February 2022 - BERG - University of Stirling Mailing Lists

Participants required for eye-tracking study
by Rachel Cassar 15 Feb '22

15 Feb '22

Dear BERGers Sharon and I are still looking for participants for the below study. If folk on here are interested in participating, please get in touch! Kind regards Rachel --- Care-giving is puzzling. Providing care to others when they are sick and contagious is dangerous; the carer risks contracting the disease. Under these circumstances, care-giving should not evolve. This project examines how the psychological changes that occurred in the human lineage after we diverged from other apes may have facilitated care-giving in our species. Have you ever wondered why we take care of others when they are sick? Want to help figure out why? We are recruiting groups of 2 - 10 friends to participate in this project investigating how people respond to images of friends and strangers when they look healthy and unhealthy. You would first have your pictures taken (Part 1) and then participate in eye-tracking and pupillometry experiments with video recording (Part 2). Participants will be reimbursed with 2 tokens and a £20 Amazon voucher. Sign up for Part 1 here: https://stirling.sona-systems.com/exp_info.aspx?experiment_id=2156 or search for "HumansCare: The Evolution of Care-Giving for Sick People (Part 1)" on Psychweb. If you can't access the study on Psychweb please contact rachel.cassar(a)stir.ac.uk. After completing Part 1, participants will be invited to sign up for Part 2. For any queries, please send an email to rachel.cassar(a)stir.ac.uk. ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG seminar next week (16 February) RESCHEDULED
by Pawel Fedurek 10 Feb '22

10 Feb '22

Dear BERGers, This is to let you know that, due to the industrial action, there will be no meeting next week. Dr Bruce Rawlings has kindly agreed to reschedule his talk to the 13th of April. Best wishes, Pawel ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG seminar today, 16:00
by Pawel Fedurek 09 Feb '22

09 Feb '22

Dear BERGers, A quick reminder that today Ashleigh Messenger is giving a talk about her MSc project about the relationship between socioeconomic status and pro-environmental behaviour - please see details in the attached abstract. Hope to see you later! The link to the meeting, as well as a list of the forthcoming speakers, are below this email. Best wishes, Pawel Spring semester speakers:  Date Time Speaker Affiliation Seminar title 26/01/2022 16:00 Ashleigh Messenger University of Stirling TBC, MSc project 02/02/2022 16:00 Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas University of Glasgow TBC, animal-computer interactions 09/02/2022 16:00 Zsuzsa Lugosi Kings Collage London TBC, PhD project 16/02/2022 16:00 Bruce Rowlings Durham University TBC, cumulative culture 23/02/2022 16:00 Derry Taylor University of Neuchatel TBC, Vocal communication and cognition in chimpanzees 02/03/2022 MID SEMESTER BREAK 09/03/2022 16:00 Roxanne Hawkins UWS TBC 16/03/2022 16:00 Harmonie Klein Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology TBC, Loango chimpanzees 23/03/2022 16:00 Alexander Weiss University of Edinburgh TBC 30/03/2002 16:00 Kris Sabbi Tufts University TBC, the ontogeny of aggressive behaviour in chimpanzees 06/04/2022 16:00 Stuart Watson University of Zurich TBC, animal social learning 13/04/2022 16:00 TBC TBC 20/04/2022 16:00 Gema Martin-Ordas University of Stirling TBC, reporting p values in primate tool use research 27/04/2022 16:00 André Pereira University of Exeter TBC 04/05/2022 16:00 Laura Lewis Harvard University TBC, bonobo cognition 11/05/2022 16:00 TBC 18/05/2022 16:00 Sabrina Brando University of Stirling TBC Link to the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.mic…> ------------------------------- 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 Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844> Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling> Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…> I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday). ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Fw: ASAB Easter Meeting 2022 Registration is OPEN
by Pawel Fedurek 08 Feb '22

