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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 13d

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

Categorical and semantic perception of the meaning of call types in zebra finches

Vocal communication in social animals involves the production and perception of various calls that ethologists categorize into call types based on their acoustical structure and behavioral context. Wh...

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 13d

Agreed. It’s also a financial and EDI barrier.

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 15d

ACRG Fall 2025
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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 15d

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

PsychUAlberta @psychualberta.bsky.social · 16d

Applications for MA, MSc and PhD programs in Psychology @ualberta.bsky.social are now open! For application information and FAQ, please visit our website below. Deadline December 1st. Join us!

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 20d

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 22d

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 22d

Your interests/background must lie in areas directly or peripherally related to those listed in the research section of this website, please also visit our publications page. My team engages in and promotes equity, diversity and inclusion.

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 22d

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

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · Aug 29

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

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · Aug 27

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

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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · Aug 27

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

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Sushant Potdar @sushantpotdar.bsky.social · Aug 28

@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!
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MothProf @mothprof.bsky.social · Aug 28

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

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Psychonomic Society @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social · Aug 26

🐀😱 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

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · Aug 26

We welcome well-powered empirical datasets from the symposium talks but submissions are open to everyone, regardless of participation in the conference!

#Behaviour2025

Guest co-editors: @laurenguillette @DebbieKellyLab
Rui Oliveira, Zhanna Reznikova, José Ricardo Paula

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · Aug 26

Celebrating a symposium of @Behaviour2025 we welcome Full Articles, Short Communications, Reviews, and Perspectives spanning individual to social cognition (innovation, learning, social cognition, cultural transmission, cross-taxa syntheses).

#Behaviour2025

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

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Animal Intelligence: From Individual to Social Cognition | SpringerLink

From ants to whales, animals face minute-by-minute decisions, such as fight or flee, dominate or obey, take off, share, eat, spit out, or court. This Special ...

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · Aug 21

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

Systematic mapping and bibliometric analysis of meta-analyses on animal cognition

Meta-analyses play an important role in empirically synthesising research and guiding future directions. The field of animal cognition is rapidly expa…

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · Aug 21

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · Aug 14

Project ID: 48322 Testing for confirmation bias in decisions made by nest-building birds

Project ID: 50418 Influence of bias in cognitive processing

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · Aug 14

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · Aug 14

Our team has two fully-funded @MitacsCanada Globalink Research Internships for Summer 2026.

Application deadline: 17 Sept 2025

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Male zebra finch building a nest in the Animal Cognition Research Group laboratory

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Psychonomic Society @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social · Aug 7

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

Graphic with blue background and PS branding indicating the name, institution, and paper title of the 2025 Best Article Award recipient for each of the Society's journals.

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · Aug 6

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!

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · Aug 5

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

I am speaking at Behaviour 2025: XXXVIII International Ethological Congress

See more here

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