ComparativeCognitionSociety

CO3 2026 will be in Montréal! 🇨🇦 📍 Delta Hotel, Montréal, QC 📅 April 15–18 After careful consideration, the CCS Executive Committee chose based on survey feedback, travel, safety, cost & character. We believe it’s the best option for our community & hope to see you there!

📢 We're transitioning to posting on Bluesky (handle in bio) 🦋 Reach out there if you'd like us to repost & amplify your #ComparativeCognition research!

Show Your Comparative Cognition Love!🦝♥️ Order your CCS merchandise in our online shop. We have water bottles, hats, mugs & more. We still have the CO3 2025 shirts in honor of Suzanne MacDonald, ft. orangutans & raccoons & we'll make sporadic announcements as new items are added

🚨We're recruiting!🚨 Join our lab in Barcelona as a PhD student or postdoc. We study automated decision-making in rats 🐀 and run online human experiments with a comparative & cognitive science focus. Get in touch if you're interested! Links below. #Postdoc #PhDJobs #PostdocJobs

The Comparative Cognition Society mourns the passing of our friend, and colleague, Professor Tammy McKenzie, who died earlier this year at the age of 49. Tammy was a longstanding member of the Society and a frequent CO3 attendee. Tammy's obituary: brockiedonovan.com/tribute/detail…

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🚨New workshop “Behavior Across the Tree of Life: Theoretical & Methodological Challenges” hosted by Gianmaria Dani, Dr. Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda & Prof. Grant Ramsey at KU Leuven, Sept 26-27, 2025! More info: hiw.kuleuven.be/clps/events/ag…

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CO3 2026 will be in Montréal! 🇨🇦 📍 Delta Hotel, Montréal, QC 📅 April 15–18 After careful consideration, the CCS Executive Committee chose based on survey feedback, travel, safety, cost & character. We believe it’s the best option for our community & hope to see you there!

🎇✨Congratulations Prof. Susan Healy, our 2027 Research Award recipient (Uni. St Andrews, UK). A symposium + banquet will honor her contributions at the 2027 conference & a special issue will be published March 2028: 'In Honour of the Contributions of Susan Healy' #WomenInSTEM

L&B Special Issue: Interview w/ Nicky Clayton: bit.ly/4jhz2A2 Download the entire special issue for free until the end of May '25: bit.ly/3FpnQ5B @nickyclayton22 @ComparativeCog @compcogsoc.bsky.social @Psychonomic_Soc @royalsociety @royalsociety.org

✨What an incredible CO3 we had this year #CO3_2025 ! Thank you to all joined us and contributed your insights and energy to the talks, posters, events and great discussions. It was a truly inspiring event. Until next time💙🏳️‍🌈🌍🤝

The banquet starts at 7:00 PM in Alvarado DE. Enjoy the meal and beverages from the cash bar while saying goodbyes to #CO3_2025 friends 🍻🌮🥗

We’re wrapping up #CO3_2025 with closing remarks at 5:15 PM before the Master Lecture begins at 5:30! Make sure to come for our research award honoree Suzanne MacDonald’s talk 🦝🦧🧪

Maria Botero gives her talk discussing the exemplary work of Suzanne MacDonald and how she has contributed to the field of Comparative Cognition! Such a great tribute to a true leader and role model in our field! #CO3_2025 🧪🦝🐘

Symposium in Honor of the Contributions of Suzanne MacDonald is starting soon! Join us for talks featuring A Tribute to Suzanne MacDonald, Dimensions of Mind Perception in Companion Animals, Human-Crow Relationships, Animal Cultures, & more! #CO3_2025 🧪🦧🐒🐦‍⬛

In the #Decision Making session David White tells us all about #cowbirds and whether they use social information to lay eggs in host nests. Juvenile females may choose already parasitized nests whereas adult females avoid them. 🪹🥚🪺 #CO3_2025

The #Attention & #Memory session is about to begin! Come join us for talks about Cognitive Effort & Working Memory in Rheus monkeys, Reversed Attentional Boost Effect in Pigeons, Sensory Modality & Visual Working Memory, & Long-term Memory in Dolphins #CO3_2025 🧪🐬🐒

Rebecca Westwick starts off the session presenting work on a #cognitive test battery with the #charismatic dung beetle 🪲💩#CO3_2025

The #Development Session starts at 12:00 PM. We will learn about #cognitive differences, #behavioral flexibility, #temperature preferences, #temperament, #cognitive decline, and changes in the #brain across development! 🪲🐠🐍🐒🐦🧠 #CO3_2025

Get your final bids in for the many great items in the silent #auction! Login here to take a look at the items and add your bids before 11:59 am comparativecognition.org/auction.php #CO3_2025