Neocortex size predicts deception in primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 271, 1693-1699.
- Byrne, R W (2003) Novelty in deception. In K Laland & S Reader (eds) Animal Innovation, pp.237-259. Oxford University Press.
- Byrne, R W (2003) Tracing the evolutionary path of cognition: Tactical deception in primates. In M Brüne, H Ribbert & W Schiefenhövel (Eds) The social brain: Evolution and Pathology. John Wiley, London.
- Byrne, R W & Stokes, E J (2003) Can monkeys malinger? In P W Halligan, Chris Bass & David Oakley (eds) Malingering & Illness Deception, pp.52-65. Clinical and theoretical perspectives. Oxford University Press.
- Byrne, R W (1997) What's the use of anecdotes? Distinguishing psychological mechanisms in primate tactical deception. In R W Mitchell, N S Thompson and L Miles (Eds.) Anthropomorphism, anecdotes, and animals: The emperor's new clothes?, pp.134-150. SUNY Press Biology and Philosophy, New York.
- Byrne, R W (1993) A formal notation to aid analysis of complex behaviour: understanding the tactical deception of primates. Behaviour, 127, 231-246.
- Byrne, R W and Whiten, A (1992) Cognitive evolution in primates: evidence from tactical deception. Man, 27, 609-627.
- Byrne, R W and Whiten, A (1991) Computation and mindreading in primate tactical deception. In A Whiten (Ed) Natural Theories of Mind. Blackwells, Oxford.
- Byrne, R W, and Whiten, A (1990) Tactical deception in primates: the 1990 database. Primate Report, Whole Volume 27, pp.1-101.
- Whiten, A, and Byrne, R W (1988) Tactical deception in primates. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 11, 233-244.
- Byrne, R W and Whiten, A (1985) Tactical deception of familiar individuals in baboons (Papio ursinus). Animal Behaviour, 33, 669-673.
Future planning, cognitive maps and navigation
Future planning, cognitive maps and navigation
- Janmaat, K R L, Boesch, C, Byrne, R W, Chapman, C A, Zoro, B, Gono, B, Head, J S, Robbins, M M, Wrangham, R W, Polanski, L (2016) Spatio-temporal complexity of chimpanzee food: How cognitive adaptations can counteract the ephemeral nature of ripe fruit. American Journal of Primatology DOI:10.1002/ajp.22527
- Noser, R and Byrne, R W (2015) Wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) remember single foraging episodes. Animal Cognition,18, 921–929. DOI 10.1007/s10071-015-0862-4
- Noser, R and Byrne, R W (2014) Change point analysis of travel routes reveals novel insights into foraging strategies and cognitive maps of wild baboons. American Journal of Primatology, 76, 399-409. DOI 10.1002/ajp.22181
- Byrne, R W, Sanz, C M & Morgan, D B (2013) Chimpanzees plan their tool use. In C. Sanz, J. Call and C. Boesch (Eds.) Tool Use in Animals: Cognition and Ecology, pp.48-63. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
- Noser, R and Byrne, R W (2010) How do wild baboons (Papio ursinus) plan their routes when foraging for high-quality resources that are scarce and ephemeral? Animal Cognition, 13, 145-155, DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0254-8
- Bates, L A and Byrne, R W (2009) Sex differences in the movement of free-ranging chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). Behavioural Ecology & Sociobiology. DOI 10.1007/s00265-009-0841-3
- Byrne, R W, Noser, R G, Bates, L A, Jupp, P E (2009) How did they get here from there? Detecting changes of direction in terrestrial ranging. Animal Behaviour, 77, 619-631.
- Janson, C and Byrne, R W (2007) Resource cognition in wild primates – opening up the black box. Animal Cognition, 10, 357-367.
- Noser, R and Byrne, R W (2007) Travel routes and planning of visits to out-of-sight resources in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus). Animal Behaviour, 73, 257-266.
- Noser, R and Byrne, R W (2007) Mental maps of chacma baboons (Papio ursinus): using intergroup encounters as a natural experiment. Animal Cognition, 10, 331-340.
- Valero, A and Byrne, R W (2007) Spider monkey ranging patterns in Mexican subtropical forest: Do travel routes reflect planning?Animal Cognition, 10, 305-315.
- Janmaat, K R L, Byrne, R W and Zuberbühler, K (2006) Primates take weather into account when searching for fruits. Current Biology, 16, 1232-1237.
