[BERG] BERG seminar today, 16:00 (common room)

Dear BERGers, A quick reminder that Dr Victoria Lee (Scotland's Rural College) is giving a seminar today entitled "Do jackdaws learn socially about dangerous people? Please find the abstract below. The meeting will take place in our common room (and on Teams). Hope to see you later! Abstract: In anthropogenic habitats, humans can present both an opportunity and a threat to wildlife. In these situations, it may be beneficial for animals to use social information to learn about dangerous people and avoid direct encounters that could be costly. We tested whether jackdaws use social information to learn about the level of danger posed by unfamiliar people. Using a within-subjects design, jackdaws were presented with an unfamiliar person near their nest, paired with conspecific alarm calls or a neutral control. Jackdaws that heard alarm calls showed a heightened fear response in subsequent encounters with the person, suggesting that jackdaws use social learning to assess the level of risk posed by people. MSTeams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee… Remaining meetings: Date 01/05/2024 Time 16:00 Speaker Victoria Lee (SRUC) Format F2F/hybrid 08/05/2024 10:00 James Brooks (Kyoto) Online 15/05/2024 tbc 22/05/2024 16:00 Elodie Freymann (Oxford) online Best wishes, Pawel ------------------------------- Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his) Lecturer in Psychology Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland, UK Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844> Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling​<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling> Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/research-groups/behaviour-and-evolution-research-group/> I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday). ________________________________ From: BERG &lt;berg-bounces(a)lists.stir.ac.uk&gt; on behalf of Pawel Fedurek &lt;pawel.fedurek(a)stir.ac.uk&gt; Sent: 29 April 2024 08:00 To: berg Mailing List &lt;berg(a)lists.stir.ac.uk&gt; Subject: [BERG] BERG seminar this Wednesday, 16:00 (common room) Dear All, This Wednesday Dr Victoria Lee (Scotland's Rural College) will be giving a seminar entitled "Do jackdaws learn socially about dangerous people? Please find the abstract below. Hope to see you there! Abstract: In anthropogenic habitats, humans can present both an opportunity and a threat to wildlife. In these situations, it may be beneficial for animals to use social information to learn about dangerous people and avoid direct encounters that could be costly. We tested whether jackdaws use social information to learn about the level of danger posed by unfamiliar people. Using a within-subjects design, jackdaws were presented with an unfamiliar person near their nest, paired with conspecific alarm calls or a neutral control. Jackdaws that heard alarm calls showed a heightened fear response in subsequent encounters with the person, suggesting that jackdaws use social learning to assess the level of risk posed by people. MSTeams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee… Remaining meetings: Date 01/05/2024 Time 16:00 Speaker Victoria Lee (SRUC) Format F2F/hybrid 08/05/2024 10:00 James Brooks (Kyoto) Online 15/05/2024 tbc 22/05/2024 16:00 Elodie Freymann (Oxford) online Best wishes, Pawel ------------------------------- Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his) Lecturer in Psychology Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland, UK Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844> Twitter: @fedurekp<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Ffedurekp&data=05%7C02%7Cpawel.fedurek%40stir.ac.uk%7C458e38d517564fbe947608dc681a0cd3%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C638499708319605639%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=jBzNBL9Ip8ntmHa3SKLBJLC9bIkKU3beR%2FyTMpY14vA%3D&reserved=0> @BERG_Stirling​<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FBERG_Stirling&data=05%7C02%7Cpawel.fedurek%40stir.ac.uk%7C458e38d517564fbe947608dc681a0cd3%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C638499708319613373%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=mlYNbVN19%2BtBuPz375D4ccljr6kmN0TaXB8UfiChiQc%3D&reserved=0> Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/research-groups/behaviour-and-evolution-research-group/> I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday). ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159 ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159