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: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%40thread.tacv2%2F1632727356535%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%25224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%25221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.microsoft.com%2Fdl%2Flauncher%2Flauncher.html%3Furl%3D%252F_%2523%252Fl%252Fmeetup-join%252F19%253A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%2540thread.tacv2%252F1632727356535%253Fcontext%253D%25257b%252522Tid%252522%25253a%2525224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%252522%25252c%252522Oid%252522%25253a%2525221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%252522%25257d%2526anon%253Dtrue%26type%3Dmeetup-join%26deeplinkId%3D2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189%26directDl%3Dtrue%26msLaunch%3Dtrue%26enableMobilePage%3Dtrue%26suppressPrompt%3Dtrue&data=05%7C01%7Cgema.martin-ordas%40stir.ac.uk%7Cce6691def756472b609a08da229b7c94%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C637860348486430638%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=GRAdfWPyttuHwPXBR8%2BzBTUnbyCAdjRxE81Alsh5Z6c%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

Dear all, On Wednesday this week at 4pm, Dr. Claire Hemingway (Texas University, USA) will be talking about decision-making in bumblebees. Please, see below the title and short abstract for her talk. This meeting will be online (link below). Economic foraging in a floral marketplace: decision making in bumblebees When making decisions, animals often compare available options to those that were recently encountered. Such decisions can be complex, often requiring individuals to compare multiple features associated with each option and their reward payoffs, to those of recently encountered options. Bumblebees are a useful system to address this topic, given that they forage on a wide variety of flowers, and in doing so rapidly integrate information about floral stimuli and rewards to learn about and make decisions between flowers. I will present recent work showing how reward perception in bumblebees is affected not only by recent experience with rewards, but also experience with associated stimuli. I will also discuss how this form of evaluation plays out in a natural foraging environment. Finally, I discuss ongoing work focused on how bees evaluate multiple dimensions of reward quality and how these multi-attribute choices can bias decision making. These findings shed insight on general processes of reward perception and decision-making in animals. Best, Gema Schedule for future meetings: Date Time Speaker Topic Location 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%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%40thread.tacv2%2F1632727356535%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%25224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%25221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.microsoft.com%2Fdl%2Flauncher%2Flauncher.html%3Furl%3D%252F_%2523%252Fl%252Fmeetup-join%252F19%253A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%2540thread.tacv2%252F1632727356535%253Fcontext%253D%25257b%252522Tid%252522%25253a%2525224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%252522%25252c%252522Oid%252522%25253a%2525221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%252522%25257d%2526anon%253Dtrue%26type%3Dmeetup-join%26deeplinkId%3D2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189%26directDl%3Dtrue%26msLaunch%3Dtrue%26enableMobilePage%3Dtrue%26suppressPrompt%3Dtrue&data=05%7C01%7Cgema.martin-ordas%40stir.ac.uk%7Ca6f8a056827348e2a11408daa51dc6bd%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C638003844584623749%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rg9ct6hdIUg742QQmshu7OIubcQtOcglv8R3OXZaxKU%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

Dear all, On Wednesday this week at 4pm, Kristine Gandia (University of Stirling) will be talking about behaviour assessment and welfare in zoo-housed animals. Please, see below the title and short abstract for her talk. This meeting will be in person (Common Room Psychology). Creating an evidence-based approach to the assessment of behaviour in the RZSS welfare audit process Providing zoo environments that promote good animal welfare is important for ethical reasons and for the goal of zoos to conserve species and educate the public. In order to continuously improve conditions that promote better welfare of zoo-housed species, their welfare must be assessed. The Five Domains model is a widely accepted welfare assessment framework for captive species. Addressing the behaviour domain can be done with behavioural observations. However, collecting behavioural data through continuous behavioural assessments can be a challenge for zoos due to the diversity of species housed and limited resources and work hours. This leaves many behaviours uncaptured and the cycles of behaviours across the day, year and lifespan unknown. In this study, we are demonstrating how an evidence-based approach to addressing the behaviour domain can be beneficial in validating the behaviour portion of welfare assessments and promoting accuracy in assessments. We collected behavioural data across the day for species of mammals, fish, reptiles and birds. With this data, we were able to directly address specific audit questions and validate responses in the behaviour domain with evidence. Long-term behavioural data can be built up slowly over years to create baselines of behavioural cycles for comparison during welfare assessments, allowing for stronger evidence-based responses. It is beneficial to zoos to accurately assess welfare as this informs interventions they implement to promote positive welfare. An evidence-based approach where baselines of behavioural cycles are established can assist in ensuring this accuracy during assessments and promoting the goals of zoos to improve their animals’ lives. Best, Gema Schedule for future meetings: Date Time Speaker Topic Location 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) 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 ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

Hi all, I'm here in person so looking forward to seeing some of you later. I've got Jan21-Feb22 paper copies of the 'Animal Behaviour' journal with me that seemed like a good idea for my MA/MSc HAI last year, but I never actually read much of them. I thought I'd leave them in the common room for general reading, or if anyone wants to take them to give to students, that's fine. kind regards Annabel MSc HAI '20-22 now GOALD Project Coordinator, FoSS Working days this week, October​: Mon 17th - Wed19th + Thu 20th am only Next week Tue 25th - Fri 28th ________________________________ From: BERG <berg-bounces@lists.stir.ac.uk> on behalf of Gema Martin-Ordas <gema.martin-ordas@stir.ac.uk> Sent: 19 October 2022 06:45 To: berg Mailing List <berg@lists.stir.ac.uk> Subject: [BERG] BERG seminar today Dear all, This is just a reminder about today’s seminar at 4pm. Kristine Gandia (University of Stirling) will be talking about behaviour assessment and welfare in zoo-housed animals. Please, see below the title and short abstract for her talk. This meeting will be in person (Common Room Psychology, 3A90). Creating an evidence-based approach to the assessment of behaviour in the RZSS welfare audit process Providing zoo environments that promote good animal welfare is important for ethical reasons and for the goal of zoos to conserve species and educate the public. In order to continuously improve conditions that promote better welfare of zoo-housed species, their welfare must be assessed. The Five Domains model is a widely accepted welfare assessment framework for captive species. Addressing the behaviour domain can be done with behavioural observations. However, collecting behavioural data through continuous behavioural assessments can be a challenge for zoos due to the diversity of species housed and limited resources and work hours. This leaves many behaviours uncaptured and the cycles of behaviours across the day, year and lifespan unknown. In this study, we are demonstrating how an evidence-based approach to addressing the behaviour domain can be beneficial in validating the behaviour portion of welfare assessments and promoting accuracy in assessments. We collected behavioural data across the day for species of mammals, fish, reptiles and birds. With this data, we were able to directly address specific audit questions and validate responses in the behaviour domain with evidence. Long-term behavioural data can be built up slowly over years to create baselines of behavioural cycles for comparison during welfare assessments, allowing for stronger evidence-based responses. It is beneficial to zoos to accurately assess welfare as this informs interventions they implement to promote positive welfare. An evidence-based approach where baselines of behavioural cycles are established can assist in ensuring this accuracy during assessments and promoting the goals of zoos to improve their animals’ lives. Best, Gema ________________________________ 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

Dear all, On Wednesday this week at 4pm, Francesca de Petrillo (Newcastle University) will be talking about decision making in primates. Please, see below the title and short abstract for her talk. This meeting will be online (link below). How does decision-making evolve? A comparative analysis of primate choices Abstract: Both human and non-human animals face a myriad of choices every day: what food to eat, where to spend their time, and with whom to mate or to interact with. Comparative studies of decision-making have revealed important variability across different species’ decision-making strategies. What governs the variation in decision-making strategies seen across the natural world? To answer this question, I will present a series of comparative studies examining decision-making under risk, probabilistic reasoning, and cognitive control in tufted capuchin monkeys, rhesus macaques and lemurs, respectively. The results of these studies suggest that ecological complexity consistently predicts differences across species’ decision strategies and cognitive abilities, thereby highlighting how comparative studies can provide critical insights into the evolutionary contexts that favor some kinds of decision-making strategies over others. Best, Gema Schedule for future meetings: Date Time Speaker Topic Location 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) 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%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%40thread.tacv2%2F1632727356535%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%25224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%25221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.microsoft.com%2Fdl%2Flauncher%2Flauncher.html%3Furl%3D%252F_%2523%252Fl%252Fmeetup-join%252F19%253A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%2540thread.tacv2%252F1632727356535%253Fcontext%253D%25257b%252522Tid%252522%25253a%2525224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%252522%25252c%252522Oid%252522%25253a%2525221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%252522%25257d%2526anon%253Dtrue%26type%3Dmeetup-join%26deeplinkId%3D2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189%26directDl%3Dtrue%26msLaunch%3Dtrue%26enableMobilePage%3Dtrue%26suppressPrompt%3Dtrue&data=05%7C01%7Cgema.martin-ordas%40stir.ac.uk%7Cce6691def756472b609a08da229b7c94%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C637860348486430638%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=GRAdfWPyttuHwPXBR8%2BzBTUnbyCAdjRxE81Alsh5Z6c%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%40thread.tacv2%2F1632727356535%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%25224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%25221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.microsoft.com%2Fdl%2Flauncher%2Flauncher.html%3Furl%3D%252F_%2523%252Fl%252Fmeetup-join%252F19%253A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%2540thread.tacv2%252F1632727356535%253Fcontext%253D%25257b%252522Tid%252522%25253a%2525224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%252522%25252c%252522Oid%252522%25253a%2525221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%252522%25257d%2526anon%253Dtrue%26type%3Dmeetup-join%26deeplinkId%3D2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189%26directDl%3Dtrue%26msLaunch%3Dtrue%26enableMobilePage%3Dtrue%26suppressPrompt%3Dtrue&data=05%7C01%7Cgema.martin-ordas%40stir.ac.uk%7Cce6691def756472b609a08da229b7c94%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C637860348486430638%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=GRAdfWPyttuHwPXBR8%2BzBTUnbyCAdjRxE81Alsh5Z6c%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

Dear All, On Wednesday this week at 4pm, Sarah Weir (University of Stirling) will be talking about Dog Laws in the UK. Please, see below the title and short abstract for her talk. This meeting will be online (link below). Investigating Dog Laws in the UK Law is often designed to create a shared understanding of acceptable behaviour and keep everyone safe. As dogs are important members of the United Kingdom (UK) that can have both positive and negative impacts for people, their behaviour and management is often controlled through legislation. As a result, law impacts the daily lives of dogs and their owners, as well as dictating how they behave in public spaces. Research to date has primarily focused only on a few key areas of dog ownership, mostly in Scotland and Wales. This study aims to create a wider understanding of all laws that impact dogs in the UK and how they differ across all 4 nations. To answer this we are developing a mixed methods framework to systematically assess the variation in law across jurisdictions. As law is often created in response to public or organisational pressure, dog laws can provide an insight into the changing attitudes towards dogs. Also, creating a better understanding of what laws are in effect can enable governments and organisations to better inform the public of the expectations of how dogs should behave and be treated everywhere in the UK. Best, Gema Schedule for future meetings: Date Time Speaker Topic Location 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%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%40thread.tacv2%2F1632727356535%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%25224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%25221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.microsoft.com%2Fdl%2Flauncher%2Flauncher.html%3Furl%3D%252F_%2523%252Fl%252Fmeetup-join%252F19%253A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%2540thread.tacv2%252F1632727356535%253Fcontext%253D%25257b%252522Tid%252522%25253a%2525224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%252522%25252c%252522Oid%252522%25253a%2525221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%252522%25257d%2526anon%253Dtrue%26type%3Dmeetup-join%26deeplinkId%3D2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189%26directDl%3Dtrue%26msLaunch%3Dtrue%26enableMobilePage%3Dtrue%26suppressPrompt%3Dtrue&data=05%7C01%7Cgema.martin-ordas%40stir.ac.uk%7Cce6691def756472b609a08da229b7c94%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C637860348486430638%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=GRAdfWPyttuHwPXBR8%2BzBTUnbyCAdjRxE81Alsh5Z6c%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

Dear All, Today at 4pm, Sarah Weir (University of Stirling) will be talking about Dog Laws in the UK. Please, see below the title and short abstract for her talk. This meeting will be online (link below). Investigating Dog Laws in the UK Law is often designed to create a shared understanding of acceptable behaviour and keep everyone safe. As dogs are important members of the United Kingdom (UK) that can have both positive and negative impacts for people, their behaviour and management is often controlled through legislation. As a result, law impacts the daily lives of dogs and their owners, as well as dictating how they behave in public spaces. Research to date has primarily focused only on a few key areas of dog ownership, mostly in Scotland and Wales. This study aims to create a wider understanding of all laws that impact dogs in the UK and how they differ across all 4 nations. To answer this we are developing a mixed methods framework to systematically assess the variation in law across jurisdictions. As law is often created in response to public or organisational pressure, dog laws can provide an insight into the changing attitudes towards dogs. Also, creating a better understanding of what laws are in effect can enable governments and organisations to better inform the public of the expectations of how dogs should behave and be treated everywhere in the UK. Best, Gema Link to the online meetings: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%40thread.tacv2%2F1632727356535%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%25224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%25221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.microsoft.com%2Fdl%2Flauncher%2Flauncher.html%3Furl%3D%252F_%2523%252Fl%252Fmeetup-join%252F19%253A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%2540thread.tacv2%252F1632727356535%253Fcontext%253D%25257b%252522Tid%252522%25253a%2525224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%252522%25252c%252522Oid%252522%25253a%2525221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%252522%25257d%2526anon%253Dtrue%26type%3Dmeetup-join%26deeplinkId%3D2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189%26directDl%3Dtrue%26msLaunch%3Dtrue%26enableMobilePage%3Dtrue%26suppressPrompt%3Dtrue&data=05%7C01%7Cgema.martin-ordas%40stir.ac.uk%7C1b954739702e4b3b9c3808dacbabbde2%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C638046235743567719%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Xm4%2BTL6IBskkYAJsM2yECEr90UpkrmL2abIeQhD8Qx4%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

Dear All, On Wednesday this week at 4pm, Gloria Sabbatini (Unit of Cognitive Primatology, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, CNR, Rome, Italy) will be talking about tool use in capuchin monkeys. Please, see below the title and short abstract for her talk. This meeting will be online (link below). Action planning and tool use in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus sp.) The study of how animals anticipate future actions is crucial to understand cognitive processes that guide behavior. The capacity to alter object manipulation not only on the basis of the immediate task demands but also of the next task to be performed involves second-order motor planning abilities . This response dependency is instantiated in the end-state comfort (ESC) effect, the capability of grasping an object in a way that enhances hand comfort and object control while performing the next action. Research using different tasks has reported evidence of the ESC effect in a number of nonhuman primate species, including capuchin monkeys. Several factors are supposed to affect the strength of the expression of second-order motor planning abilities. In this talk I will present work on action planning in capuchin monkeys in which factors such as direction of the task (self-directed or externally directed), initial object orientation, number of object functional ends, manual preference and age were investigated. These data on capuchins add to the literature concerning object grasping and manipulation in nonhuman primates and encourage the use of grasping tasks to study motor planning and to compare cognition processes across primates. Best, Gema Schedule for future meetings: Date Time Speaker Topic Location 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%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%40thread.tacv2%2F1632727356535%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%25224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%25221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.microsoft.com%2Fdl%2Flauncher%2Flauncher.html%3Furl%3D%252F_%2523%252Fl%252Fmeetup-join%252F19%253A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%2540thread.tacv2%252F1632727356535%253Fcontext%253D%25257b%252522Tid%252522%25253a%2525224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%252522%25252c%252522Oid%252522%25253a%2525221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%252522%25257d%2526anon%253Dtrue%26type%3Dmeetup-join%26deeplinkId%3D2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189%26directDl%3Dtrue%26msLaunch%3Dtrue%26enableMobilePage%3Dtrue%26suppressPrompt%3Dtrue&data=05%7C01%7Cgema.martin-ordas%40stir.ac.uk%7C1b954739702e4b3b9c3808dacbabbde2%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C638046235743567719%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Xm4%2BTL6IBskkYAJsM2yECEr90UpkrmL2abIeQhD8Qx4%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

Dear All, On Wednesday this week at 3pm, Elias Garcia Pelegrin (National University of Singapore) will be talking about perception and deception in different animal species. Please, see below the title and short abstract for his talk. This meeting will be online (link below). Using sleight of hand to investigate human action perception in diverse taxa. Deceptive tactics depend on the deceiver being able to trick their victim. Magicians are successful in misleading their victim (or audience) because their actions capitalise on perceptual and attentional predispositions. Intricate sleight of hand movements (i.e., range of techniques involving hand motions commonly used by both magicians and pickpockets to deceive fellow human observers) can manipulate where the observers’ attention is drawn so they can be tricked into looking elsewhere or thinking something different from reality. The success of these deceptive movements is contingent on the magicians and pickpockets’ ability to take advantage of these perceptual and attentional predispositions. It is this phenomenon that I refer to as “cognitive blind-spots” (Garcia-Pelegrin et al., 2020). Using sleight of hand movements to investigate the mind can yield thought-provoking results; highlighting the elaborate deceptive qualities of these intricate movements, and the cognitive blind-spots that they exploit. Considering the evidence highlighting the power of these techniques in misleading the average human observer, one may wonder to what extent the expectations capitalised by sleight of hand are intrinsically human, and whether similar perception control tactics can be effectively used in other animal minds. The application of these deceptive motions to investigate the non-human mind can yield great insight into the evolution and inner-workings of the cognitive blind-spots exploited by these techniques. Are these cognitive blind-spots unique to humans? Do other non-human primates perceive human action like humans? Do other taxa have similar cognitive blind-spots when observing human deceptive movements, and can we explain similarities and disparities in perceptual predispositions because of cognitive capacity, neural structure, or other physical features? My research has made some advances towards understanding the cognitive blind-spots across species by systematically presenting deceitful sleight of hand movements to non-human animals and analysing their responses. In this presentation, I will explore these questions by reviewing the most recent studies with members of the corvid family and non-human primates to illustrate how the intersection between deceptive techniques and science can yield invaluable insight into the perceptual and cognitive mechanisms of both human and non-human animals. Best, Gema Link to the online meetings: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%40thread.tacv2%2F1632727356535%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%25224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%25221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.microsoft.com%2Fdl%2Flauncher%2Flauncher.html%3Furl%3D%252F_%2523%252Fl%252Fmeetup-join%252F19%253A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%2540thread.tacv2%252F1632727356535%253Fcontext%253D%25257b%252522Tid%252522%25253a%2525224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%252522%25252c%252522Oid%252522%25253a%2525221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%252522%25257d%2526anon%253Dtrue%26type%3Dmeetup-join%26deeplinkId%3D2c2c7134-d960-4963-8397-8f77c1847189%26directDl%3Dtrue%26msLaunch%3Dtrue%26enableMobilePage%3Dtrue%26suppressPrompt%3Dtrue&data=05%7C01%7Cgema.martin-ordas%40stir.ac.uk%7C1b954739702e4b3b9c3808dacbabbde2%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C638046235743567719%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Xm4%2BTL6IBskkYAJsM2yECEr90UpkrmL2abIeQhD8Qx4%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

Dear All, This week we have a joint BERG-BES (Biological and Environmental Sciences) meeting at 3-5pm in the Psychology Common Room (3A90). We will have a series of short talks by 5 members of BERG (Clare Andrews, Pawel Fedurek, Sharon Kessler, Phyllis Lee and me) and 4 members of BES (Rebecca Boulton, Brad Duthie, Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor and Andre Gilburn). We will be presenting our research and what research questions psychologists and biologists might share. Best, Gema Schedule for future meetings: Date Time Speaker Topic Location 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) cancelled 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 ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159