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by Jade Hooper

Dear BERGers, Just a reminder there is no BERG meeting this week as the annual John Damien Lecture will be held on Friday 11th October at 6.45pm in Logie Lecture Theatre by our very own Emeritus Professor, Phyllis Lee. The abstract and event registration can be found through this link: http://bit.ly/TheJohnDamienLecture_2019 The next BERG meeting will be held on Wednesday 16th October in the Psychology department common room (3A94) at 5:30pm with drinks and nibbles provided. The most up to date schedule is available on Box for details of talks and for information on dates where BERG is not running (here: https://stir.box.com/s/skboejxqbtg8b52aiadnzi07tv0nrsog). If you have new students who might wish to be on the BERG mailing list, please send them this e-mail. To sign up to the BERG mailing list please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (you can also use this link to unsubscribe). Best wishes, Jade -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jade Hooper | Research Assistant and PhD Candidate - Faculty of Social Science | 3T37, RG Bomont Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA | E-mail: jade.hooper(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:jade.hooper@stir.ac.uk> | Web:http://www.stir.ac.uk/social-science/ Reports and summaries for the Permanently Progressing? Building secure futures for children in Scotland study including an information sheet for children are available here<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/social-sciences/our-research/researc…>

5 years, 8 months

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Next BERG meeting Wednesday 16th October

by Jade Hooper

Dear BERGers, Just a reminder there is no BERG meeting this week as Professor Vicky Melfi is giving a seminar on "Human-animal interactions: considering animal welfare in the Anthropocene" (abstract below). The talk will be in 3A94 on Thursday 3rd October @ 4pm. Her presentation is being generously sponsored by the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW - see https://www.ufaw.org.uk/). The next BERG meeting will be held on Wednesday 16th October in the Psychology department common room (3A94) at 5:30pm with drinks and nibbles provided. This is despite my previous claim we had no BERG for 3 weeks instead of 2! The most up to date schedule is available on Box for details of talks and for information on dates where BERG is not running (here: https://stir.box.com/s/skboejxqbtg8b52aiadnzi07tv0nrsog). If you have new students who might wish to be on the BERG mailing list, please send them this e-mail. To sign up to the BERG mailing list please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (you can also use this link to unsubscribe). Best wishes, Jade Vicky has just co-edited this book (e-book is free from the Uni library). Hosey, G. (ed.) & Melfi, V. (ed.) 2018 Anthrozoology: human-animal interactions in domesticated and wild animals, Oxford University Press. Human-animal interactions: considering animal welfare in the Anthropocene We are currently living in the Anthropocene: a time defined by the disproportionate impact humans are having on the Earth. Currently human's impact the future of the Earth to a greater extent than any other factor, including biological and/or geological processes. It is no surprise then, that humans impact the lives of animals. As a society it seems we are becoming increasingly aware that the lives of humans are inextricably linked with the lives of animals, directly and indirectly. The discipline of Anthrozoology strives to study human-animal interactions (HAI), relationships and bonds providing us with much needed empirical evidence to understand the impact we as humans have on animals and vice versa. Human impact on animal welfare is diverse, encompassing those animals in human-care but also those where HAI might never occur. The type of impact humans have on animals is often depicted through a negative lens, but this talk will highlight the great capacity which exists for humans to benefit animal welfare. In the shadow of an often depressing monologue of doom and gloom that highlights how humans are responsible for causing animal welfare insults a plenty, it is time and necessary to refocus. There are many ways in which humans are supporting and improving the welfare of animals. Importantly, it is only with an optimistic outlook that we will be able to truly plan and implement change to ensure good animal welfare on a global scale. When living in the Anthropocene the one thing we can sure of, is that human impact is global, so let's ensure that global impact is positive. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jade Hooper | Research Assistant and PhD Candidate - Faculty of Social Science | 3T37, RG Bomont Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA | E-mail: jade.hooper(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:jade.hooper@stir.ac.uk> | Web:http://www.stir.ac.uk/social-science/ Reports and summaries for the Permanently Progressing? Building secure futures for children in Scotland study including an information sheet for children are available here<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/social-sciences/our-research/researc…>

5 years, 8 months

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FW: Dinner with Vicky Melfi, Thursday 3rd October

