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Victor Ajuwon

@victorajuwon1.bsky.social

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Postdoc in the Comparative Cognition Lab, Cambridge Psychology Department working on cognition and curiosity in cuttlefish🐙 and other animals. Research Associate at Magdalene College. Formerly DPhil student at Oxford Biology.

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Victor Ajuwon @victorajuwon1.bsky.social · May 22

Ever wondered whether other animals are curious?

Check out our new paper:

Do goldfish like to be informed?

Now out in Proceedings of the @royalsociety.org!
Co-lead by @monteirotiago.bsky.social during my PhD
@biology.ox.ac.uk with Mark Walton and Alex Kacelnik

doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

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Felix W. Moll @mollfw.bsky.social · 27d

New paper on precise tool use learning in carrion crows @currentbiology.bsky.social. We show that—like New Caledonian crows—expert carrion crows pay close attention to the working end of their tool, suggesting tool integration into their peripersonal space. 🧵 & vids! 👇

www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Victor Ajuwon @victorajuwon1.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thanks Jen!! :)

Victor Ajuwon @victorajuwon1.bsky.social · Aug 8

I'm delighted and honoured to receive this award from the Psychonomic Society! Thank you for the recognition and huge thanks to my fantastic co-authors :)

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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Victor Ajuwon @victorajuwon1.bsky.social · May 23

Thanks!

Victor Ajuwon @victorajuwon1.bsky.social · May 22

Thank you - I hadn't thought of that! Would be interesting to see if the pattern holds across more fish species...

Victor Ajuwon @victorajuwon1.bsky.social · May 22

Thanks to @biology.ox.ac.uk for wonderful write-up:

"Goldfish aren’t curious – but this makes curiosity special"

www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/gold...

Goldfish aren’t curious – but this makes curiosity special

www.biology.ox.ac.uk

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Victor Ajuwon @victorajuwon1.bsky.social · May 22

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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · May 22

Curiosity is a feature we share with several animals - but new research shows goldfish aren't curious

This suggests curiosity isn't just a consequence of basic learning mechanisms & is instead a distinct trait 👇
bit.ly/43nWR2K

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Goldfish aren’t curious – but this makes curiosity special

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