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Elliot Howard-Spink

Queen Mary University of LondonORCID 0000-0003-3961-3982Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 3

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Organism:chicken / avian· 2 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1

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Dora BiroiD· 2 shared Tetsuro MatsuzawaiD· 2 shared Thibaud GruberiD· 2 shared Catherine HobaiteriD· 1 shared Daniel P. SchofieldiD· 1 shared Judith Maria BurkartiD· 1 shared Katarina Almeida‐WarreniD· 1 shared Misato HayashiiD· 1 shared

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Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprintMar 25, 2026

Animal collocation analysis 2.0: improving statistical inference and applications for cohort comparisons

Elliot Howard-Spink, Monika Mircheva, Judith Maria Burkart, Simon William Townsend

This paper introduces MDCA-Pr, a method for analyzing animal signal combinations, showing it improves statistical rigor and enables accurate comparisons between cohorts.

DOI 10.64898/2026.03.20.713138

mouseproteomics

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Animal Behavior & CognitionPeerJPeer-reviewedDec 5, 2024

Nonadjacent Dependencies and Syntactic Structure of Chimpanzee Action During a Natural Tool-Use Task

Elliot Howard-Spink, Misato Hayashi, Tetsuro Matsuzawa…·Dora Biro

This study examines nonadjacent dependencies in chimpanzee tool-use sequences, finding evidence of hierarchical structuring similar to human language.

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chicken / avianbehavioral assay

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Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivNov 25, 2024

Old age variably impacts chimpanzee engagement and efficiency in stone tool use

Elliot Howard-Spink, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Susana Carvalho…·Dora Biro

This study examines how aging affects nut-cracking behavior in wild chimpanzees, finding age-related declines in engagement and efficiency with individual variability.

6 citations

chicken / avianimaging

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