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Dear BERGers (sorry for cross postings) Prof Vicky Melfi is coming to give us a seminar in Stirling on<x-apple-data-detectors://0> Thursday 3<x-apple-data-detectors://0>rd<x-apple-data-detectors://0> October, 4pm<x-apple-data-detectors://0> in 3A94. Her presentation is being generously sponsored by the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW – see https://www.ufaw.org.uk/ ) We shall be going for dinner afterwards. I have booked the Meadowpark pub for up to 20 people for 6.15pm. We already have 16 folk booked. As you know it’s a 10 minute walk from the University so no transport difficulties as we shall walk. https://www.themeadowparkstirling.co.uk/ Because I anticipate we shall be a large group, they have requested we sign up for our dinner choices in advance (it is £18 for two courses). Please be quick and book your place by sending me your menu choice from attached menu I cannot amend the booking after 10am on Monday 30 September so that is your absolute deadline if you want to come. It should be a good night! Best, Hannah Vicky has just co-edited this book (e-book is free from the Uni library). Hosey, G. (ed.) & Melfi<https://hartpury.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/victoria-melfi>, V. (ed.)<https://hartpury.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/victoria-melfi> 2018 Anthrozoology<https://hartpury.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/anthrozoology-human-anim…>: human-animal interactions in domesticated and wild <https://hartpury.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/anthrozoology-human-anim…> animals<https://hartpury.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/anthrozoology-human-anim…>, Oxford <https://hartpury.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/victoria-melfi/publications/> University Press<https://hartpury.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/victoria-melfi/publications/>. Her seminar title is - Human-animal interactions: considering animal welfare in the Anthropocene We are currently living in the Anthropocene: a time defined by the disproportionate impact humans are having on the Earth. Currently human’s impact the future of the Earth to a greater extent than any other factor, including biological and/or geological processes. It is no surprise then, that humans impact the lives of animals. As a society it seems we are becoming increasingly aware that the lives of humans are inextricably linked with the lives of animals, directly and indirectly. The discipline of Anthrozoology strives to study human-animal interactions (HAI), relationships and bonds providing us with much needed empirical evidence to understand the impact we as humans have on animals and vice versa. Human impact on animal welfare is diverse, encompassing those animals in human-care but also those where HAI might never occur. The type of impact humans have on animals is often depicted through a negative lens, but this talk will highlight the great capacity which exists for humans to benefit animal welfare. In the shadow of an often depressing monologue of doom and gloom that highlights how humans are responsible for causing animal welfare insults a plenty, it is time and necessary to refocus. There are many ways in which humans are supporting and improving the welfare of animals. Importantly, it is only with an optimistic outlook that we will be able to truly plan and implement change to ensure good animal welfare on a global scale. When living in the Anthropocene the one thing we can sure of, is that human impact is global, so let’s ensure that global impact is positive.

5 years, 9 months

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BERG meeting Wednesday 25th September

by Jade Hooper

Dear BERGers, Happy new week! Lovely to see so many of you on Wednesday - what a fabulous mix of people we have! This week (Wednesday 25th September) we have the fabulous Gema giving a talk on mental time travel. This is a rehearsal for a talk she will be giving as part of a European Research Council grant competition and would really appreciate the opportunity to practice this in front of a live audience with questions at the end. It would be really nice if as many of us as possible could attend to help her out. Plus, mental time travel sounds rather intriguing! An short abstract of Gema's talk is provided at the end of this email. A quick reminder that meetings are held in the Psychology department common room (3A94) at 5:30pm with drinks and nibbles provided The most up to date schedule is available on Box for details of talks and for information on dates where BERG is not running (here:https://stir.box.com/s/skboejxqbtg8b52aiadnzi07tv0nrsog). If you have new students who might wish to be on the BERG mailing list, please send them this e-mail. To sign up to the BERG mailing list please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (you can also use this link to unsubscribe). Looking forward to seeing you all on Wednesday! Best wishes, Jade It is about time: Uncovering the temporal mechanisms underlying human mental time travel. Mental time travel is the ability that allows humans to mentally project themselves backwards in time to remember past events (i.e., episodic memory) or forwards in time to imagine future events (i.e., future thinking). Despite empirical evidence showing that animals might possess mental time travel abilities, some still claim that this ability is uniquely human. Recent debates have suggested that it is the temporal component that makes mental time travel uniquely human. Advances in the field have been constrained by a lack of comparative data, methodological shortcomings that prevent meaningful comparisons, and a lack of clear conceptualizations of the temporal component. My talk will present a research project on which a novel comparative approach to study of mental time travel will be suggested.

