Alex Thornton

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Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2018-2024
Publications (10 Years): 38

Top Venues

Royal Society open science

Proceedings. Biological sciences

Nature

Animal cognition

University of Exeter Cornwall Campus

University of Cambridge (PHD)

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Affiliation History

University of Exeter Cornwall Campus Jan 01 2018

United Kingdom

Associate Professor (Reader) of Cognitive Evolution :: Centre for Ecology and Conservation

University of Exeter Cornwall Campus Nov 20 2015 - Dec 31 2017

United Kingdom

Senior Lecturer :: Centre for Ecology and Conservation

University of Exeter Cornwall Campus Oct 01 2012 - Jun 30 2016

United Kingdom

BBSRC David Phillips Research Fellow :: Centre for Ecology and Conservation

University of Cambridge Oct 01 2010 - Sep 30 2012

United Kingdom

BBSRC David Phillips Research Fellow :: Psychology

University of Cambridge Oct 01 2007 - Oct 01 2010

United Kingdom

Draper's Company Research Fellow :: Pembroke College

Education History

University of Cambridge Oct 01 2003 - May 01 2007

United Kingdom

PHD :: Department of Zoology

Publications

Rebecca Hooper, Kathryn Maher, Karen Moore, Guillam McIvor, David J Hosken, Alex Thornton
Ultimate drivers of forced extra-pair copulations in birds lacking a penis: jackdaws as a case-study. Royal Society open science 11 (3) (2024)
Rebecca Hooper, Kathryn Maher, Karen Moore, Guillam McIvor, David J Hosken, Alex Thornton
Ultimate drivers of forced extra-pair copulations in birds lacking a penis: jackdaws as a case-study. Royal Society open science 11 (3) (2024)
Hannah R Broad, Alex J Dibnah, Anna E Smith, Alex Thornton
Anthropogenic disturbance affects calling and collective behaviour in corvid roosts. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 379 (1905) (2024)
Elizabeth M Speechley, Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Leigh W Simmons, Amanda R Ridley
Heritability of cognitive performance in wild Western Australian magpies. Royal Society open science 11 (3) (2024)
Rebecca Hooper, Kathryn Maher, Karen Moore, Guillam McIvor, David J Hosken, Alex Thornton
Ultimate drivers of forced extra-pair copulations in birds lacking a penis: jackdaws as a case-study. Royal Society open science 11 (3) (2024)
Elizabeth M Speechley, Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Stephanie L King, Leigh W Simmons, Sarah L Woodiss-Field, Amanda R Ridley
Aggressive interactions influence cognitive performance in Western Australian magpies. Proceedings. Biological sciences 291 (2024) (2024)
Elizabeth M Speechley, Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Stephanie L King, Leigh W Simmons, Sarah L Woodiss-Field, Amanda R Ridley
Aggressive interactions influence cognitive performance in Western Australian magpies. Proceedings. Biological sciences 291 (2024) (2024)
Grace Blackburn, Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Holly Hunter, Sarah Woodiss-Field, Amanda R Ridley
Investigating the relationship between physical cognitive tasks and a social cognitive task in a wild bird. Animal cognition 27 (1) (2024)
Alex Thornton
Bees and chimpanzees learn from others what they cannot learn alone. Nature (2024)
Alex Thornton
Bees and chimpanzees learn from others what they cannot learn alone. Nature 627 (8004) (2024)
Elizabeth M Speechley, Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Leigh W Simmons, Amanda R Ridley
Heritability of cognitive performance in wild Western Australian magpies. Royal Society open science 11 (3) (2024)
Elizabeth M Speechley, Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Leigh W Simmons, Amanda R Ridley
Heritability of cognitive performance in wild Western Australian magpies. Royal Society open science 11 (3) (2024)
Grace Blackburn, Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Holly Hunter, Sarah Woodiss-Field, Amanda R Ridley
Investigating the relationship between physical cognitive tasks and a social cognitive task in a wild bird. Animal cognition 27 (1) (2024)
Elizabeth M Speechley, Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Stephanie L King, Leigh W Simmons, Sarah L Woodiss-Field, Amanda R Ridley
Aggressive interactions influence cognitive performance in Western Australian magpies. Proceedings. Biological sciences 291 (2024) (2024)
Alex Thornton
Bees and chimpanzees learn from others what they cannot learn alone. Nature 627 (8004) (2024)
Elizabeth M Speechley, Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Leigh W Simmons, Amanda R Ridley
Heritability of cognitive performance in wild Western Australian magpies. Royal Society open science 11 (3) (2024)
Rebecca Hooper, Kathryn Maher, Karen Moore, Guillam McIvor, David J Hosken, Alex Thornton