08 Feb '22

Dear BERGers, Some of you might be interested, please see below. Thanks Sophia! Best wishes, Pawel ________________________________ From: Sophia Daoudi <Sophia.Daoudi(a)newcastle.ac.uk> Sent: 08 February 2022 12:41 To: Pawel Fedurek <pawel.fedurek(a)stir.ac.uk> Subject: FW: ASAB Easter Meeting 2022 Registration is OPEN CAUTION: This email originated from outside University of Stirling. Do not follow links or open attachments if you doubt the authenticity of the sender or the content. ________________________________ Hi Pawel, I hope this finds you well. Would you be able to circulate the below details to BERG please? Best wishes, Sophia Sophia Daoudi-Simison | PhD | Psychology Staff Demonstrator (Pronouns: She/Her) School of Psychology, Newcastle University, UK Centre for Behaviour and Evolution<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncl.a…> Scottish Primate Research Group<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fliving-lin…> E: sophia.daoudi(a)newcastle.ac.uk<mailto:sophia.daoudi@newcastle.ac.uk> T: 0191 208 3108 [cid:image002.png@01D81CE9.2E818EF0] Note: My normal working hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. I will reply to student emails within 2 working days (excluding weekends and bank holidays), unless I am otherwise unavailable (i.e. when I have an out of office response in place, when the University is closed, or when I am on annual leave). My e-mail practice conforms to the Faculty of Medical Sciences E-mail Guidelines https://newcastle.sharepoint.com/hub/medical/Pages/policy-procedures.aspx<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewcastle…> From: cbe-announce-request(a)newcastle.ac.uk <cbe-announce-request(a)newcastle.ac.uk> On Behalf Of Tom Smulders Sent: 08 February 2022 12:39 To: 'cbe-announce(a)ncl.ac.uk' <cbe-announce(a)ncl.ac.uk> Subject: ASAB Easter Meeting 2022 Registration is OPEN Dear all, The registration for the ASAB (Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour) Easter meeting 2022 (held at Newcastle University from 6-8 April) is now open until 13 March. There is also still time to submit your abstract (deadline this weekend: 13 February). For more information, see https://www.ncl.ac.uk/cbe/seminars/item/asabeaster2022.html<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncl.a…> Tom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tom Smulders, Ph.D., Reader in Evolutionary Neuroscience Director of the Centre for Behaviour and Evolution (www.ncl.ac.uk/cbe<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncl.ac…>) Deputy Lead for the Behavioural Sciences and Psychology Research Theme Biosciences Institute The Henry Wellcome Building for Neuroecology, Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH; Tel: ..44-(0)191-208-5790; Fax: ..44-(0)191-208-5227 http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/tom.smulders/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.staff.…> My email practice conforms to the Faculty of Medical Sciences Email Guidelines (link below) https://newcastle.sharepoint.com/hub/medical/Pages/policy-procedures.aspx<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewcastle…> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNDER THE MOST PRECISELY CONTROLLED CONDITIONS ANIMALS AND CHILDREN DO AS THEY DAMN PLEASE!!! Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are mine, and mine only. They are not those of the Newcastle University. [email-signature_update] ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG meeting today, 16:00
by Pawel Fedurek 07 Feb '22

07 Feb '22

Dear BERGers, A quick reminder that today our own Zsuzsa Lugosi (King's College London) is giving a talk about her PhD project entitled "Investigating the ways young children (aged 6-11) connect to nature at the Natural History Museum of London". Hope to see you later! The link to the meeting, as well as a list of the forthcoming speakers, are below this email. Best wishes, Pawel Link to the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.mic…> Spring semester speakers:  Date Time Speaker Affiliation Seminar title 09/02/2022 16:00 Zsuzsa Lugosi King's Collage London Investigating the ways young children (aged 6-11) connect to nature at the Natural History Museum of London. 16/02/2022 16:00 Bruce Rowlings Durham University TBC, cumulative culture 23/02/2022 16:00 Derry Taylor University of Neuchatel TBC, Vocal communication and cognition in chimpanzees 02/03/2022 MID SEMESTER BREAK 09/03/2022 16:00 Roxanne Hawkins UWS TBC 16/03/2022 16:00 Harmonie Klein Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology TBC, Loango chimpanzees 23/03/2022 16:00 Alexander Weiss University of Edinburgh TBC 30/03/2002 16:00 Kris Sabbi Tufts University TBC, the ontogeny of aggressive behaviour in chimpanzees 06/04/2022 16:00 Stuart Watson University of Zurich TBC, animal social learning 13/04/2022 16:00 TBC TBC 20/04/2022 16:00 Gema Martin-Ordas University of Stirling TBC, reporting p values in primate tool use research 27/04/2022 16:00 André Pereira University of Exeter TBC 04/05/2022 16:00 Laura Lewis Harvard University TBC, bonobo cognition 11/05/2022 16:00 TBC 18/05/2022 16:00 Sabrina Brando University of Stirling TBC ------------------------------- 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 Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844> Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling> Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…> I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday). ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG seminar, Wednesday 16:00
by Pawel Fedurek 06 Feb '22

