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Dr James Winters
Lecturer in Psychology

Summary

I’m a cognitive and behavioural scientist working in the domains of cultural evolution, technology, and communication.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Linguistics (University of Edinburgh, 2017)
  • MA in Language and Communication (Cardiff University, 2012)
  • MSc in the Evolution of Language and Cognition (University of Edinburgh, 2009)
  • BA in Journalism (Glamorgan University, 2007)

Newest selected publications

Winters, J. (2023) 'Graphic codes, language, and the computational niche.'. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46. pp. e256. ISSN: 0140-525X

Journal article

Segovia-Martin, J., Creutzig, F. and Winters, J. (2023) 'Efficiency traps beyond the climate crisis: exploration-exploitation trade-offs and rebound effects'. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 378 (1889). pp. 1 - 11. ISSN: 0962-8436 Open Access Link

Journal article

Müller, TF., Brinkmann, L., Winters, J. and Pescetelli, N. (2023) 'Machine Impostors Can Avoid Human Detection and Interrupt the Formation of Stable Conventions by Imitating Past Interactions: A Minimal Turing Test'. Cognitive Science, 47 (4). pp. 1 - 24. ISSN: 0364-0213 Open Access Link

Journal article

Charbonneau, M., Strachan, JWA. and Winters, J. (2022) 'The problem with solutions: A commentary of “Blind alleys and fruitful pathways in the comparative study of cultural cognition” by Andrew Whiten'. Physics of Life Reviews, 44. pp. 61 - 63. ISSN: 1571-0645

Journal article

Han, SJ., Kelly, P., Winters, J. and Kemp, C. (2022) 'Simplification Is Not Dominant in the Evolution of Chinese Characters'. Open Mind, 6. pp. 264 - 279. ISSN: 2470-2986 Open Access Link

Journal article
More publications(27)

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