Ultimate drivers of forced extra-pair copulations in birds lacking a penis: jackdaws as a case-study. Royal Society open science 11 (3) (2024)
Grace Blackburn, Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Holly Hunter, Sarah Woodiss-Field, Amanda R Ridley
Investigating the relationship between physical cognitive tasks and a social cognitive task in a wild bird. Animal cognition 27 (1) (2024)
Michael Kings, Josh J Arbon, Guillam E Mclvor, Martin Whitaker, Andrew N Radford, Jürgen Lerner, Alex Thornton
Wild jackdaws can selectively adjust their social associations while preserving valuable long-term relationships. Nature communications 14 (1) (2023)
Pamela M Prentice, Alex Thornton, Niclas Kolm, Alastair J Wilson
Genetic and context-specific effects on individual inhibitory control performance in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Journal of evolutionary biology (2023)
Grace Blackburn, Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Sarah Woodiss-Field, Amanda R Ridley
Cognition mediates response to anthropogenic noise in wild Western Australian magpies (Gmynorhina tibicen dorsalis). Global change biology (2023)
Josh J Arbon, Luca G Hahn, Guillam E Mclvor, Alex Thornton
Competition and generalization impede cultural formation in wild jackdaws. Proceedings. Biological sciences 290 (2004) (2023)
Camilla Soravia, Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Amanda R Ridley
High temperatures are associated with reduced cognitive performance in wild southern pied babblers. Proceedings. Biological sciences 290 (2011) (2023)
Camilla Soravia, Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Amanda R Ridley
General cognitive performance declines with female age and is negatively related to fledging success in a wild bird. Proceedings. Biological sciences 289 (1989) (2022)
Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Maxime Cauchoix, Amanda R Ridley
Long-term repeatability of cognitive performance. Royal Society open science 9 (5) (2022)
Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Elizabeth M Speechley, Amanda R Ridley
Does trappability and self-selection influence cognitive performance? Royal Society open science 9 (9) (2022)
Camilla Soravia, Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Amanda R Ridley
General cognitive performance declines with female age and is negatively related to fledging success in a wild bird. Proceedings. Biological sciences 289 (1989) (2022)
Camilla Soravia, Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Amanda R Ridley
General cognitive performance declines with female age and is negatively related to fledging success in a wild bird. Proceedings. Biological sciences 289 (1989) (2022)
Andy M Reynolds, Guillam E McIvor, Alex Thornton, Patricia Yang, Nicholas T Ouellette
Stochastic modelling of bird flocks: accounting for the cohesiveness of collective motion. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface 19 (189) (2022)
Rebecca Hooper, Becky Brett, Alex Thornton
Problems with using comparative analyses of avian brain size to test hypotheses of cognitive evolution. PloS one 17 (7) (2022)
Camilla Soravia, Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Amanda R Ridley
General cognitive performance declines with female age and is negatively related to fledging success in a wild bird. Proceedings. Biological sciences 289 (1989) (2022)
Rebecca Hooper, Ella Meekins, Guillam E Mclvor, Alex Thornton
Wild jackdaws respond to their partner's distress, but not with consolation. Royal Society open science 8 (6) (2021)
Alex Thornton, Franscesca Happé, Christine A Caldwell
Supporting the weight of the elephant in the room: Technical intelligence propped up by social cognition and language. The Behavioral and brain sciences 43 (2020)
Hangjian Ling, Guillam E Mclvor, Kasper van der Vaart, Richard T Vaughan, Alex Thornton, Nicholas T Ouellette
Costs and benefits of social relationships in the collective motion of bird flocks. Nature ecology & evolution 3 (6) (2019)
Victoria E Lee, Guillam E McIvor, Alex Thornton
Testing relationship recognition in wild jackdaws (Corvus monedula). Scientific reports 9 (1) (2019)
Hangjian Ling, Guillam E Mclvor, Joseph Westley, Kasper van der Vaart, Richard T Vaughan, Alex Thornton, Nicholas T Ouellette
Behavioural plasticity and the transition to order in jackdaw flocks. Nature communications 10 (1) (2019)
Richard D Woods, Michael Kings, Guillam E McIvor, Alex Thornton
Caller characteristics influence recruitment to collective anti-predator events in jackdaws. Scientific reports 8 (1) (2018)
Sally E Street, Thomas J H Morgan, Alex Thornton, Gillian R Brown, Kevin N Laland, Catharine P Cross
Human mate-choice copying is domain-general social learning. Scientific reports 8 (1) (2018)

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