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by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Dear BERGers Welcome to the new academic year, and the start of our BERG meetings again on Wednesday 20th September, in the common room (3A94) - 5.30pm SHARP. We have our newest colleague, Dr Gema Martin-Ordas presenting a talk entitled " False memories in short-term memories in chimpanzees". The talk will last about 30 minutes, followed by discussion. We shall also use the first 15-20 minutes of this meeting to introduce ourselves, as we have a lot of new people. We still need to recruit some more speakers for the programme - as we have noted it's a great way to practise talks and develop those valuable presentation skills. Please sign up and/or feel free to suggest local speakers that we may wish to invite. The Doodle poll is here: https://doodle.com/poll/4gigufnkunz3hzzx 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 Donna Kean is kindly organising the BERG seminars this semester, and she will circulate the programme in due course. See you next Wednesday. Drinks and nibbles as usual. All good wishes, Hannah Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) 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://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11925 http://marmosetcare.com/ http://www.247animalwelfare.eu/index.html Recently launched: http://refiningdogcare.com/ http://www.refiningdogcare.com/images/RDC%20Flyer.pdf

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Fwd: [Stir3Rs] September seminar - 'Our local AWERB - what's in it for me?'

by Laura Scullion Hall

Dear BERGers, Apologies for cross-posting. Please see below for details of a Stir3Rs seminar from Dr Penny Hawkins of the RSPCA which may be of interest to those whose research involves animals. Kind regards Laura Begin forwarded message: From: Laura Scullion Hall <laura.hall(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:laura.hall@stir.ac.uk>> Subject: [Stir3Rs] September seminar - 'Our local AWERB - what's in it for me?' Date: 13 September 2017 at 13:13:08 BST To: stir3rs Mailing List <stir3rs(a)lists.stir.ac.uk<mailto:stir3rs@lists.stir.ac.uk>> Reply-To: Stir3Rs Group <stir3rs(a)lists.stir.ac.uk<mailto:stir3rs@lists.stir.ac.uk>> Dear all, I’m delighted to say that our first Stir3Rs seminar of the autumn semester will take place on Wednesday 27th September at 1.30pm in Cottrell 2A54. We have Dr Penny Hawkins, head of the RSPCA’s lab animals science group, talking to us about 'Our local AWERB - what's in it for me?’. The talk will focus on the benefits of ethical review for researchers and scientific quality, and will be relevant to all of those whose research involves animals (including non-regulated research). Please forward this announcement to staff or postgraduates not on the list who may be interested in attending. Kind regards Laura --------------------------------------------------- Dr Laura Scullion Hall Research Fellow Behaviour and Evolution Research Group Psychology, School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Email: laura.hall(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:laura.hall@stir.ac.uk> Tel.:+44 (0)1786 466849 Web.: https://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/28900 BERG home page<http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/groups/psychology/behaviour…> | Twitter<http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/groups/psychology/behaviour…> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/bergstirling> Stir3Rs home page<http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/3rs/> | mailing list<http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/stir3rs> Twitter: @dogwelfaresci<http://www.twitter.com/dogwelfaresci> Open access<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056871914003074>: Refining dosing by oral gavage in the dog Open access<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056871916301101>: The influence of facility and home pen design on the welfare of laboratory-housed dogs [cid:E43CF3B3-5694-4D7F-9099-D7C07CA33983@stir.ac.uk] www.RefiningDogCare.com<http://www.refiningdogcare.com/> ¦ Resources for those working with dogs in research Twitter<https://twitter.com/refiningdogcare> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/refiningdogcare> _______________________________________________ Stir3Rs mailing list Stir3Rs(a)lists.stir.ac.uk<mailto:Stir3Rs@lists.stir.ac.uk> http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/stir3rs

7 years, 9 months

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Jo White seminar

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Please find attached the poster advertising Jo White's seminar entitled Sustainable Animal Welfare Through Human Behaviour Change - 21st September (4pm, Stirling University). All are welcome so feel free to circulate to anyone who might be interested and is available. We shall go out for early dinner afterwards. All good wishes, Hannah Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) 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://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11925 http://marmosetcare.com/ http://www.247animalwelfare.eu/index.html Recently launched: http://refiningdogcare.com/ http://www.refiningdogcare.com/images/RDC%20Flyer.pdf

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Job ad - Director at a chimpanzees sanctuary in Liberia

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

This might be of interest to someone - it is a job advertisement working as Director at a chimpanzees sanctuary in Liberia - the former NYBC VILAB facility, now managed by the HSI/HSUS. Dr Kay Farmer tells me it is a great opportunity for the right person.

7 years, 9 months

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New term, new BERG!

by Donna Kean

Dear BERGers, A reminder that our first BERG meeting will be held on Wednesday 20th September at 5.30pm in the Psychology common room (3a94), and will be held at the same time each week (excluding Wed 25th October for mid-semester break). Please do sign up for a slot as it's a great way to practise talks and develop those valuable presentation skills. Please also feel free to suggest local speakers that we may wish to invite. https://doodle.com/poll/4gigufnkunz3hzzx 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. Best wishes, Donna

7 years, 10 months

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Events of interest to BERGers

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

It is fantastic that Donna is organising our BERG seminars next semester – please do sign up for a session! These sessions are a great way to get feedback on ideas, and they depend on us all to make them work…. There are other events of special interest to BERGers - Jo White from Progressive ideas, will speak on the topic of Human Behaviour Change for Animal Welfare Thursday 21st September, 4pm in room 3A94 in Cottrell building. http://www.progressiveideas.co.uk/jo-white/ I shall circulate her abstract nearer the time, but please add to your diary if you are interested. Also – we have a lecture Tamed: With Professor Alice Roberts Tuesday 17 Oct 2017, 7.30pm http://macrobertartscentre.org/event/tame-with-alice-roberts-/ You will need to buy your own ticket. Join Professor Alice Roberts as she delves into archaeology, history and genetics to reveal the amazing stories of the species that became our allies. £16.50 / £14.50 Conc Book Tickets<http://macrobertartscentre.org/event/tame-with-alice-roberts-/#book_tickets> How do you tame wildness? For hundreds of thousands of years our ancestors existed in a world where they depended on wild plants and animals. They were hunter-gatherers, consummate survival experts, but taking the world as they found it. Then a revolution happened: we started to domesticate wild species and they became crucial to our own survival and success. Join Alice Roberts as she delves into archaeology, history and genetics to reveal the amazing stories of the species that became our allies. From dogs, cattle and horses to wheat, potatoes and apples, find out how taming all these species has left its mark on them - and us. Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) 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://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11925 http://marmosetcare.com/ http://www.247animalwelfare.eu/index.html Recently launched: http://refiningdogcare.com/ http://www.refiningdogcare.com/images/RDC%20Flyer.pdf

7 years, 10 months

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New term, new BERG!

by Donna Kean

Dear BERGers, I hope you are all looking forward to a new season of BERG! I am currently recruiting speakers for Wednesdays starting from September 20th. All are welcome to give a talk or lead a discussion. If you would like to sign up please follow the link below to the Doodle poll. https://doodle.com/poll/4gigufnkunz3hzzx I look forward to seeing you all in September! Best wishes, Donna

7 years, 10 months

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Sean Roberts seminar on Monday 22nd May

by Christine Caldwell

??Dear all, We have got a visiting researcher from the University of Bristol, Sean Roberts, coming to the Division on 22nd May (a week on Monday), and he has offered to give a talk while he is here, so I have attached a poster with the details. Sean is interested in how the nature of communication shapes the cultural evolution of languages, so I think his talk will appeal to anyone with interests in language and communication, and/or social learning and cultural evolution. Please do come along if you are interested (and feel free to spread the word further if you can think of others who might like to attend). The talk will be at noon on Monday 22nd in the Psychology common room (3A94). Apologies for any cross-posting. Christine. [X]

8 years, 1 month

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This week's BERG meeting: Wed 10 May - Claire Watson

by Christine Caldwell

Hi all, Just a reminder that we have Claire Watson giving a talk at BERG this Wednesday (poster attached). If anyone would like to come for a drink or dinner after the meeting, the plan is to head into town to the big Wetherspoon's pub (The Crossed Peels at the top of Friar's Street) - a fairly unsophisticated venue admittedly, but quite a practical option under the circumstances! There should be plenty of room for anyone who wants to come along, and there's no need to commit to staying for dinner if you just want a quick drink. Also, we will be well-placed for anyone making the (now traditional) dash for the train station in time for the last proper train to Edinburgh before the bus replacement services take over. The meeting starts at 5.30pm as per usual in the Psychology common room (3A94). Drinks and nibbles will be provided. Hope to see you there! Christine.

8 years, 1 month

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Claire Watson seminar next week (Wed 10 May)

by Christine Caldwell

Dear all, Please find attached a poster with details of a forthcoming seminar to be held in our usual BERG discussion group slot next week. I am distributing this to others in Psychology as well as our BERG distribution list, because the speaker is Claire Watson who some people may remember as a former Stirling PhD student (2007-2011). She is now based in Japan, where she has been doing postdoctoral work at the University of Kyoto. If you would like a chance to catch up with Claire (or indeed to meet her for the first time!) then please do come along. All welcome! Apologies for cross-postings. Christine.

8 years, 1 month

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Macaque volunteer

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Here is a great volunteer opportuity at the Safari Park - if interested please contact Katie Macfarane with requested information ( education(a)blaidrummond.com<mailto:education@blaidrummond.com> ) "Macaque Habitat Warden A voluntary position has arisen for a self-motivated person to join our macaque team as a macaque habitat warden. The role is unpaid, but you will build up experience and knowledge of working with captive primates. Perfect for someone looking to further their career in an animal related discipline. The main duties will include patrolling the macaque habitat and monitoring behaviour of the Safari Parks large troop of Barbary Macaques, supervising the public within the drive through habitat, recording any interesting behaviours and reporting back to the Macaque team. This voluntary position will be best suited to someone who enjoys being outside (in all weather), self-motivated, confident and reliable. We would also like someone who can commit to at least a two week placement. In return, you will get to volunteer within a team of dedicated macaque keepers and learn about captive primate husbandry. You will also be provided with a lunch voucher for the days that you are on duty. For those interested, please email your details along with a covering statement to education(a)blaidrummond.com<mailto:education@blaidrummond.com>" Kind Regards, Katie Macfarlane -Education and Inspiration Team Officer -Work Placement Coordinator [edulogo] Blair Drummond Safari Park, Stirling, FK9 4UR. Direct Line: 01786 843 105

8 years, 2 months

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26.04.2017: Paxton Culpepper- assortative social features of the behavioural immune system

by Eoin O'Sullivan

Dear BERGers, This Wednesday, 26th, we have PhD candidate Paxton Culpepper giving a talk entitled: "Experimentally testing the main assortative social features of the behavioural immune system." After Paxton's talk we will be going to the Allanwater Brewhouse to celebrate the end of semester (http://bridgeofallan.co.uk/), so please do join us?. All are welcome! I look forward to seeing you then! Eoin? The Relationship between the Behavioural Immune System, Assortative Sociality and Religiosity Throughout evolutionary history humans have evolved psychological mechanisms fashioned to solve adaptive problems of survival. Parasite-stress has been a major adaptive problem throughout the evolutionary history of all animals, including humans. Evidence suggests that humans have evolved a behavioural immune system, which includes the emotion disgust, to motivate avoidance of potential threats of infectious microorganisms and individuals who may carry them. Throughout ancestral history out-group individuals were most likely carrying pathogens to which the locals were not immunologically adapted, thus leading to in-group-out/group bias via assortative social behaviours such as philopatry, ethnocentrism, and xenophobia. It is argued that these behaviours facilitated isolation between groups, which led not only to genetic divergence, but to a divergence in beliefs, practices and values - the 'genesis' of religion and religious diversity. Correlational evidence supports this theory - I am currently experimentally testing the theory.

8 years, 2 months

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European Student Conference on Behaviour & Cognition meeting

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Message from Michaela Másílková to MSc and PhD students. Feel free to forward. Registration is FREE Dear students, On behalf of student organisational team, I am pleased to invite you to participate in 4th European Student Conference on Behaviour & Cognition. The conference will be held at University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czech Republic on 7-8 September 2017. The aim of the conference is to bring together early-career researchers (MSc and PhD students) to present and discuss their work in the fields of animal and human behaviour and cognition. The program will offer 2 keynote speakers: Dr. Alecia Carter (University of Montpellier) and Prof. Thomas Bugnyar (University of Vienna). The call for abstracts is now open! The closing date for abstracts is 10 July 2017. Registration is free! For more details regarding the conference, visit our website (https://escbc2017.wordpress.com), facebook (https://www.facebook.com/escbc2017) or contact us (behave.cog2017(a)gmail.com<mailto:behave.cog2017@gmail.com>). We are looking forward to meeting you all in České Budějovice! Sincerely, Michaela Másílková Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice -- Michaela Másílková PhD student Department of Zoology Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice Czech Republic tel: +420 602 226 692 [https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-anima…]<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Bez virů. www.avast.com<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…>

8 years, 2 months

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No BERG tomorrow; Pub next week!

by Eoin O'Sullivan

Dear all, There will be no BERG meeting this week, but we are back on the 26th when PhD candidate Paxton Culpepper will discuss his ongoing research on the assortative social features of the behavioural immune system. After next week's BERG meeting we are planning on visiting the Allanwater Brewhouse (http://bridgeofallan.co.uk/) to mark the end of another semester, so please do join us?. All are welcome! I hope you have a good week! Eoin?

8 years, 2 months

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Extra BERG meeting on Wed 10th May: Claire Watson

by Christine Caldwell

Dear all, As you probably know, semester is winding down now and our BERG meetings will soon be doing the same (definitely still on tonight though!). However, in case anyone wanted to put it in their calendars I thought I would let you know that we will be holding an extra meeting on Wednesday 10th May. We will have Dr Claire Watson visiting us from the University of Kyoto, where she has been doing postdoctoral work since finishing her PhD here in Stirling. Claire is planning to talk to us about various research projects - old and new - that she has been working on, mostly on the topic of social learning in nonhuman primates. You can find Claire's website at: http://www.cicasp.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/people/claire-f-i-watson We will send out reminders closer to the time of course. Anyway, I hope that people will be able to make it for Claire's talk, and I hope to see lots of you tonight for Lesley's as well! Christine.

8 years, 2 months

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BERG 12.04.17: Lesley Craig - attitudes to ape conservation and welfare

by Eoin O'Sullivan

Dear BERGers, Tomorrow, we have our penultimate BERG meeting of the semester, with PhD researcher Lesley Craig giving a talk entitled: "Impact of species interpretation on attitudes to great ape conservation and welfare". As usual, we will be meeting from 5:30pm in the psychology common room for drinks and nibbles. See you then! Eoin

8 years, 2 months

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BERG: 05.04.2017 - Josephine Smit discusses the behavioural responses of elephants to human-mediated risks

by Eoin O'Sullivan

?Dear BERGers, This Wednesday we have PhD student Josephine Smit presenting a talk entitled: "Elephant behavioural responses to human-mediated risks". We will be meeting in room 2A54 this week from 5:30 pm, and as usual, drinks and nibble will be provided. I look forward to seeing you there! All the best, Eoin

8 years, 2 months

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29.03.2017 - Kieran Lee: Auditory enrichment for captive chimpanzees

by Eoin O'Sullivan

Dear all, ?Tomorrow we have final year student Kieran Lee talking to us about his dissertation project with the Blair Drummond chimpanzees. As well as giving a talk on his project he will be hosting a discussion on the question of animal consciousness. The title of his talk is: "Auditory enrichment for captive chimpanzees and the question of animal consciousness." As usual, we will be meeting in the Psychology Common Room from 5:30pm for drinks and nibbles. See you then! All the best, Eoin

8 years, 2 months

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BERG - 22.03.2017: Undergraduate Research Projects at Blair Drummond

by Eoin O'Sullivan

Dear all, This week our BERG meeting will be of particular interest to 3rd year undergraduate students who are thinking about doing a dissertation project on animal behaviour next semester. Blair Drummond's Research Coordinator, Alasdair Gillies, and others will be speaking to us about dissertation projects that will be available at the Safari Park. As usual, we will be meeting from 5.30pm in the Psychology Common Room, for drinks and nibbles. All the best, Eoin

8 years, 3 months

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Professor Matsuzawa - Today @ 4pm - 2A73

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Just a final reminder that Professor Tetsuro Matsuzawa will be giving the seminar titled SAGA: An attempt to promote the welfare of chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates in Japan. 4pm in room 2A73 in Cottrell. It will be great so please come along if you can! Hannah

8 years, 3 months

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Re: [BERG] BERG talks this week: Jim Anderson (15th) and Tetsuro Matsuzawa (16th) - dinner

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Dear all Just to add to Eoin’s message, we shall be going out for an early dinner on Thursday 16th March following Professor Matsuzawa’s talk. Those of us at the weekend SPRG meeting at the Burn have already heard him speak, and he gives a fantastic presentation! We look forward to hearing him present on a different topic. Please let me know by Wednesday noon if you would like to join us on Thursday so I can make a dinner reservation. E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk> Thanks, Hannah From: BERG [mailto:berg-bounces@lists.stir.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Eoin O'Sullivan Sent: 13 March 2017 11:30 To: berg Mailing List <berg(a)lists.stir.ac.uk> Subject: [BERG] BERG talks this week: Jim Anderson (15th) and Tetsuro Matsuzawa (16th) Dear BERGers, We are very lucky this week to have two wonderful speakers! On Wednesday in our usual BERG slot we have Prof Jim Anderson visiting from Kyoto University to present a talk entitled: "Outbreak of cooperative punishment in a wild, multilevel primate society (Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys, Rhinopithecus roxellana)". As usual, we will be meeting in the psychology common room from 5:30pm for drinks and nibbles. On Thursday, as part of Psychology's seminar series we have Prof Tetsuro Matsuzawa, also from Kyoto University. His talk is titled: "SAGA: An attempt to promote the welfare of chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates in Japan". This talk will be taking place in room 2A73 at 4pm, and an informal reception will follow (please follow this link for more information: http://www.stir.ac.uk/events/calendarofevents/2017/march/sagaanattempttopro…)<http://www.stir.ac.uk/events/calendarofevents/2017/march/sagaanattempttopro…> All the best, Eoin

8 years, 3 months

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BERG talks this week: Jim Anderson (15th) and Tetsuro Matsuzawa (16th)

by Eoin O'Sullivan

Dear BERGers, We are very lucky this week to have two wonderful speakers! On Wednesday in our usual BERG slot we have Prof Jim Anderson visiting from Kyoto University to present a talk entitled: "Outbreak of cooperative punishment in a wild, multilevel primate society (Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys, Rhinopithecus roxellana)". As usual, we will be meeting in the psychology common room from 5:30pm for drinks and nibbles. On Thursday, as part of Psychology's seminar series we have Prof Tetsuro Matsuzawa, also from Kyoto University. His talk is titled: "SAGA: An attempt to promote the welfare of chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates in Japan". This talk will be taking place in room 2A73 at 4pm, and an informal reception will follow (please follow this link for more information: http://www.stir.ac.uk/events/calendarofevents/2017/march/sagaanattempttopro…)<http://www.stir.ac.uk/events/calendarofevents/2017/march/sagaanattempttopro…> All the best, Eoin?

8 years, 3 months

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Wednesday 8th March: Christoph Völter

by Christine Caldwell

Dear all, For this week's BERG meeting we have Christoph Völter coming over from St Andrews. Christoph is currently covering Amanda Seed's duties (both as Living Links research coordinator, and in St Andrews) while she is on maternity leave, so it's a great opportunity to get him over here to talk to us! http://www.eva.mpg.de/psycho/staff/christoph-voelter/index.html?Fsize=0 The title of his talk is: "Explaining away: how great apes learn causal structures by discounting alternatives". If you would be interested in coming for a drink and/or quick dinner with Christoph after the meeting then please just let me know. He will need to dash off reasonably early to get back to St Andrews so it definitely won't be a late one. As usual the meeting will begin at 5.30pm in the Psychology Common Room, and drinks and nibbles will be provided. Hope to see you there! Christine.

8 years, 3 months

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