[BERG] BERG seminar this Wednesday, 16:00 (common room)

[Pawel Fedurek]

Dear All,

This Wednesday Dr Victoria Lee (Scotland's Rural College) will be giving a seminar entitled "Do jackdaws learn socially about dangerous people? Please find the abstract below. Hope to see you there!


Abstract: In anthropogenic habitats, humans can present both an opportunity and a threat to wildlife. In these situations, it may be beneficial for animals to use social information to learn about dangerous people and avoid direct encounters that could be costly. We tested whether jackdaws use social information to learn about the level of danger posed by unfamiliar people. Using a within-subjects design, jackdaws were presented with an unfamiliar person near their nest, paired with conspecific alarm calls or a neutral control. Jackdaws that heard alarm calls showed a heightened fear response in subsequent encounters with the person, suggesting that jackdaws use social learning to assess the level of risk posed by people.


MSTeams link:


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Remaining meetings:

Date
01/05/2024

Time
16:00

Speaker
Victoria Lee (SRUC)

Format
F2F/hybrid

08/05/2024

10:00

James Brooks (Kyoto)

Online

15/05/2024



tbc



22/05/2024

16:00

Elodie Freymann (Oxford)

online


Best wishes,
Pawel

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Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his)

Lecturer in Psychology

Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG)



Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences

University of Stirling

Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland, UK



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