06 Feb '22

Dear BERGers, I hope you had a great weekend. This Wednesday (9 Feb), our own Zsuzsa Lugosi (King's College London) will give a talk about her PhD project entitled "Investigating the ways young children (aged 6-11) connect to nature at the Natural History Museum of London". Hope to see you all on Wednesday! The link to the meeting, as well as a list of the forthcoming speakers, are below this email. Best wishes, Pawel Link to the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.mic…> Spring semester speakers: Date Time Speaker Affiliation Seminar title 09/02/2022 16:00 Zsuzsa Lugosi King's Collage London Investigating the ways young children (aged 6-11) connect to nature at the Natural History Museum of London. 16/02/2022 16:00 Bruce Rowlings Durham University TBC, cumulative culture 23/02/2022 16:00 Derry Taylor University of Neuchatel TBC, Vocal communication and cognition in chimpanzees 02/03/2022 MID SEMESTER BREAK 09/03/2022 16:00 Roxanne Hawkins UWS TBC 16/03/2022 16:00 Harmonie Klein Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology TBC, Loango chimpanzees 23/03/2022 16:00 Alexander Weiss University of Edinburgh TBC 30/03/2002 16:00 Kris Sabbi Tufts University TBC, the ontogeny of aggressive behaviour in chimpanzees 06/04/2022 16:00 Stuart Watson University of Zurich TBC, animal social learning 13/04/2022 16:00 TBC TBC 20/04/2022 16:00 Gema Martin-Ordas University of Stirling TBC, reporting p values in primate tool use research 27/04/2022 16:00 André Pereira University of Exeter TBC 04/05/2022 16:00 Laura Lewis Harvard University TBC, bonobo cognition 11/05/2022 16:00 TBC 18/05/2022 16:00 Sabrina Brando University of Stirling TBC ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Free talk on personality and conservation
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 03 Feb '22

03 Feb '22

Can understanding animal personalities help us to improve conservation? 8 Feb 2022 18:00 - 19:30 All details here - no need to register - live streamed on YouTube (link in this link!) https://www.zsl.org/science/whats-on/can-understanding-animal-personalities… [https://www.zsl.org/sites/default/files/image/2021-09/4%20-%20Sulawesi%20ma…]<https://www.zsl.org/science/whats-on/can-understanding-animal-personalities…> Can understanding animal personalities help us to improve conservation? | Zoological Society of London (ZSL)<https://www.zsl.org/science/whats-on/can-understanding-animal-personalities…> The idea of humans having individual personalities is something that we are all aware of and experience in our daily lives. These behavioural characteristics, that stay consistent over time, influence how we deal with our environment, including changes in situation and how we socialise with people around us. www.zsl.org They have a great programme of events so you may wish to explore! Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk> Home page: <https://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11925> https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/257464 http://marmosetcare.com/ Animal Welfare 24/7 across the lifespan<https://animalconcepts.mykajabi.com/247approachtopromotingoptimalwelfarefor…> https://nc3rs.org.uk/housing-and-husbandry-dogs ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Chimp Paper from yesterday on individual behaviours
by Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas 03 Feb '22

03 Feb '22

Hi, Thank you for inviting me for the talk yesterday. It was wonderful to share my work and have such engaging discussions. Here is the tweet I was talking about before the presentation on Chimps behaviour: https://twitter.com/goldsboroughzoe/status/1488818257247322113?s=21 And a link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.7120/09627286.31.1.011 Warmth, Ilyena

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Online questionnaire about Zoos
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 02 Feb '22

02 Feb '22

If any of you have a spare 10 minutes to help this PhD student ....thank you To whom it may concern, You are invited to participate in PhD research entitled Understanding zoo visitors and non-visitors’ knowledge, perceptions and behaviours supervised by Dr. Robert Young and Dr. Danielle Hinchcliffe and conducted by Fok Tsz Ting, who are staff and student of School of Science, Engineering & Environment in University of Salford. The purpose of the study is to understand participants' knowledge, perceptions and behaviours toward zoos and how these factors influencing zoo visitors and non-visitors. You are invited for an online questionnaire which lasts for 5-10 minutes. Identifying information of all participants will be confidential with the research use only. The original questionnaires will be stored in a safe security system until the research is officially published. All research data will be destroyed after 10 years of the journal publication. For more details about the study, you may refer to the attached survey link. You can access the online questionnaire from the below link or QR code (attached). https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/G5RF6ZW<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surve…> Should you have any problems, please contact me at t.t.fok(a)edu.salford.ac.uk<mailto:t.t.fok@edu.salford.ac.uk> Best regards, Francis Staff at the University of Salford are working hard to support our students in an unprecedented situation. Please be assured that the health and wellbeing of our University community is our major concern and we will take actions accordingly. For the most up to date information, please see this link<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftestlives…>. We will be responding to e-mails as quickly as we can between the hours of 9am to 5pm. [University of Salford] Prof Rob Young Chair in Wildlife Conservation | Science, Engineering & Environment G51 Peel Building, University of Salford, Manchester M5 4WT T: +44(0) 161 295 2058 r.j.young(a)salford.ac.uk<mailto:r.j.young@salford.ac.uk> | My HomePage<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.salfo…> Office Hours on Campus: 1.30pm to 3.30pm Mondays [cid:image002.jpg@01D81819.F850BF00] ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG seminar today, 16:00
by Pawel Fedurek 01 Feb '22

01 Feb '22

Dear BERGers, A quick reminder that today Dr Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas (University of Glasgow) is giving a talk about her research on animal-computer interactions. The link to the meeting, as well as a list of the forthcoming speakers, are below this email. See you later! Best wishes, Pawel Link to the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.mic…> Spring semester speakers:  Date Time Speaker Affiliation Seminar title 02/02/2022 16:00 Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas University of Glasgow TBC, animal-computer interactions 09/02/2022 16:00 Zsuzsa Lugosi Kings Collage London Investigating the ways young children (aged 6-11) connect to nature at the Natural History Museum of London. 16/02/2022 16:00 Bruce Rowlings Durham University TBC, cumulative culture 23/02/2022 16:00 Derry Taylor University of Neuchatel TBC, Vocal communication and cognition in chimpanzees 02/03/2022 MID SEMESTER BREAK 09/03/2022 16:00 Roxanne Hawkins UWS TBC 16/03/2022 16:00 Harmonie Klein Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology TBC, Loango chimpanzees 23/03/2022 16:00 Alexander Weiss University of Edinburgh TBC 30/03/2002 16:00 Kris Sabbi Tufts University TBC, the ontogeny of aggressive behaviour in chimpanzees 06/04/2022 16:00 Stuart Watson University of Zurich TBC, animal social learning 13/04/2022 16:00 TBC TBC 20/04/2022 16:00 Gema Martin-Ordas University of Stirling TBC, reporting p values in primate tool use research 27/04/2022 16:00 André Pereira University of Exeter TBC 04/05/2022 16:00 Laura Lewis Harvard University TBC, bonobo cognition 11/05/2022 16:00 TBC 18/05/2022 16:00 Sabrina Brando University of Stirling TBC ------------------------------- 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 Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844> Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling> Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…> I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday). ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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