Jack Griffey

I am currently a member of:

- Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG)

- The Face and Development of Communication Research Group

- Scottish Primate Research Group (SPRG)

- Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB)

I obtained a First Class BSc (Hons) in Zoology with Evolutionary Psychology from the University of Liverpool in 2006. My dissertation, under the supervision of Dr. Anthony Little, investigated the perception and attribution of various personality characteristics across specific 'types' of facial stimuli. In 2007 I also completed an MSc in Evolutionary Psychology from the University of Liverpool. I am currently completing a PhD at the University of Stirling under the principal supervision of Dr. Anthony Little and funded by an internal studentship.

LSB Leakey Trust 2009 - Travel and research grant.

Stirling Graduate Research School (SGRS) Postgraduate Research conference, University of Stirling 2009 - 1st Place (Poster session).

Psychology Postgraduate Presentations, University of Stirling 2008 - 1st Place (Poster presentation).

The central aim of my PhD is to conduct a comparative investigation into the facial preferences displayed by human and non-human primates (NHP) in the hope of better understanding the evolution of these preferences. My research involves the experimental testing of human, chimpanzee and capuchin visual preferences for faces manipulated across various facial dimensions.

Supervisors: Dr. Anthony Little and Prof. Hannah Buchanan-Smith.

First Year Demonstrator - PSY911, PSY912 (Introductory Psychology)

Third Year Tutor - PSY9AK (Animal Behaviour)

Third Year Tutor - PSY9AC (Cognition)

Griffey JAF (2010). Training capuchins for display screen preference tests. (Oral Presentation) RZSS Workshop - Training Primates for Cognitive Research: Principles & Practice. 6th April, Edinburgh Zoo.

Griffey JAF & Little AC. (2008) Is human detection and preference for facial masculinity species specific? (Poster Presentation) IPS Conference 2008, 3rd - 8th August, Edinburgh.

Griffey JAF & Little AC. (2008) Is detection and preference for facial masculinity species specific? (Poster Presentation) Scottish Conference for Animal Behaviour, 12th April 2008, University of Stirling.

Griffey JAF & Little AC. (2008).  Sexual selection, mate choice, and primate preferences. In F. Columbus (Ed.), Animal Behaviour: New Research. New York: Nova Science Publishers.