Drew Altschul

Research Fellow

  • Psychology
  • School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Contact details

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Room F2, Psychology Building

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7 George Square, Edinburgh
Post code
EH8 9JZ

Biography

Qualifications

PhD Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, 2017

MS Neuroscience, Brandeis University, 2010

SB Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008

Research summary

My recent work can be roughly divided into three areas. First, grappling with how assertiveness traits are related to, but distinct from, hierarchical rank in a variety of primate species (e.g. Wilson et al., 2020; Altschul, Robinson, Coleman, Capitanio, Wilson, 2019). Related to this, I am also interested in hierarchical thinking more generally (Altschul, Jensen, & Terrace, 2017; Altschul, Terrace, & Weiss, 2016). Second, the reciprocal relationships between health and psychological attributes (e.g. Altschul, Starr, & Deary, 2018; Altschul, Wraw, Der, Gale, & Deary, 2019). Third, developing large-scale, collaborative projects to systematically study cognition and personality across the primate phylogeny (ManyPrimates et al., 2019a, 2019b).

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