Not sure if anyone really still uses starter packs, but just in case: Animal Behaviour Researchers is officially full! This is a selection of colleagues, speakers I've seen at conferences, and generally awesome scientists working to understand the animal world 🐒🐺🦁🦓🐘🐓🦅🐬🦎🐍🐙🐜 go.bsky.app/9CV3PAd

My colleague, Charles Perreault, has published cool new paper documenting impact of culture on human capacity for adaptation: http//www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2523038123

Can we all just agree that if your evolutionary theory of humans posits we all evolved to have the social values of 1950s American it’s probably wrong? Thanks.

🚀 Postdoc Alert! Are you passionate about social learning & cultural evolution? @dominikdeffner.bsky.social & I have a 3-year position with freedom to develop your research and work on cutting-edge multiplayer and immersive experiments. Apply by March 30! hmc-lab.com/SocialLearni... Pls share 🙏

Are there any new papers on cooperation/ social behavior which are a must read? :)

Favorite article on how evolution and culture (sociocultural, not CET) aren't at odds with each other. Go!

Manipulating the activity of these immune cells could provide a way to reduce the severity of heart attacks go.nature.com/4jtQNxr

Birds lay eggs in a diverse array of colors, patterns, sizes, and shapes. After looking at nearly 50,000 eggs from more than 1400 bird species, researchers in Science found that egg shape is related to flight ability. Learn more on #NationalBirdDay: https://scim.ag/3YUZkQc

Wenn Dir das Völkerrecht zu komplex ist, ist eine Kanzlerschaft vielleicht nicht das richtige für Dich.

What do my fellow researchers in cooperation research think of this?https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/ceq1000742go

today I learned: Es gibt in Hamburg eine Poliklinik die Menschen ohne Versicherung behandelt, mit komplett ehrenamtlichen Mitarbeitenden, modernen Geräten und verschiedenen Fachrichtungen! Komplett spendenfinanziert. Traurig dass es das braucht, aber Respekt! www.praxisohnegrenzen-hh.de

Hab Gänsehaut, das ist unglaublich! youtu.be/bhExSMZt1zs?...

One thing I have learned ever since talking openly about my life with bipolar disorder is that, yeah, there are still many people interpreting hypomanic or depressive states as character flaws.

A feature in Nature outlines how researchers are using artificial intelligence to decode the speech of animals, and the technology may enable humans someday to talk back to them. 🧪

Russische Kampfjets im estnischen Luftraum#Estland#Russland

Why AI could make people more likely to lie Coverage of our recent paper by THe Independent, with nice commentary by @swachter.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

We would also wish that the drone attack on Poland was a mistake. But it wasn’t. And we know it.

UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species go.nature.com/467N16m

📣 New registered report in @nathumbehav.nature.com with Ivan Soraperra, @jonathanschulz.bsky.social, and Shaul Shalvi: rdcu.be/eAcMA With data from 7,978 participants in 20 countries, we find that information about negative externalities promotes prosociality, especially in guilt-prone individuals.

On the left is a rabbit. On the right is an elephant. But guess what: They’re the *same image*, rotated 90°! In @currentbiology.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I show how these images—known as “visual anagrams”—can help solve a longstanding problem in cognitive science. bit.ly/45BVnCZ

Too often, I see people talk about a replication as if the first study has established something, and the replication study is a double-check. What people often fail to understand is that we do not do replication studies to *check* a finding, but to *establish* a finding. 1/x

Through experiments and simulations, this study shows how individuals learn to learn from others, dynamically shaping the processes involved in cultural evolution. @davidschultner.bsky.social @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social @lucasmolleman.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Excited to see 1st of the Evoluionary Human Sciences special issue on scientific racism come out! @kevinlala.bsky.social @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social @kztwyman.bsky.social & Marcus Feldman discuss impediments to countering racist pseudoscience & present 5 solutions www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

wenn ich mal eine tochter habe nenne ich sie ann-katrin berger

Arthur has written a wonderful, clear, super helpful introduction to contractualism as a foundation for moral psychology. Perfect for getting up to speed, teaching, a desk reference, or a sunny day at the beach. wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

I should get credit for not attending Jeff Bezo's wedding even though I wasn't invited.

Another Ivy League psychology professor just lent his credentials to an organisation which promotes scientific racism. Don’t think psychology’s biggest problem has anything to do with p values

Our new paper suggests that transmissible sender characteristics, such as the ability to persuade people and communicate effectively, might play a more significant role in cultural evolution than how we learn and from whom.

A little text about my journey with bipolar disorder. Seeing scientists speak openly about their experiences encouraged me to help break the stigma too. A part of me feels insecure about sharing this, but it also feels like the right thing to do. adileyasar.github.io/one-of-these...

Wanted to share a handy little resource with you all (especially those in dev psych) — my lab & I made a "journal submission cheat sheet" that summarizes article types, word limits, & other requirements for the journals we typically submit to. Link below 👇🏼 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Econ friends, this may be a stupid question but alas: I have data from two different historical time points (2011 and 2022) in Germany. I need to add 1-2 sentences on macro-economic developments / differences in Germany between those time points. Any reference I could use? Thanks a lot!

Some people seem to have grown a spine.

„Ursache für die Entlassung ist nach MAZ-Recherchen eine grundsätzlich unterschiedliche Einschätzung von Müller und Innenministerin Lange, wie mit der AfD umzugehen sei. Müller fuhr eine konsequente Linie der Offenlegung extremistischer Tendenzen in der AfD.“ www.maz-online.de/brandenburg/...

Das ist nicht gut. Auch wenn ich diesen Kanzler nicht will oder unterstütze. Kann nur alle warnen, sich über Chaos zu freuen.

what goes around comes around

The effect of Israel’s total siege on Gaza has become catastrophic, doctors say. Shortages of food, water and medicine are prompting a surge of preventable illnesses, and deaths. nyti.ms/3GzOJV1

We will put forward a 500 million package for 2025-2027 to make Europe a magnet for researchers. As well as ambitious proposals for R&I in the next EU budget. We will also offer the best and brightest the right incentives to come to Europe ↓

Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world

Happy to share the news that Rob Boyd was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. He's not on social media, but I am happy to pass along messages.

Bipolar 2 is so crazy because you can tell when you're crashing but you can't stop it

New city, same spirit 🦕 Happy to start this new chapter at @ituaustria.bsky.social in Linz. With @chilbe.bsky.social, @theo-saroglou.bsky.social and @abirutthasani.bsky.social

Feeling a little left out that no one has texted top secret military plans to me

If you know, you know

IAST is now on Bluesky—a roomier place, we think, for ideas to stretch their legs. We’ll be sharing research, events, and the occasional odd thought. Follow along, if that’s your kind of thing!

TSE is now on Bluesky! 🥳 We will share research highlights, expert insights, news about the school, media contributions, academic awards, and calls for papers — everything that brings our economics community to life Follow for more! #Economics #Research #HigherEducation

Every time you buy from Amazon, an angel loses their labor rights. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Corina Tarnita and I have discussed the relation between theoretical ecology and evolutionary game theory since my sabbatical in 2022. Now the paper is out, doi.org/10.1073/pnas... Cooperation in nature may not be mysterious when there are growth differences- questioning the notion of cooperation.

New paper Mutual benefits of social learning and algorithmic mediation for cumulative culture In this pure modeling paper, we attempt to explore how recommendation algorithms might alter the dynamics of social learning and cumulative cultural evolution. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Postdoc opening in beautiful Stockholm 🇸🇪! Join us at Karolinska Institutet to explore how interdependent traits shape social learning and cultural evolution. 🧠 Behavioral + computational work 🤝 Work w/ labs in Amsterdam @lucasmolleman.bsky.social & Leuven Details: shorturl.at/Wzy9o