Books
2023
Dickins, T.E. & Dickins, B.J.A. (Eds.) (2023). Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and historical reflections upon core theory, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22028-9
2021
Dickins, T.E. (2021). The Modern Synthesis: Evolution and the organization of information. Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-86421-7 (Hardback) ISBN 978-3-030-86422-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86422-4
Peer-reviewed articles
2026
Mead, A-R.R. & Dickins, T.E. (2026). A case study of infanticide in the Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) Behaviour, 163, 419-428
Dickins, T. E. (2026). From parameter uncertainty to process simulation: Rethinking collision risk models. Ecological Modelling, 522, 111825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2026.111825
2024
Timmermans, M., King, M., Purchase,D., Dickins, B.J.A., Dickins, T.E., & Kett, S. (2024). Turning the tide: Rhythmic behaviour in Anurida maritima (Collembola) is entrained by inundation and can be phase shifted. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 581, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2024.152062
2023
Dickins, T.E. (2023). The role of information in evolutionary biology. Acta Biotheoretica, 71, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4
Mead, A-R. & Dickins, T.E. (2023). Sibling aggression between Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) chicks. Journal of the Lundy Field Society, 8, 87-98
Beasley, E.R. & Dickins T.E. (2023). Gull-human interactions in an urban population of Herring Gulls Larus argentatus and Lesser Black-backed Gulls Larus fuscus. Bird Study. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2023.2166458
2022
Nettle, D., & Dickins, T.E. (2022). Why is greater income inequality associated with lower life satisfaction and poorer health? Evidence from the European Quality of Life Survey, 2012. The Social Science Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2022.2117888
Eriksson, K., Dickins, T.E., & Strimling, P. (2022). Global sex differences in hygiene norms and their relation to sex equality. PLoS Global Health. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000591
Shuker, D.S. & Dickins, T.E. (2022). Measuring heritability: why bother? (Commentary.) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45, e175, https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x21001606
2021
Eriksson, K. Dickins, T.E., & Strimling, P. (2021). Hygiene Norms Across 56 Nations are Predicted by Self-Control Values and Disease Threat. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2021.100013
Sigger, J. & Dickins, T.E. (2021). A not-so proximate account of cleansing behavior. (Commentary.) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X20000564
Dickins, T.E. (2021). A reply to Fairness, generosity and conditionality in the welfare system: the case of UK disability benefits by Johnson and Nettle: Inequality and existential threat. Global Discourse, https://doi.org/10.1332/204378920X16067940365026 [Preprint: https://osf.io/8b6zp/]
Dickins, T.E. (2021). Data and context. Biosemiotics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-021-09454-8
Augusto, J-C. & Dickins, T.E. (2021). The life-cycle of artificial contexts. Modeling and Using Context, 4, https://www.openscience.fr/The-life-cycle-of-artificial-contexts
Dickins, T.E. & Rahman, Q. (2021). Lessons from behaviorism: the problem of construct-led science. (Commentary.) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X2100008X
Dickins, T.E. (2021). Ecological psychology, radical enactivism and behavior: An evolutionary perspective. Behavior and Philosophy, 49, 1-23
Mead, A-R, Neller, K., Horrod-Wilson, W. & Dickins, T.E. (2021). Adult Kittiwake expelling chick from nesting ledge. British Birds, 114 (12), 766
Schalz, S., Meekings, S. & Dickins, T.E. (2021). Humans discriminate individual Large-Billed Crows and individual cats by their respective vocalizations. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 34, https://escholarship.org/uc/item/304034cn
Schalz, S. & Dickins, T.E. (2021). Humans Discriminate Individual Zebra Finches by their Song. Biolinguistics, 14, 130-144
2020
Dickins, T.E. & Schalz, S. (2020). Food shopping under risk and uncertainty. Learning and Motivation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lmot.2020.101681
Dickins, T.E. & Rahman, Q. (2020). Ancestral primacy of same-sex sexual behaviour does not explain its stable prevalence in modern populations. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4, 782–783
Dickins, T.E. & Thompson, M. (2020). Stashing behaviour in a Herring Gull. British Birds, 113 (April), 235
Dickins, T.E. & Twigger, L. (2020). Avian Communities of Lundy 2008-2016. Journal of the Lundy Field Society, 7, 163-180
2019
Gellard, C., Dickins, T.E., & Coulson, M. (2019). The Ecology of Cooperation: Considerations for Litter Research. Journal of Litter and Environmental Quality, 3(1), 38-50
2018
Dickins, T.E. (2018). Pragmatic considerations and social benefits: An analysis of engagement with a fly-tipping reduction project. Journal of Litter and Environmental Quality, 2(1), 37-47
Dickins, T.E., Neller, K., & Spencer, R. (2018). Clutch size in Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on Lundy. Journal of the Lundy Field Society, 6, 35-54
2017
Shuker, D.M., Barrett, L., Dickins, T.E., Scott-Phillips, T.C. & Barton, R.A. (2017). General intelligence does not help us to understand cognitive evolution. (Commentary.) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, e218
Dickins, T.E. & Froud, A. (2017). Bird communities in the buffer land of Epping Forest. Essex Naturalist, 34, 154-164
Spencer, R., Russell, Y.I., Dickins, B.J.A., & Dickins, T.E. (2017). Kleptoparasitism in gulls (Laridae) at an urban and a coastal foraging environment: An assessment of ecological predictors. Bird Study, 64(1), 12-19
2016
Dickins, T.E. (2016). Average clutch size for a Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) colony on Lundy. Devon Birds, 69 (1), 7-13.
Dickins, T.E. (2016). An equitable marriage: A focal study of a barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) nest on Lundy. Journal of the Lundy Field Society, 5, 89-100.
2014
Garcia-Guerrero, S., Dickins, T.E., & Dickins, D.W. (2014). The Gradual Extinction of Transferred Avoidance Stimulus Functions. The Psychological Record. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-014-0062-7
Gray, J.M. & Dickins, T.E. (2014). Suicide terrorism and post mortem benefits. (Commentary.) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37, 369-370
Wickham, S., Shryane, N., Lyons, M., Dickins, T.E., & Bentall, R.P. (2014). Why does social inequality affect mental health? The role of just world beliefs, trust and social rank in psychological well-being, paranoia and hallucinations. Journal of Public Mental Health, 13 (2), 114-126
Scott-Phillips, T.C. & Dickins, T.E. (2014). Group level traits can be studied with standard evolutionary theory. (Commentary.) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37 (3), 273-274
Scott-Phillips, T.C., Laland, K.N., Shuker, D.M, Dickins, T.E., & West, S.A. (2014). The niche construction perspective: A critical appraisal. Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12332
Spencer, R. & Dickins, T.E. (2014). Differences in aggression and nest behaviour between herring gulls (Larus argentatus) and lesser black backed gulls (Larus fuscus) on Lundy. Journal of the Lundy Field Society, 4, 85-104
2013
Nettle, D., Dickins, T.E., Coall, D.A., & de Mornay Davies, P. (2013). Patterns of physical and psychological development in future teenage mothers. Evolution, Medicine and Public Health; https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eot016
Dickins, T.E. & Rahman, Q. (2013). Epigenetic adaptations: A reply to Suter, Boffelli and Martin. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B.; https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1820
Dickins, T.E. & Barton, R.A. (2013). Reciprocal causation and the proximate-ultimate distinction. Biology and Philosophy, 28 (5), 747-756
2012
Dickins, T.E., Johns, S.E., & Chipman, A. (2012). Teenage Pregnancy in the United Kingdom: A Behavioural Ecological Perspective. Journal of Social, Evolutionary and Cultural Psychology, 6 (3), 344-359
Dickins, T.E. & Rahman, Q. (2012). The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis and the role of soft inheritance in evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.0273
Dickins, T.E. & Donovan, P.E. (2012). Animal Behaviour Fieldwork: Introducing psychology students to the process of science. Psychology Teaching Review, 18 (2), 9-15
2011
Brown, G., Dickins, T.E., Sear, R., & Laland, K. (2011). Evolutionary accounts of human behavioural diversity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 366, 313-324
Johns, S.E., Dickins. T.E., & Clegg, H.T. (2011). Teenage Pregnancy and Motherhood: How might evolutionary theory inform policy? Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 9 (1), 3-19
Nettle, D., Coall, D.A., & Dickins, T.E. (2011). Early life conditions and age at first pregnancy in British women. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B., 278, 1721-1727
Scott-Phillips, T., Dickins, T.E., & West, S.A. (2011). Evolutionary theory and the ultimate/proximate distinction in the human behavioural sciences. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6 (1), 38-47
2010
Nettle, D., Coall, D.A., & Dickins, T.E. (2010). Birthweight and paternal involvement affect the likelihood of teenage motherhood: Evidence from the British National Child Development Study. American Journal of Human Biology, 22, 172-179
Sear, R. & Dickins, T.E. (2010). The Generation Game is the Cooperation Game (Commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33, 34-35
2009
Dickins, T.E. (2009). Changes in Art: Market Forces or Evolution. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 27 (2), 159-165 [INVITED.]
