Dear all,
Just a reminder about tomorrow's BERG meeting. Debra Lynne will be giving a talk on: "Reward sensitivity and welfare in laboratory-housed beagles". We start at 5.30pm as per usual in the Psychology common room (3A94). Drinks and nibbles will be provided.
Hope to see you there!
Christine.
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Anyone who would like to come to dinner with Mark Adams after the seminar or Thursday, Please let me know.
Best
Phyllis
Phyllis C. Lee
Professor of Psychology
School of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling FK9 4LA
UK
direct line +44 (0) 1786 467656
fax+44 (0) 1786 467641
mobile +44 (0) 7802 427132
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The University of Stirling has been ranked in the top 12 of UK universities for graduate employment*.
94% of our 2012 graduates were in work and/or further study within six months of graduation.
*The Telegraph
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.
Dear All,
Mark's main seminar should be of interest to all BERG-ites too.
Please pass the word on.
Best
Phyllis
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Dear All
We invite you to come along to our next Research Seminar, to be held on Thursday, 17th April, at 4pm in the Psychology Common Room 3A94.
Dr Mark J Adams, of the University of Sheffield, will be giving a talk with the title Evolved differences: The social ecology and genetics of primate personality.
Please see attached poster and the Research Seminar Programme with upcoming events in the Series.
We would like to encourage academics, research staff and postgraduate students to please make every effort to attend these seminars.
We look forward to seeing you. Thank you.
Kind Regards
Roswitha
Roswitha Lucht
Division Secretary
Psychology
School of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling FK9 4LA
E: roswitha.lucht(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:roswitha.lucht@stir.ac.uk>
T: +44 (0)1786 467640
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94% of our 2012 graduates were in work and/or further study within six months of graduation.
*The Telegraph
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.
Dear all,
Just a reminder about tomorrow’s BERG meeting. Malavika Narayana will be giving a talk entitled: “Use of coffee estates by Asian elephants in Kodagu”. The meeting will start at 5.30pm as per usual in the Psychology common room (3A94). Drinks and nibbles will be provided.
I am away this week, so I have to miss this one which I’m really disappointed about. But I’m sure it will be a great talk and I hope you all enjoy it!
Christine.
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The University of Stirling has been ranked in the top 12 of UK universities for graduate employment*.
94% of our 2012 graduates were in work and/or further study within six months of graduation.
*The Telegraph
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.
Dear all,
Just a reminder about tomorrow's BERG meeting. Hayley Ash will be giving a presentation on: "How breeding and rearing practices affect welfare in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)". We start at 5.30pm as per usual in the Psychology Common Room (3A94). Drinks and nibbles will be provided.
Hope to see you there!
Christine.
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The University of Stirling has been ranked in the top 12 of UK universities for graduate employment*.
94% of our 2012 graduates were in work and/or further study within six months of graduation.
*The Telegraph
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.
Dear all,
Just a reminder about tomorrow's BERG meeting. Eoin O'Sullivan will be presenting on the topic of: "Behavioural and emotional contagion in capuchin monkeys". We start at 5.30pm as per usual in the Psychology common room (3A94). Drinks and nibbles will be provided.
Hope to see you there!
Christine.
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The University of Stirling has been ranked in the top 12 of UK universities for graduate employment*.
94% of our 2012 graduates were in work and/or further study within six months of graduation.
*The Telegraph
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.
Dear all,
Just a reminder about tomorrow's BERG meeting. We have Dr Emily Messer coming over from St Andrews to give us a talk on "Heterospecific social learning in capuchin and squirrel monkeys?". We start at 5.30pm as per usual in the Psychology Common Room (3A94). Drinks and nibbles will be provided.
Hope to see you there!
Christine.
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The University of Stirling has been ranked in the top 12 of UK universities for graduate employment*.
94% of our 2012 graduates were in work and/or further study within six months of graduation.
*The Telegraph
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.
Aopologies for cross postings....
Would anyone like to join us for dinner after Cat Hobaiter's seminar on Thursday, 13th February, at 4pm in the Psychology Common Room 3A94.
Please let me know by Wednesday noon so I can book a table. We are thinking of Smiling Jacks (dinner usually < £12/head). http://www.smiling-jacks.co.uk/
Best, Hannah
Gesture in the Chimpanzees of Budongo and Beyond: Current Research and New Directions.
Great apes employ a rich repertoire of gestures in intentional communication. I will describe the gesturing of the wild chimpanzees of the Budongo forest, Uganda, discussing the evidence that they are used intentionally by individuals of all ages, across a range of contexts, including 'evolutionarily urgent' ones. I will examine possible reasons for their combination into sequences, including any evidence for persistence towards a goal, or syntactic-like structures. I will then address the big question: what does it all mean? I will describe how we can try to study meaning in the communication of another species, whether individual gesture forms can be said to have specific meanings, and, if so, whether these are consistent across signallers. I will discuss whether or not the high levels of flexibility regularly reported in previous captive studies remains valid in the light of evidence from a wild population, and to what extent any flexible use involves the use of several gesture forms for a single meaning, or a single gesture form for several meanings. I will end with a brief introduction to our most recent research: (i) comparing gesturing in East and West African chimpanzees, and (ii) exploring beyond gesture into multimodal communication. Is multimodal communication simply redundant repetition of the same message in different channels? Or could it provide the opportunity to refine or modify the communication?
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The University of Stirling has been ranked in the top 12 of UK universities for graduate employment*.
94% of our 2012 graduates were in work and/or further study within six months of graduation.
*The Telegraph
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.
Reminder about SCAB....deadline for poster, and talk titles is 14th March, and registration deadline 22nd March.
I have a couple of spaces in my car.....first come first served.
Dear all,
The annual Scottish Conference on Animal Behaviour will be held at the University of Edinburgh this year, on Saturday the 29th of March. This is a small conference with relaxed atmosphere, and a good opportunity for students and post docs to present their work.
Anyone wishing to present a talk or a poster can submit titles by emailing the organisers at SCAB.the.conference(a)gmail.com<mailto:SCAB.the.conference@gmail.com> by Friday the 14th of March. Please specify which form of presentation you would be interested in applying for. The preference in talks is given to students. We welcome titles on any aspect of animal behaviour, whether you observed it in lab or field, and whether you've used a microscope or a pair of binoculars to see it. We are happy to hear it all!
General registration ends on Friday the 22nd of March. The cost of the conference is £15, and includes tea/coffee, lunch and a wine reception. The fee can be paid at the door, in cash, as unfortunately we won't be able to take checks or bank transfers.
Please find attached the poster containing this information. We encourage you to circulate this announcement to any of your colleagues who might be interested, and if possible to print the poster and stick it up somewhere visible in your department.
You can also find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SCAB2014?ref=profile
Hope to see many of you in Edinburgh!
Best regards,
Maarit Maenpaa
Recently launched: http://marmosetcare.com/
Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith
Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group
Psychology, School 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
From: Christopher Blaikie
Sent: 06 March 2014 11:31
To: Hannah Buchanan-Smith
Subject: SCAB Conference
Hi Hannah,
I'm still not too sure how to sign up for the SCAB Conference in Edinburgh, and I'd hate to miss the oppurtunity to go. I've seen an e-mail address on the SCAB poster on succeed, but it looks like its only for students wanting to present a talk. Is there another email just for people wanting to attend, or is it the same email as the poster?
Any help would be very much appreciated!
Thanks,
Chris Blaikie
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The University of Stirling has been ranked in the top 12 of UK universities for graduate employment*.
94% of our 2012 graduates were in work and/or further study within six months of graduation.
*The Telegraph
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.
Dear all,
Just a reminder about the BERG meeting tonight. We have Alasdair Gillies coming over from Blair Drummond Safari Park, to talk about, "Breed to Feed? The Marius Legacy". We start at 5.30pm as per usual, in the Psychology Common Room (3A94). Drinks and nibbles will be provided.
Hope to see you there!
Christine.
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The University of Stirling has been ranked in the top 12 of UK universities for graduate employment*.
94% of our 2012 graduates were in work and/or further study within six months of graduation.
*The Telegraph
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.