5 years, 9 months

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FW: 1st call for papers: UFAW Animal Welfare Conference 1st July 2020, Birmingham UK

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

May be of interest to some...... ------------------------------- Recent advances in animal welfare science VII UFAW Animal Welfare Conference University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 1st July 2020 The field of animal welfare is a cross-disciplinary area of study that seeks to offer guidance and find solutions to the challenges raised by our caring for and interactions with both kept and wild animals. As part of its on-going commitment to improving animal welfare through increased scientific understanding of animals' needs and how these can be met, UFAW is holding the seventh of its series of one day conferences on 'Recent advances in animal welfare science' on 1st July 2020. This regular meeting, which this year is being held in Birmingham, aims to provide a forum at which the broad and growing international community of scientists, veterinary surgeons and others concerned with animal welfare can come together to share knowledge and practice, discuss advances and exchange views. Call for papers: We would like to hear from anyone interested in making a contribution to the conference on the subject of recent advances in applied ethology, veterinary and physiological science and the other disciplines that inform our understanding of animals and their welfare. We hope that this meeting will feature talks and poster presentations from both established animal welfare scientists and others and from those at the beginning of their research careers. Submissions should feature the title of the proposed contribution, the preferred nature of the contribution - talk or poster, the name and full contact details of all contributors and an abstract. The abstract must be in English and should be no longer than 400 words. Further details about formatting and submission can be found here. Time allocated to talks at the meeting is likely to be in region of 20 minutes, which includes time for questions. The deadline for submission of abstracts is Friday 29th November 2019. Please send a copy of the abstract by email to Stephen Wickens @ wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk<mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk> Conference timetable * Deadline for submission of abstracts - 29th November 2019 * Notification of decision of judging panel on submitted abstracts - by 14th February 2020 * Deadline to accept offer to contribute to the conference - 13th March 2020 * Deadline for receipt of amendments to accepted abstracts - 15th May 2020 * Start of conference - 1st July 2020 at 9.00am. Finishes at 5.30pm. Other details: As part of UFAW's commitment to providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and to ensure that the meeting is accessible to widest range of those with an interest in animal welfare, the registration fee to attend this conference is kept low as is possible, this time at £63. Note: This price includes refreshments, including on arrival, and lunch. Further details on the conference, including a registration form, formatting of abstracts and booking accommodation in Birmingham can be found on the UFAW website: www.ufaw.org.uk/bham20<http://www.ufaw.org.uk/bham20> Contact details: Stephen Wickens, Bham 2020, UFAW, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, AL4 8AN, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1582 831818; Fax: +44 (0)1582 831414; Website: www.ufaw.org.uk<http://www.ufaw.org.uk/>; Email: wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk<mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk> For further information about UFAW awards, scholarships, meetings and other news follow us on: Facebook: Universities Federation for Animal Welfare - UFAW<http://www.facebook.com/ufaw.org.uk> ; Twitter: @UFAW_1926<https://twitter.com/ufaw_1926> About UFAW: The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW), the international animal welfare science society, is a UK registered scientific and educational charity that brings together the animal welfare science community, educators, veterinarians and all concerned about animal welfare worldwide in order to achieve advances in the well-being of farm, companion, laboratory and captive wild animals, and for those animals with which we interact in the wild. Registered Charity No 207996 (Registered in England) and Company Limited by Guarantee No 579991

5 years, 9 months

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BERG - Autumn meetings 2019

by Jade Hooper

Dear BERGers, Welcome - old and new! I hope you all enjoyed the summer and are ready for the new year ahead! Our weekly Wednesday evening meetings start again this week (18th September) and run until 11th December when we will be holding our festive Christmas Party!! A copy of the current schedule is attached. However, things change so please make sure you check the most up to date schedule on Box for details of talks and for information on dates where BERG is not running (found here: https://stir.box.com/s/skboejxqbtg8b52aiadnzi07tv0nrsog). We currently only have one slot left (27th November), so if you do want to talk then do not dilly dally, get in touch with myself or Hannah and we will add you to the list. Meetings are held in the Psychology department common room (3A94) at 5:30pm with drinks and nibbles provided. This week (Wednesday 18th September) - Come along to meet the gang! There is no formal talk but instead an opportunity for introductions and updates of activities within the group. Please come along and say hi! There is wine and chocolate biscuits.... If you have new students who might wish to be on the BERG mailing list, please send them this e-mail. To sign up to the BERG mailing list please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (you can also use this link to unsubscribe). Looking forward to seeing you all on Wednesday! Best wishes, Jade --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jade Hooper | Research Assistant and PhD Candidate - Faculty of Social Science | 3T37, RG Bomont Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA | E-mail: jade.hooper(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:jade.hooper@stir.ac.uk> | Web: http://www.stir.ac.uk/social-science/ Reports and summaries for the Permanently Progressing? Building secure futures for children in Scotland study including an information sheet for children are available here<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties-and-services/social-sciences/our-res…>

5 years, 9 months

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Fundraising for Paws for Progress

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Dear BERGers I generally do not use this mailing list for fundraising, but Paws for Progress is a very special cause so do support if you feel able. Thank you, Hannah ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kiltwalk 2019 - fundraiser in aid of Paws for Progress Rebecca Leonardi and her dog Karma are walking together with team Paws for Progress at the Kiltwalk in Edinburgh on the 15th September. It's a great way of raising much needed funds as 140% of donations raised will be donated to Paws for Progress! We know first hand the positive difference that Paws for Progress makes to the lives of people and dogs in need. I hope that by doing the Kiltwalk, we will be able to raise more funds so that Paws for Progress can help more people and dogs create brighter futures together. Here's the link to our fundraising page: https://edinburghkiltwalk2019.everydayhero.com/uk/rebecca-20 Paws for Progress CIC is dedicated to improving the lives of people and animals. Working across a range of settings including schools, prisons and community groups, Paws for Progress develop and deliver educational programmes and tailored animal assisted interventions to help people most in need of support. Our flagship project is our rescue dog training programme at HMP & YOI Polmont, established in 2011, which continues to develop and expand, benefiting both the young people and rescue dogs involved. At Paws for Progress the well-being of both the people and the dogs is equally important, and we treat both with kindness, respect and empathy. “The dogs—they change the way you think and the way you act. They trust you, it’s that mutual bond. You think you’re helping them but they’re helping you too.” Student, Paws for Progress at HMP YOI Polmont. We would be so grateful for any donation you could give to support us, and if you can share our page with others who could help, that would be really appreciated too. Thank you! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dr Rebecca Leonardi Research Fellow Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Telephone: 07875 678370 Email: rebecca.leonardi(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:rebecca.leonardi@stir.ac.uk> Development Manager Paws for Progress Web: www.pawsforprogress.co.uk<http://www.pawsforprogress.co.uk> Facebook and Twitter: @pawsforprogress

5 years, 9 months

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John Damien Lecture - 11 October 2019

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Apologies for cross postings! Please do register to come to Phyllis' lecture! From: Louise Lavery <louise.lavery(a)stir.ac.uk> Sent: 02 September 2019 11:51 To: Psychology Staff <PsychologyStaff(a)stir.ac.uk>; Psychology PhD Students <Psychology-PhD-Students(a)stir.ac.uk> Subject: John Damien Lecture - 11 October 2019 Dear all, You can now register for our annual John Damien Lecture which will be held on Friday 11th October at 6.45pm in Logie Lecture Theatre. The lecture will be given by pour very own, Emeritus Professor, Phyllis Lee. The abstract and event registration can be found through this link: http://bit.ly/TheJohnDamienLecture_2019 Please forward to any interested parties. Kind regards, Louise Lavery Administration Assistant Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences (01786) 467640

5 years, 9 months

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FW: First Research Seminar - Thurs 29th August

