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No BERG this week
by Eoin O'Sullivan 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

Hi BERGers, Just a reminder that as it is reading week there is no BERG meeting today. I look forward to seeing you next week for Prof Jim Anderson's talk on cooperative humans, choosy capuchins, and discerning dogs. All the best, Eoin

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FW: Symposium on Animal Minds
by Christine Caldwell 23 Feb '16

23 Feb '16

Dear all, Some of you might be interested in attending this forthcoming meeting in Durham (18th - 20th April), which has just opened for registration. ASAB student members get free registration: https://www.dur.ac.uk/zoo.psy/registration/ Christine. Evidence of Animal Minds An Interdisciplinary Symposium As contribution to Durham IAS's 2015-16 exploration of the theme of Evidence, this three-day workshop will examine the problem of evidence in accounting for the phenomenon of 'animal minds' - the existence and character of (broadly conceived) mental phenomena in non-human animals. This controversial question offers a rich case for exploring the meanings of 'evidence' from a range of disciplinary perspectives. The meeting will assemble philosophers of mind and of knowledge, neuroscientists, experimental psychologists and ethologists, evolutionary biologists and biological anthropologists, social anthropologists and historians of science, as well as humanities scholars with expertise in visual culture. More info at: https://www.dur.ac.uk/zoo.psy/

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Social learning in children and apes
by Eoin O'Sullivan 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

?Dear BERGers, This Wednesday, 17th February, we have Dr Liz Renner presenting a talk entitled: "Do children and great apes learn different information from social and "ghost" conditions.?" See you all tomorrow for drinks and nibbles from 5:30pm. Also, for details on upcoming BERG talks please visit: http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/seminars/psychology/behavio… All the best, Eoin

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Social anointing in capuchin monkeys
by Eoin O'Sullivan 09 Feb '16

09 Feb '16

?Dear BERGers, This Wednesday we will be welcoming Dr Emily Messer from Heriot-Watt University who will be delivering a talk entitled: "I've got your back": Social anointing in capuchin monkeys. *Please note the change in talk title* For some background information on this work follow the link below to watch a video that was made while Emily was conducting her PhD research at Living Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5TDlG441gA I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow in the psychology common room for drinks and nibbles from 5:30pm. All the best, Eoin

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FW: 12th edition of the Ecology and Behaviour meetings in Lyon (France) - June 27th to July 1st 2016
by Phyllis Lee 04 Feb '16

04 Feb '16

Hi Berg people, Here is a call for papers from post-grads in ecology and behaviour in France this summer. Enjoy P Phyllis C. Lee Professor of Psychology Behaviour and Evolution Research Group School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA UK Direct line +44 (0)1786 467656 Mobile +44 (0)7802 427132 From: eb2016 [mailto:eb2016@sciencesconf.org] Sent: 01 February 2016 11:08 To: Phyllis Lee <phyllis.lee(a)stir.ac.uk> Subject: 12th edition of the Ecology and Behaviour meetings in Lyon (France) - June 27th to July 1st 2016 [http://eb2016.sciencesconf.org/conference/eb2016/header/Logo_definitif_tail…]</> Ecology and Behaviour 2016</> 27 Jun-1 Jul 2016 Villeurbanne (France) Dear Professor Phyllis Lee, We inform you that the twelfth edition of the Ecology and Behaviour meetings will occur this year in Lyon between June 27th and July 1st 2016. Please find in attachment a brief description of the symposium. More information is available in our website: eb2016.sciencesconf.org. We thank you in advance to forward this information to people who might be interested in your lab. Thank you in advance for your attention, Sincerely, The organization committee [http://www.sciencesconf.org/img/conference/common/cnrs.jpg]<http://www.cnrs.fr> [http://www.sciencesconf.org/img/conference/common/ccsd.jpg]<http://ccsd.cnrs.fr> [http://www.sciencesconf.org/img/conference/common/sciencesconf.jpg]<http://www.sciencesconf.org/>

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Social learning: Cross cultural difference and the role of cometition
by Eoin O'Sullivan 02 Feb '16

02 Feb '16

Dear BERGers, At tomorrow's seminar we have Dr Keelin Murray from the University of St Andrews delivering a presentation entitled: Social learning: Cross cultural differences and the role of competition We will be in the Psychology Common Room for drinks and nibbles from 5:30pm. All are welcome. I look forward to seeing you there! Eoin

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Fwd: Save the date: UFAW International Symposium 27-29th June 2017
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

