Did you know that goats take into account the attentional stance of humans they are interacting with? As a result, they change their behaviour depending on whether someone is watching them or not
link.springer.com/article/10…
🥳News update!!!🤩 MM has won an Open Scholarship Catalytic Award by @ORCA_Open! The award will support #OpenScience training for our network as we get closer to data collection for MM1. Stay tuned for details on upcoming open webinars! Learn more here: manymanys.github.io/2025-07-…
Big team science (BTS) can accelerate advances in comparative cognition but faces some unique challenges. Alessandroni et al. highlight solutions to 3 key challenges and discuss how BTS can transform the field.
nature.com/articles/s41562-0…
🚨Eight (8!!) funded PhD opportunities in animal behavior and welfare at Harper Adams University🚨
Deadline: January 2025
Start date: October 2025
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📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰
This month's highlight: "Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals" by Sara Hintze & Jason R. Yee.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1111/brv.12930
Hivemind needed: What tools do you use to track the progress of manuscripts (in preparation, submitted, accepted, and published) at the departmental level?
I am recruiting graduate students for Fall 2025. @CCLABUCSD studies social cognition and communication comparatively: across species (humans, non-human primates, dogs and cats), cultures and ages.
For a more in-depth discussion of why we do what we do: disi.org/species-of-conversa…
Die Tierkognitionsforschung beschäftigte sich in der Vergangenheit oft eher 🦧, 🐬 oder 🦮 & weniger mit Nutztieren 🐄. Deshalb wissen wir auch weniger über deren Kognition. @niebgnal & @goatsthatstare wollen diese Wissenslücke schließen. open.spotify.com/show/42AlA0…@FBNDummerstorf
Spending the week with @M_Chincarini at Teramo Univerity - delivering talks on Open Science and farm animal cognition. Great department, great landscape, great food, and great company - what's not to like?! 😁
We are hiring a new Science Communication Officer for the Coordinating Group!
If you're passionate about science communication, apply by Friday, 29th November. Don't miss out!