Robert A Barton
Biographic Data
| ID | 627809 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert A Barton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert A |
| FAMILY NAME | Barton |
| SIGNATURE | BARTON R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2150-9637 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Brains and Bones Project
This article summarises the initial phase of a new project, Brains and Bones, which seeks to teach audiences of all ages about evolutionary anthropology and the embodied relationships between our brains, bones, and the world around us. Using an embodied teaching paradigm, Brains and Bones conveys information tangibly through interactive and reflexive activities with participants. By enabling participants through an enactive and hands-on approach,…
Television consumption drives perceptions of female body attractiveness in a population undergoing technological transition
Perceptions of physical attractiveness vary across cultural groups, particularly for female body size and shape. It has been hypothesized that visual media propagates Western "thin ideals." However, because cross-cultural studies typically consider groups highly differentiated on a number of factors, identifying the causal factors has thus far been impossible. In the present research, we conducted "naturalistic" and controlled experiments to test…
Transparency, usability, and reproducibility
Recent decades have seen rapid development of new analytical methods to investigate patterns of interspecific variation. Yet these cutting‐edge statistical analyses often rely on data of questionable origin, varying accuracy, and weak comparability, which seem to have reduced the reproducibility of studies. It is time to improve the transparency of comparative data while also making these improved data more widely available. We, the authors, met …
Television exposure predicts body size ideals in rural Nicaragua
Internalization of a thin ideal has been posited as a key risk factor in the development of pathological eating attitudes. Cross-culturally, studies have found a preference for heavier bodies in populations with reduced access to visual media compared to Western populations. As yet, however, there has been little attempt to control for confounding variables in order to isolate the effects of media exposure from other cultural and ecological facto…
Evolution of the social brain as a distributed neural system
The many different diverse methods and models of neuroscience are aimed at answering basic questions such as: what are brains for? How are they organised? and How does this organisation support adaptive behaviour? A key biological fact to bear in mind in constructing answers to those questions is that brains have evolved. The key point that this article emphasises, however, is that understanding species differences in cognitive mechanisms require…
Olfactory evolution and behavioral ecology in primates
Primates are usually thought of as “visual” mammals, and several comparative studies have emphasized the role of vision in primate neural and sociocognitive specialization. Here I explore the role of olfactory systems, using phylogenetic analysis of comparative volumetric data. The relative sizes of the main olfactory bulb (MOB) and accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) tend to show different evolutionary patterns in accordance with their different func…
Primate brain evolution
“Undoubtedly the most distinctive trait of the Primates, wherein this order contrasts with all other mammalian orders in its evolutionary history, is the tendency towards the development of a brain which is large in proportion to the total body weight, and which is particularly characterized by a relatively extensive and often richly convoluted cerebral cortex (p. 228).”1 While this statement is generally true, primate brains vary in size nearly …
Playing for keeps
The evolution of the cortico-cerebellar complex in primates
The Royal Family, and
The Royal Family was replaced by the real thing at the Haymarket this past spring. Peter Hall's staging of George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's slight examination of a theatrical dynasty (based on the Barrymores) gave way to his production of Oscar Wilde's more complex and witty Lady Windemere's Fan starring members of England's royal theatre family, Vanessa Redgrave and her daughter Joely Richardson
Postconflict Behavior of Spectacled Leaf Monkeys (Trachypithecus obscurus). II. Contact with Third Parties
Postconflict Behavior of Spectacled Leaf Monkeys (Trachypithecus obscurus). I. Reconciliation
Comparative methods for studying primate adaptation and allometry
In this article, we review developments in comparative methodology that have emerged in the last fifteen years, with particular emphasis on the importance of incorporating phylogeny into comparative studies. We define "comparative study" as meaning analysis of trait variation across rather than within species, with the aim of testing hypotheses or generating new ones. We provide information on how to implement phylogenetic comparative methods, in…
The evolutionary ecology of the primate brain
Introduction Comparative studies of the brain have long intrigued and frustrated researchers. They have intrigued because of what they might reveal about the evolutionary forces shaping cognitive attributes. They have frustrated because the results have been so difficult to interpret, leading to a raft of further questions. What is the cognitive significance of differences in brain size? Do correlations between brain size and ecology indicate sel…
Understanding Behavior
James D. Loy and Calvin Peters: Mortifying reflections: primatology and the human disciplines Nancy A. Nicholson: Maternal behaviour in human and non-human primates David Taub and Patrick Mehlman: Primate paternalistic investment: a cross-species view Janice Chism: Ontogeny of behaviour in humans and non-human primates: the search for common ground Linda D. Wolfe: Human evolution and the sexual behaviour of female primates Ronald D. Nadler and Ch…
Allogrooming as mutualism in diurnal lemurs
Grooming site preferences in primates and their functional implications
Acting with Style
Grooming site preferences in primates and their functional implications
Television exposure predicts body size ideals in rural Nicaragua
Internalization of a thin ideal has been posited as a key risk factor in the development of pathological eating attitudes. Cross-culturally, studies have found a preference for heavier bodies in populations with reduced access to visual media compared to Western populations. As yet, however, there has been little attempt to control for confounding variables in order to isolate the effects of media exposure from other cultural and ecological facto…
Television consumption drives perceptions of female body attractiveness in a population undergoing technological transition