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Apologies for cross posting but this seminar might be of interest to you – 4pm in the common room. From: Gema Martin-Ordas <gema.martin-ordas(a)stir.ac.uk> Sent: 28 August 2019 16:12 To: Psychology Staff <PsychologyStaff(a)stir.ac.uk>; Psychology PhD Students <Psychology-PhD-Students(a)stir.ac.uk> Subject: First Research Seminar - Thurs 29th August Dear all, Just a little reminder about Alex Taylor's talk tomorrow at 4pm in 3A94. He will be talking about "What can birds teach us about the evolution of intelligence." Abstract Over the past decade birds have shown the ability to produce problem-solving performances that rival those of our closest relatives, the great apes. This opens up the exciting possibility that birds have convergent evolved minds that think in similar ways to primates, despite the starting point for this evolutionary trajectory being a brain with a radically different structure from the mammalian brain. I will discuss three recent findings from my lab that provide evidence that birds have minds that i) are intrinsically motivated to produce certain complex behaviours, ii) are capable of mental simulation and iii) support domain-general thought. This research has a number of interesting implications for both the evolution of intelligence and the creation of artificial intelligence. Best, Gema

5 years, 10 months

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Re: [BERG] BERG presentation morning - 28th April 9.30-12.30

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Just a wee reminder for our BERG talks tomorrow morning. Hannah From: Hannah Buchanan-Smith Sent: 12 August 2019 13:30 To: berg Mailing List <berg(a)lists.stir.ac.uk> Cc: Psychology Staff <PsychologyStaff(a)stir.ac.uk>; Psychology PhD Students <Psychology-PhD-Students(a)stir.ac.uk>; Danny Martelli <dam00309(a)students.stir.ac.uk>; Sagarika Phalke <sap00091(a)students.stir.ac.uk>; Sarah Regan <smr00017(a)students.stir.ac.uk>; Georgia Smith <ges00053(a)students.stir.ac.uk>; Jemma Clare <jec00099(a)students.stir.ac.uk>; Monisha Bhatia <mob00048(a)students.stir.ac.uk>; Amy McDonald <amm00084(a)students.stir.ac.uk>; Zsuzsa Lugosi <zsl00001(a)students.stir.ac.uk> Subject: BERG presentation morning - 28th April 9.30-12.30 Dear all Please find attached the schedule for the BERG presentation day on Wednesday 28th August, 9.30-12.30 in the Psychology common room (3A94). All welcome. Best, Hannah Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties-and-services/natural-sciences/our-re…> Stirling Human Animal Interaction Research (SHAIR<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties-and-services/natural-sciences/our-re…>) Group Room 3A79, Cottrell Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland Tel: 01786 467674 Fax: 01786 467641 E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk> Home page: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/257464 http://marmosetcare.com/ http://www.247animalwelfare.eu/ http://refiningdogcare.com/

5 years, 10 months

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BERG meetings - starting again on Wednesday 18th September

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Dear BERGers, Hope your summer has been great. We are pleased to say that the Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) seminars are coming back soon. These seminars are held on Wednesdays at 5.30pm in 3A94. We hope that Jade Hooper (PhD student) will be the local organiser, though given her other commitments we are open to offers of support! Meetings will start on Wednesday 18th September, so please add these Wednesday dates to your diaries, noting there will be no meeting on Wednesday 23rd October as it is mid semester break, and we shall wind up 11th December (with a Christmas party). Another date for your diary is the John Damien lecture which will be on Friday 11th October (late afternoon), and presented by our very own Emeritus Professor Phyllis Lee. Details will follow. There is also the BERG presentation morning on 28th August that I informed you of earlier this week. The first BERG meeting is on Wednesday 18th September at 5.30pm in 3A94 (Psychology common room). We shall use this meeting for introductions, including I hope for our new students, and updates from the summer…please come prepared to share news of any grants awarded, papers published, exciting conferences attended etc. The success of BERG depends upon you! Please consider signing up for a seminar slot. Presenting at BERG is an excellent way to practice talks, hone your presentation skills, get feedback on grant application ideas, lead a discussion of a controversial/interesting research paper etc. You can also suggest external speakers who we might invite (local speakers only please). Doodle software is no longer free so please look at the schedule in the Box link – and then email me and Jade and we shall update the schedule. If you can provide a title that also helps! ( h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk>; jade.hooper(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:jade.hooper@stir.ac.uk> ) https://stir.box.com/s/skboejxqbtg8b52aiadnzi07tv0nrsog If you have new students who might wish to be on the BERG mailing list, please send them this e-mail. To sign up to the BERG mailing list new folk must complete the form available here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg You can also use this link to unsubscribe. Many thanks, Hannah and Jade Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties-and-services/natural-sciences/our-re…> Stirling Human Animal Interaction Research (SHAIR<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties-and-services/natural-sciences/our-re…>) Group Room 3A79, Cottrell Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland Tel: 01786 467674 Fax: 01786 467641 E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk> Home page: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/257464 http://marmosetcare.com/ http://www.247animalwelfare.eu/ http://refiningdogcare.com/

