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Wednesday's BERG - and Thursday's seminar and dinner
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 26 Mar '12

26 Mar '12

It's the week to hear about assessment of animal wellbeing! On Wednesday 28 March we Yvonne Baur giving a presentation on her proposed PhD research: Assessing the relationship of positive emotion and welfare in captive gorillas 5.30pm in the Psychology Common Room (3A94, Cottrell Building) as usual. On Thursday 29th March we have Dr Emily Bethell from Liverpool John Moores University Cognitive bias in rhesus macaques: a role for cognitive theories of emotion in improving our understanding of animal psychological wellbeing Abstract here: http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/35904/Poster-E… 4pm in the Psychology Common Room (3A94, Cottrell Building) as usual. We plan to go out for dinner after Emily's talk - please let me know if you'd like to join us so I can book a table. Hope to see you on Wednesday. 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 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 ________________________________ The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159. -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Re: [BERG] Behavioural Measurement - the 'State of the Art' seminar
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 22 Mar '12

22 Mar '12

Thanks to all who doodled! I am pleased to confirm this seminar will take place on Thursday 3rd May. Please put it in your diary. Details will follow in due course. Hannah ________________________________ From: Hannah Buchanan-Smith Sent: 20 March 2012 17:27 To: berg Mailing List; Psychology Staff Cc: Elizabeth Bate (elizabeth(a)tracksys.co.uk) Subject: Behavioural Measurement - the 'State of the Art' seminar Liz Bate from Tracksys has kindly offered to come to give us a seminar and basic training (for free!) on: Behavioural Measurement - the 'State of the Art' Dr Elizabeth Bate. Tracksys Ltd. www.tracksys.co.uk<http://www.tracksys.co.uk/> She would include: 1). FaceReader<http://www.noldus.com/human-behavior-research/products/facereader> - Automatic Emotion Measurement. 2). Eyetracking (mobile<http://eyetracking-glasses.com/> and screen-based<http://www.smivision.com/en/gaze-and-eye-tracking-systems/products/red-red2…>). 3) The Observer XT<http://www.noldus.com/human-behavior-research/products/2/the-observer-xt> - Analysing user-defined behaviours (HB-S - we have several Observer licences) 4). Physiological Measurement (heart rate, BP, GSR etc). 5). Video tracking. Liz says: The need to measure and analyse the complexities of human behaviour in ever more sophisticated ways has led to a huge growth in the number of quantitative and qualitative behavioural measurement tools. Combining powerful multi-function software with bespoke hardware, a wide range of studies can be conducted quickly, simply and extremely accurately using a single product. The importance of using several measurement approaches in research has also led to such products becoming fully integrated with one another. The importance of integrating two or more of the above systems into a multi-modal approach to research will be highlighted. There are three proposed dates - Monday 30th April, Thursday 3rd May and Friday 4th May. The Seminar would run from 11-12pm with Observer training from 1-2:30pm. If you are keen to come, please fill in the Doodle poll so I can schedule her visit on a day that suits us all the best. Please do so instantly – I only takes 30 seconds! I’m going to get back to Liz with our preferred date at noon on Thursday! http://www.doodle.com/ixwibcbp7zivr8d2 This is a great opportunity for us – and our postgraduate students on most of the MScs, and for PhD students. Please sign up. Further details (date and room location) will follow. Many thanks, Hannah Just 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 Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Maynard Smith & Harper, 2004
by James Anderson 21 Mar '12

21 Mar '12

Anybody have "Animal Signals", by Maynard Smith & Harper, that I could borrow? Thanks. Jim -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Behavioural Measurement - the 'State of the Art' seminar
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 20 Mar '12

20 Mar '12

Liz Bate from Tracksys has kindly offered to come to give us a seminar and basic training (for free!) on: Behavioural Measurement - the 'State of the Art' Dr Elizabeth Bate. Tracksys Ltd. www.tracksys.co.uk<http://www.tracksys.co.uk/> She would include: 1). FaceReader<http://www.noldus.com/human-behavior-research/products/facereader> - Automatic Emotion Measurement. 2). Eyetracking (mobile<http://eyetracking-glasses.com/> and screen-based<http://www.smivision.com/en/gaze-and-eye-tracking-systems/products/red-red2…>). 3) The Observer XT<http://www.noldus.com/human-behavior-research/products/2/the-observer-xt> - Analysing user-defined behaviours (HB-S - we have several Observer licences) 4). Physiological Measurement (heart rate, BP, GSR etc). 5). Video tracking. Liz says: The need to measure and analyse the complexities of human behaviour in ever more sophisticated ways has led to a huge growth in the number of quantitative and qualitative behavioural measurement tools. Combining powerful multi-function software with bespoke hardware, a wide range of studies can be conducted quickly, simply and extremely accurately using a single product. The importance of using several measurement approaches in research has also led to such products becoming fully integrated with one another. The importance of integrating two or more of the above systems into a multi-modal approach to research will be highlighted. There are three proposed dates - Monday 30th April, Thursday 3rd May and Friday 4th May. The Seminar would run from 11-12pm with Observer training from 1-2:30pm. If you are keen to come, please fill in the Doodle poll so I can schedule her visit on a day that suits us all the best. Please do so instantly - I only takes 30 seconds! I'm going to get back to Liz with our preferred date at noon on Thursday! http://www.doodle.com/ixwibcbp7zivr8d2 This is a great opportunity for us - and our postgraduate students on most of the MScs, and for PhD students. Please sign up. Further details (date and room location) will follow. Many thanks, Hannah Just 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 Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Wednesday's BERG - and dinner
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 19 Mar '12

