Selected publications
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2020 and in press
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Taborsky B, English S, Fawcett TW, Kuijper B, Leimar O, McNamara JM, Ruuskanen S & Sandi C in press. Towards an evolutionary theory of stress responses. Trends Ecol. Evol. |
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Leaver LA, Ford S, Miller CW, Yeo MK & Fawcett TW 2020. Learning is negatively associated with strength of left/right paw preference in wild grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis). Learn. Behav. 48: 96-103.
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2019
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Radford AN, Schindler S & Fawcett TW 2019. Between-group attack and defence in an ecological setting: insights from non-human animals. Behav. Brain Sci. 42: e137. |
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Fawcett TW, Ewans J, Lawrence A & Radford AN 2019. Attractiveness is positively related to World Cup performance in male, but not female, biathletes. Behav. Ecol. 30: 1436-1442.
PRESS RELEASE | The Times | Daily Mail | Independent | Telegraph |
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2018
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2017 |
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Rosenström T, Fawcett TW, Higginson AD, Metsä-Simola N, Hagen EH, Houston AI & Martikainen P 2017. Adaptive and non-adaptive models of depression: a comparison using register data on antidepressant medication during divorce. PLoS ONE 12: e0179495. |
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2016 |
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2015 |
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Fawcett TW & Frankenhuis WE 2015. Adaptive explanations for sensitive windows in development. Front. Zool. 12: S3. |
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Trimmer PC, Higginson AD, Fawcett TW, McNamara JM & Houston AI 2015. Adaptive learning can result in a failure to profit from good conditions: implications for understanding depression. Evol. Med. Public Health 2015: 123-135.
WINNER OF THE 2015 GEORGE C. WILLIAMS PRIZE | Committee's statement | Commentary by Bergstrom & Meacham |
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Mallpress DEW, Fawcett TW, Houston AI & McNamara JM 2015. Risk attitudes in a changing environment: an evolutionary model of the fourfold pattern of risk preferences. Psych. Rev. 122: 364-375.
PRESS RELEASE | The Australian | Herald Sun | Courier Mail | Irish Independent | Belfast Telegraph | Times of Malta | Island Crisis |
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Fawcett TW, Marshall JAR & Higginson AD 2015. The evolution of mechanisms underlying behaviour. Curr. Zool. 61: 221-225.
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Higginson AD, Fawcett TW & Houston AI 2015. Evolution of a flexible rule for foraging that copes with environmental variation. Curr. Zool. 61: 303-312. |
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2014 |
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Radford AR & Fawcett TW 2014. Conflict between groups promotes later defense of a critical resource in a cooperatively breeding bird. Curr. Biol. 24: 2935-2939.
PRESS RELEASE | Front cover |
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Houston AI, Fawcett TW, Mallpress DEW & McNamara JM 2014. Clarifying the relationship between prospect theory and risk-sensitive foraging theory. Evol. Hum. Behav. 35: 502-507. |
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Fawcett TW, Fallenstein B, Higginson AD, Houston AI, Mallpress DEW, Trimmer PC & McNamara JM 2014. The evolution of decision rules in complex environments. Trends Cogn. Sci. 18: 153-161. |
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van den Berg P, Fawcett TW, Buunk AP & Weissing FJ 2014. Conflict over resources generates conflict over mate choice. Evol. Hum. Behav. 35: 157-159. |
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2013 |
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2012 |
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McNamara JM & Fawcett TW 2012. Optimal strategies and heuristics for ecological search problems. In: Todd PM, Hills TT & Robbins TW (eds), Cognitive Search: Evolution, Algorithms, and the Brain, Strüngmann Forum Reports, vol. 9, pp. 301-315. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. |
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Mallpress DEW, Fawcett TW, McNamara JM & Houston AI 2012. Comparing pleasure and pain: the fundamental mathematical equivalence of reward gain and shock reduction under variable interval schedules. J. Exp. Anal. Behav. 98: 355-367. |
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Higginson AD, Fawcett TW, Trimmer PC, McNamara JM & Houston AI 2012. Generalized optimal risk allocation: foraging and antipredator behavior in a fluctuating environment. Am. Nat. 180: 589-603.
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Fawcett TW & Higginson AD 2012. Communicating theory effectively requires more explanation, not fewer equations. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 109: E3058-E3059. |
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Fawcett TW & Higginson AD 2012. Heavy use of equations impedes communication among biologists. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 109: 11735-11739. 
PRESS RELEASE | PNAS | Nature | ABC News | Science | Scientific American | Times Higher Education | Le Monde | Der Spiegel
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International Business Times | Corriere della Sera | La Repubblica | NRC Handelsblad | La Razón | To Vima | RIA Novosti |
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van Dijk RE, Székely T, Komdeur J, Pogány Á, Fawcett TW & Weissing FJ 2012. Individual variation and the resolution of conflict over parental care in penduline tits. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 279: 1927-1936.
PRESS RELEASE | RTV Noord | nu.nl |
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Houston AI, Trimmer PC, Fawcett TW, Higginson AD, Marshall JAR & McNamara JM 2012. Is optimism optimal? Functional causes of apparent behavioural biases. Behav. Processes 89: 172-178. |
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Fawcett TW, McNamara JM & Houston AI 2012. When is it adaptive to be patient? A general framework for evaluating delayed rewards. Behav. Processes 89: 128-136. |
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van der Meij L, Almela M, Buunk AP, Fawcett TW & Salvador A 2012. Men with elevated testosterone levels show more affiliative behaviours during interactions with women. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 279: 202-208.
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2011 |
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Fawcett TW, Kuijper B, Weissing FJ & Pen I 2011. Sex-ratio control erodes sexual selection, revealing evolutionary feedback from adaptive plasticity. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 108: 15925-15930.
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Fawcett TW, Boogert NJ & Lefebvre L 2011. Female assessment: cheap tricks or costly calculations? Behav. Ecol. 22: 462-463. |
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Boogert NJ, Fawcett TW & Lefebvre L 2011. Mate choice for cognitive traits: a review of the evidence in non-human vertebrates. Behav. Ecol. 22: 447-459.
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2010 |
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Carere
C, Caramaschi D & Fawcett TW 2010. Covariation between
personalities and individual differences in coping with stress: converging evidence and hypotheses. Curr. Zool. 56: 728-740.
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Fawcett TW, van den Berg P, Weissing FJ, Park JH & Buunk AP 2010. Intergenerational conflict over grandparental investment. Behav. Brain Sci. 33: 23-24.
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Riebel K, Holveck MJ, Verhulst S & Fawcett TW 2010.
Are high-quality males always attractive? State-dependent mate
preferences in birds and humans. Commun. Integr. Biol. 3: 271-273.
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Fawcett TW & Johnstone RA 2010. Learning your own strength: winner and loser effects should change with age and experience. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 277: 1427-1434.
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2005-2009
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Pollet TV, Fawcett TW, Buunk AP & Nettle D 2009.
Sex-ratio biasing towards daughters among lower-ranking co-wives in
Rwanda. Biol. Lett. 5: 765-768.
Science | The Economist | The Daily Telegraph | The Daily Mail
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Fawcett TW & Bleay C 2009. Previous experiences shape adaptive mate preferences. Behav. Ecol. 20: 68-78. |
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Fawcett TW, Kuijper B, Pen I & Weissing FJ 2007. Should attractive males have more sons? Behav. Ecol. 18: 71-80.
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Brown GR & Fawcett TW 2005. Sexual selection: copycat mating in birds. Curr. Biol.
15: R626-R628. |
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2000-2004
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Fawcett TW & Johnstone RA 2003. Optimal assessment of multiple cues. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B
270: 1637-1643. |
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Fawcett TW & Johnstone RA 2003. Mate choice in the face of costly competition. Behav. Ecol.
14: 771-779. |
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Fawcett TW, Skinner AMJ & Goldsmith AR 2002. A test of
imitative learning in starlings using a two-action method with an
enhanced ghost control. Anim. Behav.
64: 547-556. |
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Tuyttens
FAM, Long B, Fawcett T, Skinner A, Brown JA, Cheeseman CL, Roddam AW
& Macdonald DW 2001. Estimating group size and population density of
Eurasian badgers Meles meles by quantifying latrine use. J. Appl. Ecol.
38: 1114-1121. |
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