Dear all,
On Wednesday this week at 4pm, Prof. Bennett Schwartz (Florida International University, USA) will be talking about metacognition. Please, see below the title and short abstract for his talk.
As I mentioned before, this meeting will be online (below is the teams link). However, I have booked the Psychology common room for all our meetings, so I will be there with my computer setting up the talk. You’re welcome to join me there.
Title: Comparative approaches and the natural ecology of metacognition
Abstract: Most cognitive scientists assume that our core cognitive abilities evolved through natural selection. However, we lack the ability to assess causality concerning the natural selection processes that shaped human cognition. As such, I advocate a comparative approach to understand the potential natural selection of cognition. In this talk, I consider metacognition, the experience and knowledge of one’s own cognitive system. I compare the methods used in humans and non-human primates with respect to both the cognitive mechanisms underlying metacognition and the accuracy of metacognition at predicting performance on an object-level task. I advocate for an approach to metacognition that makes hypotheses based on natural ecology and then applies those hypotheses to a wide range of species.
Best,
Gema
Schedule for future meetings:
Date
Time
Speaker
Topic
Location
21/09/2022
4pm
Jeff Martin (McGill University, Canada)
Canadian crows and planning
Online
28/09/2022
4pm
Jade Hooper (University of Stirling)
TBC
F2F (Common Room, Psych)
05/10/2022
4pm
Michael Beran (Georgia State University, USA)
Metacognition in primates
Online
12/10/2022
4pm
Claire Hemingway (Texas University, USA)
Bees and bats cognition
Online
19/10/2022
4pm
Kristine Gandia (University of Stirling)
TBC
F2F (Common Room, Psych)
02/11/2022
3-5pm
Joint meeting—BERG & BES
TBC
F2F (Common Room, Psych)
09/11/2022
4pm
Francesca de Petrillo (Newcastle University, UK)
Decision-making in primates
Online
16/11/2022
4pm
Stephen Ferrigno (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)
Origins of human thought
Online
23/11/2022
4pm
Sarah Weir (University of Stirling)
TBC
Online
30/11/2022
4pm
Sabrina Brando (University of Stirling)
Individual, leadership, and organisational aspects of human wellbeing in zoos and aquariums
F2F (Common Room, Psych)
07/12/2022
4pm
Gloria Sabbatini (Istc-CNR Unit of Cognitive Primatology & Primate Center, Italy)
Tool use in primates
Online
14/12/2022
3pm
Elias Garcia Pelegrin (University of Cambridge, UK)
Crows and understanding of magic tricks
Online
Link to the online meetings:
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In case of interest to somebody.....!
The Animal Welfare Science and Ethics team at the Royal Veterinary College are recruiting!
Lecturer in Animal Welfare and Cognition (part time)
Location: Hawkshead, near Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, UK
Salary: £48,737 to £62,368 Inclusive of London Weighting
Permanent, Part Time
Closing Date: 23.59 hours BST on Monday 17 October 2022
Interviews will be held on Thurs 17th November 2022
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Dear All,
Some of you might be interested - please see below.
Thanks Zsuzsa!
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
Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844>
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I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday).
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From: Zsuzsa Lugosi <lugosi.zsuzsa(a)gmail.com>
Sent: 31 August 2022 22:33
To: Pawel Fedurek <pawel.fedurek(a)stir.ac.uk>
Subject: possible Interest for BERG members?
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Hello Pawel,
I was wondering if you could forward the following information to BERG members, it could be possible interest to someone.
Editor in Chief positions (x2)
Dear Colleagues,
I hope you are doing well! As the newly elected President of the Linnean Society of London, I am writing to alert you to two ongoing searches for the Editor in Chief role for two of the Linnean Society journals – specifically the Botanical Journal and the Zoological Journal, and to ask for your assistance in spreading the word among your communities and networks.
The Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society publishes original papers on systematic and evolutionary zoology and comparative studies of both living and fossil animals, while the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society publishes original papers on systematic and evolutionary botany and comparative studies of both living and fossil plants. Both of these Editor-in-Chief positions will receive an honorarium of £15,000 per year (plus up to £1,000 in travel expenses for the purpose of attending conferences to publicise the journal) and will be appointed for a fixed three-year period, with a start date of 1 April 2023. It will also be expected that the successful applicant will make themselves available to shadow the existing Editors-in-Chief from October/November 2022 to the end of March 2023 to enable a smooth transition.
The Editors-in-Chief will be supported by a Journal Editorial Manager who will manage all the journal’s online systems, processes and relationships to ensure that the journal is published in a timely manner and adheres to the highest editorial standards. They are further supported by a Journal Officer who is responsible for supporting the Journal Editorial Manager in the delivery and production of the required administrative support to the Editors-in-Chief of the Linnean Society Journals. The decision to create this in-house administrative team to support the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board was made by the Linnean Society’s Council earlier this year, in order to reduce the administrative workload on the Editor-in-Chief and allow them to spend more time on setting out a future direction for the journal and (with the assistance of the Linnean Society and our publishers OUP) raising the profile of the journal amongst authors and sourcing interesting papers.
For the Editors-in-Chief roles, we are especially interested in finding a creative individual who will work with us to facilitate the future development of the journals, and who possesses the appropriate networks and communication skills to ensure that the journal thrives at the international level. UK residency is not required for these roles, and we welcome applications from early career scientists with relevant editorial experience. Mindful of EDI (equality, diversity and inclusion) principles, the new Editors-in-Chief will continue to ensure a diversity of authors and editorial board members and will be committed to widening access to research to a broader community of all those interested in protecting nature.
Further details of both Editor-in-Chief roles are available here: https://www.linnean.org/the-society/vacancies-and-volunteering<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linne…>. Please note the deadline for the Editor-in-Chief of the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society role is next Thursday, September 8 (12pm BST). The deadline for the Editor-in-Chief of the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society role is Friday, September 16 (12pm BST).
Thank you for your help in disseminating these exciting opportunities, and I look forward to seeing many of you at conferences this autumn and winter!
Best wishes,
Anjali
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Prof. Anjali Goswami
President, Linnean Society of London
Dean of Postgraduate Education
Research Leader, Department of Life Sciences
The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD UK
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