D.M. Altschul

British Academy postdoc @ Edinburgh uni. Living organism. Psoriatic arthritic. Age dyschronic. Keystroke enthusiast. "And if not now, when?"

[Personality Neuroscience @PNeuroscience]

👇 Read a thread about this newly published #OpenAccess review below, by the author @dremalt 👇

[D.M. Altschul @dremalt]

Which means there are many questions we can potentially address re: human and nonhuman primate D traits. Tho we might have been egalitarian, most of the world is clearly hierarchical, and D traits are very relevant to living in a hierachical world. 9/9

[D.M. Altschul @dremalt]

My new review paper out (open acess) in @PNeuroscience! @CambUP_Psych All about great ape trait dominance, what it is, why it appears less prominently in humans, and why it is still important to study.
https://t.co/Pz2pgWkBl3
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[D.M. Altschul @dremalt]

In these scenarios, its important to note that D did *not* disappear. It is still with us; in personality science it is a major aspect of E, and it has a large, valid, unique network of associations with other meaningful constructs. 8/9

[D.M. Altschul @dremalt]

To all my loyal followers: I am going to take a break from this platform. I'm not deleting my account, but I won't be accessing twitter (and won't be able to). If you want to connect find me on the other site or email me.

[D.M. Altschul @dremalt]

Strong gibbon representation at the Edinburgh festival fringe this year.

[D.M. Altschul @dremalt]

Odesa Zoo rescues animals displaced by Kakhovka
Dam catastrophe https://t.co/Yeg1F3XcoH

[Science Advancement and Outreach @SAOscience]

"If it pays to be a jerk, why isn’t everyone that way?"
@EurekAlert

A new paper published in @PeerJLife showed that male chimps with more brutish behavior were more successful than their more conscientious counterparts. 🧵 #ScienceTwitter

https://t.co/Kl5wDMDVbg

[Michael Wilson @MikeLWilson1871]

Hot off the presses! New Gombe chimpanzee personality paper led by Alex Weiss
@EdinburghUni and @FeldblumJoseph @PeerJLife https://t.co/qdoaIXp0UZ #AnimalBehavior #Anthropology #EvolutionaryStudies #Zoology

[D.M. Altschul @dremalt]

Our new paper on dominance and fitness across the lifecourse in male chimpanzees!

[Cultural Evolution Discord @CulturalDiscord]

This week at 2pm @dremalt will be leading discussion on "chapter 10: Socialization of Bowles & Gintis "A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and its Evolution"

Link to text available in the discord. All welcome.

[The Lothian Birth Cohorts @EdinUniLBC]

A @PsychScience article by @ScottSleek on how #machine #learning is transforming psychological science features a study with #LBC1936 data examining the most significant predictors of #loneliness:

https://t.co/X3xyfkEvXL

@dremalt
@MatthewIveson
@UoE_Psychology
@EdinUniMentalH

[Vedrana Šlipogor @VedranaSlipogor]

📢 New article alert❗️Proud to have contributed to The Evolution of Primate Short-Term Memory, and so thankful to MP1 coordination team (@elManuBohn, @dremalt, @LydiaMHopper, @MarineMJoly, @cvoelter & @watzoever) and all @ManyPrimates for such great large-scale collaboration! 💪