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: