In the 4.5 decades since Altmann (1974) published her seminal paper on the methods for
the observational study of behaviour, automated detection and analysis of social interaction …

Animal societies are shaped both by social processes and by the physical environment in
which social interactions take place. While many studies take the observed patterns of inter …

How does repeated or chronic childhood adversity shape social and cognitive abilities?
According to the prevailing deficit model, children from high-stress backgrounds are at risk …

Animal social networks are descriptions of social structure which, aside from their intrinsic
interest for understanding sociality, can have significant bearing across many fields of …

Null models are an important component of the social network analysis toolbox. However,
their use in hypothesis testing is still not widespread. Furthermore, several different …

Social organisation in animals takes many forms. It includes assemblages of territorial
animals, dominance hierarchies and social groups, among other things. The basic tenet that …

Individuals vary in their cognitive performance. While this variation forms the foundation of
the study of human psychometrics, its broader importance is only recently being recognized …

New technologies have vastly increased the available data on animal movement and
behaviour. Consequently, new methods deciphering the spatial and temporal interactions …

Highlights•Association indices are widely used to describe relationships between
individuals.•Indices include built-in assumptions about how animals are observed.•These …

Highlights•Social networks may be useful to quantify individual differences in sociality.•We
test this by measuring individual consistency in replicated social networks.•A population of …