Perceptions of physical attractiveness vary across cultural groups, particularly for female body size and shape. It has been hypothesized that visual media propagates Western "thin ideals." However, because cross-cultural studies typically consider groups highly differentiated on a number of factors, identifying the causal factors has thus far been impossible. In the present research, we conducted "naturalistic" and controlled experiments to test…
Playing for keeps
The evolution of the cortico-cerebellar complex in primates
Understanding Behavior
James D. Loy and Calvin Peters: Mortifying reflections: primatology and the human disciplines Nancy A. Nicholson: Maternal behaviour in human and non-human primates David Taub and Patrick Mehlman: Primate paternalistic investment: a cross-species view Janice Chism: Ontogeny of behaviour in humans and non-human primates: the search for common ground Linda D. Wolfe: Human evolution and the sexual behaviour of female primates Ronald D. Nadler and Ch…
Acting with Style
Grooming site preferences in primates and their functional implications
Allogrooming as mutualism in diurnal lemurs
Understanding Behavior
James D. Loy and Calvin Peters: Mortifying reflections: primatology and the human disciplines Nancy A. Nicholson: Maternal behaviour in human and non-human primates David Taub and Patrick Mehlman: Primate paternalistic investment: a cross-species view Janice Chism: Ontogeny of behaviour in humans and non-human primates: the search for common ground Linda D. Wolfe: Human evolution and the sexual behaviour of female primates Ronald D. Nadler and Ch…
The evolutionary ecology of the primate brain
Introduction Comparative studies of the brain have long intrigued and frustrated researchers. They have intrigued because of what they might reveal about the evolutionary forces shaping cognitive attributes. They have frustrated because the results have been so difficult to interpret, leading to a raft of further questions. What is the cognitive significance of differences in brain size? Do correlations between brain size and ecology indicate sel…
Postconflict Behavior of Spectacled Leaf Monkeys (Trachypithecus obscurus). II. Contact with Third Parties
Postconflict Behavior of Spectacled Leaf Monkeys (Trachypithecus obscurus). I. Reconciliation
Comparative methods for studying primate adaptation and allometry
In this article, we review developments in comparative methodology that have emerged in the last fifteen years, with particular emphasis on the importance of incorporating phylogeny into comparative studies. We define "comparative study" as meaning analysis of trait variation across rather than within species, with the aim of testing hypotheses or generating new ones. We provide information on how to implement phylogenetic comparative methods, in…
The Royal Family, and
The Royal Family was replaced by the real thing at the Haymarket this past spring. Peter Hall's staging of George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's slight examination of a theatrical dynasty (based on the Barrymores) gave way to his production of Oscar Wilde's more complex and witty Lady Windemere's Fan starring members of England's royal theatre family, Vanessa Redgrave and her daughter Joely Richardson
The evolution of the cortico-cerebellar complex in primates
Playing for keeps
Olfactory evolution and behavioral ecology in primates
Primates are usually thought of as “visual” mammals, and several comparative studies have emphasized the role of vision in primate neural and sociocognitive specialization. Here I explore the role of olfactory systems, using phylogenetic analysis of comparative volumetric data. The relative sizes of the main olfactory bulb (MOB) and accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) tend to show different evolutionary patterns in accordance with their different func…
Primate brain evolution
“Undoubtedly the most distinctive trait of the Primates, wherein this order contrasts with all other mammalian orders in its evolutionary history, is the tendency towards the development of a brain which is large in proportion to the total body weight, and which is particularly characterized by a relatively extensive and often richly convoluted cerebral cortex (p. 228).”1 While this statement is generally true, primate brains vary in size nearly …
Evolution of the social brain as a distributed neural system
The many different diverse methods and models of neuroscience are aimed at answering basic questions such as: what are brains for? How are they organised? and How does this organisation support adaptive behaviour? A key biological fact to bear in mind in constructing answers to those questions is that brains have evolved. The key point that this article emphasises, however, is that understanding species differences in cognitive mechanisms require…
Transparency, usability, and reproducibility
Recent decades have seen rapid development of new analytical methods to investigate patterns of interspecific variation. Yet these cutting‐edge statistical analyses often rely on data of questionable origin, varying accuracy, and weak comparability, which seem to have reduced the reproducibility of studies. It is time to improve the transparency of comparative data while also making these improved data more widely available. We, the authors, met …
Television exposure predicts body size ideals in rural Nicaragua
Internalization of a thin ideal has been posited as a key risk factor in the development of pathological eating attitudes. Cross-culturally, studies have found a preference for heavier bodies in populations with reduced access to visual media compared to Western populations. As yet, however, there has been little attempt to control for confounding variables in order to isolate the effects of media exposure from other cultural and ecological facto…
Television consumption drives perceptions of female body attractiveness in a population undergoing technological transition
Perceptions of physical attractiveness vary across cultural groups, particularly for female body size and shape. It has been hypothesized that visual media propagates Western "thin ideals." However, because cross-cultural studies typically consider groups highly differentiated on a number of factors, identifying the causal factors has thus far been impossible. In the present research, we conducted "naturalistic" and controlled experiments to test…
Brains and Bones Project
This article summarises the initial phase of a new project, Brains and Bones, which seeks to teach audiences of all ages about evolutionary anthropology and the embodied relationships between our brains, bones, and the world around us. Using an embodied teaching paradigm, Brains and Bones conveys information tangibly through interactive and reflexive activities with participants. By enabling participants through an enactive and hands-on approach,…
Psychology (13 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (12 works) · Biology (11 works) · Evolutionary biology (7 works) · Neuroscience (7 works) · Primate (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Ecology (5 works)