Alex Thornton

Alex Thornton

University of Exeter

H-index: 41

Europe-United Kingdom

About Alex Thornton

Alex Thornton, With an exceptional h-index of 41 and a recent h-index of 32 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Exeter, specializes in the field of Cognitive Evolution, Comparative Cognition, Social Learning, Cultural Evolution, Collective Behaviour.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Bees and chimpanzees learn from others what they cannot learn alone

Ultimate drivers of forced extra-pair copulations in birds lacking a penis: jackdaws as a case-study

High temperatures during early development reduce adult cognitive performance and reproductive success in a wild animal population

Heritability of cognitive performance in wild Western Australian magpies

The effect of building ability and object availability on the construction of bower courts in great bowerbirds

Anthropogenic noise affects vocalisation properties of the territorial song of Western Australian magpies

Untenable propositions and alternative avenues. Comment to “Blind alleys and fruitful pathways in the comparative study of cultural cognition” by Andrew Whiten.

Cognition mediates response to anthropogenic noise in wild Western Australian magpies (Gmynorhina tibicen dorsalis)

Alex Thornton Information

University

Position

Associate Professor of Cognitive Evolution

Citations(all)

7554

Citations(since 2020)

4913

Cited By

4584

hIndex(all)

41

hIndex(since 2020)

32

i10Index(all)

71

i10Index(since 2020)

66

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University of Exeter

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Alex Thornton Skills & Research Interests

Cognitive Evolution

Comparative Cognition

Social Learning

Cultural Evolution

Collective Behaviour

Top articles of Alex Thornton

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Bees and chimpanzees learn from others what they cannot learn alone

Alex Thornton

2024/3/6

Ultimate drivers of forced extra-pair copulations in birds lacking a penis: jackdaws as a case-study

Rebecca Hooper

Kathryn Maher

Karen Moore

Guillam McIvor

David Hosken

...

2024/3/27

High temperatures during early development reduce adult cognitive performance and reproductive success in a wild animal population

Science of The Total Environment

Camilla Soravia

Benjamin J Ashton

Alex Thornton

Amanda R Bourne

Amanda R Ridley

2024/2/20

Heritability of cognitive performance in wild Western Australian magpies

Royal Society Open Science

Elizabeth M Speechley

Benjamin J Ashton

Alex Thornton

Leigh W Simmons

Amanda R Ridley

2024/3/13

The effect of building ability and object availability on the construction of bower courts in great bowerbirds

Animal Behaviour

Menno van Berkel

Alex Thornton

Laura A Kelley

2024/2/3

Anthropogenic noise affects vocalisation properties of the territorial song of Western Australian magpies

bioRxiv

Grace Blackburn

Mylene Dutour

Benjamin J Ashton

Alex Thornton

Amanda R Ridley

2024

Untenable propositions and alternative avenues. Comment to “Blind alleys and fruitful pathways in the comparative study of cultural cognition” by Andrew Whiten.

Alex Thornton

Alex Mesoudi

2023/3/1

Cognition mediates response to anthropogenic noise in wild Western Australian magpies (Gmynorhina tibicen dorsalis)

Global Change Biology

Grace Blackburn

Benjamin J Ashton

Alex Thornton

Sarah Woodiss‐Field

Amanda R Ridley

2023/12

Swarm Intelligence Based Drone Flocking Model

Shuyan Dong

Saptarshi Das

Stuart Townley

Alex Thornton

2023/8/30

Genetic and context‐specific effects on individual inhibitory control performance in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Pamela M Prentice

Alex Thornton

Niclas Kolm

Alastair J Wilson

2023/12/1

Ecological context shapes collective turns and velocity correlations in jackdaw flocks

APS March Meeting Abstracts

Hangjian Ling

Nicholas Ouellette

Alex Thornton

Guillam McLvor

Daniel O'Coin

2023

Selective adjustment of social associations and its influence on social networks in wild corvids

Michael Kings

Josh Arbon

Guillam McIvor

Martin Whitaker

Andrew Radford

...

2023/1/16

High temperatures are associated with reduced cognitive performance in wild southern pied babblers

Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Camilla Soravia

Benjamin J Ashton

Alex Thornton

Amanda R Ridley

2023/11/22

Competition and generalization impede cultural formation in wild jackdaws

Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Josh J Arbon

Luca G Hahn

Guillam E McIvor

Alex Thornton

2023/8/9

Pair-bond strength is consistent and related to partner responsiveness in a wild corvid

bioRxiv

Rebecca Hooper

Luca G Hahn

Guillam E McIvor

Alex Thornton

2023

Wild jackdaws can selectively adjust their social associations while preserving valuable long-term relationships

Nature Communications

Michael Kings

Josh J Arbon

Guillam E McIvor

Martin Whitaker

Andrew N Radford

...

2023/9/11

Heat stress inhibits cognitive performance in wild Western Australian magpies, Cracticus tibicen dorsalis

Animal Behaviour

Grace Blackburn

Ethan Broom

Benjamin J Ashton

Alex Thornton

Amanda R Ridley

2022/6/1

Problems with using comparative analyses of avian brain size to test hypotheses of cognitive evolution

PLoS One

Rebecca Hooper

Becky Brett

Alex Thornton

2022/7/22

Velocity correlations in jackdaw flocks in different ecological contexts

Physical Biology

Daniel O’Coin

Guillam E Mclvor

Alex Thornton

Nicholas T Ouellette

Hangjian Ling

2022/12/15

Stochastic modelling of bird flocks: accounting for the cohesiveness of collective motion

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Andy M Reynolds

Guillam E McIvor

Alex Thornton

Patricia Yang

Nicholas T Ouellette

2022/4/20

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Co-Authors

H-index: 148
Tim Clutton-Brock

Tim Clutton-Brock

University of Cambridge

H-index: 110
Kevin Laland

Kevin Laland

University of St Andrews

H-index: 103
Ben C Sheldon

Ben C Sheldon

University of Oxford

H-index: 69
Andrew Cockburn

Andrew Cockburn

Australian National University

H-index: 51
Damien Farine

Damien Farine

Universität Zürich

H-index: 49
Alex Mesoudi

Alex Mesoudi

University of Exeter

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