Dickins, T.E. (2009). Psychology, Biology and the Market Place. Psychology Teaching Review, 14 (2), 17-20
Dickins, T.E. & Sergeant, M.T. (2009). Two more things for consideration: Sexual orientation and conduct disorder. (Commentary.) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32, 275
2008
Dickins, T.E. & Sergeant, M.J.T. (2008). Social Dominance and Sexual Orientation. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 6 (1), 57-71
Levene, R. & Dickins, T.E. (2008). Sex-related invariance across cultures in an online role-playing game. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 6 (2), 141-148
Dickins, T.E. & Dickins, B.J.A. (2008). Mother Nature’s Tolerant Ways: Why non-genetic inheritance has nothing to do with evolution. New Ideas in Psychology, 26, 41-54
Dickins, B.J.A., Dickins, D.W., & Dickins, T.E. (2008). Is this conjectural phenotypic dichotomy a plausible outcome of genomic imprinting? (Commentary.) Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 31 (3), 267-268
2007
Dickins, T.E., Sear, R., & Wells, A.J. (2007). Mind the gap(s)…in theory, method and data: Re-examining Kanazawa (2006). British Journal of Health Psychology, 12, 167-178
Sergeant, M.J.T., Dickins, T.E., Davies, M.N.O, & Griffiths, M.D. (2007). Women’s Hedonic Ratings of Body Odour of Heterosexual and Homosexual Men, Archives of Sexual Behaviour, 36 (3), 395-401
Sear, R., Lawson, D. & Dickins, T.E. (2007). Synthesis in the Human Evolutionary Behavioural Sciences. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 5, 3-28
Dickins, T.E. & Dickins, B.J.A. (2007). Designed calibration: Naturally selected flexibility, not non-genetic inheritance. (Commentary.) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 30 (4), 368-369
2006
Dickins, T.E. (2006). Evolutionary Health Psychology. Health Psychology Update, 15 (1), 4-10
Sergeant, M.J.T., Dickins, T.E., Davies, M.N.O, & Griffiths, M.D. (2006). Aggression, empathy and sexual orientation in males. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 475-486
Dickins, T.E. (2006). The phylogeny and ontogeny of adaptations. (Commentary.) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 29 (3), 283-284
2005
Dickins, T.E. (2005). On sociosexual cognitive architecture. (Commentary.) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28 (2), 280-281
Sergeant, M.J.T., Davies, M.N.O., Dickins, T.E. & Griffiths, M.D. (2005). The self-reported importance of olfaction during human mate choice. Sexualities, Evolution and Gender, 7, 199 – 213
Dickins, T.E. (2005). Can there ever be a non-specific adaptation? A response to Hampton. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 35 (3) 329-340 [TARGET ARTICLE with responses from J. Leiber and S.J. Hampton.]
