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Wendel van der Sluis
@wendelvandersluis.bsky.social
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Assoc. Editor, Life Sciences at De Gruyter Brill. Publishes on behavior (Behaviour, Folia Primatologica, Amphibia-Reptilia, Animal Biology, Contributions to Zoology) & perception (Multisensory Research, Timing & Time Perception, Art & Perception).
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Big news: your donation for lemurs can go twice as far!
The Conservation Allies Giving Campaign is live—15 conservation groups in Madagascar are having every dollar matched through Dec.31. Double your impact for lemurs and forest communities!
Donations Matched for 15 Lemur Conservation Organizations – Lemur Conservation Network
Through December 31, donations for 14 conservation organizations in Madagascar will be matched by Conservation Allies! Donate online on Conservation Allies’ website.
www.lemurconservationnetwork.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Interested in nocturnal primates?🌙🦧

Submit to Folia Primatologica’s special issue on the Natural history of the nocturnal strepsirrhines and tarsiers!

Guest Editors: Marina B. Blanco, Lydia K. Greene, Sharon Gursky & Anna Nekaris

📅 New deadline: Dec 21, 2025

Details 👉 brill.com/fileasset/do...
Image of a lemur sitting in a tree. Extended deadline for the Call for Papers: natural history of the nocturnal strepsirrhines and tarsiers - Folia Primatologica.
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Each year, up to a million toads, frogs, and salamanders in the Netherlands get stuck in street drains with no way out. The toad trap gives them a safe escape route! 💚🐸

Watch the video to see it in action!
paduitdeput.nl Pad uit de put @paduitdeput.nl · 27d
Een kleine trap met groot effect!

Jaarlijks belanden in Nederland tot wel een miljoen padden, kikkers en salamanders in straat- en trottoirkolken, waar ze niet zelf uit kunnen. Dankzij de paddentrap kunnen ze eruit klimmen!

Bekijk de video en ontdek hoe het werkt!

Meer info op paduitdeput.nl
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Girls are drawing more and more women when asked to draw a scientist.

How much more proof do we need? When children see women in science, they imagine women in science. 👩🧪💡

And of course, this doesn’t apply just to scientists!
science.org Science Magazine @science.org · 3d
When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.

Read more on #STEMSTEAMDay: https://scim.ag/4qFrPON
A child's drawing of a female scientist, with the text: What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before
November 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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📢 Call for abstracts!
🚀 The time has come — abstract submission for #EHBEA2026 is officially OPEN since this week! 🎉
🗓 Submission Nov 1st – Dec 15th
📝 300 words
🧠 Important: Make an OpenReview account before submitting — it takes time!
👉 www.ehbea2026.com
Overview | EHBEA2026
www.ehbea2026.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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European starlings outperform even the smartest and most intelligent parrots at imitating the iconic Star Wars robot R2-D2. Why is that?

Read in de Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl (in Dutch): www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/g...

Original paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@musiccognition.bsky.social
Geen vogel doet de Star Wars-robot R2-D2 beter na dan de spreeuw, zelfs de papegaai niet
De spreeuw is de beste imitator van robotgeluiden uit de filmreeks Star Wars, dankzij zijn bijzondere stembanden. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van de Universiteit Leiden onder tien vogelsoorten. Papegaaie...
www.volkskrant.nl
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Humans perceive edges, shape & hardness reliably, even with variable touch. A new #OpenAccess article explores haptic invariants via skin–body–environment interactions. 🤲🧠

Insights also guide robotic haptic design. 🤖

📖 Multisensory Research @multisensoryres.bsky.social: brill.com/view/journal...
(A) Dedicated setup for identifying the biomechanical parameters of the skin model. (B) Skin model to approximate the dynamics of the skin tissue (from Rongala et al., 2024). Citation: Multisensory Research 2025; 10.1163/22134808-bja10165.
November 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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🧠✨ An Illusion of Tactile Slip

A 2-part haptic interface creates the feeling of slipping with no actual movement. Different motion frequencies can also control the perceived speed. 🤲

Published in Multisensory Research @multisensoryres.bsky.social #OpenAccess:
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Figure: (A) Results of Experiment 1 grouped by values of trise. Colour code indicates conditions. For 0.9 s rise time with larger spread, the individual data points are presented. (B) Pooled reaction times per condition. Error bars represent standard deviation of the mean. (C) Results of Experiment 2 grouped by values of common-mode motion amplitudes (0.15, 0.30, and 0.60 mm). Colour code indicates differential-mode motion amplitudes. Error bars represent standard deviations of the mean. Note that the estimated distance is in arbitrary units. Citation: Multisensory Research 2025; 10.1163/22134808-bja10164.
November 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Baby Hamadryas baboon 'McQueen' happy with his piece of cabbage #PaigntonZoo #baboon #primates
Baby Hamadryas baboon 'McQueen' sat eating cabbage
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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📣🐒 The latest issue of Folia Primatologica is now available online, featuring a lovely cover photo by Leila M. Porter capturing an adult Weddell’s saddleback tamarin consuming a bush katydid.

Explore the full issue here:
👉 brill.com/view/journal...

@efprimatology.bsky.social
Cover of the latest issue of Folia Primatologica featuring a lovely photo by Leila M. Porter capturing an adult Weddell’s saddleback tamarin consuming a bush katydid. Explore the full issue here: 👉 https://brill.com/view/journals/ijfp/96/3-4/ijfp.96.issue-3-4.xml
November 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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👃 Our sense of smell shapes emotion, memory & mental health. A new #OpenAccess study shows self-awareness of smell varies by task – less insight for faint scents, better alignment for discrimination & identification.

