Yvan Russell

Psychology

Middlesex University

Yvan Russell is an evolutionary psychologist studying the evolution of expert intelligence in humans and animals. He is developing a multi-disciplinary research program covering the topics of cognitive psychology, evolutionary biology, cross-cultural and developmental psychology, the psychology of religion, statistics, anthropology, and behavioural economics. Yvan studied psychology at the University of Manitoba (B.A.-Adv.) and then studied evolutionary psychology and biology at the universities of Reading (M.A.) and Liverpool (Ph.D.). For his Ph.D., he studied cognition in chimpanzees and other great apes. Subsequently, he held postdoctoral research fellowships at Brunel University, Oxford University, and the University of Göttingen. He has also taught at undergraduate and postgraduamore...

Ph.D. University of Liverpool, School of Biological Sciences, 2007.

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  1. Gana, Faiza L., Saadee, Fatemah and Russell, Yvan I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-4791 (2022) Gender differences in childhood anxiety in relation to school performance. North American Journal of Psychology, 24 (2) . pp. 291-296. ISSN 1527-7143 [Article]
  2. Russell, Yvan I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-4791, Stoilova, Yana and Dosoftei, Aura-Adriana (2020) Cooperation through image scoring: a replication. Games, 11 (4) , e58. ISSN 2073-4336 [Article] (doi:10.3390/g11040058)
  3. Russell, Yvan I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-4791 (2019) Reputation. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Vonk, Jennifer and Shackelforth, Todd, eds. Springer, pp. 1-8. e-ISBN 9783319478296. [Book Section] (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1884-2)
  4. Russell, Yvan I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-4791 (2018) Assemblage. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Vonk, Jennifer and Shackelforth, Todd, eds. Springer, Cham, pp. 1-4. e-ISBN 9783319478296. [Book Section] (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_718-1)
  5. Russell, Yvan I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-4791 (2018) Allogrooming. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Vonk, Jennifer and Shackelforth, Todd, eds. Springer, Cham, pp. 1-4. e-ISBN 9783319478296. [Book Section] (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_724-1)
  6. Phelps, Steve, Ng, Wing Lon, Musolesi, Mirco and Russell, Yvan I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-4791 (2018) Precise time-matching in chimpanzee allogrooming does not occur after a short delay. PLoS One, 13 (9) , e0201810. pp. 1-26. ISSN 1932-6203 [Article] (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201810)
  7. Phelps, Steve, Ng, Wing Lon, Musolesi, Mirco and Russell, Yvan I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-4791 (2016) Reciprocal mutualism not altruism: immediate but not delayed time matching in chimpanzee social grooming. In: 8th European Conference on Behavioural Biology (ECBB2016), 12-15 July 2016, Vienna. . [Conference or Workshop Item]
  8. Russell, Yvan I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-4791 (2016) Reciprocity and reputation: a review of direct and indirect social information gathering. Journal of Mind and Behavior, 37 (3-4) . pp. 247-270. ISSN 0271-0137 [Article]
  9. Robertson, Lauren Poppy and Russell, Yvan I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-4791 (2016) Age and gender differences in smiling and laughter: the power asymmetry hypothesis retested. Human Ethology Bulletin, 31 (3) . pp. 5-14. ISSN 2224-4468 [Article]
  10. Russell, Yvan I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-4791 and Dunbar, Robin I. M. (2007) Polyadic grooming among captive chimpanzees. In: Conference: “Social Organization and Cognitive Tools. General Patterns in Vertebrates?", Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle, Grünau, Austria. . [Conference or Workshop Item]