New paper #psynomLB 'Discrimination of invisible spatial structures by pigeons' https://bit.ly/4nYlJqa#psynomLBby Cook & Cook #Associativelearning #Patternrecognition #Acquisition #Spatiallearning @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social @compcogsoc.bsky.social

New paper in #psynomLB 'Willingness to work for sucrose: Impact of schedules, reinforcer alternatives, homeostatic value, and individual differences in male mice' https://bit.ly/4pdA3fA#psynomLBby Arias-Sandoval et al. @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social

Parental investment and body temperature explain encephalization in vertebrates | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

New paper from our team: No Sex-Differences in Learning Trap-Gap Problems in Zebra Finches #OA bit.ly/43pY9eB in Ecology and Evolution #nest #AnimalCogniton 🧪 @psychualberta.bsky.social @ba-whittaker.bsky.social @compcogsoc.bsky.social @julself.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social

New #paper in #psynomLB Evaluating a four-button computerized gaming system for cognitive engagement in dogs https://bit.ly/4qEgZZr #CanineCognition #OperantLearning #videogame Dog playing computerized game: https://bit.ly/4hIzN5z#paper#psynomLB#CanineCognition#OperantLearning#videogamempcogsoc.bsky.social @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social

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New #paper in #psynomLB Sex differences in giant panda paw preferences during bamboo feeding https://bit.ly/47pnzv6#paper#psynomLBy Snyder et al. @zooatlanta.bsky.social @sandiegozoo.bsky.social @compcogsoc.bsky.social #handedness #lateralization #bear

New paper #psynomLB 'Are mice a bad model for successive negative contrast?' http://bit.ly/3WcKUK6#psynomLBby Daniel #IncentiveContrast #RewardDownshift #FrustrationEffect #NegativeContrast @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social

New paper #psynomLB 'Reversal learning and aging: Exploring simple discrimination learning, learning-set, and functional classes' http://bit.ly/3J9wk2Y#psynomLBby Manfredo et al. #CognitiveFlexibility #ReversalLearning #Learning-set @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social

New paper #psynomLB 'Anticipation of cyclical resource availability in the red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaria): Implications for seed dispersal' http://bit.ly/4odtHg9#psynomLBby Soldati et al. #Anticipation #Timing #Foraging #Reptile @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social

New paper in #psynomLB 'Mechanisms of socially facilitated feeding in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)' http://bit.ly/4n87G0y#psynomLBby Sekulovski et al. #Socialfacilitation #Feedingbehavior #Sex differences @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social

'Spatial representation of magnitude in rhesus macaques: Investigating SNARC effects in quantity and size dimensions' http://bit.ly/3W46Cjs by Jackson et al. #numericalprocessing #comparativecognition #psynomLB @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social

'The influence of pure tacts and intraverbals on the transfer of verbal learning to new stimuli: An experimental study in children' http://bit.ly/4omCYC7 by Maldonado et al. #impuretacts #verbalbehavior #compoundstimuli #learningtransfer #children #psynomLB @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social

Architectural immunity: Ants alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics | Science www.science.org/doi/...

'The impact of an extinction reminder on AAB renewal is sensitive to the level of association with extinction' Learning & Behavior http://bit.ly/3IMsPzB by Matias Gamez et al. #context #extinction #humans #predictivelearning #renewal #psynomLB @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social

#Commentary in Learning & Behavior http://bit.ly/3LaTMNU by Oren & Omer 'Vocal labeling of others by nonhuman primates: A response to Jaakkola' Jaakkola paper: http://bit.ly/4q6Yf4h @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social Original paper: http://bit.ly/48wG4yP#Commentary@science.org #psynomLB

Bird species with specialized diets and migratory habits tend to show higher fear of novelty, a stable trait that may influence their adaptability to environmental change. doi.org/g96v62

New paper with 129 collaborators from 82 institutions in 24 countries across six continents, five of these are Animal Cognition Research Groups members! dx.plos.org/10.1371/... @ba-whittaker.bsky.social @psychualberta.bsky.social

Familiarity Gates Socially Transmitted Aggression via the Medial Amygdala www.jneurosci.org/co... We found similar behavioural 'familiarity gates' w/ our nest-building male zebra finches: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.... @royalsociety.org 1/2

Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Great work Kim and team!

Please follow this link to see how we are honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation today Tuesday September 30th @ualberta.bsky.social www.ualberta.ca/en/psycholog...

Please contact me if you would like to meet with Prof. Gazes.

Trying to quantify odd- shaped things? Look at our 'Protocol to quantify bird nest morphology via image analyses using linear measurements and geometric landmarks' www.sciencedirect.co... @psychualberta.bsky.social @ba-whittaker.bsky.social

Categorical and semantic perception of the meaning of call types in zebra finches | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I am accepting new grads students to start Sept 2026. Deadline to apply is 01 Dec 2025

Feel like giving? Help Team Order raise money for Climbing for Change raceroster.com/event... via @RaceRoster

Accepting applications for Graduate Students! PhD & MSc I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team. Application details here: https://bit.ly/4mlBd6x Deadline 01 Dec 2025 Please share widely! (1/3) 1/3

Three talks by ACRG members about nest-building behaviour, preference, bias, culture, learning, social learning and sex-differences. @behaviour2025.bsky.social @julself.bsky.social @ba-whittaker.bsky.social #behaviour2025 @psychualberta.bsky.social

We welcome Full Articles, Short Communications, Reviews, and Perspectives spanning individual to social cognition (innovation, learning, social cognition, cultural transmission, cross-taxa syntheses). #Behaviour2025 #actaethologica @behaviour2025.bsky.social @springernature.com

We also welcome well-powered empirical datasets arising from the symposium talks at @behaviour2025.bsky.social but submissions are open to everyone! Guest co-editors: @laurenguillette.bsky.social, @josericardopaula.bsky.social, Rui Oliveira, Zhanna Reznikova #Behaviour2025 #actaethologica

@laurenguillette.bsky.social presents string pulling, nest building, and sex specific cognitive differences in learning in Zebrafinches! I knew only about bumblebees pulling strings, but this is insanely cool too! #Behaviour2025 @behaviour2025.bsky.social @asab.org

How does nest building shape cognition in birds? Beautiful talk from @laurenguillette.bsky.social #Behaviour2025

🐀😱 Do rats feel fear—or just freeze in response? New #psynomLB paper by Zheng @binyinphd.bsky.social and co tease apart defensive behavior vs. subjective emotion by studying ultrasonic vocalisations. buff.ly/t9H0yxg

Call for article submission for a special issue "Animal Intelligence: From Individual to Social Cognition" in Acta Ethologica. Deadline is 15 Oct 2025 https://bit.ly/47KZgYX #Behaviour2025

New collaborative paper "Systematic mapping and bibliometric analysis of meta-analyses on animal cognition" Neuro & Biobehav Rev https://bit.ly/45Jsd4T by folks at @UNSWScience @ualbertaScience @Uni_Newcastle @HokkaidoUni @NSERC_CRSNG @Psych_UAlberta #CompCogPapers

I’m using this eSIM while I’m at @Behaviour2025 here is a this to get CAD $4.50 off your first eSIM package from Airalo. Use code LAUREN9624 when you sign up or check out. airalo.go.link/fMd21 @airalocom

Our team has two fully-funded @MitacsCanada Globalink Research Internships for Summer 2026. Application deadline: 17 Sept 2025 Apply at: https://bit.ly/3UZw8Wj More about our team here: https://bit.ly/4mHxlgY Details of projects: https://bit.ly/3JfaTNM Please RT! 1/3

The Psychonomic Society is pleased to announce that Victor Ajuwon has been honored with the 2025 Best Article Award for L&B. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition. Read the paper here: bit.ly/45CAn06 #psynomLB @victorajuwon1 @Dr_AlexSchnell @_MonteiroTiago_ @nickyclayton22

I just submitted an abstract to present at the XXII Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Comparative Psychology (ISCP) December 3–5, 2025 in Bogotá, Colombia! @ISCPsych comparativepsycholog...

I am speaking at Behaviour 2025: XXXVIII International Ethological Congress. Please check out the details of my talk at: tinyurl.com/24uldd6g

New #Outlook #PsynomLB What can soundboards tell us about canine communication? https://bit.ly/3TSi0hl#Outlook#PsynomLBy @valkuhlmeier.bsky.social @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social

I highly recommend this book for all ages! Thanks for the lovely gift @ba-whittaker.bsky.social #SciCom #Outreach #nest #birds @compcogsoc.bsky.social

New original #paper in #PsynomLB Super and deepened-extinction in human predictive learning and a comparison of associative models https://bit.ly/4m2fYHa#paper#PsynomLBy O Brudan, H Eisenbarth & S Glautier @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social #AssociativeLearning #Extinction #Rescorla-Wagner #Pearce #Configural

New #Outlook #PsynomLB @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social Bonobos know when you don’t: Ape ignorance attribution https://bit.ly/46Xjv5n#Outlook#PsynomLBy @awad-schwob.bsky.social‬ @pnas.org‬ @chriskrupenye.bsky.social‬ @jhu.edu‬

New #Outlook #PsynomLB @Psychonomic_Soc "Bonobos know when you don’t: Ape ignorance attribution" https://bit.ly/46Xjv5n#Outlook#PsynomLBy Dr. Natalie Schwob @BucknellU @ChrisKrupenye @JohnsHopkins @PNASNews

Killer whales exfoliate each other with home-made scrubbers www.nature.com/artic...

Officially on sabbatical for a year!!

📣Extension of Registration Deadline Regular Registration deadline for Behaviour 2025 has been extended to 31st July, 2025. Register here: conferenceindia.in/behaviour202... We welcome registrations from experts and enthusiasts in the field and look forward to seeing you in Kolkata soon!

Clever cockatoos learn an easy way to quench their thirst www.nature.com/artic...

New research paper #PsynomLB 'Eavesdropping and contagious alarming in bird communities' https://bit.ly/4n3Ida6#PsynomLB@federicaross9 et al. #communication #Passerines #vocalizations #playback #experiment #interspecific #interactions