- Janmaat, K R L, Byrne, R W & Zuberbühler, K (2006) Evidence for a spatial memory of fruiting states of rain forest trees in wild mangabeys. Animal Behaviour, 72, 797-807.
- Byrne, R W (2000) How monkeys find their way. Leadership, coordination, and cognitive maps of African baboons. In S Boinski and P A Garber (Eds.) On the move: How and why animals travel in groups, pp.491-518. University of Chicago Press.
- Byrne, R W (2000) Is consciousness a useful scientific term? Problems of "animal consciousness." Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift, 69, 407-411.
- Byrne, R W (1998) The early evolution of creative thinking: evidence from monkeys and apes. In S Mithen (Ed) Creativity in human evolution and prehistory, pp.110-124. Routledge, London.
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- Conning, A M, and Byrne, R W (1984) Pointing to pre-school children's spatial competence: a study in natural settings. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 4, 165-175.
- Byrne, R W and Salter, E (1983) Distances and directions in the cognitive maps of the blind. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 37, 293-299.
- Byrne, R W (1982) Geographical knowledge and orientation. In A Ellis, Normality and Pathology of Cognitive Function. Academic: London.
- Byrne, R W (1981) Mental cookery: an illustration of fact-retrieval from plans. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 33A, 31-37.
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Elephant social cognition
Elephant social cognition
- Smet, A F and Byrne, R W (2014) African elephants (Loxodonta africana) recognize visual attention from face and body orientation. Biology Letters, 10, 7, 20140428
- Smet, A F and Byrne, R W (2014) Interpretation of human pointing by African elephants: generalisation and rationality. Animal Cognition. DOI: 10.1007/s10071-014-0772-x
- Smet, A F and Byrne, RW (2013) African elephants can use human pointing cues to find hidden food.Current Biology. DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2013.08.037
- Byrne, R W & Bates, L A (2011) Elephant cognition: what we know about what elephants know. In C J Moss, H Croze & P C Lee (Eds) The Amboseli elephants: a long-term perspective on a long-lived mammal, pp.174-182. University of Chicago Press.
- Bates, L A, Handford, R, Lee, P C, Njiraini, N, Poole, J H, Sayialel, K, Sayialel, S, Moss, C J and Byrne R W (2010) Why do African elephants (Loxodonta africana) simulate oestrus? An analysis of longitudinal data. PLoS-ONE, 5, Issue 4, e10052, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010052
- Byrne, RW, Bates, LA and Moss, C (2009) A primate's view of elephant cognition. Comparative Cognition & Behavior Review, 4, 1-15
- Bates, L A, Lee, P C, Njiraini, N, Poole, J H, Sayialel, K Sayialel, S, Moss C J and Byrne, R W (2008) Do elephants show empathy? Journal of Consciousness Studies, 15, 204-225.
- Bates, L A, Poole, J H & Byrne, R W (2008) Elephant cognition. Current Biology, 18, R544-R546.
- Bates, L A, Njiraini, N, Sayialel, K, Moss, C J, Poole, J, and Byrne, R W (2007) African elephants have expectations about the locations of out-of-sight family members. Biology Letters DOI:10.1098/sbl.2007.0529.
- Bates, L A, Njiraini, N, Sayialel, K, Moss, C J, Poole, J, and Byrne, R W (2007) Elephants classify human ethnic groups by olfaction. Current Biology DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2007.09.060.
- Bates, L A and Byrne, R W (2007) Creative or Created: Using anecdotes to investigate animal cognition. Methods, 42, 12-21.
Cognition of the domestic pig
Cognition of the domestic pig
- Mendl, M, Held, S & Byrne, R W (2010) Pig cognition. Current Biology, 18,R796-R798
- Held, S D E, Byrne, R W, Jones, S, Murphy, E, Friel, M and Mendl, M T (2010) Domestic pigs, Sus scrofa, adjust their foraging behaviour to whom they are foraging with. Animal Behaviour, 79, 857-862.
- Held, S, Baumgartner, J, Kilbride, A, Byrne, R W & Mendl, M (2005) Foraging behaviour in domestic pigs (Sus scrofa): remembering and prioritizing food sites of different value. Animal Cognition, 8, 114-121
- Held, S, Mendl, M, Devereux, C, and Byrne, R W (2002) Foraging pigs alter their behaviour in response to exploitation. Animal Behaviour, 64, 157-166.
- Held, S, Mendl, M, Laughlin, K & Byrne, R W (2002) Cognition studies with pigs: livestock cognition and its implications for production. Journal of Animal Science, 80, E10-E17.
- Held, S, Mendl, M, Devereux, C, and Byrne, R W (2001) Behaviour of domestic pigs in a visual perspective taking task. Behaviour, 138, 1337-1354.
- Held, S., Mendl, M., Devereux, C. and Byrne, R.W. (2001). Studies in social cognition: from primates to pigs. Animal Welfare, 10, S209-217.
- Held, S, Mendl, M, Devereux, C, and Byrne, R W (2000) Social tactics of pigs in a competitive foraging task: the 'Informed Forager' paradigm. Animal Behaviour, 59, 559-576.
Lizard cognition
Lizard cognition
- Noble, D W A, Byrne, R W and Whiting, M J (2014) Age-dependent social learning in a lizard. Biology Letters, 10, 7, 20140430
- Riley, J L, Noble, D W A, Byrne, R W and Whiting, M J (2016) Does social environment influence learning ability in a family-living lizard? Animal Cognition DOI 10.1007/s10071-016-1068-0
- Riley, J L, Noble, D W A, Byrne, R W and Whiting, M J (2017) Early social environment influences the behaviour of a family-living lizard. Royal Society Open Science, 4, 161082. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.161082
- Riley J L, Küechler, A, Damasio, T, Noble, D W A, Byrne, R W, and Whiting, M J (2018) Learning ability is unaffected by isolation rearing in a family-living lizard. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 72, 20
- Riley, J L, Guidou, C, Fryns, C, Mourier, J, Leu, S, Noble, D W A, Byrne, R W and Whiting, M J (2018) Isolation rearing does not constrain social plasticity in a family-living lizard. Behavioral Ecology
Behavioural ecology of baboons
Behavioural ecology of baboons
- Henzi, S P, Lycett, J E, Weingrill, T, Byrne, R and A Whiten (1997) The effect of troop size on travel and foraging in mountain baboons. South African Journal of Science, 93, 333-335.
- Barton, R A, Byrne, R W, and Whiten, A (1996) Ecology, feeding competition and female bonding in baboons. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 38, 321-329.
- Barton, R A, Whiten, A, Byrne, R W and English, M (1993) Chemical composition of baboon plant foods: implications for the interpretation of intra- and interspecific differences in diet. Folia Primatologica, 61, 1-20.
- Byrne, R W, Whiten, A, Henzi, S P and McCulloch F M (1993) Nutritional constraints on mountain baboons (Papio ursinus): implications for baboon socioecology. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 33, 233-246.
- Barton, R A, Whiten, A, Strum, S S, Byrne, R W, and Simpson, A J, (1992) Habitat use and resource availability in baboons. Animal Behaviour, 43, 831-844.
- Henzi, S P, Byrne, R W and Whiten, A (1992) Patterns of movement by baboons in the Drakensberg Mountains: Primary responses to the environment. International Journal of Primatology, 13, 601-628.
- Whiten, A, Byrne, R W, Barton, R A, Waterman P G and Henzi S P (1991) Dietary and foraging strategies of baboons. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (B), 334, 187-197.
- Byrne, R W, Whiten, A and Henzi, S P (1990) Social relationships in mountain baboons: leadership and affiliation in a non-female-bonded monkey. American Journal of Primatology, 20, 313-329.
- Byrne, R W, Whiten, A and Henzi, S P (1990) Measuring the food available to mountain baboons. In M T de Mello, A Whiten and R W Byrne (Eds.) Baboons: Behaviour and ecology, use and care. University Press, Brasilia.
- Whiten, A, Byrne, R W, Waterman, P, Henzi, S P and McCulloch, F M (1990) Specifying the rules underlying selective foraging in wild mountain baboons, P. ursinus. In M T de Mello, A Whiten and R W Byrne (Eds.) Baboons: Behaviour and ecology, useand care. University Press, Brasilia.
- Byrne, R W, Whiten, A and Henzi, S P (1987) One-male groups and intergroup interactions of mountain baboons (Papio ursinus). International Journal of Primatology, 8, 615-633.
- Whiten, A, Byrne, R W and Henzi, S P (1987) The behavioural ecology of mountain baboons. International Journal of Primatology, 8, 367-388.
- Byrne, R W and Whiten, A (1985) Tactical deception of familiar individuals in baboons (Papio ursinus). Animal Behaviour, 33, 669-673.