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Recent Lab Publications (2016-present):

 

Submitted

Garcia-Pelegrin, E., Wilkins, C., & Clayton, N. S. Are magicians specialists at identifying deceptive motion? The role of expertise in being fooled by sleight of hand. Scientific Reports
 
Garcia-Pelegrin, E., Schnell, A., Wilkins, C., & Clayton, N. S. Could it be Protomagic? Deceptive tactics in non-human animals resemble magician’s misdirection. American Psychological Association, Theory, Research and Consciousness.
 
Chow, P. K. Y., Clayton, N. S. & Steele, M. Cognitive and behavioural flexibility in grey squirrels: A test of the ‘inherent superiority hypothesis’. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
 
Crosby, R. M., Legg, E. W., Brecht, K. F., Mendl, M. T, Ostojić, L. & Clayton, N. S.  Male Eurasian jays flexibly alter their food sharing in line with partners’ choices. Animal Behavior and Cognition
 
Lewis, L. S., Kano, F., Stevens, J. M. G., DuBois, J. G., Call, J., Krupenye, C Bonobos and chimpanzees preferentially attend to familiar members of the dominant sex. Animal Behaviour.
 
Miller R,Lambert M, Frohnweiser A, Brecht K, Bugnyar T, Crampton I, Garcia-Pelegrin E, Gould K, Greggor A, Izawa E, Kelly D, Li Z, Luo Y, Luong L, Massen J, Neider A, Reber S, Schiestl M, Sepehri P, Stevens J, Taylor AH, Wang L, Wolff LM, Zhang Y, Clayton NS (2021). A multi-lab collaboration on neophobia in corvids. In Press in Current Biology. Available in pre-print BioRxiv: https://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2021.07.27.453788v1
 
Ding N, *Miller R, *Clayton NS (* = joint senior authorship) (Under Review). Inhibition and cognitive flexibility are related to prediction of one's own future preference in young British and Chinese children. Cognition. Pre-print PsyArXiv: https://psyarxiv.com/ezv76

 

Accepted

Lambert M, Reber S, Garcia-Pelegrin E, Farrar B, Miller R (2021). ManyBirds: A multi-site collaborative approach to avian cognition and behaviour research. Accepted in Animal Behavior and Cognition. Available in pre-print Psyarxiv: https://psyarxiv.com/83xkt

 

In press

Miller R, Schiestl M, Clayton NS. (In press) Book Chapter: Welfare in Corvids. 9th Ed of Universities Federation for Animal Welfare Handbook on Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals. Wiley
 
Garcia-Pelegrin, E., Wilkins, C., & Clayton, N. S. The ape that lived to tell the tale. The evolution of the art of storytelling and its relationship to Mental Time Travel and Theory of Mind. Frontiers in Psychology, 4623.
 
Amodio P, Farrar B, Krupenye C, Ostojić L, & Clayton NS (in press). Little evidence that Eurasian jays protect their caches by responding to cues about a conspecific’s desire and visual perspective. eLife, 10: e69647. doi.org/10.7554/eLife.69647
 
Schnell, A. & Clayton, N. S. (In press). Evolutionary origins of complex cognition. In: Evolution of learning and memory mechanisms, Ed.  M. Krause, K. Hollis, M. Papini
 
Santiesteban, I., Gibbard, C., Drucks, H., Clayton, N. S., Banissy, M. J. & Bird, G.  (In press). Individuals with Autism Share Others’ Emotions: Evidence from the Continuous Affective Rating ad Empathic Responses (CARER) Task. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
 
Billard, P., Clayton, N. S. & Jozet-Alves, C. (In press). Episodic Memory. Encyclopaedia of Animal Cognition and Behaviour. Shakleford, T. & Vonk, J. Eds.

 

2021

Farrar, B. G, Ostojić, L. & Clayton, N. S.  (2021). The hidden side of animal cognition research: Scientists’ attitudes toward bias, replicability and scientific practice. Public Library of Science One, eo256607
 
Schnell, A.K., Clayton, N.S., Hanlon, R.T. & Jozet-Alves, C. (2021). Episodic-like memory is preserved with age in cuttlefish. Proceedings of the Royal Society, 288, 20211052
 
Farrar, B. G., Voudouris, K., & Clayton, N. S. (2021) Replications, Comparisons, Sampling and the Problem of Representativeness in Animal Cognition Research. Animal Behavior and Cognition, 8, 273-295
 
Schnell, A. K., Boeckle, M., Rivera, M., Clayton, N. S. & Hanlon, R. T. (2021). Cuttlefish exhibit self-control in a delay of gratification task. Proceedings of the Royal Society 288, 20203161
 
Schnell, A. & Clayton, N. S. (2021) Cephalopods: Ambassadors for rethinking cognition. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 564, 27-36.
 
​​Ning, D., Miller, R. M. & Clayton, N. S. Inhibition and cognitive flexibility are related to prediction of one’s own future preferences in young British and Chinese children. Cognition, under review. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256966
 
Boeckle M, Schiestl M, Frohnwieser A, Gruber R, Miller R, Suddendorf T, Gray RD, Taylor AH, Clayton NS. (2021) New Caledonian crows' planning behaviour: a reply to de Mahy, Don et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: 202111271
 
Schnell, A. K., Loconsole, M., Garcia-Pelegrin, E., Wilkins, C., & Clayton, N. S. (2021). Jays are sensitive to cognitive illusions. Royal Society open science, 8(8), 202358.
 
Garcia-Pelegrin, E., Schnell, A. K., Wilkins, C., & Clayton, N. S. (2021). Exploring the perceptual inabilities of Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius) using magic effects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(24).
 
Amodio*, P., Brea*, J., Farrar, B.G., Ostojic ́, L. and Clayton, N.S. Testing two competing hypotheses for Eurasian jays’ caching for the future. Scientific Reports, 11(1) 835 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80515-7
 
Schnell, A.  K., Amodio, A., Boeckle, M. & Clayton, N. S. (2021). How intelligent is a cephalopod? Lessons from Comparative Cognition. Biological Reviews. 96, 162–178.
 
Chow, P. K. Y., Davies, J. R., Bapat, A., & von Bayern, A. M. (2021). Tracking Changes of Hidden Food: Spatial Pattern Learning in Two Macaw Species. Birds, 2(3), 285-301.

 

2020

Boeckle M, Schiestl M, Frohnwieser A, Gruber R, Miller R, Suddendorf T, Gray RD, Taylor AH, Clayton NS. (2020) New Caledonian crows flexibly plan for specific future tool use. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287: 20201490
 
Miller R & Gruber R, Frohnwieser A, Schiestl M, Jelbert SA, Gray RD, Boeckle M, Taylor AH, Clayton NS. (2020) Decision-making flexibility in New Caledonian crows, young children and adult humans in a multi-dimensional tool-use task. PLoS ONE 15: e0219874
 
Miller R, Frohnwieser A, Ding N, Troisi C, Schiestl M, Gruber R, Taylor AH, Gray RD, Jelbert SA, Boeckle M, Clayton NS. (2020) A novel test of flexible planning in relating to executive function and language in young children. Royal Society Open Science 7: 71-85
 
Amodio, P., Shigeno, S., and Ostojic ́, L. Evolution of Intelligence in Cephalopods, eLS, Vol 1: 77–84, 2020. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0029004
 
Baciadonna, L., Cornero, F., Emery, N. J. & Clayton, N. S. (2020). Convergent evolution of complex cognition: Insights from the field of avian cognition into the study of self-awareness. Learning and Behaviour https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-020-00434-5
 
Farrar, B. G., Altschul, D. M., Fischer, J., van der Mesacht, J., Placi, S., Troisi, C. A., Vernouillet, A., Clayton, N. S. & Ostojić, L. (2020). Trialling meta-research in comparative cognition: Claims and statistical inference in animal physical cognition. Animal Behavior and Cognition 7(3), 419-444. https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.07.03.09.2020
 
Birch, J., Schnell, A. K. & Clayton, N. S. (2020). Dimensions of Animal Consciousness. Trends in Cognitive Science 24: 798-801 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2020.07.007
 
Cabrera-Álvarez, M. J. & Clayton, N. S.  (2020). Neural Processes Underlying Tool Use in Humans, Macaques, and Corvids. Frontiers in Psychology, section Comparative Psychology.
 
Garcia-Pelegrin, E., Schnell, A. K., Wilkins, C. & Clayton, N. S.  (2020). An unexpected audience: Experiments with magic effects might be informative about cognition in animals, Science 369 (6510), 1424-1426.
 
Cornero, F. M. & Clayton, N. S. (2020). The mental lives of parrots. Current Biology 30, R371–R39
 
Amodio, P., Boeckle, M., Jelbert, S. A., Ostojić, L., & Clayton, N. S. (2020). How flexible is tool use in Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius)?. bioRxiv, 803700. Animal Behavior and Cognition
 
Farrar, B. G., Boeckle, M. & Clayton, N. S. (2020). Replications in comparative cognition: what should we expect and how can we improve? Animal Behavior and Cognition 7, 1-22.
 
Billard, P., Schnell, A. K., Clayton, N. S. & Jozet-Alves, C. (2020) Cuttlefish show flexible and future-oriented foraging cognition. Biology Letters 16, 20190743
 
Billard, P., Jozet-Alves, C. & Clayton, N. S. (2020). Source-memory at the interface between content and phenomenology. Scientific Reports 10, 5413
 
Samuel, S., Frohnwieser, A. Lurz, R. & Clayton, N. S. (2020). Reduced egocentric bias when perspective-taking compared to working from rules. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021820916707
 
Wilkins, C. (2020). The Lost Library of Miraculous Metaphors & other short stories. WIND on the WIRE Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9930029-4-6

 

2019

Miller R, Frohnwieser A, Schiestl M, McCoy DE, Gray RD, Taylor AH, Clayton NS. (2019) Delayed gratification in New Caledonian crows and young children: influence of reward type and visibility. Animal Cognition: 1-15 doi: 10.1007/s10071-019-01317-7
 
Miller, R., Boeckle, M., Frohnwieser, A., Jelbert, S., Wascher, C., & Clayton, N. (2019). Self-control in crows, parrots and non-human primates.
 
Amodio, P. (2019). Octopus intelligence: The importance of being agnostic. Animal Sentience 26(20). DOI: 10.51291/2377-7478.1507
 
Shaw, R. C., MacKinlay, R. D., Clayton, N. S., & Burns, K. C. (2019). Memory performance influences male reproductive success in a wild bird. Current Biology.
 
Gruber, R., Schiestl, M., Boeckle, M., Frohnwieser, A., Miller, R., Gray, R. D., ... & Taylor, A. H. (2019). New Caledonian crows use mental representations to solve metatool problems. Current Biology, 29(4), 686-692.
 
Samuel, S., Roehr-Brackin, K., Jelbert, S., & Clayton, N. S. (2019). Flexible egocentricity: Asymmetric switch costs on a perspective-taking task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 45(2), 213.
 
Jelbert, S. A., Miller, R., Schiestl, M., Boeckle, M., Cheke, L. G., Gray, R. D., ... & Clayton, N. S. (2019). New Caledonian crows infer the weight of objects from observing their movements in a breeze. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286(1894), 20182332.
 
Gruber, R., Boeckle, M., Schiestl, M., Gray, R. D., Clayton, N. S. & Taylor, A. H. (2019). New Caledonian crows use planning to solve meta tool problems. Current Biology 29(4), 686-692
 
Hackett, P. M., Shaw, R. C., Boogert, N. J., & Clayton, N. S. (2019). A Facet Theory Analysis of the Structure of Cognitive Performance in New Zealand Robins (Petroica longipes). International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 32.
 
Samuel, S., Durdevic, K., Legg, E. W., Lurz, R., & Clayton, N. S. (2019). Is Language Required to Represent Others’ Mental States? Evidence From Beliefs and Other Representations. Cognitive science, 43(1), e12710.
 
Schnell, A.  & Clayton, N. S. (2019). Cephalopod cognition: A primer. Current Biology. 26, R726–R732
 
Amodio, P., Fiorito, G., Clayton, N. S., & Ostojić, L. (2019). Commentary: A Conserved Role for Serotonergic Neurotransmission in Mediating Social Behavior in Octopus. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 13, 185.
 
Samuel, S., Legg, E. W., Manchester, C., Lurz, R. & Clayton, N. S. (2020). Where was I? Taking an alternative visual perspective can makes us (briefly) briefly forget our own.  Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 73, 468-477.
 
Wilkins, C. A. P. & Clayton, N. S. (2019). Reflections on the Spoon Test. An essay in honor of Endel Tulving.  NeuroPsychologia 134, 107221 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.107221
 
Clayton, N. S. (2019). My Word: Cognition. Current Biology 26, R1-9
 
Wilkins, C. A. P. & Clayton, N. S. (2019). Mind Tricks. Magic and mysticism reveal cognitive shortcuts with implications beyond entertainment. Science 364, 6445.
 
Clayton, N. S. & Wilkins, C. A. P. (2019). Book review of Tricks of the Mind. Experiencing the Impossible. Current Biology 29(10), R349-R350
 
Plotnik, J. M., Brubacker, D. L. Dale, R., Tiller, L. N., Mumby, H. S. & Clayton, N. S. (2019). Elephants have a nose for quantity. Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Science 116(25), 12566-12511.
 
Amodio, P., Boeckle, M., Schnell, A., Ostojic, L., Fiorito, G., and Clayton, N. S. (2019). Shell Loss in Cephalopods: Trigger for, or By-Product of, the Evolution of Intelligence? A Reply to Mollo et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 34, 690–692.
 
Samuel, S., Durdevik, K., Legg, E. W., Lurz, R. & Clayton, N. S. (2019). Is language required to represent others’ mental states? Evidence from beliefs and other representations. Cognitive Science, 43(1), 1-18.
 
Shaw, R. C., MacKinlay, R. D., Clayton, N. S. & Burns, K. C. (2019). Spatial memory ability influences male reproductive success in a food caching bird. Current Biology 29(9), 1498-1502.
 
Hackett, P., Shaw, R. C., Boogert, N. J. & Clayton, N. S. (2019). The Structure of Cognitive Performance in New Zealand Robins (Petroica longipes): a Faceted Analysis of Shaw et al's (2015) Data Matrix. International Journal of Comparative Psychology 32, 1-26.
 
Cheke, L. G. & Clayton, N. S. (2019). What is the role of episodic foresight in planning for future needs? Theory and two experiments
 
Amodio, P., Boeckle, M., Schnell, A. K., Ostojić, L., Fiorito, G., & Clayton, N. S. (2019). Grow Smart and Die Young: Why Did Cephalopods Evolve Intelligence?. Trends in ecology & evolution. 34, 45–56.
 
Billard, P., Clayton, N. S. & Jozet-Alves, C. (2019). Episodic Memory. Encyclopaedia of Animal Cognition and Behaviour. Shakleford, T. & Vonk, J. Eds.

 

2018

Samuel, S., Legg, E. W., Lurz, R., & Clayton, N. S. (2018). The unreliability of egocentric bias across self–other and memory–belief distinctions in the Sandbox Task. Royal Society open science, 5(11), 181355.
 
Samuel, S., Legg, E. W., Lurz, R., & Clayton, N. S. (2018). Egocentric bias across mental and non-mental representations in the Sandbox Task. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(11), 2395-2410.
 
Greggor AL, McIvor GE, Clayton NS, Thornton A. 2018. Wild jackdaws are wary of objects that violate expectations of animacy. Open Science. 5 (10), 181070
 
Amodio P, Jelbert SA, Clayton NS. 2018. The interplay between psychological predispositions and skill learning in the evolution of tool use. Current opinion in behavioral sciences. 20, 130-137
 
Samuel SH, Roehr-Brackin K, Jelbert S, Clayton NS. 2018. Flexible egocentricity: Asymmetric switch costs on a perspective-taking task. APA [Data]
 
Bretch KF, Ostojic L, Legg EW, Clayton NS. 2018. Difficulties when using video playback to investigate social cognition in California scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica). PeerJ 6, e4451
 
Loissel E, Cheke LG, Clayton NS. 2018. Exploring the relative contributions of reward-history and functionality information to children's acquisition of the Aesop's fable task. PloS one. 13 (2), e0193264
 
Boeckle M, Clayton NS. 2018. Theory of Mind. Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. 1-12
 
Samuel SH, Clayton NS. 2018. Morgan's canon is not evidence. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 41, e31
 
Loissel, E., Cheke, L. G. & Clayton, N. S. (2018). Exploring the Relative Contributions of Reward-History and Functionality Information in The Aesop’s Fable Task. PLoS ONE 13, e0193264.
 
Brecht, K. F., Ostojić, L., Legg, E. W. & Clayton, N. S. (2018). Difficulties when using video playback to investigate social cognition in California scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica). Peer J 6, e4451 DOI 10.7717/peerj.4451
 
Greggor, A. L., McIvor, G. E., Clayton, N. S. & Thornton, J. A. N. (2018). Judgements of animacy guide jackdaw’s responses to environmental stimuli in the wild. Royal Society Open Science 5, 181070.
 
Clayton, N. S. & Wilkins, C. A. P. (2018). Seven Myths of Memory. Behavioural Processes, 152, 3-9.

 

2017

Davidson G, Miller R, Loissel E, Cheke LG, Clayton NS. 2017. The development of support intuitions and object causality in juvenile Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius). Scientific Reports. 7, 40062 [Erratum]
 
Clayton NS, Wilkins C. 2017. Seven myths of memory. Behavioural processes. 152, 3-9
 
Bretch KF, Wagener L, Ostojic L, Clayton NS, Nieder A. 2017. Comparing the face inversion effect in crows and humans. Journal of Comparative Physiology. 203 (12), 1017-1027
 
Samuel SH, Legg EW, Lurz R, Clyaton NS. 2017. Egocentric bias across mental and non-mental representations in the Sandbox Task. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 1747021817742367
 
Jelbert SA, Clayton NS. 2017. Comparing the non-linguistic hallmarks of episodic memory systems in corvids and children. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 17, 99-106
 
Samuel SH, Clayton NS. 2017. Morgan's Cannon is not evidence (Commentary on Mahr & Csibra). Cambridge University Press
 
Legg EW, Olivier L, Samuel SH, Lurz R, Clayton NS. 2017. Error rate on the director's task is influenced by the need to take another's perspective but not the type of perspective. Royal Society Open Science. 4 (8), 170284
 
Miller R, Jelbert SA, Loissel E, Taylor AH, Clayton NS. 2017. Young children do not require perceptual-motor feedback to solve Aesop's fable tasks. PeerJ. 5, e3484
 
Boeckle M, Clayton NS. 2017. A raven's memories are for the future. Science. 357 (6347), 126-127
 
Kelley LA, Clayton NS. 2017. California scrub-jays reduce visual cues available to potential pilferers by matching food colour to caching substrate. Biology Letters. 13 (7), 20170242
 
Clayton NS, Wilkins C. 2017. Memory, mental time travel and The Moustachio Quartet. Interface focus. 7 (3), 20160112
 
Powell R, Mikhalevich I, Logan C, Clayton NS. 2017. Convergent minds: the evolution of cognitive complexity in nature. Interface focus. 7 (3), 20170029
 
Shaw RC, MacKinlay RD, Clayton NS, Burns KC. 2017. Male New Zealand robins (Petroica longpipes) cater to their mate's desire when sharing food in the wild. Scientific Reports. 7 (1), 896
 
Greggor AL, Spencer KA, Clayton NS, Thornton A. 2017. Wild jackdaws' reproductive success and their offspring's stress hormones are connected to provisioning rate and brood size, not to parental neophobia. General and comparative endocrinology. 243, 70-77
 
Cheke LG, Bonnici HM, Clayton NS, Simons JS. 2017. Obesity and insulin resistance are associated with reduced activity in core memory regions of the brain. Neuropsychologia. 96, 137-149
 
