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BERG meeting on Wild Cognition: Wednesday 22nd September, 15-17.00hrs - and a Kudoboard
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

Dear BERGers I'm excited to invite you to a BERG seminar on Wild Cognition on Wednesday 22nd September. It starts at 3pm - earlier than normal - and will be finished by 5pm latest. Deborah Bruce was initally scheduled to contribute, but sadly she is currently poorly, so please do take a moment to drop her a note on the Kudoboard here: https://www.kudoboard.com/boards/nbiqYwDw [https://media2.giphy.com/media/gEG1j8eBvHVYs/giphy.gif?cid=00340317kyl4daj7…]<https://www.kudoboard.com/boards/nbiqYwDw> Kudoboard for Deborah Bruce | Kudoboard<https://www.kudoboard.com/boards/nbiqYwDw> Kudoboard is an online replacement for the greeting card that you pass around and sign! www.kudoboard.com Wednesday 22nd September 15.00 -17.00hrs on Teams (link below) There will be a series of short presentations, followed by questions and then a discussion Hannah Buchanan-Smith - Introduction: Wild Cognition, Welfare & Cognitive Enrichment Blake Morton (University of Hull) - Understanding brain-behaviour relationships in wild mesocarnivores Clare Andrews - Gulls Eye project: gull behaviour patterns and human perspectives on gulls around the UK Pawel Fedurek and Gema Martin-Ordas - Vocal behaviour and cognition of the carrion crow – some research ideas Potential discussion points 1. Why might captive and wild cognition differ? 2. What are the main benefits of wild cognition studies compared to, or in combination with captive? 3. What are the main challenges from wild cognition studies compared to captive? 4. Are there links/lessons from mobile cognition in humans, and what technology/wearable might be of use (eg eye tracking, wearables for dogs to study dog-human interactions?) 5. What are the potential research opportunities/collaborations? Teams link https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a9823d93069124396a7a40d99c827… [https://statics.teams.cdn.office.net/hashedassets-launcher/favicon/favicon-…]<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a9823d93069124396a7a40d99c827…> Join conversation<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a9823d93069124396a7a40d99c827…> teams.microsoft.com I'll send this reminder around again on Wednesday. Hope to see you there, Hannah PS - Please send on to any new students/colleagues Please subscribe here - and you will receive a few emails a week with things of interest to us. http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.stir…> Remember to check your junk folder to confirm your email address. 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…> http://refiningdogcare.com/ ________________________________ 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 14 Sep '21

14 Sep '21

Dear BERGers, This is just a reminder that today Alice Bouchard (University of Neuchatel) will be talking to us about one of her PhD projects entitled "Male chimpanzees communicate to mediate competition and cooperation during feeding”. Please find the abstract attached. I hope to see you all later! The link to the seminar is, as well as a list of the forthcoming seminars, are below this email. Best wishes, Pawel Forthcoming speakers: Date Time Speaker Affiliation Seminar title 15/09/2021 16:00 Alice Bouchard University of Neuchatel Male chimpanzees communicate to mediate competition and cooperation during feeding 22/09/2021 15:00 Several speakers "Mobile cognition" meeting 29/09/2021 16:00 Christopher Young Nottingham Trent University TBC, social relationships and stress physiology in primates 06/10/2021 16:00 Nicolas Gray University of Stirling Overcoming loneliness through call and touch 13/10/2021 16:00 Sarah Weir University of Stirling TBC 20/10/2021 16:00 Ronja Bartlome/Jessica De La Mare University of Stirling Paternal effort and facial masculinity / Assortative mating for personality and online dating 03/11/2021 16:00 Liran Samuni Harvard University TBC 10/11/2021 16:00 TBC TBC 17/11/2021 16:00 Leveda Cheng Harvard University Physiological underpinnings of intergroup behaviour in bonobos 24/11/2021 16:00 Kris Sabbi Tufts University Development of aggression in chimpanzees 01/12/2021 16:00 Kim van Dijk Utrecht University TBC 08/12/2021 16:00 Eva Holden University of York Predictors of joint attention Link to the meetings: 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…> ________________________________ 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. Reply Forward PF Pawel Fedurek Sat 2021-09-11 16:56      To: * berg Mailing List Alice_berg abstract.docx 13 KB  Dear BERGers, This is a reminder that we have a meeting this Wednesday (15 September) at 16:00, with Alice Bouchard (University of Neuchatel) talking about one of her PhD projects entitled " Male chimpanzees communicate to mediate competition and cooperation during feeding”. Please find the abstract attached. I hope to see you on Wednesday! The link to the seminar is, as well as a list of the forthcoming seminars, are below this email. Best wishes, Pawel Forthcoming speakers: Date Time Speaker Affiliation Seminar title 15/09/2021 16:00 Alice Bouchard University of Neuchatel Male chimpanzees communicate to mediate competition and cooperation during feeding 22/09/2021 15:00 Several speakers "Mobile cognition" meeting 29/09/2021 16:00 Christopher Young Nottingham Trent University TBC, social relationships and stress physiology in primates 06/10/2021 16:00 Nicolas Gray University of Stirling Overcoming loneliness through call and touch 13/10/2021 16:00 Sarah Weir University of Stirling TBC 20/10/2021 16:00 Ronja Bartlome/Jessica De La Mare University of Stirling Paternal effort and facial masculinity / Assortative mating for personality and online dating 03/11/2021 16:00 Liran Samuni Harvard University TBC 10/11/2021 16:00 TBC TBC 17/11/2021 16:00 Leveda Cheng Harvard University Physiological underpinnings of intergroup behaviour in bonobos 24/11/2021 16:00 Kris Sabbi Tufts University Development of aggression in chimpanzees 01/12/2021 16:00 Kim van Dijk Utrecht University TBC 08/12/2021 16:00 Eva Holden University of York Predictors of joint attention Link to the meetings: 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…> ________________________________ 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 this Wednesday, 16:00
by Pawel Fedurek 11 Sep '21

