Mark Atkinson

PhD Scholarship & Graduate Teaching Assistant opportunity @HWPsych @HeriotWattUni exploring #foodpoverty and #foodinequalities using social identity perspectives with myself, Prof Suzanne Fitzpatrick @ISPHERE_HWU @_markatkinson @CABS_HeriotWatt @heriotwatt_soss 10th July deadline

We’re recruiting an Assistant Professor in Psychology @heriotwatt_soss/@HeriotWattUni, closing date 5 November. Full details enzj.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Our next research seminar: @_markatkinson (@HeriotWattUni) "Stopping the spread: harnessing group processes to facilitate a public response during a pandemic". Being hosted in-person (Edinburgh) or online on 26 October: 10am UK, 1pm UAE, 5pm MLY fb.me/e/5fEHsa5oK

In a past life I co-wrote a book chapter with @josh_c_jackson about the history of Cultural Evolution for @CulturalEvolSoc Coming soon, or give it a sneaky pre-read here: psyarxiv.com/tfx59/

Delighted to welcome @_markatkinson to the team @HeriotWattUni/@heriotwatt_soss in Edinburgh as Assistant Professor of Psychology

Lecturership in Linguistics at Stirling. Come and join us! stir.ac.uk/about/work-at-…

Good morning Twitter! I am looking to recruit participants for a survey on animal intelligence in peer-reviewed research. If you have 30 minutes, please follow this link! -> stirlingpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bs… Much appreciated! 🙏

📢New @Groups_Covid19 preprint! osf.io/vw7ze In two studies we show that perceptions of community risk - but not (inter)personal risk - influence preventative measures. With @_markatkinson @EvangelosPsych Steve Reicher #COVID19 #Risk #SocialIdentity

RT IF YOU ARE A STRIKING UNIVERSITY WORKER, POSTIE, TEACHER OR ANYONE ELSE ON THE PICKET LINE TODAY. ALSO RT IF YOU BACK THEM. Let’s cut beyond the media and show people they have mass support. #ucuRISING #StandByYourPost

Our #spsconf @Crowd_Flight symposium is today at 11am in Devonport 108 where we'll present findings from our @ESRC project. Not to be missed!

*New Paper Alert🐒* Capuchins learned a win-stay lose-shift task equally well whether a demo was received from the experimenter or their own exploration! Read abt the implications for complex culture👇link.springer.com/article/10.100… @C_A_Caldwell @LRRenner @_markatkinson @rzsslivinglinks

I'm hiring a postdoc for 3yrs to examine how first responder instructions impact citizen adherence. It will involve running evacuation expts then developing & testing a group processes computer model parameter. International applicants very welcome. Pls RT tinyurl.com/PDEDiFLF

We are looking for families of 7 or 8-year-olds (🇬🇧 speakers) to play our online language game where kids get to learn some Japanese! We say thank you with a £10 Amazon voucher for families and a certificate of participation for children. Sign up here: research.sc/participant/lo…

I’m happy to finally report the data from the main project of my phd. Over 8 conditions of 32 8mo-old infants, we tested the hypothesis that human cognition starts altercentric instead of egocentric (Southgate, 2013; 2020) psyarxiv.com/7vcmp/ 1/17

Cultural evolution public engagement prep. Bringing out the classics...

First paper published in Culture and Evolution (and first for which I acted as editor!): "Children's use of social information from multiple models: Cognitive capacities underlying population size effects on cumulative culture" akjournals.com/view/journals/…

@LRRenner Yep!

Wish I had seen it! I bet @_markatkinson does too!

@LisaDeBruine I did exactly this with Matlab during my PhD. Didn't realise until I'd collected a lot of data...

The final paper from my PhD research has just been published #openaccess in @SciReports. 'Children transition from simple associations to explicitly reasoned social learning strategies between age four and eight.' @LRRenner @_markatkinson @C_A_Caldwell rdcu.be/cJE3s