19 Mar '12

On Wednesday 21 March we have our former undergraduate student Sophia Daoudi giving a presentation on her MSc research from Oxford Brookes: The yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda); A comparative study of occupancy between Cabeza del Torro and Cordillera de Colán, Northeastern Peru 5.30 pm in the Psychology Common Room (3A94, Cottrell Building) as usual. We hope to go out for dinner afterwards - somewhere cheap and cheerful such as the Med - please let me know if you'd like to join us so I can book a table. Hope to see you on Wednesday. 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 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 phone: 01786 467674 fax: 01786 467641 -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Wednesday's BERG
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

Dear all On Wednesday 14 March we have Kristen Knowles giving a short presentation on Perceptual development and memory for human voices. 5.30 pm in the Psychology Common Room (3A94, Cottrell Building) as usual. Hope to see you on Wednesday. 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 Just 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 Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159. ________________________________ The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159. -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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primate calls and language evolution Friday 9th March - Glasgow
by Liz Williamson 07 Mar '12

07 Mar '12

From: Ellen Bramwell [Ellen.Bramwell(a)glasgow.ac.uk] Sent: 05 March 2012 14:42 To: Richard Whitt; Heather Froehlich; Elizabeth Finnigan; Joanne MacLeod Subject: Friday 9th March - Language in Glasgow workshop Apologies for cross-posting Dear all, The Language in Glasgow (LanG) research network are holding a half-day workshop on the afternoon of Friday 9 March, from 1-5pm. This event is being held in the Wolfson Medical Building, University of Glasgow (C8 on campus map: http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_1887_en.pdf) Our plenary speaker will be Professor Didier Demolin, from the GIPSA Laboratory, Grenoble, who will talk on his recent work on primate calls and language evolution. Attached is a pdf of the full programme with presentations on a wide range of subjects including psychology, bilingualism, historical charters, phonetics, German and stylistics. This event is free and open to all. However, if you wish to attend (and are not presenting) please email ellen.bramwell(a)glasgow.ac.uk<mailto:ellen.bramwell@glasgow.ac.uk> indicating this before Wednesday 7th March so that we can supply numbers for catering purposes. We intend to go for drinks and an early dinner after the LanG event and all attending the workshop are very welcome to join us. Numbers for dinner will be taken during the workshop. Please can you also forward this message to any colleagues – postgraduate, postdoctoral and staff – who you think might be interested in attending, especially those who are new to Glasgow this year. With many thanks, Jane Stuart-Smith and Ellen Bramwell -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Wednesday's BERG
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

Dear all On Wednesday 7 March we have Maria Wollnik giving a short presentation on her proposed PhD research on "The communicative role of pelage in black-and-gold howler monkeys". It's good stuff - and relevant to PSY9AK - undergraduates very welcome! 5.30 pm in the Psychology Common Room (3A94, Cottrell Building) as usual. Hope to see you on Wednesday 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 Just 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 Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159. -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Exam answers
by James Anderson 02 Mar '12

02 Mar '12

Dear BERGers, While tidying up in my office I found these extracts from students' answers to the 46AK exam in 2003. Quite amusing! ³There is a number of different ways in which this competition manifests itself. One of these is scrabble competition.² ³Natural selection favours a short life for males.² ³Only very occasionally will the male participate greatly in the copulation period.² ³Such strategies may include use of a sperm plug. Sperm here may block the entrance to the females to ensure no other species can mate with them and beat their sperm to the women¹s egg.² ³Males are more interested in women who have wide hips, a thin stomach and a low waist to hip ratio. This fits with the idea that males don¹t want their child to compete with excess fat during pregnancy.² -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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SCAB programme and maps
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

Please find attached a copy of the SCAB programme and some maps on where to find us. The conference will take place in the V corridor of the Cottrell building. There is free parking behind Cottrell on weekends. More info on how to get to the university can be found here: http://www.stir.ac.uk/undergraduate-study/visit-the-campus/getting-here If you plan to come, please e-mail Rosalind Murray (r.l.murray(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:r.l.murray@stir.ac.uk>) before midday on Friday March 2, 2012. There is a £15 registration fee which includes coffee breaks and lunch. Please do forward to others. We look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday 10th March. -Rosalind Rosalind Murray http://www.sbes.stir.ac.uk/people/postgrads/murray/index.html -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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