11 Sep '21

Dear BERGers, This is a reminder that we have a meeting this Wednesday (15 September) at 16:00, with Alice Bouchard (University of Neuchatel) talking about one of her PhD projects entitled " Male chimpanzees communicate to mediate competition and cooperation during feeding”. Please find the abstract attached. I hope to see you on Wednesday! The link to the seminar is, as well as a list of the forthcoming seminars, are below this email. Best wishes, Pawel Forthcoming speakers: Date Time Speaker Affiliation Seminar title 15/09/2021 16:00 Alice Bouchard University of Neuchatel Male chimpanzees communicate to mediate competition and cooperation during feeding 22/09/2021 15:00 Several speakers "Mobile cognition" meeting 29/09/2021 16:00 Christopher Young Nottingham Trent University TBC, social relationships and stress physiology in primates 06/10/2021 16:00 Nicolas Gray University of Stirling Overcoming loneliness through call and touch 13/10/2021 16:00 Sarah Weir University of Stirling TBC 20/10/2021 16:00 Ronja Bartlome/Jessica De La Mare University of Stirling Paternal effort and facial masculinity / Assortative mating for personality and online dating 03/11/2021 16:00 Liran Samuni Harvard University TBC 10/11/2021 16:00 TBC TBC 17/11/2021 16:00 Leveda Cheng Harvard University Physiological underpinnings of intergroup behaviour in bonobos 24/11/2021 16:00 Kris Sabbi Tufts University Development of aggression in chimpanzees 01/12/2021 16:00 Kim van Dijk Utrecht University TBC 08/12/2021 16:00 Eva Holden University of York Predictors of joint attention Link to the meetings: 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…> ________________________________ 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 08 Sep '21

08 Sep '21

Dear BERGers, This is a reminder that we have a seminar today. Francesca Singleton will be talking about one of her PhD projects entitled "Do differences in stimuli contribute to contradictory findings concerning oral contraceptive users and facial masculinity preferences?”Please find the abstract attached. I hope to see you all later today! The link to the seminar, as well as a list of the forthcoming seminars, is below this email. Best wishes, Pawel Forthcoming seminars: Date Time Speaker Affiliation Topic 15/09/2021 16:00 Alice Bouchard University of Neuchatel TBC, chimpanzee vocal behaviour 22/09/2021 15:00 Several speakers "Wild cognition" meeting 29/09/2021 16:00 Christopher Young Nottingham Trent TBC, social relationships and stress physiology in primates 06/10/2021 16:00 Nicolas Gray University of Stirling TBC 13/10/2021 16:00 Sarah Weir University of Stirling TBC 20/10/2021 16:00 Ronja Bartlome/Jessica De La Mare University of Stirling Paternal effort and facial masculinity / Assortative mating for personality and online dating 03/11/2021 16:00 Liran Samuni Harvard University TBC 10/11/2021 16:00 TBC 17/11/2021 16:00 Leveda Cheng Harvard University Physiological underpinnings of intergroup behaviour in bonobos 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…> ________________________________ 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 this Wednesday, 16:00
by Pawel Fedurek 06 Sep '21

06 Sep '21

Dear BERGers, This is just to remind you that we have a BERG meeting this Wednesday (8 September) at 16:00. Our own Francesca Singleton will be talking about one of her PhD projects entitled "Do differences in stimuli contribute to contradictory findings concerning oral contraceptive users and facial masculinity preferences? Please find the abstract attached. I hope to see you all on Wednesday! The link to the seminar is below this email. Best wishes, Pawel Link to the meetings: 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…> ________________________________ 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 31 Aug '21

31 Aug '21

Dear BERGers, This is a quick reminder we have a BERG meeting today (16:00) with Francesca Valdez (University of Stirling) talking about her MSc project on sex differences in emotional expressions. Please find the abstract below this email. I hope to see you all later today! The link to the seminar is also below this email. Best wishes, Pawel Abstract: Sex Differences in Emotional Expressions: An Evolutionary Adaptation Francesca Valdez Division of Psychology, University of Stirling A substantial amount of research has gone into discovering sex differences between male and females. Particularly in non verbal communication and emotional expressions. Previous research in this field supports the claim that females are perceived as smiling more often than males and also that males rate women who smile more as more attractive on average. However, the explanations for this phenomenon are unclear. It is the objective of this paper to determine if smiling during early courtship interactions can effect the perceived desirability of a potential partner. This could have implications relating smiling behavior as a mating adaptation that could be used to signal mate value and potentiality as a long term partner. Here we show that there are strong correlations between the number of times a female smiled during the course of a first date and their perceived: likeability, motherhood abilities, attractiveness, abilities as a long term partner, agreeableness, and interest from the opposite sex. These variables were also analyzed for the male dater as well. The data was also analyzed for sex differences in perception between male and female responses. It was found that the number of smiles from both males and females were strongly correlated to perceptions of: how well the date went, if there would be a second date, likeability, interest from the opposite sex, parenting abilities, agreeableness, and long term partner abilities. Attractiveness was also correlated to the number of smiles but only moderately. These findings show that the emotional expression, smiling, is highly correlated to the perceived outcome of a first date. Link to the meetings: 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…> ________________________________ 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 this Wednesday, 16:00
by Pawel Fedurek 28 Aug '21

28 Aug '21

Dear BERGers, I hope that you had a great summer and that you are ready for the semester! This is just to kindly remind you that we have a BERG meeting this Wednesday (1 September) at 16:00. Francesca Valdez (University of Stirling) is our first speaker this semester, and she will be talking about her MSc project entitled "Sex Differences in Emotional Expressions: An Evolutionary Adaptation". Please find the abstract attached. I hope to see you all on Wednesday! The link to the seminar as well as the list of the upcoming speakers is below this email. Best wishes, Pawel Upcoming seminars: Date Time Speaker Affiliation Topic 01/09/2021 16:00 Francesca Valdez University of Stirling Sex Differences in Emotional Expressions: An Evolutionary Adaptation 08/09/2021 16:00 Francesca Singleton University of Stirling TBC 15/09/2021 16:00 Alice Bouchard University of Neuchatel TBC 22/09/2021 15:00 Several speakers "Wild cognition" meeting 29/09/2021 16:00 Christopher Young Nottingham Trent TBC 06/10/2021 16:00 Nicolas Gray University of Stirling TBC 13/10/2021 16:00 Sarah Weir University of Stirling TBC 20/10/2021 16:00 TBC University of Stirling TBC 03/11/2021 16:00 Liran Samuni Harvard University TBC Best wishes, Pawel Link to the meetings: 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…> ________________________________ 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 seminars next semester
by Pawel Fedurek 13 Aug '21

