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BERG tomorrow and UFAW has places at the 'BUPA Edinburgh 10km Great Run'
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Dear all Two things! Tomorrow we have a presentation from my new post-doc - Debra Lynn - whose title is ""Measuring emotional behaviour in animals: Behavioural pharmacology to animal welfare science". She will tell you a little about her PhD research as well as about our new grant proposal so please come along!! 5.30pm in 3A94 as usual. Second, as UFAW rep (UFAW kindly sponsor our seminar series) I would like to encourage a BERGer to do the Edinburgh 10Km, and for those of us not keen to run it, to sponsor that energetic person!! Great Run? Great Fun! Great cause. UFAW has a number of reserved places for people wishing to take part in the 'BUPA Edinburgh 10km Great Run' and willing to raise money for the charity. If you enjoy running and are happy to help fundraise on behalf of UFAW - we are looking for a commitment to raise at least £200 - then we would be grateful if you could contact us. Taking place on the 14th July, the route starts and finishes within Holyrood Park, in the shadow of Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat, and takes in the Royal Mile, Canongate and Regent Road. Further details on the course, can be found here: http://www.greatrun.org/Events/Event.aspx?id=3 Please contact Dr Stephen Wickens if you would like to run on behalf of UFAW. Email your details and a telephone number to wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk. Places are limited so don't delay. Best, Hannah If you wish to subscribe (or unsubscribe) to the BERG mailing list please follow instructions here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Dinner following BERG on Wednesday
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Dear all - inc. my elective students We have another external speaker at BERG this week - Ruth Sonnweber from the University of Vienna will give a presentation entitled The luxury of focused grooming: female Barbary macaques exhibit rank-dependent grooming strategies to alleviate physiological stress load. 5.30 pm in the Psychology Common Room (3A94, Cottrell Building) as usual. Andrea Ravignani who spoke last week, will also come and we shall take them both out for dinner afterwards -a cheap and cheerful (such as the Mexican, Smiling Jacks) to make it affordable for all. Please let me know if you 'd like to join us for dinner so I can book a table. Hope to see you on Wednesday. Best, Hannah If you wish to subscribe (or unsubscribe) to the BERG mailing list please follow instructions here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg 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> http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/staff/staff-profiles/academic-staff/hannah… -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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New dog paper
by James Anderson 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

New paper, most likely of interest for people studying dogs. J -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG meeting tomorrow: Wednesday 10th April
by Christine Caldwell 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Dear all, Just a reminder about this week's BERG meeting. Andrea Ravignani of the University of Vienna (currently doing research at Living Links in Edinburgh) will be talking about: "Language, patterns and primate cognition: Dependency sensitivity in Saimiri sciureus". We start at 5.30pm as per usual in the Psychology common room (3A94 Cottrell), with some drinks and nibbles. Also, we now have full details of the talks for next week and the week after. Please see the attached (updated) schedule for details. Christine. Dr Christine Caldwell Senior Lecturer in Psychology School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling FK9 4LA -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG seminars
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 29 Mar '13

29 Mar '13

Dear Bergers There is no BERG seminar next week as it is mid semester break, but then we have two external speakers from the University of Vienna. I hope you will be able to join us then. Have a great Easter break, Hannah 10th April - Andrea Ravignani (University of Vienna) Language, patterns and primate cognition: Dependency sensitivity in Saimiri sciureus 17th April - Ruth Sonnweber (University of Vienna) The luxury of focused grooming: female Barbary macaques exhibit rank-dependent grooming strategies to alleviate physiological stress load. Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Psychology School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA e-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk> phone: 01786 467674 fax: 01786 467641 Home page: http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/staff/staff-profiles/academic-staff/hannah… Recently launched: http://marmosetcare.com/ -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Next week's BERG meeting (Wednesday 27 March)
by Christine Caldwell 22 Mar '13

22 Mar '13

Dear all, Sadly I'm going to miss our next BERG meeting (Wednesday 27 March), but I'm leaving you in the capable hands of Phyllis Lee who I think is going to search us out another interesting TED talk to fill the slot. Christine. Dr Christine Caldwell Senior Lecturer in Psychology School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling FK9 4LA -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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This week's BERG meeting: Wednesday 20 March
by Christine Caldwell 19 Mar '13

19 Mar '13

Dear all, Just a reminder about tomorrow's BERG meeting. Mary Cowan will be talking about: "The complexities of humour and attractiveness: the effects of relationship context, modality, and humour style". We start at 5.30pm as per usual in the Psychology common room (3A94 Cottrell) with some drinks and nibbles. Christine. Dr Christine Caldwell Senior Lecturer in Psychology School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling FK9 4LA -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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An Afternoon of Statistical Modelling for Qualitative Researchers
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

There is an afternoon of Statistical Modelling for Qualitative Researchers Likely to be very useful! The afternoon will be orientated towards researchers who do not normally use statistical methods but would like to be introduced to statistical modelling. It will be ideal for busy researchers who do not have time to go on longer workshops or courses. It will also be a useful refresher course for researchers whose last encounter with statistics was during their undergraduate degree. If you frequently skip over graphs and tables of modelling results when reading journal articles then you will benefit from attending this workshop. Wednesday 1st May, 1-.30-4.30pm at the University of Edinburgh, through Aqmen (Applied Quantitative Methods Network) Please see further details, and how to register, in the attached link. http://aqmen.ac.uk/events/QuantsForQualMay2013 Hannah -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Change of time for 1st May seminar to 4.30pm
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Dear all I'm to blame, but we have decided to change the start time of our BERG meeting on Wednesday 1st May to 4.30pm - when Laura Hall will be speaking on a welfare assessment framework for dogs. We shall remind you again nearer the time. Best, Hannah 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> http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/staff/staff-profiles/academic-staff/hannah… -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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This week's BERG meeting: Wednesday 13 March
by Christine Caldwell 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Dear all, Just a reminder about this week's BERG meeting. Vicky Mileva will be giving a talk about perceptions of dominance, prestige and attractiveness in relation to make-up use. We start at 5.30pm as per usual in the Psychology common room (3A94 Cottrell). Hope to see you there. Christine. Dr Christine Caldwell Senior Lecturer in Psychology School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling FK9 4LA -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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