[BERG] BERG seminar this week

Dear all, On Wednesday this week at 4pm, Dr. Jeff Martin (McGill University, Canada) will be talking about caching behaviour in Canadian jays. Please, see below the title and short abstract for his talk. This meeting will be online (below is the teams link). Title: Food caching decisions in Canada jays Abstract: For resident birds in the Northern hemisphere, resource scarcity typically occurs simultaneously with winter conditions. To combat these compounded stressors many species cache food, the storing of food items for subsequent retrieval and consumption after some delay, to ensure a reliable supply of resources. Because food caching behaviour is cognitively demanding, caching has long been a focus of research in animal behaviour and cognition. Most of this work has focused on what animals know about their caches once deposited, however, much less is known about what influences caching decisions prior to caches being deposited. I will present a series of experiments aimed at exploring different cues Canada jays (Perisoreus canadensis) might use when deciding what to cache, and where to cache it. Best, Gema Schedule for future meetings: Date Time Speaker Topic Location 28/09/2022 4pm Jade Hooper (University of Stirling) TBC F2F (Common Room, Psych) 05/10/2022 4pm Michael Beran (Georgia State University, USA) Metacognition in primates Online 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%2Fmee… ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159