13 Aug '21

Dear BERGers, I hope that you are all well and enjoying the summer. This is just to let you know that we will be resuming BERG meetings on the 1st of September, with the first set of speakers (September and October) shown below. The link to the sessions is below this email. I hope to see you all soon! Upcoming seminars: Date Time Speaker Affiliation Topic 01/09/2021 16:00 Francesca Valdez University of Stirling TBC 08/09/2021 16:00 Francesca Singleton University of Stirling TBC 15/09/2021 16:00 Alice Bouchard University of Neuchatel TBC 22/09/2021 16:00 Several speakers "Wild cognition" meeting 29/09/2021 16:00 Christopher Young Nottingham Trent TBC 06/10/2021 16:00 Nicolas Gray University of Stirling TBC 13/10/2021 16:00 Sarah Weir University of Stirling TBC 20/10/2021 16:00 TBC University of Stirling TBC 03/11/2021 16:00 Liran Samuni Harvard University TBC Best wishes, Pawel Link to the meetings: 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…> ________________________________ 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: Tr : IPS Virtual symposia
by Sharon Kessler 04 Aug '21

04 Aug '21

Hi Bergers, Below is information on the virtual International Primatological Society Symposia occurring! Sharon -------------------------- 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.sharonekessler.com/ Book review editor: International Journal of Primatology ________________________________ From: African Primatological Society <africanprimatesociety(a)gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 3, 2021 6:00 PM Subject: Fwd: Tr : IPS Virtual symposia 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. ________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inza Koné, PhD Directeur Général Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire 01 BP 1303 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire Tel : +225 27 23 47 27 90 E.mail : inza.kone(a)csrs.ci<mailto:inza.kone@csrs.ci> / URL : www.csrs.ch<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csrs.c…> [cid:17b0cf50ca4e834cf081] ---------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ De : Trudy Turner <peggweb(a)gmail.com<mailto:peggweb@gmail.com>> Envoyé : lundi 2 août 2021 16:19 À : Trudy Turner <trudy(a)uwm.edu<mailto:trudy@uwm.edu>> Objet : IPS Virtual symposia Dear PEGG members and friends, We received this from IPS. Dear colleagues from the Affiliated Societies, We would be very grateful if you would be able to share the following message about our online August symposium with your membership, either through email or social media. We have had a lot of interest in our online August symposium, which is free for IPS members, but we are keen to make sure that people who are not currently IPS members are aware of it. In particular, if you are a range country primatologist membership is free, and so you can attend this meeting for free if you become a member now and then register before the deadline. Registration deadline is August 10th. IPS Online Symposium August 16-19th. One symposium per day, times staggered each day to accommodate attendees in different timezones. Registration info and more details of each symposium can be found here: https://ipsquito.com/latest-news/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fipsquito.…> Mon 16th: Sociality & Health in Primates. From phageome to microbiome, stress to parasites, immunity and endocrinology - come find out about all the latest ways in which health and sociality in primates intersect. Organisers: Tatiana Murillo, Virgile Manin, Simone Anzà and Baptiste Sadoughi Tues 17th: Voices from the Field: Assessing, Conserving, & Protecting Primate Populations. From primate diets and medicine, surviving in fragments, anthropogenic impacts, and undiscovered species. Organisers: Jennifer Cramer, Andrew Halloran, Stacy Lindshield, Paula Pebsworth, Jacob Willie, Inza Kone Wed 18th: Titi Monkey Ecology and Conservation. Distribution, social interactions, conservation, monogamy, ecology, activity budgets and more. Organisers: Adrian A Barnett, Sarah A Boyle & João Pedro Souza-Alves Thurs 19th: Round table discussion: Language and Conservation: Implications and Alternatives to New World/Old World and Other Terminology. Organisers: Karen B. Strier, Michelle Bezanson, and Liliana Cortes-Ortiz We hope that you are all safe and healthy with your beloved ones and that we can see everyone in January 2022 in Quito, Ecuador. All best wishes, Júlio César Bicca-Marques IPS, Secretary General ________________________________ 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: 2 phd positions
by Pawel Fedurek 09 Jul '21

09 Jul '21

Dear BERGers, Some of you might be interested - please see below. Best wishes, Pawel ________________________________ From: judith.burkart(a)aim.uzh.ch <judith.burkart(a)aim.uzh.ch> Sent: 09 July 2021 07:36 To: judith.burkart(a)aim.uzh.ch <judith.burkart(a)aim.uzh.ch> Subject: 2 phd positions 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. ________________________________ Dear colleagues we are looking for two phd students to work on marmoset behavior and communication. Please share with anyone who might be interested! Thanks a lot Judith _________________________ Prof. Dr. Judith Burkart Evolutionary Cognition Group Department of Anthropology University of Zürich Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zürich ++41 44 635 54 02 http://www.aim.uzh.ch/de/research/ecg.html<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aim.uz…> ________________________________ 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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