5 years, 10 months

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BERG presentation morning - 28th April 9.30-12.30

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Dear all Please find attached the schedule for the BERG presentation day on Wednesday 28th August, 9.30-12.30 in the Psychology common room (3A94). All welcome. Best, Hannah Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties-and-services/natural-sciences/our-re…> Stirling Human Animal Interaction Research (SHAIR<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties-and-services/natural-sciences/our-re…>) Group Room 3A79, Cottrell Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland Tel: 01786 467674 Fax: 01786 467641 E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk> Home page: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/257464 http://marmosetcare.com/ http://www.247animalwelfare.eu/ http://refiningdogcare.com/

5 years, 10 months

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Berg on 3rd July

by Sagarika Phalke

Hello Everyone, I hope this email finds you well! I wanted to request for a BERG meeting on the 3rd of July either at 5:00 or 5:30 pm (whatever is most convenient). I am presenting at the BIAZA conference on the 9th of July and wanted some feedback on my talk. Its just a 10 minute talk, but I would really appreciate the critical feedback since this is my first experience presenting at an academic conference. The title of the talk is 'Captive Elephant Welfare- A case study of an Indian Zoo'. I do hope that some of you will be able to make it. Of course drinks and snacks will be provided! Look forward to seeing some of you Warm regards Sagarika

5 years, 11 months

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BERG fun and games - 12th June

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Zsuzsa has asked me to send the following message - I presume the usual slot of 5.30pm..... Dear BERGers, Hope you are all well! I was thinking of bringing a few board games around next week (12th of June) so we can have some fun and catch up! I have games about the mind, forests, clouds or even planets, so what would tickle your fancy? Please let me know if you are interested and I will arrange nibbles and drinks accordingly! Kind regards, Zsuzsa zsl00001(a)students.stir.ac.uk

6 years

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PTNCE Conference Invitation

by Zsófia Csajbók

Dear BERGers, I would like to raise your attention to a nice conference in Prague in September about evolution and human behavior: http://2019.ptnce.pl/. Christine Caldwell will be one of the invited plenary lecturers, and Craig Roberts is the head on the scientific board. The conference is usually small-scale, with friendly atmosphere and plenty of opportunities for networking and sharing ideas. The abstract submission is open until 16 June. We are looking forward to seeing many new faces on our yearly conference. Best wishes, Zsófia

6 years

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BERG on Wednesday 22 May - can you help me?

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

?Dear BERGers I am giving a keynote presentation at the International Conference on Environmental Enrichment in Japan next month. The talk title is: Enrichment for primates in laboratories and zoos: Same principles, different constraints The talk is supposed to be about 25 minutes long. I am looking for an audience for a practice presentation - to help me with timing, and to get feedback on content, flow etc. If you are able to come along and give feedback I'd appreciate it. I can supply drinks and nibbles to entice! Wednesday 22nd May, 5.30pm prompt, Psychology Common room - 3A94. I'll need to be away by 6.30pm. Hope to see a few folk there! Best wishes, Hannah PS I have booked the common room every Wednesday from 5.15-7pm for BERG activities - so please feel free to use this slot as you see fit (academic or otherwise - Rosyl set a good precedent last week!) Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties-and-services/natural-sciences/our-re…> Stirling Human Animal Interaction Research (SHAIR<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties-and-services/natural-sciences/our-re…>) Group Room 3A79, Cottrell Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland Tel: 01786 467674 Fax: 01786 467641 E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk> Home page: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/257464 http://marmosetcare.com/ http://www.247animalwelfare.eu/ http://refiningdogcare.com/

6 years, 1 month

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BERG Meeting - Wednesday 24th April

by Deborah Bruce

Dear BERGers, Our last meeting of the Spring Semester is tomorrow (Wednesday 24th April). Hannah Buchanan-Smith will be hosting Sabrina Brando who will be giving a presentation titled, "Global Collaboration for Animal Welfare". Please find further details in the attached PDF file. Please note that this will be a full seminar starting at our usual time of 5.30 p.m. in the Common Room (3A94). Drinks and nibbles will be provided as always. Look forward to seeing you all tomorrow. Best, Deborah

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Hannah Buchanan-Smith awarded 2019 Osman Hill Medal

by Liz Williamson

Hearty congratulations to Hannah! From: List for members of the Primate Society of Great Britain <PSGB(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> on behalf of Lewis Dean <lewis.g.dean(a)GMAIL.COM> Date: Tuesday, 14 May 2019 at 09:17 To: "PSGB(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK" <PSGB(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Subject: Osman Hill Medal 2019 Dear all, We are delighted to announce that Professor Hannah Buchanan-Smith has been awarded the 2019 Osman Hill Medal for her research on animal welfare, her service to PSGB and her contributions to primatology. Hannah will be delivering the Osman Hill Lecture at the EFP/ PSGB conference in Oxford in September. Best wishes, Lewis PSGB Secretary

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BERG Meetings - 17th and 24th April 2019

by Deborah Bruce

Dear BERGers, Just a reminder that there is no BERG Meeting this week (17th April), but we do have one final date for this Semester. On Wednesday 24th April 2019 Hannah Buchanan-Smith will be hosting Sabrina Brando who will give a talk on, "Global Collaboration for Animal Welfare". Please note that this will be a full length seminar but will start at our usual time of 5.30 p.m., in the common room (3A94). Best, Deborah

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BERG Meeting - Wednesday 10th April 2019

by Deborah Bruce

Dear BERGers, This week at BERG our meeting is devoted to Final year dissertation opportunities at the Safari Park, when we will be joined by our colleagues from Blair Drummond. Our meeting is at the usual time and venue: 5.30 p.m. in the Common Room (3A94), with the usual drinks and nibbles. It would be good to see as many regular BERGers come along as possible. An up to date copy of our schedule can be found at: https://stir.app.box.com/s/rwzik2tsai3kausdtekqvgayv34otmgt Best Wishes, Deborah

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Re: [BERG] [TEAC] STEB Meeting

by Fiona Maisels

Hi all Who's coming to the British Ecological Society/ Society for Tropical Ecology meeting in Edinburgh next week? I'm going to some things, as I live in Edinburgh it's easy. Kind wishes Boo

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BERG Meeting - Wdnesday 3rd April 2019

by Deborah Bruce

Dear BERGers, This week at BERG our we have an external speaker Mary-Anne Collis, who is Conservation Officer for Argyll, The Trossachs & Stirlingshire with the Scottish Wildlife Trust and Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels. Mary-Anne will present an illustrative talk about the work of the "Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels" project both Nationwide and locally, to include the threats facing red squirrels, what is being done to help combat these threats and track the squirrel populations. She will also explain how we can get involved. [cid:cfef4590-eb1b-434a-b694-90b74598a126][cid:d79ab1ff-934a-4c06-b7bc-b2a059658e37][cid:b05e3414-5293-451f-8642-61d38dc6d7f2] Our meeting is at the usual time and venue: 5.30 p.m. in the Common Room (3A94), with the usual drinks and nibbles. If you have students who might wish to be on the BERG mailing list, please send them this e-mail. To sign up to the BERG mailing list please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe) An up to date copy of our schedule can be found at: https://stir.app.box.com/s/rwzik2tsai3kausdtekqvgayv34otmgt See you all on Wednesday. Best Wishes, Deborah

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Re: [BERG] No BERG: Mid-semester break!

by Guillermo Hidalgo Gadea

For: berg Mailing List Read Lists Message <http://lists.stir.ac.uk.readweb-tnn.live/msgviewer?id=5c9e4f8b40529f0001da0…> 13:02:03 Re: [BERG] No BERG: Mid-semester break! Take action before Saturday ________________________________ The University is ranked in the QS World Rankings of the top 5% of universities in the world (QS World University Rankings, 2016/17) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Seminar 4th April, 4pm University of Stirling

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Dear all Dr. Mandy Paterson, Principal Scientist at RSPCA Queensland, Australia will give a talk entitled "Adoption success, behaviour assessment and other research at RSPCA Queensland" (abstract below) Thursday 4th April, 3A94, Cottrell Building , University of Stirling. External visitors please see: https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/getting-here/ Note you need to pay for parking between 9am-5pm. If anyone would like to join us for dinner after Mandy's talk please let me know by Tuesday 2nd April so I may book a table (h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk) Please feel free to share amongst colleagues/other potentially interested parties. "Adoption success, behaviour assessment and other research at RSPCA Queensland" Abstract RSPCA Qld rehomes over 6,000 dogs and 10,000 cats a year as well as approximately 2,000 other species (birds, livestock, rodents and reptiles). We aim to achieve a successful match between adopted pet and new owner but this, unfortunately is not always the case. Animals brought back within 14 days are named 'returns', are accepted back and the owner receives a refund. Pets brought back after 14 days, in most cases, are treated the same as any other 'surrender' and are not tagged as a 'return' in our database (although the animal will have the same identification number). The 'return rate' for RSPCA Qld is around 3% but the true number of animals that comes back to us (returns and surrenders) has not been examined. When an animal is returned or surrendered a reason for this is recorded. However, whether the reasons given paint an accurate picture is not known. Initial analysis reveals that between 4% (kittens) and 13% (adult dogs) are brought back to the shelter and 70% of these are in the first 14 days. A better understanding of the animals coming back - how long they are staying in the new home, and why they are being brought back - will allow us to improve our adoption processes, animal preparation for adoption and support given for animals after adoption. In shelters around the world, dogs' behaviour is assessed prior to adoption to gauge suitability for adoption, ensure public safety (aggressive dogs are not allowed into the community), and instigate behaviour modification programs where necessary. However, the validity and predictability of such assessments is currently under fire with some shelters even stopping assessments altogether. RSPCA Qld believes there is value in canine behaviour assessment and we have conducted several studies with the aim to improve overall assessment processes and gauge just how predicative our testing is. We found the following post-adoption behaviours were significantly correlated with shelter behaviour assessment: friendliness and social behaviour including interactions with children, strangers and known and unknown dogs and cats; anxiousness; and fear. When asked about their adopted dog's behaviour around food, 91% of new owners were not concerned, and when asked about their dog when it had been left alone, 80% were not concerned about its behaviour. Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties-and-services/natural-sciences/our-re…> Stirling Human Animal Interaction Research (SHAIR<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties-and-services/natural-sciences/our-re…>) Group Room 3A79, Cottrell Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland Tel: 01786 467674 Fax: 01786 467641 E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk> Home page: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/257464 http://marmosetcare.com/ http://www.247animalwelfare.eu/ http://refiningdogcare.com/

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BERG Meeting - Wednesday 27th March 2019

by Deborah Bruce

Dear BERGers, This week at BERG our speaker is Guillermo Hidalgo Gadea who will be talking about his MSc Project in Evolutionary Psychology titled, "Spontaneous numerical cognition in human and non-human primates". Guillermo plans to focus his talk on the combination of discrete and continuous magnitude features in a quantity discrimination task. Along with very preliminary results for human and chimpanzee performance, there will be a short outlook on further data analysis and lots of fun videos. Abstract: "Much work has been conducted in human and non-human animals' performance in relative quantity discrimination (Agrillo & Bisaza, 2014; Gallistel & Gelman, 2000), and results indicate that human and non-human animals may share a magnitude scale, i.e. the approximate number system (ANS; Cantlon, Platt & Brannon, 2009). Discrimination performance has been shown to be subject to Weber's law, resulting in lower performance discriminating between similar quantities, and lower performance discriminating between large quantities, thus varying as a function of the ratio between the smaller and the larger quantity (Beran & Parrish, 2016). Nevertheless, little is known about how accurate primates mentally represent and combine different magnitude features, e.g. continuous (size) and discrete (numerosity) magnitudes, to discriminate total quantities. This research aims to explore quantity representation and feature preferences in different primate species, analysing limits of spontaneous quantity discrimination in competing magnitude features. " [cid:ce5525cf-f3aa-403e-9405-d749af5b5c73] Our meeting is at the usual time and venue: 5.30 p.m. in the Common Room (3A94), with the usual drinks and nibbles. If you have students who might wish to be on the BERG mailing list, please send them this e-mail. To sign up to the BERG mailing list please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe) An up to date copy of our schedule can be found at: https://stir.app.box.com/s/rwzik2tsai3kausdtekqvgayv34otmgt See you all on Wednesday. Best Wishes, Deborah

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