Staff

Professor Robin Dunbar (Head of ICEA)

Recent publications

2009

Sam Roberts, Robin Dunbar, T.V. Pollet and T Kuppens
Sam Roberts and Robin Dunbar
‘Communication in social networks: Effects of kinship, network size and emotional closeness’, submitted , 2009.
T.V. Pollet, Sam Roberts and Robin Dunbar
‘Extraverts have larger social network layers but do not feel emotionally closer to individuals at any layer’, submitted , 2009.
Y-E. Lu, Sam Roberts, T.M.K. Cheng, Robin Dunbar, P. Lio and J. Crowcroft
‘On optimising personal network size to manage information flow’, in press , 2009.
Y-E. Lu, Sam Roberts, P. Lio, Robin Dunbar and J. Crowcroft
‘Size matters: Variation in personal network size, personality and effect on information transmission’, in press , 2009.

2008

Sam Roberts, R. Wilson, P. Fedurek and Robin Dunbar
‘Individual differences and personal social network size and structure’, Personality and Individual Differences 44 , 2008, pp. 954-964.

2007

Robin Dunbar and Susanne Shultz
‘Evolution in the social brain’, Science 317 , 2007, pp. 1344-1347.
Susanne Shultz and Robin Dunbar
‘The evolution of the social brain: anthropoid primates contrast with other vertebrates’, Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 274 , 2007, pp. 2429-2436   .
Robin Dunbar and Susanne Shultz
‘Understanding primate brain evolution’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 362 , 2007, pp. 649-658.
Robin Dunbar and J. Stiller
‘Perspective-taking and social network size in humans’, Social Networks 29 , 2007, pp. 93-104.
Robin Dunbar and S. Shultz
‘The evolution of the social brain: Anthropoid primates contrast with other vertebrates’, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 000B , 2007, pp. 000-000.
Robin Dunbar and E. Madsen, R. Tunney, G. Fieldman, H. Plotkin, J. Richardson, D. McFarland, D.
‘Altruism and kinship: a cross-cultural experimental study’, Brit. J. Psychol 98 , 2007, pp. 339-359.
Robin Dunbar and J. Lehmann, A. Korstjens
‘Fission-fusion social systems as a strategy for coping with ecological constraints: a primate case.’, Evol. Ecol. , 2007, pp. 000-000.
Robin Dunbar
Understanding primate brain evolution, 2007.
Robin Dunbar
Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, 2007, Oxford Univ Press: Oxford.

2006

Susanne Shultz and Robin Dunbar
‘Both social and ecological factors predict ungulate brain size’, Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 273 , 2006, pp. 207-215.
Susanne Shultz and Robin Dunbar
‘Chimpanzee and felid diet is influenced by prey brain size’, Biology Letters 2 , 2006, pp. 505-508.
Robin Dunbar and S. Calhim, J. Shi
‘Sexual segregation among feral goats: testing between alternative hypotheses’, Anim. Behav 72 , 2006, pp. 207-215.
Robin Dunbar and S. Calhim, J. Shi
‘Chimpanzee and felid diet composition is influenced by prey brain size’, Biol. Lets 2 , 2006, pp. 505-508.
Robin Dunbar and S. Calhim, J. Shi
‘Both social and ecological factors predict ungulate brain size’, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. 273B , 2006, pp. 207-215.

2005

Robin Dunbar and W-X. Zhou, D. Sornette, R.A. Hill
‘Discrete hierarchical organization of social group sizes’, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 272B , 2005, pp. 439-444.
Robin Dunbar and L. Barrett, J. Lycett
Evolutionary Psychology: A Beginner’s Guide, 2005, OneWorld: Oxford.

2004

Robin Dunbar
‘Gossip in evolutionary perspective’, Rev. Gen. Psych 8 , 2004, pp. 100-110.
Robin Dunbar
The Human Story, 2004, Faber and Faber.

2003

Robin Dunbar
‘The social brain: mind, language and society in evolutionary perspective’, Ann. Rev. Anthrop 32 , 2003, pp. 163-181.
Robin Dunbar and L. Barrett, S.P. Henzi
‘Primate cognition: from ‘what now?’ to ‘what if?’’, Trends Cogn. Sci. 7 , 2003, pp. 494-497.

2002

Robin Dunbar and L. Barrett, J. Lycett
Human Evolutionary Psychology, 2002, Macmillan/Palgrave and Princeton University Press: Princeton.

2000

Robin Dunbar and G. Cowlishaw
Primate Conservation Biology, 2000, Chicago University Press: Chicago.

1999

Robin Dunbar
The Evolution of Culture, 1999, Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh.

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Susanne Shultz and Robin Dunbar
‘Species differences in executive function correlate with brain size across non-human primates’, Journal of Comparative Psychology , 0.