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: