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Centre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds @ecobird.bsky.social · 28d

🚨 Calling researchers, students, technicians in cognition 🚨

We’re running a 10-min anonymous survey on how animal cognition is defined and studied across disciplines (from ecology, ethology, psychology, neurology, etc). 🧠✨

Scan the QR code & share widely

#AnimalCognition #ResearchSurvey #Science

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Alizée Vernouillet @vernouilleta.bsky.social · Jul 23

New paper out!
To Peck or Not To Peck: The influence of early-life social environment on response inhibition and impulsive aggression in Japanese quails royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

To peck or not to peck: the influence of early-life social environment on response inhibition and impulsive aggression in Japanese quails | Royal Society Open Science

Deficits in response inhibition (RI; i.e. the ability to suppress inappropriate responses) may contribute to increased impulsive aggression (IA; i.e. unplanned behaviours that harm others). Since earl...

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Birgit Szabo, PhD 🦎🐸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @birgitszabo.bsky.social · Jun 24

Proud to share our newest gecko paper published @ecol-evol.bsky.social! We raised geckos either with or without their parents and found some effects on the development of behaviour and cognition! Read the rest here:
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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Centre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds @ecobird.bsky.social · Jun 26

The survival of the smartest? Assessing how cognition shapes fitness in animals. A really fun collaboration to be part of—thread below! 👇

PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · Jun 26

NEW PAPER🎺
How does cognition determine an individual’s fitness? A systematic review of the links between cognition, behaviour and fitness in non-human animals

Lots of studies try to explain how cognition might evolve, by taking a behavioural ecology approach

Has this approach made any progress?🧵

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PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · Jun 26

It forms part of an exciting Special Issue of Phil Trans, "Selection shapes diverse animal minds", edited by @ellileadbeater.bsky.social & @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social

Co-authors include @ecobird.bsky.social @samellisq.bsky.social

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1929

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Anneleen Dewulf @anneleendewulf.bsky.social · Jun 19

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Anneleen Dewulf @anneleendewulf.bsky.social · Jun 18

🚨New paper out!🚨

We tested whether birds show better response inhibition when the stop signal matches their ecological niche. 🐤
No clear effect, but plenty of learning (on both sides of the test box).
More + behind-the-scenes: bit.ly/45ZYHtq
Read the registered report: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

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Charlène Gémard @charlenegemard.bsky.social · Apr 25

Data from detection reaction systems on turbines provide a unique opportunity to study bird behavior in wind energy facilities. To learn more, check out our recent work in @jappliedecology.bsky.social 👇

Towards a better understanding of avian collision in wind energy facilities using automatic detection systems

Data from automatic detection systems are a promising non-invasive approach that requires few human and logistical resources to develop a more comprehensive bird collision risk mitigation strategy. T....

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Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · Mar 27

@AnneleenDewulf presents her talk discussing a two-stage model of #MotorInhibition in Herring Gulls where results showed that in most trials birds paused or slowed down in response to the stop signal which supports a two-stage model of stopping! #CO3_2025 🧪🥼🔬

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