This looks like it will be a good meeting. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Stephen Wickens <wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk<mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk>> Date: 1 February 2016 13:43:05 GMT To: 'Stephen Wickens' <wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk<mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk>> Subject: Save the date: UFAW International Symposium 27-29th June 2017 Details of the UFAW 2017 international symposium have just been announced. Title: 'Measuring animal welfare and applying scientific advances - Why is it still so difficult?' Venue: Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey, UK Dates: 27-29th June 2017 Speakers: Amongst the speakers will be Professor Georgia Mason (University of Guelph, Canada), Professor Mike Mendl (University of Bristol, UK) and Professor Jaak Panksepp (Washington State University, USA). Further details will appear here in due course: http://www.ufaw.org.uk/ufaw-events/ufaw-events Dr Stephen Wickens Universities Federation for Animal Welfare The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Herts AL4 8AN, UK Email: wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk<mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk> Direct Tel: +44(0)1276 500880; Office: +44(0)1582 831818 (tel), 831414 (fax) www.ufaw.org.uk Facebook: Universities Federation for Animal Welfare - UFAW<http://www.facebook.com/ufaw.org.uk> ; Twitter: @UFAW_1926<https://twitter.com/ufaw_1926> The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) is an UK charity that works to develop and promote improvements in the welfare of all animals through scientific and educational activity worldwide. Registered Charity No 207996 (Registered in England) and Company Limited by Guarantee No 579991

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BERG- Wednesday 27th; conferences
by Eoin O'Sullivan 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

?Hi All, At last week's BERG meeting we decided that this Wednesday (27th) we would discuss some recent research on vocal learning in the Edinburgh chimpanzees. To facilitate this discussion I am now circulating the original paper on this study, a published critique, and the response to this critique by the original authors. I am looking forward to a really great discussion! On Wednesday we also discussed some conferences that may be of interest to BERG members (many taking place locally). Here is a summary: SCAB: Details of the Scottish Conference for Animal Behaviour will be circulated when a date has been set, but this will be held in Stirling this year. This conference is student focussed and is a great place to get feedback on projects that are ongoing, in planning stages, etc. ISHE: The biannual conference of the International Society for Human Ethology is also in Stirling this August. We will announce deadlines for abstract submissions when these are known but keep an eye on this website for more information: http://ishe.org/conferences-and-summer-institutes/ ESC: The European Student Conference on Behaviour and Cognition is in St. Andrews this March (17th-18th). More information can be found here (https://esc2016standrews.wordpress.com/) deadline for abstracts for student talks is the 1st of February. EHBEA: The annual conference of the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association is in London from 5th-8th April. The deadline for abstract submissions has passed, but they provide student travel bursaries even if not presenting; website here: http://ehbea.com/conference2016/ ASAB: The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour is having their Easter meeting at Aberystwth University, 30th March- 1st April. This conference is aimed at postgraduates and post-docs, so a great opportunity for early career researchers to present their work. Abstract deadline is March 9th: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/ibers/events/asab2016/ PSGB: The Primate Society of Great Britain is also hosting their Easter meeting at the end of March in York. More information here: http://www.psgb.org/meetings.php UFAW: Hannah has already circulated information on the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare conference in June, but here is a reminder: http://www.ufaw.org.uk/ufaw-events/recent-advances-v I hope that some of this will be helpful. All the best, Eoin

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Scottish Conference on Animal Behaviour
by Phyllis Lee 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

Dear all, Please advertise widely and please come! This is a great networking opportunity for Scottish Animal Behaviour. AK Psych undergrads are especially welcome. Best wishes Phyllis Phyllis C. Lee Professor of Psychology Behaviour and Evolution Research Group School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA UK Direct line +44 (0)1786 467656 Mobile +44 (0)7802 427132

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BERG program- Spring 2016
by Eoin O'Sullivan 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Dear all, Please find the program for this semester's BERG meetings attached. As usual, BERG meetings will cease at the end of the semester, however, we will be hosting one extra meeting in May when former PhD student and Honorary Research Fellow Dr Betsy Herrelko will talk about her post-doctoral research at The Smithsonian's National Zoo . We still have one meeting slot available (next week, Wednesday 27th), so if anyone is interested in giving a talk or hosting a discussion on a particular paper or topic please let me know. I would also like to remind you that the first meeting? of the semester will take place later today in the psychology common room at 5:30pm, where there will be drinks, nibbles, and introductions. I look forward to seeing you there! All the best, Eoin

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