[BERG] BERG seminar this week

Dear all, On Wednesday this week at 4pm, Stephen Ferrigno (University of Wisconsin-Madison) will be talking about number representations in human and non-human animals. Please, see below the title and short abstract for his talk. This meeting will be online (link below). Evolutionary and developmental origins of number representations Infants and non-human animals can discriminate more from less without counting, symbols, or language. Although children have a sense of quantity that emerges during infancy, the precision of this quantity discrimination does not reach adult like levels until the teens. Here I will talk about previous work and ongoing studies testing two potential causes for this protracted development: maturation and experience. Although these possibilities are difficult to isolate in children, studies with non-human animals offer unique ways of separating these factors. Best, Gema Schedule for future meetings: Date Time Speaker Topic Location 23/11/2022 4pm Sarah Weir (University of Stirling) TBC Online 30/11/2022 4pm Sabrina Brando (University of Stirling) cancelled 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