麻豆传媒

I received my PhD in Psychology from the University of St. Andrews, where I explored the cultural learning mechanisms underlying tool use and problem-solving in chimpanzees, children, and ravens. Upon completion, I undertook a National Science Foundation funded post-doctoral position at Smithsonian's National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., in collaboration with The George Washington University Ape Mind Initiative. There, I continued to explore my interest in cultural transmission and tool use, working with orangutans, gorillas, and children. As a lecturer at 麻豆传媒, I am further pursuing these themes, while also delving more deeply into the developmental and comparative study of social dynamics.

My research explores cultural transmission processes and the interplay between these processes and innovation, social dynamics, and tool use. Using an interdisciplinary approach, I explore related questions from a comparative and developmental perspective in humans, nonhuman primates, and corvids. I’m also interested in human-animal interaction and conservation education, including how public engagement with research in zoos can aid conservation efforts.

Previous PhD students

Dr. Liam Keeble

Dr. Victoria West

Dr. Jennifer Machin

I teach across the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the School of Psychology and the Biosciences Institute. I am the module leader for PSY2001: Developmental Psychology and PSY3044: Cultural and Technical Intelligence: Developmental and Comparative Perspectives. I also lecture on PSY1017: Foundations in Developmental Psychology and MMB8043: Comparative Cognition - Information Processing in Humans and Other Animals. I supervise undergraduate projects in the School of Psychology and MRes and PhD projects in the Biosciences Institute.

I also offer year-long professional placements for the School of Psychology in collaboration with local zoos and conservation centres. These placements can focus on applied animal behaviour, public engagement with science, and/or conservation education.

• Articles

  • Keeble L, Wallenberg JC, Price EE. . Royal Society Open Science 2022, 9(4), 1-18.
  • Watson SK, Vale GL, Hopper LM, Dean LG, Kendal RL, Price EE, Wood LA, Davis SJ, Schapiro SJ, Lambeth SP, Whiten A. . Animal Cognition 2018, 21(5), 639-650.
  • Price EE, Wood LAN, Whiten A. . Infant Behavior and Development 2016, Epub ahead of print.
  • Renner E, Price EE, Subiaul F. . Animal Cognition 2015.
  • Vale G, Flynn E, Pender L, Price EE, Whiten A, Lambeth P, Schapiro S, Kendal R. . Journal of Comparative Psychology 2015, 130(1), 24-35.
  • Subiaul F, Krajkowski E, Price EE, Etz J. . Frontiers in Psychology 2015, 6, 1410.
  • Stoinski TS, Drayton LA, Price EE. . Biology Letters 2011, 7(3), 376-379.
  • Price EE, Lambeth SP, Schapiro SJ, Whiten A. . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2009, 276(1671), 3377-3383.
  • Price EE, Stoinski TS. . Applied Animal Behaviour Science 2007, 103(3-4), 255-264.
  • Price EE, Caldwell CA. . Behavioural Processes 2007, 74(1), 13-20.

• Book Chapter

  • Price EE, Whiten A. . In: Wasserman, E.A., Zentall, T.R, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Cognition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012, pp.862-880.

• Review

  • Price EE, Caldwell CA, Whiten A. . Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science 2010, 1(1), 23-31.