ComparativeCognition

This meant saying a fairwell to the wonderful @laurenguillette as president who worked tirelessly to lead the society forward, particularly in her contributions to the creation of the Equity Diversity & Inclusion committee, outreach & CO3 location change. Thank you from us all!🙏

The Birdsong Lab at the University of Lethbridge is seeking 1-2 motivated graduate students to join us starting in Fall 2025. Funding is available. (a🧵1 /6)

✨A (belated) introduction to our new CCS president: the one & only Noam Miller!! Anyone who knows Noam can speak to his passion & enthusiasm for truly comparative research, & his supportiveness of other researchers. We're very lucky to have him leading the way for the society!✨

New paper #psynomLB "Validation of a rodent model of episodic memory replay' by Sheridan et al. finds that rats are able to replay episodic memories. bit.ly/Sheridan_rats @ComparativeCog #episodicmemory #olfaction #familiarity #memorytracestrength #rat @Psychonomic_Soc

New paper on episodic memory is part of a special issue in #psynomLB in honour of @nickyclayton22 who received the CCS Research Award in April 2024 @IUPsychBrain

Crows count out loud🐦‍⬛: An exciting new study trained crows to produce 1-4 vocalisations corresponding to a visual number & auditory cue, using different calls for each number. Use of the 'approximate number system' suggested #CompCogPapers #Science scim.ag/74f

@sylpi So happy for you, Sylvia! Superstar!!!!

Today was a special day! Thanks for all the people involved, specially my awesome supervisor Dr. Val Kuhlmeier @Comp_Cog #PhDone #PhinisheD #QueensU #QueensPsych

@DrMeghanNorris @evilplasticfork @BrandonTozzo My lab bestows dogrees! (But yes, an annual dogtorate would be amazing.)

@evilplasticfork @BrandonTozzo @Comp_Cog New career goals—I wonder if we could effectively advocate for an annual dogtorate degree.

If Queen's or Western do this, I might consider making an alumni donation.

What an incredible CO3 we had this year! Outstanding science, a fantastic new location, and lots of new faces and old. We hope you all found it as stimulating and fun as we did #CO3_2024 🐍🐒🦎🐀🐣🕷🐕 🦜🦍🐠🐿🦐🐬🙋‍♀️

Do dogs preferentially encode the identity of the target object or the location of others’ actions? Authored by Lucrezia Lonardo and colleagues @VetmeduniVienna link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New paper in @CognitionJourn with @ClaudiaSehl and @Stephan37530134. Children aged 4-7 overlook how sunk costs bias actions but nonetheless anticipate how they affect emotions. Free version: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S00… doi.org/10.1016/j.cogn….

🌟 Dive into the Minds of Animals! 🐶 Join us at #CO3 for a whirlwind of 5-minute talks unveiling the mysteries of comparative cognition! From Macaques to dogs, get ready for some crazy science. Don't miss out on this mind-expanding event! #CognitiveWonders #AnimalIntelligence

I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about how folks can reuse and remix open access work. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! So much, in fact, that @markswartz @Comp_Cog & I wrote an intro on how to do it! A hopefully handy starter! frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Maze With Cheese In Center Enters Human Trials Following Decades Of Testing On Mice theonion.com/maze-with-chee…

Based on your feedback, we have extended the abstract submission deadline for #CSC2024 to April 30th. Keep'em coming!

Frans de Waal was an astute observer of animal behavior who challenged the world to see animals as individuals with personalities and emotions and maybe even the seeds of politics and morality. He inspired generations and will be greatly missed news.emory.edu/features/2024/…

We have lost one of life's true greats- Frans de Waal. I am heartbroken A brilliant thinker, pioneer, mentor, friend & colleague. An exceptional observer of the natural world whose deep and brave curiosity enabled him to see things beyond the constraints of the status quo 1/5

@sylpi Yayayayayayay!!!

Dissertation submitted!!

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