2004
Dickins, T.E. (2004). Social Constructionism as Cognitive Science. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 34 (4), 333-352
Dickins, T.E. & Laws, K.R. (2004). Cognitive Science: The State of the Art. History and Philosophy of Psychology, 6 (1), 1-3
2003
Dickins, T.E. (2003). Possible phylogenies: The role of hypotheses, weak inferences, and falsification. (Commentary.) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 26 (2), 219-220
Dickins, T.E. (2003). What can evolutionary psychology tell us about cognitive architecture? History and Philosophy of Psychology, 5 (1), 1-16
Dickins, T.E. (2003). General Symbol Machines: The first stage in the evolution of symbolic communication. Evolutionary Psychology, 1, 192-209
2002
Dickins, T.E. & Dickins, D.W. (2002). Is empirical imagination a constraint on adaptationist theory construction? (Commentary.) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 25 (4), 515-516
Dickins, T.E. (2002). A Behaviourist’s Perspective on the Origins of Language. History and Philosophy of Psychology, 4 (1), 31-42
2001
Dickins, T.E. & Dickins, D.W. (2001). Symbols, Stimulus Equivalence and the Origins of Language. Behavior and Philosophy, 29, 221-244
Dickins, T.E. (2001). On the Origin of Symbols. Connexions, 5 (March), 2 – 18 http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/connex/
2000
Dickins, T.E. (2000). A 'considered' evolutionary perspective on the 'glass ceiling'. Psychology, Evolution and Gender, 2 (2), 161-166
Dickins, T.E. (2000). A sophisticated determinism. Psychology, Evolution and Gender, 2 (2), 174-184
1999
Dickins, T.E. (1999). The True and Wonderful Nature of Biological Determinism: A Response to F.A. Jenner. British Psychological Society, History and Philosophy of Psychology Newsletter, 28, 12 - 19
Norton, L., Scantlebury, E. & Dickins, T.E. (1999). Helping undergraduates to become more effective learners: an evaluation of two learning interventions. Innovations in Education and Training International, 36 (4), 273 – 284
1998
Norton, L.S., Thomas, S., Morgan, K., Tilley, A. & Dickins, T.E. (1998). Full-time studying and long-term relationships: make or break for mature students? British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 26 (1), 75 – 88
1996
Norton, L.S., Dickins, T.E. & McLaughlin Cook, N. (1996). “Rules of the game” in essay writing. Psychology Teaching Review, 5 (1), 1 – 13
Book chapters
Forthcoming
Dickins, T.E. & Fisher, M.L. (in press). The Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology. In: Fisher, M. (Editor in Chief) Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, American Psychological Association
Dickins, T.E. (in press). Developmental Systems Theory and Evolutionary Psychology. In: Fisher, M. (Editor in Chief) Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, American Psychological Association
2023
Dickins, T.E., & Dickins, B.J.A (2023). Introduction. In: Dickins, T.E. & Dickins, B.J.A. (Eds.) Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and historical reflections upon core theory, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22028-9_1
Dickins, T.E. (2023). On Rhetoric and Conceptual Frames: Response to Futuyma. In: Dickins, T.E. & Dickins, B.J.A. (Eds.) Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and historical reflections upon core theory, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22028-9_28
Dickins, T.E. (2023). Plasticity and information. In: Dickins, T.E. & Dickins, B.J.A. (Eds.) Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and historical reflections upon core theory, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22028-9_26
Dickins, T.E. (2023). Phenotypes, Organisms, and Individuals: A Commentary on Rodrigues and Gardner. In: Dickins, T.E. & Dickins, B.J.A. (Eds.) Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and historical reflections upon core theory, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22028-9_21
2018
Dickins, T.E. (2018). Selfish gene theory and levels of selection. In: H. Callan [Ed.] International Encyclopaedia of Anthropology. Wiley
Dickins, T.E. & Dickins, B.J.A. (2018). The Extent of the Modern Synthesis: The Foundational Framework for Evolutionary Biology. In: W. Burggren & B. Dubanksy [Eds.] Development and Environment. Springer. Pp: 155-176.
2015
Coall, D.A., Callan, A., Dickins, T.E., & Chisholm, J.S. (2015). Prenatal Development: An Evolutionary Perspective. In: M. Lamb [Ed.] Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 57-15
2011
Coall, D.A., Dickins, T.E., & Nettle, D. (2011). Antecedents of teenage pregnancy: using an evolutionary perspective in the search for mechanisms. In: A. Poiani (Ed.) Pragmatic Evolution: Applications of Evolutionary Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 167-187
Dickins, T.E. (2011). Evolutionary Approaches to Behaviour. In: V. Swami (Ed.) Evolutionary Psychology: A Critical Introduction. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. Pp. 1-30
2004
Sergeant, M., Dickins, T.E. & Davies, M.N.O. (2004). The De-Scent of Man: The Case For and Against Human Pheromones. In: P. Hills [Ed.] As Others See Us: Selected Essays on Human Communication. Peter Francis Publishers. Pp. 70-86.
