Dear all, On Wednesday this week at 4pm, Prof. Michael Beran (Georgia State University, USA) will be talking self-control in humans and non-human animals. Please, see below the title and short abstract for her talk. This meeting will be online (link below). Waiting Games with Different Names: Studies of Self-Control in Animals and People Self-control is an important capacity for optimizing long term benefits. Failures of self-control also underlie many of the most difficult behavioral issues experienced by humans. Thus, studies of self-control, and how to improve it (if possible) have been of great value, and this is true also for comparative research about the self-control of other species. I will describe some of the research I have conducted to assess delay of gratification and other forms of self-control in nonhuman primates, and how those studies differ from others that may assess forms of behavioral inhibition that are not equivalent to self-control. I also will highlight the ways in which human and nonhuman primate self-control may be similar or may be dissimilar, and how comparative studies shed light on better understanding human self-control. Best, Gema Schedule for future meetings: Date Time Speaker Topic Location 12/10/2022 4pm Claire Hemingway (Texas University, USA) Bees and bats cognition Online 19/10/2022 4pm Kristine Gandia (University of Stirling) TBC F2F (Common Room, Psych) 02/11/2022 3-5pm Joint meeting—BERG & BES TBC F2F (Common Room, Psych) 09/11/2022 4pm Francesca de Petrillo (Newcastle University, UK) Decision-making in primates Online 16/11/2022 4pm Stephen Ferrigno (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA) Origins of human thought Online 23/11/2022 4pm Sarah Weir (University of Stirling) TBC Online 30/11/2022 4pm Sabrina Brando (University of Stirling) Individual, leadership, and organisational aspects of human wellbeing in zoos and aquariums F2F (Common Room, Psych) 07/12/2022 4pm Gloria Sabbatini (Istc-CNR Unit of Cognitive Primatology & Primate Center, Italy) Tool use in primates Online 14/12/2022 3pm Elias Garcia Pelegrin (University of Cambridge, UK) Crows and understanding of magic tricks Online Link to the online meetings: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%40thread.tacv2%2F1632727356535%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%25224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%25221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.microsoft.com%2Fdl%2Flauncher%2Flauncher.html%3Furl%3D%252F_%2523%252Fl%252Fmeetup-join%252F19%253A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%2540thread.tacv2%252F1632727356535%253Fcontext%253D%25257b%252522Tid%252522%25253a%2525224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%252522%25252c%252522Oid%252522%25253a%2525221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%252522%25257d%2526anon%253Dtrue%26type%3Dmeetup-join%26deeplinkId%3D2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189%26directDl%3Dtrue%26msLaunch%3Dtrue%26enableMobilePage%3Dtrue%26suppressPrompt%3Dtrue&data=05%7C01%7Cgema.martin-ordas%40stir.ac.uk%7Cce6691def756472b609a08da229b7c94%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C637860348486430638%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=GRAdfWPyttuHwPXBR8%2BzBTUnbyCAdjRxE81Alsh5Z6c%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159