David A. Leavens

David A. Leavens

University of Sussex

H-index: 36

Europe-United Kingdom

About David A. Leavens

David A. Leavens, With an exceptional h-index of 36 and a recent h-index of 25 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Sussex, specializes in the field of Communication, Joint Attention, Displacement Activities, Animal Cognition, Developmental Psychology.

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

Comparing effects of sad melody versus sad lyrics on mood

The Role of Life History and Familiarity in Performance of Working and Non-Working Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) in a Point-Following Task

The Effect of Transparency on Unsolvable Task Engagement in Domestic Cats (Felis catus) using Citizen Science

Fetching felines: a survey of cat owners on the diversity of cat (Felis catus) fetching behaviour

What animals can tell us about attentional prerequisites of language acquisition

Primate cognition in captivity

The performance of domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) on two versions of the object choice task

Current perspectives in cognitive processing by domesticated animals

David A. Leavens Information

University

Position

Reader in Comparative Psychology

Citations(all)

5550

Citations(since 2020)

1589

Cited By

5080

hIndex(all)

36

hIndex(since 2020)

25

i10Index(all)

56

i10Index(since 2020)

39

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University of Sussex

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David A. Leavens Skills & Research Interests

Communication

Joint Attention

Displacement Activities

Animal Cognition

Developmental Psychology

Top articles of David A. Leavens

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Comparing effects of sad melody versus sad lyrics on mood

Psychology of Music

Nathan Pond

David Leavens

2024/3/4

The Role of Life History and Familiarity in Performance of Working and Non-Working Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) in a Point-Following Task

Animals

Josephine M. McCartney

David A. Leavens

2024/2/8

The Effect of Transparency on Unsolvable Task Engagement in Domestic Cats (Felis catus) using Citizen Science

Jemma Forman

David Leavens

2024/1/8

Fetching felines: a survey of cat owners on the diversity of cat (Felis catus) fetching behaviour

Scientific Reports

Jemma Forman

Elizabeth Renner

David A. Leavens

2023/12/14

What animals can tell us about attentional prerequisites of language acquisition

Language and Communication

David A. Leavens

Mahmoud M. Elsherif

Hannah Clark

2023/7/13

Primate cognition in captivity

David A Leavens

Kim A Bard

2021/3/10

The performance of domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) on two versions of the object choice task

Animal Cognition

Hannah Clark

David A Leavens

2021/9

Current perspectives in cognitive processing by domesticated animals

Katherine Bruce

David A Leavens

Sarah T Boysen

2021/8/23

The Referential Problem Space revisited: An ecological hypothesis of the evolutionary and developmental origins of pointing

David A Leavens

2021/7

The effects of changes in the referential problem space of infants and toddlers (Homo sapiens): Implications for cross-species comparisons.

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Hannah Clark

Zoe M Flack

David A Leavens

2020/8

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Co-Authors

H-index: 92
William Hopkins

William Hopkins

Georgia State University

H-index: 86
Richard Byrne

Richard Byrne

University of St Andrews

H-index: 85
Roger Bakeman

Roger Bakeman

Georgia State University

H-index: 75
Filippo Aureli

Filippo Aureli

Universidad Veracruzana

H-index: 56
Kim Bard

Kim Bard

University of Portsmouth

H-index: 53
Michael Thomas

Michael Thomas

Birkbeck, University of London

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