2001
Dickins, T.E. & Levy, J.P. (2001). Evolution, development and learning - a nested hierarchy? In: R.M. French & J.P. Sougné [Eds.] Connectionist Models of Learning, Development and Evolution: Proceedings of the Sixth Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop. London: Springer-Verlag
2000
Dickins, T.E. (2000). A non-modular suggestion about the origin of symbols. In: Desalles, J-L & Ghadakpour, L. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 3rd International Evolution of Language Conference. Paris: Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications.
1998
Dickins, T.E. (1998). Words, Protolanguage and Mind. In: M.C. Chung [Ed.] Current Trends in the History and Philosophy of Psychology: Volume I. Leicester: The British Psychological Society Press.
1997
Chung, M.C. & Dickins, T.E. (1997). Similarities between Kierkegaard's Despairing Self and Higgins's Self Discrepancy. In: M.C. Chung [Ed.] Psychological Concepts from Philosophical and Historical Perspectives. Leicester: The British Psychological Society Press.
1996
Norton, L.S., Dickins, T.E. & McLaughlin Cook, N. (1996). Coursework assessment: What tutors are really looking for? In: G. Gibbs [Ed.] Improving Student Learning: Using Research to Improve Student Learning. Oxford: Oxford Centre for Staff Development.
1995
Norton, L.S. & Dickins, T.E. (1995). Do approaches to learning courses improve students' learning strategies? In: G. Gibbs [Ed.] Improving Student Learning: Through Assessment and Evaluation. Oxford: Oxford Centre for Staff Development.
Reviews
2025
Dickins, T.E. (2025). A review of Lala et al. (2024). Evolution Evolving. Princeton. Quarterly Review of Biology, 100 (1), 38
2024
Dickins, T. E. (2024). Book review: Angela Potochnik Science and the Public. Public Understanding of Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625241263900
Dickins, T.E. (2024). Not quite a theory of everyone: A review of Muthukrishna, M. (2023). A Theory of Everyone: Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going. Basic Books. Human Ethology, 39 (1), 22-26. https://doi.org/10.22330/001c.117456
2023
Dickins, Tom (2023). Review of: "Femmes finales: natural selection, physiology, and the return of the repressed". Qeios. https://doi.org/10.32388/JDRB5O.
Dickins, Tom (2023). A review of West,S., & Turnbull, L. (2023). Scientific Papers Made Easy: How to write with clarity and impact in the life sciences. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-286278-5. The Psychologist, September, https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/guide-impactful-scientific-research-papers
2022
Dickins, T.E. (2022). A review of Pence, Charles H. The Rise of Chance in Evolutionary Theory: A Pompous Parade of Arithmetic. Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and New York: Elsevier. $106.25 (paper).vii + 182 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-323-91291-4. 2022. Quarterly Review of Biology, 97, 224-225.
Dickins, T.E. (2022). A review of Salazar, Carles. Explaining human diversity: cultures, minds, evolution. viii, 130 pp., London: Routledge, 2019. £120.00 (cloth). JRAI, 28 (2)
2021
Dickins, Tom (2021). On, of and for the brain: A review of Ginsburg, S. & Jablonka, E. (2019). The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul: Learning and the Origins of Consciousness. Cambridge MA: MIT Press. The Psychologist (January), 62. Full online version available here: https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-34/january-2021/and-brain
2020
Dickins, T.E. (2020). Conflation and refutation A review of Uller, T. & Laland, K.N. (Eds.) (2019). Evolutionary Causation: Biological and Philosophical Reflections. MIT Press. Evolution, 74-2, 508-514
2019
Dickins, Tom (2019). A radical rethink: A review of Ellis, R. (2018). Bodies and Other Objects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. The Psychologist, (May), 65
2014
Dickins, Tom (2014). An intimate experience: An album review of Everyday Robots by Damon Albarn (Parlophone). The Psychologist, 27 (6), 456
2012
Dickins, T.E. (2012). A behavioural ecological classic reborn: A review of Davies, N.B., Krebs, J.R., & West, S.A. (2012). An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology: Fourth Edition. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 10 (4), 205-207
2011
Dickins, T.E. (2011). Messianic Darwinism: A review of Wilson, D.S. (2011). The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time. London: Little Brown Books. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 9 (4), 341-343
Dickins, T.E. (2011). A review of Kurzban, R. (2011) Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite. Times Higher Education, February, 54-55
2008
Dickins, T.E. (2008). A review of Gilbert, I. (2007) The Little Book of Thunks. Carmathen: Crown House Publishing. Psychology Teaching Review, 105-106
Dickins, T.E. (2008). Humane Intelligence: A Review of Flynn, J.R. (2007) What is Intelligence? Beyond the Flynn Effect. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 6 (1), 85-88
2005
Dickins, T.E. (2005). A Necessary Pain in the Heart: A Review of Smith, D.L. (2004) Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind. New York: St Martin’s Press. Evolutionary Psychology, 3, 175 – 178
Dickins, T.E. (2005). Challenging the Rational Choice Theorist Perspective: A Review of Evans, D. & Cruse, P. (2004) Emotion, Evolution and Rationality. Oxford University Press. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 19, 1-3
Dickins, T.E. (2005). On the Aims of Evolutionary Theory: A Review of Odling-Smee, J.J., Laland, K.N. & Feldman, M.W. (2003) Niche Construction: The Neglected Process in Evolution. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Evolutionary Psychology, 3, 79-84
2003
Dickins, T.E. (2003). Review of Evolutionary Interpretations of World Politics edited by William R. Thompson. Human Nature Review, 3, 111-113
2002
Dickins, T.E. (2002). Review of The Imagined World Made Real: Towards a Natural Science of Culture by Henry Plotkin. Human Nature Review, 2, 392-397
Dickins, T.E. (2002). Details obscure route of intellect: A review of Biological Psychology: An Integrative Approach by Frederick Toates. The Times Higher Educational Supplement, March 29
2000
Dickins, T.E. (2000). A review of S. Pinker (1997) How the Mind Works Allen Lane: The Penguin Press. Applied Psycholinguistics, 21 (1), 155 – 157
1999
Dickins, T.E. (1999). A review of H. Hendriks-Jansen (1996) Catching Ourselves in the Act MIT Press and P.S. Churchland and P.M. Churchland (1998) On the Contrary MIT Press. History and Philosophy of Psychology, 1 (1), 91 – 96
1998
Dickins, T.E. (1998). A review of M. Hauser (1997) The Evolution of Communication MIT Press. Applied Psycholinguistics, 19 (2), 333 - 335
Dickins, T.E. (1998). Conference Report: The British Psychological Society 1997 Book Award Lecture. The Psychologist, 11(3), 99 – 100
Grant, C.M. & Dickins, T.E. (1998). A review of S. Baron-Cohen (1995) Mindblindness: An essay on autism and theory of mind MIT Press. British Psychological Society, Developmental Psychology Section Newsletter, 48, 26 – 31
1997
Dickins, T.E. (1997). A review of D. Bickerton (1996) Language and Human Behaviour UCL Press. Applied Psycholinguistics, 18 (3), 378 - 389
Dickins, T.E. (1997). A review of W. Noble & I. Davidson (1996) Human Evolution, Language and Mind Cambridge University Press. British Psychological Society, History and Philosophy of Psychology Newsletter, 25, 31 - 34
Dickins, T.E. (1997). A review of J. Aitchison (1996) The Seeds of Speech: Language Origin and Evolution. Cambridge University Press. Applied Psycholinguistics, 18 (2), 237 – 242
Dickins, T.E. & Grant, C.M. (1997). Conference report: The British Psychological Society Annual Conference 1997. British Psychological Society, Developmental Psychology Section Newsletter, 47, 16 - 19
Dickins, T.E. & Frankish, K. (1997). A review of D.C. Dennett (1996) Kinds of Minds. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. British Psychological Society, History and Philosophy of Psychology Newsletter, 24, 36 – 40
1996
Dickins, T.E. (1996). A review of R. Dunbar (1996) Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language. Faber and Faber. British Psychological Society, History and Philosophy of Psychology Newsletter, 23, 38 - 43
Dickins, T.E. (1996). A review of: M. Killen & D. Hart [Eds.] (1995) Morality in everyday life: Developmental perspectives. Cambridge University Press. British Psychological Society, History and Philosophy of Psychology Newsletter, 22, 29 – 31
Other writing
2023
Al-Rawi, A., Armaos, K., Bonner, C., Burton, J., Contessa, G., Dickins, T., Faure, G.C., Gavaruzzi, T., Holdford, D., Hahn, U., Kaye, A., Kohler, M., Krauss, J., Lopez-Lopez, E., Sehat, C.M., Petrescu, M., Puebla, I., Sah, S., Sirota, M., Tapper, K., & Tay, L.Q. (2023). How and under what conditions could scientists collaborate with non-scientists to communicate science and evidence? Report: Trust in Science and the Role of Collective Intelligence Tools. Published by SciBeh online at: https://www.scibeh.org/events/workshop2023/
Al-Rawi, A., Armaos, K., Bonner, C., Burton, J., Contessa, G., Dickins, T., Faure, G.C., Gavaruzzi, T., Holdford, D., Hahn, U., Kaye, A., Kohler, M., Krauss, J., Lopez-Lopez, E., Sehat, C.M., Petrescu, M., Puebla, I., Sah, S., Sirota, M., Tapper, K., & Tay, L.Q. (2023). What do we need in order to allow people to create effective support mechanisms for families and friends of denialists? Report: Trust in Science and the Role of Collective Intelligence Tools. Published by SciBeh online at: https://www.scibeh.org/events/workshop2023/
Al-Rawi, A., Armaos, K., Bonner, C., Burton, J., Contessa, G., Dickins, T., Faure, G.C., Gavaruzzi, T., Holdford, D., Hahn, U., Kaye, A., Kohler, M., Krauss, J., Lopez-Lopez, E., Sehat, C.M., Petrescu, M., Puebla, I., Sah, S., Sirota, M., Tapper, K., & Tay, L.Q. (2023). What could be the features of a tool that offers trustworthy science communication, and how can collective intelligence methods be included? Report: Trust in Science and the Role of Collective Intelligence Tools. Published by SciBeh online at: https://www.scibeh.org/events/workshop2023/
2014
Dickins, Tom (2014). Science in the wild. The Psychologist, 27 (5), 332-333
Dickins, Tom (2014). A pure challenge. The Psychologist, 27 (7), 471
2011
Dickins, T.E. (2011). A Report on The Galton Institute 2011 Conference: Human and Primate Evolution. Galton Institute Newsletter
Dickins, Tom (2011). Following in his father’s footsteps. Lundy Field Society Newsletter, 56, 22-23
Dickins, T.E., Pawson, C., & Spencer, R. (2011). Strategy and rioting. The Psychologist, 24 (11), 796-797
2010
Dickins, T.E. & Sandhu, S. (2010). Gene-ecology interactions and psychological disorders. BioNews, 555 (available at: http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_57970.asp)
2008
Hardman, D., Dickins, Tom, & Sergeant Mark (2008). Evolving theories, explaining facts. The Psychologist, 21 (10), 894
2007
Dickins, T.E. (2007). Evolving the Psychology Curriculum. Psychology: The Psychological Society at Birkbeck, 1(1), 19-22 (with commentary from Oaksford, M.)
Dickins, T.E. (2007). Psychology is a branch of biology, and biology is unified by evolutionary theory. Psychology: The Psychological Society at Birkbeck, 1(1), 27-31 (a reply to Oaksford, M.)
2006
Dickins, Tom (2006). Letter to The Guardian (a comment on teenage pregnancy). The Guardian, January 11 2006, 29
Hardman, D., Dickins, Tom, & Sergeant Mark (2006). Falling into the prejudice trap. The Psychologist, 19 (1), 13
2005
Dickins, Tom, Hardman, David & Sergeant, Mark (2005). Nothing to be sniffy about. The Psychologist, 18 (9), 532
Dickins, Tom, Hardman, David & Sergeant, Mark (2005). Olfaction and Sexual Orientation, 8 July, The Psychologist Online Discussion Forum
2004
Dickins, Tom & Sergeant, Mark (2004). Encouraging open debate. The Psychologist, 17 (4), 184
Dickins, Tom (2004). Sex and orientation. Times Higher Education Supplement, 1644 (June 11), 19
2001
Dickins, Tom (2001). Hypotheses and Hyperbole. The Psychologist, 14 (9), 458
1999
Dickins, Tom (1999). Lesbians, gays and social constructionism. The Psychologist, 12 (3), 113