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BERG Autumn Semester
by Gemma MacKintosh 12 Sep '18

12 Sep '18

Dear BERGers, BERG meetings will be resuming next week! On Wednesday (19th) we will be having informal introductions and a catch up in the Psychology Common Room (3A94) from 5:30pm, with drinks and nibbles provided. I am currently recruiting volunteers to give a short talk or to host a discussion this semester so please do sign up for slot at this doodle poll (and feel free to contact me with any questions): https://doodle.com/poll/ciia3dfkctkgn34b ? All are welcome to our BERG meetings, and I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!! All the best, Gemma

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BERG Autumn Semester
by Gemma MacKintosh 23 Aug '18

23 Aug '18

Dear BERGers, I am 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. Meetings will start on Wednesday 19th September, so please add these Wednesday dates to your diaries, noting there will be no meeting on Wed 24th October as it is mid semester break, and we shall wind up early-mid December The first meeting is on Wednesday 19th 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. Sign up for a BERG talk on the Doodle poll below. 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). https://doodle.com/poll/ciia3dfkctkgn34b? 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, Gemma Mackintosh ?

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Philosophical Transactions Evolutionary Thanatology special issue
by Christine Caldwell 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Dear all, Our good friend and former colleague Jim Anderson has kindly shared a PDF version of a full collection of papers from a special issue that he edited on the topic of responses to death in animals and humans. Please find it attached. Hope you enjoy! I hope everyone is having a good summer. Feel grateful that you are in Scotland – Jim says the temperature in Kyoto has been in the high thirties! Christine.

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Please help if you can - #MAEsHaveYourSay
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 13 Jul '18

13 Jul '18

Dear BERGers #MAEsHaveYourSay Do you own, work for, know of, or have you participated with a 'mobile animal experience' (MAE)? If the answer is yes then we ask that you take 10-15 minutes to complete a questionnaire entitled 'Assessing, 'mobile animal experience' businesses, in Scotland.' The questionnaire is part of a research project being conducted by myself Kirsty-Marie Moran, a Masters student in Human-Animal Interaction at The University of Stirling. The project is in collaboration with the Scottish SPCA, the Scottish Government, and the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. If you are interested in participating in this research please follow this link to find out more: https://stirlingpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6RkEAHO0xeBPO6N Thank you 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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FW: COgnition Research Group In Stirling (CORGIS) Meeting - Friday June 15th
by Christine Caldwell 13 Jun '18

13 Jun '18

Dear BERGers, I would just like to draw your attention to the fact that we will have a guest seminar from a visiting researcher this Friday lunchtime (scheduled as part of the Cognition group meetings), which may be of interest to those in BERG. Sarah Koopman, from the University of Rochester in New York (http://caoslab.bcs.rochester.edu/peepnpubs.html ), will be giving a talk about “Anatomical and ecological factors related to numerical precision across a wide range of species”. The talk will be in the same room as our BERG meetings (Psychology common room), starting at 12.15pm. Hope some of you can make it along! Christine. From: Viktoria Mileva Sent: 13 June 2018 09:17 Dear all, Just a reminder that this week’s CORGIS meeting is on Friday, in room 3A94, at 12:15pm – 1:30pm. We’ll be listening to a talk by Sarah Koopman about the anatomical and ecological factors related to numerical precision across a wide range of species.

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Request to participate in survey
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 06 Jun '18

06 Jun '18

Please help Masters dissertation student Robyn Harris if you can (you need to be aged 18-30). Many thanks, Hannah Dear BERGers, My name is Robyn and I'm a postgraduate student on the Human-Animal Interaction MSc course. My dissertation project involves looking at our ability to interpret the social and emotional signals of dogs and of humans. I aim to understand whether there are any links between understanding the two different species, and how empathy is involved. I am gathering data using an online survey, aimed at students aged between 18 and 30 inclusive. If you know of any students that may be eligible and interested, I'd be very grateful if you could pass this email on to them. The survey takes approximately 20 minutes to complete, and can be found at this link: https://stirling.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/dog-and-human-social-cues-survey Thank you! Robyn 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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3MT Final - Tuesday 5th June
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 30 May '18

30 May '18

Dear Bergers Our very own Sophia Daoudi has reached the final of the three minute thesis (3MT). Please sign up (via link below) and go and support her as sadly I shan't make it. I'm sure she'd appreciate your vote. Thanks! Hannah From: Stirling Graduate School Sent: 30 May 2018 09:40 Subject: 3MT Final - Tuesday 5th June Supervisors, Just a reminder that the 3MT final is taking place on the Tuesday 5th June at 2pm in the PGR Zone. We have 11 finalists this year: Faculty of Natural Sciences Shankar Mandal Ken Reid Sophia Daoudi Rebecca Skinner Stirling Management School Madalina Radu Elizabeth Lemmon Hanjin Li Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport Chris Hartley James Dugdale Faculty of Social Sciences Jordan MacLean Faculty of Arts and Humanities Cheng Chen Please come along, show your support and cast your vote. Every vote counts! Don't forget to sign-up via Eventbrite<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/three-minute-thesis-3mt-competition-stirling…> to book your place. SGS

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The 2018 Summer SEEC: Lakeview Monkey Sanctuary, Ascot.
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 29 Apr '18

29 Apr '18

This may be of interest to some...... Dear Colleagues, I would be very grateful if you could share the following poster with your students and any interested colleagues. Due to other work commitments we will only be running one public 'Student Environmental Enrichment Course' this summer as we return to Lakeview Monkey Sanctuary, a private charity not open to the public, for our 34th SEEC. The registration fee of only £150 for this 3.5day course (Monday 11.30am- 5pm, Tuesday to Thursday 9am-5pm) covers all course materials, entry to the Sanctuary, and tea, coffee and biscuits during the breaks. Students will gain a background in animal welfare and enrichment, as well as providing practical skills in designing, building and testing enrichment within the settings of a working animal facility. Our aim is to provide valuable experience and an overview of additional useful skills to a would-be keeper’s CV. Places are limited and go on a first come first serve basis so we recommend early registration to avoid disappointment. For any questions please do not hesitate to contact me: mkjones(a)enrichment.org<mailto:mkjones@enrichment.org> Many thanks and best wishes, Mark Mark Kingston Jones, Co-Founder - Team Building with BITE Workshop Co-ordinator - The Shape of Enrichment Email: mkjones(a)enrichment.org<mailto:mkjones@enrichment.org> Tel: 01825890421 Website: www.teambuildingwithbite.co.uk<http://www.teambuildingwithbite.co.uk> Highest rated provider on Coursecheck for 2017, and 2nd highest rated for 2015 and 2016! Winner of Vanarama Customer Service Hero Award 2017. See our latest reviews at: http://www.coursecheck.com/provider/39/team-building-with-bite Follow 'Team Building with BITE' on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram.

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Final BERG meeting and party - 25th April, 2018
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 23 Apr '18

23 Apr '18

Dear BERGers The last BERG meeting and party is scheduled for Wednesday 25th April - and we shall use this meeting as a celebration of another successful academic year of BERG, and the end of the taught component of the Human Animal Interaction Masters. Please bring a wee something to share - sweet or savoury, alcoholic or a softie, and stay a bit longer if you can. Our speaker will be Angelica Lippi, who is visiting from the University of Florence and has been doing a placement with Paws for Progress. Her short talk is entitled "New perspective on the methodological aspects in Animal Assisted Interventions: insights from elderly, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease patients" Hope to see you there - 5.30pm in the Psychology Common room as usual. Best, 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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BERG talk this week / April 18th
by Paxton Culpepper 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

Dear BERG folks, This week we have PhD candidate Jade Hooper giving her interesting talk entitled: Exploring Social and Locality Variations of Dog Bites in Scotland Using Administrative Data Sources [cid:image001.jpg@01D3D588.A2117D00] Abstract Rates of hospital admissions due to dog bite incidents have risen considerably over the last 10 years (HSCIC, 2015). Of particular concern is the finding that hospital admissions for dog bites are highest in the most deprived areas across England and Wales (HSCIC, 2014; 2015). However, there is a paucity of research which aims to explore why this may be or how this issue may be addressed. Whilst there is a public interest in these figures in Scotland, thus far there has been no rigorous empirical investigation into social inequalities in dog related injuries. Through an innovative and ambitious analysis of linked by-product data, the current study hopes to address this gap. The study will use a range of data sources to examine both individual and area-based characteristics which may help uncover some of the reasons why these patterns may exist, and how they can be addressed. Health data from dog bite incidents will be requested and linked with census records. Microchip data will also be requested in a bid to account for dog populations which in the past have not be considered when links with social disadvantage and dog bite injuries have been found. Through this analysis, the study aims to help inform policy for the reduction of dog bites and aid in effective identification and targeting of interventions for areas and individuals most at risk. This presentation will discuss some of the difficulties associated with the research area and specific challenges related to the project. The floor will then be opened to allow for more general discussion surrounding the subject area. Start time 5:30pm sharp - drinks and munchies provided. We hope to see you there! Paxton ______________________________ Paxton D. Culpepper, BSc, MSc PhD Candidate | Psychology Division of Psychology Behaviour and Evolution Research Group Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, UK Office: 3B134 Cottrell Building Phone: +44 (0) 1786 466852 Fax: +44 (0) 1786 467641 Email: p.d.culpepper(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:p.d.culpepper@stir.ac.uk>

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