Awani
@awanib.bsky.social
PhD candidate at @univie.ac.at working on social integration and object play in common ravens. Interested in social behaviour, cognition, evolution.
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Awani
@awanib.bsky.social
· Jan 6
The first of firsts is out! 😁🥳
From my PhD project on object play in wild ravens: here we validated findings from captivity and propose that object play in ravens likely serves dual functions - exploration of the physical as well as social environment!
Link to paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
From my PhD project on object play in wild ravens: here we validated findings from captivity and propose that object play in ravens likely serves dual functions - exploration of the physical as well as social environment!
Link to paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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The problems with academic publishing in one graph. The big for-profit publishers get product for free and sell it back to us. Their profits rival those from the big tech companies. This is money that could have supported research, teaching and graduate students.
From: danielroelfs.com/pos...
From: danielroelfs.com/pos...
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The problems with academic publishing in one graph. The big for-profit publishers get product for free and sell it back to us. Their profits rival those from the big tech companies. This is money that could have supported research, teaching and graduate students.
From: danielroelfs.com/pos...
From: danielroelfs.com/pos...
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We kindly invite every PhD candidate to present their research to the CoBeNe community at the PhD academy. It is an excellent opportunity to practice presenting in a friendly environment and receive input on the topic.
Abstract Submission Deadline: 01.12.2025!
ufind.univie.ac.at/en/course.ht...
Abstract Submission Deadline: 01.12.2025!
ufind.univie.ac.at/en/course.ht...
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
We kindly invite every PhD candidate to present their research to the CoBeNe community at the PhD academy. It is an excellent opportunity to practice presenting in a friendly environment and receive input on the topic.
Abstract Submission Deadline: 01.12.2025!
ufind.univie.ac.at/en/course.ht...
Abstract Submission Deadline: 01.12.2025!
ufind.univie.ac.at/en/course.ht...
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Come and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group @uni-goettingen.de & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Projects will be part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social & @sfb1528.bsky.social!!
Details in thread. Please re-post!
Details in thread. Please re-post!
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Come and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group @uni-goettingen.de & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Projects will be part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social & @sfb1528.bsky.social!!
Details in thread. Please re-post!
Details in thread. Please re-post!
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PhD opportunity: MOVE
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
PhD opportunity: MOVE
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
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Join us for this interesting project on fitness consequences of early life experiences in humans 👨👩👧👦 or elephants 🐘🐘🐘!!
We are looking for a Masters student for an exciting project!
Fitness consequences of cumulative silver-spoon 🥄🥄 effects in a long-lived mammal.
Study system could be humans 👨👩👧👦 or elephants 🐘🐘 depending on your interest.
✉️ @hansraj88.bsky.social @axdela.bsky.social @nikos.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy
Fitness consequences of cumulative silver-spoon 🥄🥄 effects in a long-lived mammal.
Study system could be humans 👨👩👧👦 or elephants 🐘🐘 depending on your interest.
✉️ @hansraj88.bsky.social @axdela.bsky.social @nikos.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Join us for this interesting project on fitness consequences of early life experiences in humans 👨👩👧👦 or elephants 🐘🐘🐘!!
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🚨🚨 6-month RA position available at the Univ. of St Andrews to work with Sue Healy (@cogwild.bsky.social), Simone Meddle (@simonemeddle.bsky.social) and I on the behavioural neuroendocrinology of early reproduction in zebra finches.
tinyurl.com/577cx9tj
Deadline: 03/12/2025
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🚨🚨 6-month RA position available at the Univ. of St Andrews to work with Sue Healy (@cogwild.bsky.social), Simone Meddle (@simonemeddle.bsky.social) and I on the behavioural neuroendocrinology of early reproduction in zebra finches.
tinyurl.com/577cx9tj
Deadline: 03/12/2025
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November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
PLEASE SHARE
🚨🚨 6-month RA position available at the Univ. of St Andrews to work with Sue Healy (@cogwild.bsky.social), Simone Meddle (@simonemeddle.bsky.social) and I on the behavioural neuroendocrinology of early reproduction in zebra finches.
tinyurl.com/577cx9tj
Deadline: 03/12/2025
⬇️
🚨🚨 6-month RA position available at the Univ. of St Andrews to work with Sue Healy (@cogwild.bsky.social), Simone Meddle (@simonemeddle.bsky.social) and I on the behavioural neuroendocrinology of early reproduction in zebra finches.
tinyurl.com/577cx9tj
Deadline: 03/12/2025
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I am looking for an intern to support my PhD project on multimodal communication in common marmosets! 🐒🌞
Minimum commitment is 3 months full-time. Please note that this is an unpaid position and that remote options are not available. BSc and MSc students are welcome!🥰
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
Minimum commitment is 3 months full-time. Please note that this is an unpaid position and that remote options are not available. BSc and MSc students are welcome!🥰
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I am looking for an intern to support my PhD project on multimodal communication in common marmosets! 🐒🌞
Minimum commitment is 3 months full-time. Please note that this is an unpaid position and that remote options are not available. BSc and MSc students are welcome!🥰
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
Minimum commitment is 3 months full-time. Please note that this is an unpaid position and that remote options are not available. BSc and MSc students are welcome!🥰
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
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Apply now for a NERC-funded PhD position with @andyradford.bsky.social & Patrick Kennedy at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (with me as friendly 2nd supervisor down the road in @crab-exeter.bsky.social). Network cognition, cooperation, competition...what's not to like?
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Apply now for a NERC-funded PhD position with @andyradford.bsky.social & Patrick Kennedy at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (with me as friendly 2nd supervisor down the road in @crab-exeter.bsky.social). Network cognition, cooperation, competition...what's not to like?
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Fully funded NERC GW4+ PhD Opportunity - *Understanding The Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance by Migratory Birds*
Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Fully funded NERC GW4+ PhD Opportunity - *Understanding The Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance by Migratory Birds*
Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Postdoc position in individual-level incentives, social
learning, and payoff-biased imitation shape group-level accuracy in complex prediction and decision-making tasks in Konstanz
files.newsletter2go.com/l3slzozn/s_i...
learning, and payoff-biased imitation shape group-level accuracy in complex prediction and decision-making tasks in Konstanz
files.newsletter2go.com/l3slzozn/s_i...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Postdoc position in individual-level incentives, social
learning, and payoff-biased imitation shape group-level accuracy in complex prediction and decision-making tasks in Konstanz
files.newsletter2go.com/l3slzozn/s_i...
learning, and payoff-biased imitation shape group-level accuracy in complex prediction and decision-making tasks in Konstanz
files.newsletter2go.com/l3slzozn/s_i...
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📢 2 PhD positions (E13 TV-L, 75%) in our DFG-funded project on great ape communication & the evolution of common ground!
🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq
Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social
🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq
Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
📢 2 PhD positions (E13 TV-L, 75%) in our DFG-funded project on great ape communication & the evolution of common ground!
🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq
Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social
🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq
Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social
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Social Interactions Are Related to Cognitive Development in Western Australian Magpie Fledglings | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
Social Interactions Are Related to Cognitive Development in Western Australian Magpie Fledglings
The early social environment can play a pivotal role in an individual's ability to learn, solve problems and make decisions. We find that multiple elements of an individual's social upbringing influe...
doi.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Social Interactions Are Related to Cognitive Development in Western Australian Magpie Fledglings | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
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Exciting PhD opportunity to develop tech and software to record and understand wild animal behaviour. Fully funded by EPSRC DLA. Based at @uniexecec.bsky.social; co-supervised by Alex Thornton (@cornishjackdaws.bsky.social), @kjhockings.bsky.social and collaborators. Apply: tinyurl.com/5fr73snt
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Exciting PhD opportunity to develop tech and software to record and understand wild animal behaviour. Fully funded by EPSRC DLA. Based at @uniexecec.bsky.social; co-supervised by Alex Thornton (@cornishjackdaws.bsky.social), @kjhockings.bsky.social and collaborators. Apply: tinyurl.com/5fr73snt
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Excited to share our newly published study on object neophobia and how it relates to problem-solving in #GoffinsCockatoos #TanimbarCorella!
@auersperga.bsky.social @mohara.bsky.social @bmioduszewska.bsky.social @plosone.org
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
@auersperga.bsky.social @mohara.bsky.social @bmioduszewska.bsky.social @plosone.org
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Seizing opportunities: Object neophobia as a factor mediating technical innovation in Goffin´s cockatoos?
Most studies find substantial inter-individual differences in problem-solving performance within a species, which can drastically influence an individual´s fitness. It has been suggested that innovati...
doi.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Excited to share our newly published study on object neophobia and how it relates to problem-solving in #GoffinsCockatoos #TanimbarCorella!
@auersperga.bsky.social @mohara.bsky.social @bmioduszewska.bsky.social @plosone.org
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
@auersperga.bsky.social @mohara.bsky.social @bmioduszewska.bsky.social @plosone.org
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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📢 CALL FOR PAPERS!
Special Issue ‘Towards an integration of personality research across psychology and biology’ in Personality Science
Editors: Mitja Back, Barbara Caspers, @mdammhahn.bsky.social & @niclaskuper.bsky.social
Submit your proposal before November 30!
More info tinyurl.com/y9demmtt
Special Issue ‘Towards an integration of personality research across psychology and biology’ in Personality Science
Editors: Mitja Back, Barbara Caspers, @mdammhahn.bsky.social & @niclaskuper.bsky.social
Submit your proposal before November 30!
More info tinyurl.com/y9demmtt
October 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS!
Special Issue ‘Towards an integration of personality research across psychology and biology’ in Personality Science
Editors: Mitja Back, Barbara Caspers, @mdammhahn.bsky.social & @niclaskuper.bsky.social
Submit your proposal before November 30!
More info tinyurl.com/y9demmtt
Special Issue ‘Towards an integration of personality research across psychology and biology’ in Personality Science
Editors: Mitja Back, Barbara Caspers, @mdammhahn.bsky.social & @niclaskuper.bsky.social
Submit your proposal before November 30!
More info tinyurl.com/y9demmtt
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Intrigued by animal innovation and avian cognition? My PI Dr. Megan Lambert is advertising a new shiny PhD position studying innovation in kea parrots! Info attached 🤩🦜
For inquiries: [email protected]
For inquiries: [email protected]
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Intrigued by animal innovation and avian cognition? My PI Dr. Megan Lambert is advertising a new shiny PhD position studying innovation in kea parrots! Info attached 🤩🦜
For inquiries: [email protected]
For inquiries: [email protected]
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1/7 Vocal mimicry, robots, and music
The ability to mimic sounds could be extremely common among corvids. Here, it has been found in 39 species (30%), but it is predicted that it could be present in around 82% of them.
(paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The ability to mimic sounds could be extremely common among corvids. Here, it has been found in 39 species (30%), but it is predicted that it could be present in around 82% of them.
(paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
1/7 Vocal mimicry, robots, and music
The ability to mimic sounds could be extremely common among corvids. Here, it has been found in 39 species (30%), but it is predicted that it could be present in around 82% of them.
(paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The ability to mimic sounds could be extremely common among corvids. Here, it has been found in 39 species (30%), but it is predicted that it could be present in around 82% of them.
(paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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#PhD position!
Comparing #foraging and #cognition in #hummingbirds and #bumblebees
Fieldwork in the Canadian Rockies, lab experiments at @newcastleuni.bsky.social, and ecological modelling at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Details (including my email) here: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Comparing #foraging and #cognition in #hummingbirds and #bumblebees
Fieldwork in the Canadian Rockies, lab experiments at @newcastleuni.bsky.social, and ecological modelling at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Details (including my email) here: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
From preferences to pollination: do hummingbirds and bees differ in how they choose flowers?
iapetus.ac.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
#PhD position!
Comparing #foraging and #cognition in #hummingbirds and #bumblebees
Fieldwork in the Canadian Rockies, lab experiments at @newcastleuni.bsky.social, and ecological modelling at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Details (including my email) here: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Comparing #foraging and #cognition in #hummingbirds and #bumblebees
Fieldwork in the Canadian Rockies, lab experiments at @newcastleuni.bsky.social, and ecological modelling at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Details (including my email) here: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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#jobalert
Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception
Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Postdoctoral...
Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception
Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Postdoctoral...
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#jobalert
Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception
Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Postdoctoral...
Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception
Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Postdoctoral...
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Impact of human presence and activity on urban Eurasian red squirrels’ innovative problem-solving
#UrbanWildlife #Mammal #Cognition
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
#UrbanWildlife #Mammal #Cognition
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
a squirrel standing on its hind legs in the grass .
ALT: a squirrel standing on its hind legs in the grass .
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November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Impact of human presence and activity on urban Eurasian red squirrels’ innovative problem-solving
#UrbanWildlife #Mammal #Cognition
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
#UrbanWildlife #Mammal #Cognition
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
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"Co-BreeD is the first updatable and open-source database dedicated to cooperative breeding. It enables continuous, non-binary measurement of cooperative breeding, transforming how we study breeding systems across taxa..."
Read the full paper here: buff.ly/pIjeNRR
@co-breed.bsky.social
Read the full paper here: buff.ly/pIjeNRR
@co-breed.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"Co-BreeD is the first updatable and open-source database dedicated to cooperative breeding. It enables continuous, non-binary measurement of cooperative breeding, transforming how we study breeding systems across taxa..."
Read the full paper here: buff.ly/pIjeNRR
@co-breed.bsky.social
Read the full paper here: buff.ly/pIjeNRR
@co-breed.bsky.social
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Excited to announce that Eli Garcia-Pelegrin and I are co-editing a special collection for Animal Cognition on "Social Cognition in a Human World". Do you study how urbanization, pollution, heat stress, fragmentation, ... affects cognition? We want to hear from you! link.springer.com/collections/...
Social Cognition in a Human World
As humanity exploits and reshapes the environment to accommodate for development and population growth demands, animals need to adapt to these human-induced ...
link.springer.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Excited to announce that Eli Garcia-Pelegrin and I are co-editing a special collection for Animal Cognition on "Social Cognition in a Human World". Do you study how urbanization, pollution, heat stress, fragmentation, ... affects cognition? We want to hear from you! link.springer.com/collections/...
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#CrowCoG is hiring🚨MULTIPLE PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS 🚨for our 2026 field season (May - Sep)! Field and aviary-based positions - come help us study the remarkable tool-making New Caledonian crows. Apply here: bit.ly/3WlxxHE
October 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
#CrowCoG is hiring🚨MULTIPLE PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS 🚨for our 2026 field season (May - Sep)! Field and aviary-based positions - come help us study the remarkable tool-making New Caledonian crows. Apply here: bit.ly/3WlxxHE
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Looking for a PhD? 🦜
Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics?
I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z
Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics?
I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z
Genetic and Acoustic Diversity in an Invasive Parrot at University of Salford on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Genetic and Acoustic Diversity in an Invasive Parrot at University of Salford, listed on FindAPhD.com
tinyurl.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Looking for a PhD? 🦜
Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics?
I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z
Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics?
I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z
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Can fish and birds be “fooled” by the same optical illusion? 🐟🐦
Our new study in Frontiers in Psychology compares guppies and ring doves in their perception of the Ebbinghaus illusion — with surprising results!
🔗 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
@univie.ac.at @fusanilab.bsky.social
Our new study in Frontiers in Psychology compares guppies and ring doves in their perception of the Ebbinghaus illusion — with surprising results!
🔗 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
@univie.ac.at @fusanilab.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Can fish and birds be “fooled” by the same optical illusion? 🐟🐦
Our new study in Frontiers in Psychology compares guppies and ring doves in their perception of the Ebbinghaus illusion — with surprising results!
🔗 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
@univie.ac.at @fusanilab.bsky.social
Our new study in Frontiers in Psychology compares guppies and ring doves in their perception of the Ebbinghaus illusion — with surprising results!
🔗 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
@univie.ac.at @fusanilab.bsky.social