Shona Duguid

Set-up of experiment 2. The tool giver was placed in enclosure 3 (middle), whereas the tool recipient was placed in enclosure 4 (right). The illustration depicts the configuration in which the social and nonsocial apparatuses for both individuals were baited with high-value rewards.

Far too long in the making.. but finally out in #AnimalBehaviour @asab.org:
Orang-utans and chimpanzees #cooperate strategically based on the partner’s incentives.
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
w/ @elisafelsche.bsky.social , Josep Call & @federicorossano.bsky.social

📺 Watch this space: PhD position in children's collaborative problem-solving with @nicolacutting.bsky.social and myself to be advertised very soon! The application deadline will be in late March, so get in contact if you want to know more.

Lecturer in Psychology at York St John University Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer in Psychology opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

We're looking for a lecturer in Developmental Psychology to join us at YSJ on a 12 month contract. Get in touch if you have any questions: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL260/l...

This study was an amazing collaborative experience. I'm really really grateful to all the wonderful people who contributed and made this happen.

It's the closest I have ever come to finding something like a "universal" in human cognition.

Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments.
www.cell.com/current-biol...

🚨Roll up, roll up, fully-funded #PhD deadlines approaching...

6th Jan: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6

8th Jan: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp

Social monitoring & manipulation
#meerkats #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork #long-termdata

@patrick-kennedy.bsky.social @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Beyond the dyad: Development of task co-representation of multiple co-actors across cultures at University of Portsmouth on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Beyond the dyad: Development of task co-representation of multiple co-actors across cultures at University of Portsmouth, listed on FindAPhD.com

Come and do a PhD on the development of social cognition across diverse cultures! The successful candidate would be fully funded and have the opportunity to travel to Kenya for data collection. Please contact me if interested. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

📢 Come to Tübingen and get your PhD with us! Unique opportunity to explore great ape communication 🐵🦧🦍 from multiple disciplinary angles within a single, integrated project. 👇

Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.

All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏

We’re looking for a motivated & curious researcher to join our team as a PhD candidate! You’ll work with Prof. Bridget Waller, Dr. Annika Bremhorst, & me at the Dog Cognition Centre, UoP.
Are you fascinated by the dog–human bond & dog-human communication? 🐶
Interested? Get in touch with me.

Well worn book cover for Through a Window by Jane Goodall

Through a Window and In the Shadow of Man were the most inspirational books I ever read as a teenager. Jane Goodall and local libraries joining forces to shape young minds 🐵📚❤️

Speaker list for the Autumn 2025 Cooperation Colloquia: 2025-09-12 | Doruk İriş (Sogang University) 2025-09-26 | Talbot M. Andrews (Cornell University) 2025-10-10 | Setayesh Radkani (MIT) 2025-10-24 | Christian Ruff (University of Zürich) 2025-11-07 | Bianca Beersma (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) 2025-11-21 | Kristopher M. Smith (Washington State University) 2025-12-05 | Alex Mesoudi (University of Exeter)

⚡ Autumn 2025 Cooperation Colloquia ⚡

We are excited to announce the next run of Cooperation Colloquia. With @talbotmandrews.bsky.social, @setayeshradkani.bsky.social, @kris-smith.bsky.social, @alexmesoudi.com, & more.

Every second Friday, 15:00 CE(S)T

Sign up here: list.ku.dk/postorius/li...

Creative Producer: LEGO Programme:South Kensington

What if there was a job where you were paid £33,714 a year to play with Lego and work in an internationally renowned museum, with the aim of inciting curiosity and wonder about the natural world?

Applications close end of August.

@nhm-london.bsky.social 🧪🧸🏺

Applications for Winter 2025 conference attendance grants are trickling in, awarding up to £500 with a high success rate (if eligible).
Deadline isn't until 1st October, but don't forget to get referee statements in by then too!
All the info you need is here:
www.asab.org/conference-g...
@asab.org

A very apt workshop for these times! Abstract submission has been extended to Aug 15:

Do chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) mentally represent collaboration?: Action-learning and communication in a partnered task Non-human primates engage in complex collective behaviours, but existing research does not paint a clear picture of what individuals cognitively represent when they act together. This study investigat...

New paper alert 👇 We present a new two-action sequential coordination task designed to investigate co-representation non-human primates. In collaboration with @drelizabethwarren.bsky.social and Josep Call and out now, fully #openaccess in PLoS One! (1/4)
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

📈 Does anyone have recommendations for a half/one-day R workshop on data wrangling and Rmarkdown?

We have a small pot of funding to run an in person/online workshop with psychology PGRs and staff at York St John University before the end of July 2025.

🚨 For this last-minute call, let me give it one more boost by introducing the amazing lineup of COSMOS 2025 speakers!🚨 (threat 🧵)

If anyone has questions about @manyprimates.bsky.social or want to know how to get involved, I will be at #EHBEA2025 for the rest of the week 🐒🦍🦧

Count me in!

I'm looking for a PhD Student at the intersection of Machine Learning and Developmental Psychology.

We study everyday experiences in children from 🇰🇪🇩🇪🇹🇷 and use ML models to quantify interactions.

4 years, fully funded, great team, beautiful location. Please share and apply!

tinyurl.com/2mafdyh4

But that's not all!!

⭐ Don't forget our pre-conference panel on Big Team Science!

➡️ How initiatives like ManyLabs, ManyPrimates, and ManyBabies come together? This panel aims to demystify large-scale collaborations!

Register here: tinyurl.com/RegisterTeam...

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#EHBEA2025 #TeamScience

A group of students sitting on a grassy areas in front of a modern University building. Masters in Cognitive Sciences: Cognition and the Mind, Applications Open, Deadline: 14 May 2025

Please share:

The next round of application to our Masters in Cognitive Sciences is open!

Curious about the workings of our minds? Come explore various questions about the mind and cognition in an international and interdisciplinary setting!

Deadline for applications: Wednesday, 14 May 2025.

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There is still time to apply for our 3yr postdoc looking at the role of group size and culture on social coordination in the Republic of Korea, Uganda and the UK! Drop me a message if interested 😊 mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...

Very happy to be representing @manyprimates.bsky.social. Join us to discuss all things Big Team Science!

Rachel thinks we might need a haggis episode 🤔

🦍🖥️New paper on great apes in virtual environments: Chimpanzee Turning Behavior During Spatial Navigation in Virtual Environments (animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?id=1390). Led by Sarah Koopman, we went back to basics and asked a simple question about object permanence and optical flow.

MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large‐scale collaboration We present MacaqueNet, a global community of macaque researchers who developed the first publicly searchable, standardised database on affiliative and agonistic behaviour. This cross-species database...

So exciting to see MacaqueNet out into the world! 🤩

Learn about our global community & database centralizing standardized affiliative & agonistic data from 61 populations across 14 macaque species: doi/10.1111/1365...

Explore >600 networks & request data: macaquenet.github.io/database/

A group of students posing in front of a seaside view

We are already looking for our third generation of Cognitive Sciences students here in Rijeka!

Please spread the word to anyone who may be interested in an interdisciplinary, international, small-group research Masters! More info at cogsci.uniri.hr