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While looking through my husband's amazing photography for a photo for the textbook, I was reminded of this one of a mute swan. They are so impressive and majestic, but they are not native to North America and bully the local geese and ducks here on Lake Ontario.

#AnimalBehaviour
#AnimalBehavior
#AnimalCognition
#ComparativeCognition
#AnimalPhotography
#Birds

Comparative Cognition Apr 17, 2023

ManyDogs (@ManyDogs) is an international consortium of researchers interested in #canine science.

We are soliciting proposals for our next project. Do you have ideas?

Check out the info below and see: bit.ly/416TXN6

#AnimalCognition #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalBehavior #ComparativeCognition #CognitiveDevelopment #Cognition #DevelopmentalPsychology

Comparative Cognition Mar 10, 2023

ICYMI: Two new bee social learning papers have come out.

Social signal learning of the waggle dance in honey bees
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade1702

Bumblebees acquire alternative puzzle-box solutions via social learning
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002019

#AnimalCognition #ComparativeCognition #AnimalBehavior #AnimalBehaviour #Cognition #CognitiveDevelopment

Matt Slocombe Jan 12, 2023

Great talk from Ed Wasserman today on the analogical abilities of different animal species. Prompted a very interesting discussion on how same/different tasks can be solved in different ways. E.g., comprehending differences in perceptual entropy vs conceptual understanding of same/different.

Recording available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p7JL3FTdkw

Seminar schedule: http://www.analogicalminds.com

@cognition @cogsci @psychology #AnimalCognition #ComparativeCognition

Edward Wasserman -- Roots of Analogy

YouTube

Comparative Cognition Dec 21, 2022

Are you new to Mastodon? When I started here last month I found this #Tootorial by @djnavarro very helpful for understanding not only the interface but the culture of hashtags (that have CapitalLetters), alt-text, and content warnings.

https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2022-11-03_what-i-know-about-mastodon/

#AnimalBehavior #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalCognition #ComparativeCognition #DevelopmentalPsychology #CognitiveDevelopment
#Psychology #Biology

Everything I know about Mastodon – Notes from a data witch

A hastily written guide for data science folks trying to navigate the fediverse.

Notes from a data witch

Comparative Cognition Dec 15, 2022

To celebrate the fact my mentee, Tara Karasewich, passed her PhD defense this week (🎉 🎉 🎉 ), I thought I'd highlight a paper of hers that appeared in Developmental Review:

Trait social anxiety as a conditional adaptation: A developmental and evolutionary framework

Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2019.100886

PsyArXiv: https://psyarxiv.com/r85gv/

#DevelopmentalPsychology #CognitiveDevelopment #SocialDevelopment #Shyness #Evolution #AnimalBehavior #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalCognition #ComparativeCognition

Animal Cognition Project 🇨🇦Dec 1, 2022

Looking for more book recommendations on recent manuscripts re: #animalethics #animalminds
#animalcogethics
#comparativecognition

etc.

Two I'm evaluating next:

*How to Study Animal Minds, Kristen Andrews

*Justice for Animals, Martha Nussbaum

Can't wait!

Comparative Cognition Nov 30, 2022

The Routledge International Handbook of Comparative Psychology (edited by Freeberg, Ridley, & d'Ettore, 2022) really is a lovely compilation for those interested in #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalBehavior #AnimalCognition #ComparativeCognition #Evolution #CanineScience and #Ecology

https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-International-Handbook-of-Comparative-Psychology/Freeberg-Ridley-dEttorre/p/book/9780367546045

We have a chapter in the book discussing the history and major themes of Comparative Cognition (I've attached a figure).

The Routledge International Handbook of Comparative Psychology

The Routledge International Handbook of Comparative Psychology is an international reference work that offers scientists and students a balanced overview of current research in the field of comparative psychology and animal behavior. The book takes an integrative approach to animal behavior, with most of the chapters discussing research involving both proximate (developmental and mechanistic) and ultimate (functional and phylogenetic) levels of analysis. Chapters cover the major ideas of core to

Routledge & CRC Press