Reviews

Dickins, Tom (2023) Guide to impactful scientific research papers: A review of Scientific Papers Made Easy. The Psychologist, September

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)

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.)

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

Dickins, Tom (2019.) A radical rethink: A review of Ellis, R. (2018.) Bodies and Other Objects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. The Psychologist, (May), 65

Dickins, Tom (2014.) An intimate experience: An album review of Everyday Robots by Damon Albarn (Parlophone).  The Psychologist, 27 (6), 456

Dickins, T.E. (2012.) A behavioural ecological classic reborn: A review of Davies, N.B., Krebs, J.R., & West, S.A. (2011.) An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology: Fourth Edition. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 10 (4), 205-207 

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

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

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

Dickins, T.E. (2003.) Review of Evolutionary Interpretations of World Politics edited by William R. Thompson.  Human Nature Review, 3, 111-113

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

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

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

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

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

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