Prof. Thomas Pollet


This page will feature updates on my work.

Plotting a preprint co-author network...

Following a post by Matti Vuorre on how to plot a PsyArxiv co-author network over on BlueSky, I had a stab at making my own! My attempt is below. Code can be found here. [Read More]
Tags: Research, R, Social network analysis, Preprints

Preprint on gender and evolutionary psychology indexes - accepted!

This is just a small post, to celebrate that our preprint on gender and indexes in evolutionary psychology text books is now accepted for publication in Human Ethology . Thanks to my co-authors, helpful reviewers and the editor (Iris Holzleitner) for their support. [Read More]
Tags: Research, Preprint, Gender, Evolutionary Psychology

A very basic simulation for ELO ratings

For a grant proposal I intend to write, I wanted to play around with a simulation for ELO ratings. If you are somewhat familiar with chess (or sport tournaments), you will know this as a way for quantifying skill. It also is used in the study of animal dominance hierarchies... [Read More]
Tags: Research, R coding, Methods, Simulation