📖 brill.com/view/journal...

@multisensoryres.bsky.social
Woman smelling a brow bottle. Part of an article exploring how accurately we understand our own sense of smell and perception. Published in Multisensory Research.
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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🐙 Octopuses, squids, cuttlefish … not just shape-shifters, they’re geniuses of the sea! 🌊 Share your research in Minds of the Deep: New Frontiers in #Cephalopod #Behavior #Research, special issue to be published in Behaviour.

📅 Deadline: Oct 31, 2026
🔗 brill.com/fileasset/do...
Image of a cuttlefish for a Call for Papers: New Frontiers in Cephalopod Behavior Research to be published in the journal Behaviour.
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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🐍 Slow worms of the Netherlands carry hidden genetic tales! mtDNA barcoding uncovers native lineages, French/Spanish hay-linked imports & unexpected Polish haplotypes 🌿🧬 Tracing origins, movements & hidden diversity across regions.
In #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1163/1568...
@benwielstra.bsky.social
Image of Anguis fragilis for article in Amphibia-Reptilia on mtDNA barcoding reveals native and introduced in Dutch slow worms.
November 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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👀🎶 Your brain naturally links moving shapes with sounds! Mid-level audiovisual patterns show how perception connects across senses – beyond simple features or meanings. Perfect for multimedia design, crossmodal art & immersive experiences.
@multisensoryres.bsky.social

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Review article on sounds and shapes that aren't random - your brain links them naturally! In Multisensory Research.
November 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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🎬 Music in film isn’t just background – it changes how we see, feel & remember. Guiding attention, shaping emotion, boosting memory … sound is both art & science. Perfect for movies, VR, & immersive experiences. 🎶In Multisensory Research @multisensoryres.bsky.social

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Review article on background music that shapes how we see, feel and remember films in the journal Multisensory Research.
November 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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🐒 The new Behaviour issue honours Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking work and impact on generations of behavioural scientists. Cover + tribute by long-time collaborator Koen Margodt inside.

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Cover of the journal Behaviour with the photo of the late Dr. Jane Goodall.
November 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Looking forward to seeing this grant presented to the winner at the ZOOLOGY 2025 congress in Amsterdam: www.kndv.nl/zoology-2025...
November 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Tarsiers are among the world’s most unusual animals! Apt for Halloween! They are surely the most unique primates. Small, nocturnal, arboreal, mostly solitary, and the only fully carnivorous primates. They are perfect predators. Watch the video to learn about tarsiers.
youtu.be/6y9dpO6jW6Y
Tarsiers...In a Nutshell
YouTube video by New England Primate Conservancy
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October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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💥Your brain might be lying to you!💥
Feeling things happen together ≠ senses integrating.
TWS ≠ TWI. Confusing them has scrambled research from schizophrenia to VR. 🧠 brill.com/view/journal...
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October 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Leiden looking good today ;-)
📢 Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st – Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026
⚡Present your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April
📝 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance)
For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com
EHBEA 2026 in Leiden - abstract submission opens soon!
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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I just discovered that you can now submit your abstract for the Cognition, Behaviour & Evolution Network (CBEN) Preconference, to be held in Leiden, the Netherlands on April 14, 2026.

📅 Submission deadline: November 30, 2025

www.cognitionbehaviorevolution.nl?p=1120

@copan-leiden.bsky.social
CBEN Conference “Socio-Ecological Variation in Conflict and Cooperation”, April 14, 2026, Leiden, The Netherlands
How do different social and ecological environments shape cooperation and conflict across species? Understanding the roots of cooperation and conflict requires moving beyond single-population model…
www.cognitionbehaviorevolution.nl
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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🧠 How do our senses work together? The Merging of the Senses inspired decades of research – celebrated in a new Multisensory Research @multisensoryres.bsky.social special issue!

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Pioneering multisensory research, shaping generations of scientists. "The Merging of the Senses" in a Multisensory Research special issue!
October 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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🌟 Huge congratulations to Mariska Kret, Editor-in-Chief of Behaviour, on receiving the 2025 Dr. Hendrik Muller Prize from @knaw-nl.bsky.social🏆for her groundbreaking work on emotion, behaviour and social cognition.👏

🔗 www.knaw.nl/en/news/mari...

@copan-leiden.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
Photo of Mariska Kret, recipient of the 2025 Dr. Hendrik Muller Prize from KNAW - the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
October 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Spotlight on #Women powering #Africa’s insect value chain 🦗🌍

From collecting and cooking to processing and marketing, women drive the edible insect sector. As insect-based feed industries expand, their vital roles deserve greater recognition and support. 💪🏾

#OpenAccess 🔗 brill.com/view/journal...
Women drive insect-based food and feed production across Africa. Published in the Journal of Insects as Food and Feed.
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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📢 Call for Papers!

Folia Primatologica invites submissions for a special issue on “Primates and Invertebrate Prey” 🐒🦧🕷️

Guest Editor: Leila Porter (NIU, USA)

Exploring primate–invertebrate interactions, behaviour, nutrition & ecology amid global change.
🔗 brill.com/fileasset/do...
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Primates and Invertebrate Prey - Folia Primatologica.
October 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM