Dear BERGers,
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) are holding their annual conference<https://www.ufaw.org.uk/ufaw-events/ufaw-online-animal-welfare-conference-2…> online this year. To make things a bit more social, I'm organising an informal 'hublet' (AKA watch party) in the Psychology Common Room 20 June and 21 June for those registered to attend the conference to tune in together.
The idea is that we join together in real life to watch the talks together and have the sorts of informal discussions that we might at an in-real-life conference. If you want to join in (PGRs and Masters students welcome too!), please first register for the meeting here<https://www.ufaw.org.uk/ufaw-events/ufaw-online-animal-welfare-conference-2…> (UFAW is a charity; conference registration is £30.00 for students/unwaged). Then join us IRL in the common room on 20th June (from 1015) / 21 June (from 0800) to 'watch-party' together for as many of the sessions as you wish.
UFAW's conference has two great Keynote speakers<https://www.ufaw.org.uk/ufaw-events/ufaw-online-animal-welfare-conference-2…> (below) plus a wide variety of research talks and speed talks looking at many aspects of animal welfare and Human-Animal Interaction in species from chickens to cats to fish to Komodo Dragons!
Dr Beth Ventura (University of Lincoln, UK)
Title: Animal welfare: The elephant in the room is us
Professor Lars Chittka (Queen Mary, University of London, UK)
Title: Bee sentience and its welfare implications
Plus a special shout out for Stirling's own Sarah Weir (PhD student) and Lynsey McDevitt (former MSc student) who will have a virtual poster presentation at the meeting too.
Look forward to seeing many of you for the UFAW watch-party (or virtually at the meeting),
Clare
Students: book to talk with me here<https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/PsychologyY1PersonalTuteesTutorD…>.
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Lecturer in Psychology and Course Director for MSc/MA Human-Animal Interaction
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University of Stirling
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May be of interest to some....and it's free but your need to register. All links below.
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From: Karolina Westlund <karolina(a)illis.se>
Sent: 25 May 2023 12:41
To: Hannah Buchanan-Smith <h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk>
Subject: Beyond "training" - helping reactive dogs
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Hi there Hannah,
It's with great excitement that I announce an upcoming free online summit, all on the topic of helping reactive dogs.
Now, you might not even have a dog, let alone a reactive one, but hear me out before you stop reading... 😍
Although the topic of this summit is dog reactivity, what the more than 20 invited experts (and yes, yours truly being one of them) will discuss are things like:
* how to build a good relationship with the animal in your care
* how we can prevent or reduce unwanted behaviour by addressing emotional needs
So, this summit isn't so much about how we can use *training* to prevent or reduce reactivity, but rather the foundational work that helps the animal learn resilience and how to cope living with us humans.
This is an area that I've been increasingly intrigued by in the last few years, and I'm really eager to hear what the other presenters have to share on this topic. I'm familiar with about half of them and can vouch for them: they're exceedingly good at what they're doing, and they truly care about animals and their people - so I'm excited to learn from the unfamiliar names, too!
The summit will take place from June 5-9th. It's free of charge, but you need to sign up to get access! :-)
Hoping to *see* you there! Find out more and sign up here. <https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=LsBcc&m=3Yu_mJ5Z7xgus5Q&b=aR6tY2uPNWIwrI1…>
Until next time, take care,
//Karolina
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Dear Bergers,
If anyone would like to review one of these books for the International Journal of Primatology, please let me know.
The Cooperative Neuron - William A. Phillips - Oxford University Press (oup.com)<https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-cooperative-neuron-978019887698…>
*Note this should be reviewed from a primatology angle for the readership of IJP
Gibbon Conservation in the Anthropocene<https://www.cambridge.org/academic/subjects/life-sciences/biological-anthro…>
Sharon
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Sharon Kessler (she/her), PhD
Lecturer in Psychology
Cottrell Building Room 3B92, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, SCOTLAND
Tel: +44(0)1786 467 651
Email: sharon.kessler(a)stir.ac.uk
Website: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1104622#research; https://www.sharonekessler.com/
Book review editor: International Journal of Primatology
Academic editor: PLOS ONE
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Sharon Kessler (she/her), PhD
Lecturer in Psychology
Cottrell Building Room 3B92, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, SCOTLAND
Tel: +44(0)1786 467 651
Email: sharon.kessler(a)stir.ac.uk
Website: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1104622#research; https://www.sharonekessler.com/
Book review editor: International Journal of Primatology
Academic editor: PLOS ONE
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Dear Bergers,
I am delighted to announce that this week's BERG seminar (Wednesday, May 10th at 4pm, hybrid), will be Dr Arnaud Tognetti from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. He will be discussing the identification of sickness. The abstract and link are below. Please join us, either in the Psychology common room or online!
Identification of sickness: some past, current and future projects
Humankind is an inherently social species. Although social life brings clear benefits, sociality also facilitates transmission of infectious pathogens. Many social species, including mandrills, mice, and lobsters identify sick conspecifics via olfactory and visual cues and strategically avoid physical contact with them. Humans are likewise able to identify sick individuals based on visual cues of sickness, such as vomiting, coughing, sneezing or rashes, and the perception of these cues induces strong emotional disgust and subsequent avoidance. However, these sickness cues are expressed when people are already at an advanced disease stage and, often, have been contagious for a while. The ability to detect and avoid sick individuals in the early stages of infection would be even more efficient in reducing the likelihood of contamination. In this talk, I will present an overview of my recent work that suggests that sickness can be identified based on different sensory sickness cues (e.g., facial, olfactory, vocal) only a couple hours after an experimentally induced systemic inflammation.
Link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_MjI5NTVhOGItNWM0OC00Nz…
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Sharon
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Sharon Kessler (she/her), PhD
Lecturer in Psychology
Cottrell Building Room 3B92, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, SCOTLAND
Tel: +44(0)1786 467 651
Email: sharon.kessler(a)stir.ac.uk
Website: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1104622#research; https://www.sharonekessler.com/
Book review editor: International Journal of Primatology
Academic editor: PLOS ONE
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Dear Bergers,
This week our BERG seminar will be a sound recording workshop run by Dr Pawel Fedurek. He will be demonstrating and showing the new sound recording equipment that BERG has acquired. The workshop will be in person April 26th at 4 pm in the Psychology Common Room (C3A94).
If you are a PhD student or an early career researcher -- or simply interested in how these methods could be used in your research -- please do come along! All are welcome -- especially PhD students and early career folks!
Best wishes,
Sharon
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Sharon Kessler (she/her), PhD
Lecturer in Psychology
Cottrell Building Room 3B92, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, SCOTLAND
Tel: +44(0)1786 467 651
Email: sharon.kessler(a)stir.ac.uk
Website: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1104622#research; https://www.sharonekessler.com/
Book review editor: International Journal of Primatology
Academic editor: PLOS ONE
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Hi everyone,
Below is more information about the techniques Jennifer discussed during the recent BERG discussion with Alexandra Horowitz.
Sharon
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Sharon Kessler (she/her), PhD
Lecturer in Psychology
Cottrell Building Room 3B92, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, SCOTLAND
Tel: +44(0)1786 467 651
Email: sharon.kessler(a)stir.ac.uk
Website: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1104622#research; https://www.sharonekessler.com/
Book review editor: International Journal of Primatology
Academic editor: PLOS ONE
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From: Cunha, Jennifer <j.cunha(a)northeastern.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 1:17 AM
To: Sharon Kessler <sharon.kessler(a)stir.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Fear-Reduction Training for Wild Animals
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Thank you, Sharon! I've just signed up. The below info works - here is also a link to the dog version. https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/behavior/modifying-aggressive-dog-behavio… For wild primates, the 'sub-threshold' behavior would be moving away from the human - so you'd present the stimulus at a far enough distance where they don't move away.
[https://s28489.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/0508-Jolanta_and_Juni.jpg…]<https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/behavior/modifying-aggressive-dog-behavio…>
Modifying Aggressive Dog Behavior - Whole Dog Journal<https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/behavior/modifying-aggressive-dog-behavio…>
Whole Dog Journal contributor Pat Miller writes on modifying aggressive dog behavior. ¡°Constructional Aggression Treatment¡± is a promising new approach.
www.whole-dog-journal.com
I'm also happy to chat with anyone who needs some specific ideas or training protocols. I've written training protocols for projects for Northeastern, MIT, University of Glasgow, etc.
Thanks again! I loved the session and can't wait to learn more!
Jen Cunha
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