Staff profile

Chapter in book

• Kendal, R., & Watson, R. (2023). Adaptive Social Learning: Social Learning Strategies and their Applications. In J. J. Tehrani, J. Kendal, & R. Kendal (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198869252.013.14

Journal Article

• Watson, R., Morgan, T., Kendal, R., Van de Vyver, J., & Kendal, J. (2024). Investigating the effects of social information on spite in an online game. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 6, Article e26. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2024.18
• Howell-Jones, R., Gold, N., Bowen, S., Bunten, A., Tan, K., Saei, A., Jones, S., MacDonald, P., Watson, R., Bennett, K. F., & Chadborn, T. (2023). Can uptake of childhood influenza immunisation through schools and GP practices be increased through behaviourally-informed invitation letters and reminders: two pragmatic randomized controlled trials. BMC Public Health, 23(1), Article 143. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14439-4
• Gold, N., Ratajczak, M., Sallis, A., Saei, A., Watson, R., van Schaik, P., Bowen, S., & Chadborn, T. (2022). Provision of social-norms feedback to general practices whose antibiotic prescribing is increasing: a national randomized controlled trial. Journal of Public Health, 30, 2351-2358. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01645-4
• Gold, N., Tan, K., Sherlock, J., Watson, R., & Chadborn, T. (2021). Increasing uptake of NHS Health Checks: a randomised controlled trial using GP computer prompts. British Journal of General Practice, 71(710), Article e693. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2020.0887
• Gold, N., Egan, M., Londakova, K., Mottershaw, A., Harper, H., Burton, R., Henn, C., Smolar, M., Walmsley, M., Arambepola, R., Watson, R., Bowen, S., & Greaves, F. (2021). Effect of alcohol label designs with different pictorial representations of alcohol content and health warnings on knowledge and understanding of Low Risk Drinking Guidelines: A randomized controlled trial. Addiction, 116(6), 1443-1459. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15327
• Gold, N., Watson, R., Weston, D., Greaves, F., & Amlôt, R. (2021). A randomized controlled trial to test the effect of simplified guidance with visuals on comprehension of COVID-19 guidelines and intention to stay home if symptomatic. BMC Public Health, 21(1), Article 892. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10787-9
• Watson, R., Morgan, T. J., Kendal, R. L., Van de Vyver, J., & Kendal, J. (2021). Social learning strategies and cooperative behaviour: Evidence of payoff bias, but not prestige or conformity, in a social dilemma game. Games, 12(4), Article 89. https://doi.org/10.3390/g12040089