Ostojic L, Legg EW, Brecht KF, Lange F, Deininger C, Mendl M, Clayton NS. 2017. Current desires of conspecific observers affect cache-protection strategies in California scrub-jays and Eurasian jays. Current Biology. 27 (2), R51-R53
 
Davies KM, Cheke LG, Clayton NS. 2017. Episodic memory as an explanation for the insurance hypothesis in obesity. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 40
 
Davidson GL, Thorton A, Clayton NS. 2017. Evolution of iris colour in relation to cavity nesting and parental care in passerine birds. Biology Letters. 13 (1), 20160783
 
Greggor AL, Thorton A, Clayton NS. 2017. Harnessing learning biases is essential for applying social learning in conservation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 71 (1), 16
 
Clayton NS. 2017. Episodic-like memory and mental time travel in animals. American Psychological Association Handbook of Comparative Psychology. 11, 227-243
 
Clayton, N. S. & Wilkins, C. A. P.  (2017). The Creative Navigator’s Compass: Memory and Perception~ and how we know which way we are facing. The Psychologist 35, 10-14.
 
Greggor, A. L., Thornton, J. A. N., Spencer, K. A. & Clayton, N. S.  (2017). Assessing connections between parental neophobia and offspring corticosterone levels in a fearful corvid. General and Comparative Endocrinology 243, 70-77.
 
Ostojić, L., Legg, E. W., Brecht, K. F., Lange, F., Deininger, C., Mendl M. & Clayton, N. S. (2017). Current desires of conspecific observers affect cache- protection strategies in California scrub-jays and Eurasian jays. Current Biology 27, R43-56.
 
Cheke, L. G., Bonnici, H., Clayton, N. S. & Simons, J. S. (2017). Obesity and Insulin Resistance are Associated with Reduced Activity in Core Memory Regions of the Brain. Neuropsychologia 96, 137-149
 
Davies, K., Cheke, L. G. & Clayton, N. S. (2017). Commentary Proposal on Nettle et al. 2016. Episodic memory as an explanation for the insurance hypothesis in obesity. Behavioral Brain Sciences 40, e113. doi:10.1017/S0140525X16001382
 
Legg, E. W., Ostojić, L., & Clayton. N. S.  (2017). Routes to the Convergent Evolution of Cognition. Chapter 17, 237–251. In: Routledge Handbook of Evolution and Philosophy, Ed. by Joyce, R.
 
Clayton, N. S. (2017). Episodic-Like Memory and Mental Time Travel in Animals. Chapter 11, pp. 227-243. In: Call, J. APA Handbook of Comparative Psychology. Volume 2. Perception, Learning & Cognition.
 
Shaw, R. C., Mackinlay, R. D., Clayton. N. S. & Burns, K. C. Wild male North Island robins cater to their mate’s desire when sharing food. Scientific Reports 7, 896.
 
Powell, R., Mikhalevich, I., Logan, C. & Clayton, N. S. Convergent Minds: The Evolution of Cognitive Complexity in Nature. Royal Society Interface Focus 30, 1-8.
 
Clayton, N. S. & Wilkins, C. (2017). Memory, Mental Time Travel and the Moustachio Quartet. Royal Society Interface Focus 30, 22-26.
 
Legg, E. W, Olivier, L., Samuel, S., Lurz, R. & Clayton, N. S. (2017). Error rate on the director’s task is influenced by the need to take another’s perspective but not the type of perspective. Royal Society Open Science 4 (8), 170284.
 
Kelley, L. A. & Clayton. N. S. (2017). California scrub-jays reduce visual cues available to potential pilferers by matching food colour to caching substrate. Biology Letters 13, 20170242.
 
Samuel, S. & Clayton, N. S. (2017). Morgan’s Canon is not evidence [Commentary on Mahr & Csibra]. Behavioral Brain Sciences 41, 41-42. doi:10.1017/S0140525X17001509, e31
 
Brecht, K. F., Wagener, L., Ostojić, L., Clayton, N. S.  & Nieder, A. (2017). Comparing the face inversion effect in crows and humans. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 203, 1017-1027.
 
Logan, C. J. & Clayton, N. S. (2017). Rook, jackdaw, and Eurasian jay post-conflict affiliation data. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity doi:10.5063/F1FB5124. https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/#view/doi:10.5063/F1FB5124
 
Clayton, N. S. (2017). Book review: Mandela’s Dancers: Oral Histories of Program Participants and Organisers, review by Prof. Nicky Clayton. Hotfoot, Spring issue, p. 47.
 

2016

Miller R, Jelbert SA, Taylor AH, Cheke LG, Gray RD, Loissel E, Clayton NS (2016) Performance in object-choice Aesop’s Fable tasks are influenced by object biases in New Caledonian crows but not in human children. PLoS ONE 11:e0168056
 
Miller R, Logan CJ, Lister K, Clayton NS (2016). Eurasian jays do not copy the choices of conspecifics, but they do show evidence of stimulus enhancement. Peer J 4:e2746
 
Davidson, G. & Clayton, N. S. (2016). New Perspectives in Gaze Sensitivity. Learning and Behavior, 44, 9-17.
 
Watanabe, A. & Clayton. N. S. (2016). Hint-Seeking Behaviour of Western Scrub-Jays in a Metacognition Task. Animal Cognition 19, 53-64.
 
Ostojić, L., Cheke, L. G., Shaw, R. C., Legg, E. W. & Clayton, N. S. (2016). Desire-state attribution: benefits of a novel paradigm using the food-sharing behaviour of Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius). Communicative & Integrative Biology 9 (1):e1134065.
 
Cheke, L. G., Simons, J. S & Clayton, N. S.  (2016). Higher BMI is Associated with Episodic Memory Deficits in Young Adults.  Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 69, 2305-2316.
 
Thom, J. M. & Clayton, N. S. (2016). Evolutionary Perspectives on Prospective Cognition. In: Klein, B. Michaelian, K. & Szpunar, K.K. Seeing the future: Theoretical perspectives on future-oriented mental time travel. Oxford University Press. Chapter 14, pp. 287-305.
 
Laland, K., Wilkins C. A. P. & Clayton, N. S. (2015). The Evolution of Dance. Current Biology 26, R5-9.
 
Greggor, A. L., Clayton, N. S., Fulford, A. & Thornton, J. A. N. (2016). Street smart: faster approach towards litter in urban areas by highly neophobic corvids and less fearful birds. Animal Behaviour 117, 123-133.
 
Legg, E. W., Ostojić, L. & Clayton. N. S. (2016). Caching at a distance: a cache protection strategy in Eurasian jays. Animal Cognition 19, 753-754.
 
Emery, N. J. & Clayton, N. S. (2016). An avian perspective on simulating other minds. Learning and Behaviour 44, 203-204.
 
Greggor, A. L., McIvor, G., Clayton, N. S. & Thornton, J. A. N. (2016). Contageous risk taking: social information and context influence wild jackdaws’ responses to novelty and risk. Scientific Reports 6, 27764.
 
Clayton, N. S. (2016). Animal acumen. Science 352, 525.
 
Hoffman, M. M., Cheke, L. G. & Clayton, N. S. (2016). Western scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica) solve multiple-string problems by the spatial relation of string and reward. Animal Cognition 19, 1103-1114
 
Ostojić, L., Legg, E. W., Williams, N., Brecht, K. F., Dits, A., Mendl, M. & Clayton. N. S. (2016). Experimenter expectancy bias does not explain Eurasian jays’ performance in a desire-state attribution task. Journal of Comparative Psychology 130, 407-411.
 
Greggor, A. L., Jolles, J., Thornton, J. A. N. & Clayton, N. S. (2016). Seasonal changes in neophobia and amd its consistency in rooks: the effect of novelty type and dominance position. Animal Behaviour 121, 11-20.
 
Clayton, N. S. & Wilkins, C. A. P.  (2016). Big Picture: Art is the process of memory.  The Psychologist 29, 15-16.

Comparative Cognition Lab.