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Tiago Monteiro
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behavioural scientist 🕊🐀🐣🐟🐕 || researcher @UnivAveiro & @DomLabVienna & @VetmeduniVienna ||
previously LearningLab @Neuro_CF & @OxfordBiology

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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]
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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brainapps.bsky.social
Nearly ready to go! Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025!
November 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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ccioannou.bsky.social
📣 @asab.org grants BOOSTED! 📣

We've increased most of our research-related grants by 50%, effective from the next deadline of 1st Feb 2026.

Check out what we offer here:
www.asab.org/grant-overview
October 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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lauragrima.bsky.social
Pleased to have this review out in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social. In it we discuss various aspects of the intersection between foraging behaviors and neuroscience, and offer some future directions: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Foraging as an ethological framework for neuroscience
The study of foraging is central to a renewed interest in naturalistic behavior in neuroscience. Applying a foraging framework grounded in behavioral …
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October 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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biorxiv-behav.bsky.social
Demonstrating inferential reasoning through behavioural choices: an experimental analysis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.23.678036v1
September 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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behavecol-lab.bsky.social
Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
September 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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royalsocietypublishing.org
This new #RSOS study compares computer vision, statistical analysis and #dog experts’ evaluation in the classification of detection dogs’ tails movement when identifying target scents: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
August 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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psychonomicsociety.bsky.social
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
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August 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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asab.org
We are seeking a full-time Managing Editor for our journal Animal Behaviour. This editor will be involved in all stages of the publication process & must have a general understanding of the topics covered. Position starts Oct 1, application deadline July 31.

More details:
www.asab.org/opportunities
Opportunities — ASAB
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July 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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lauragrima.bsky.social
Super excited to announce a follow-up to the Janelia 'mechanistic basis of foraging' conference - this time held in Birmingham, UK! Join us from the 3rd - 5th November to discuss all things foraging: uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...
Homepage - The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging
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June 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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joannabagniewska.com
Goldfish aren't very curious - and this means that curiosity and seeking out information aren't necessarily ubiquitous across vertebrate species.

Do goldfish like to be informed? TLDR: No
Paper by @victorajuwon1.bsky.social, @monteirotiago.bsky.social: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... 🧪🐠🌍
Fantail goldfish, photo by Pogrebnoj-Alexandroff
June 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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celiaheyes.bsky.social
All Souls College, University of Oxford is advertising a senior academic position in philosophy. Closing date: 19 September 2025. #PhilJobs, #Philosophy, @jowolff.bsky.social, @birchlse.bsky.social
www.asc.ox.ac.uk/senior-resea...
June 4, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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hannahthomasy.bsky.social
Today I came across a delightful paper titled "Do goldfish like to be informed?" The short answer is "no" but the (slightly longer) answer is more interesting.
In the experiment, goldfish were given a choice between two lanes, both resulting in a 50% chance of snacks after a short delay. 🧪🧠 (1/n)
June 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM
monteirotiago.bsky.social
Previous studies have shown that some bird and mammal species prefer access to advance information about their future - a trend that may be related to associative processes or to a special appetite for knowledge.
June 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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victorajuwon1.bsky.social
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...
May 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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victorajuwon1.bsky.social
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
May 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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biology.ox.ac.uk
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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May 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Check out our Digital Transformation of Animal Science Research (DTAS) workshop, which will be held on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 8, 2025, during the AIRoV 2025 Symposium at Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt, Austria.

We look forward to your participation!

Details 👇🏼
May 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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compcogsoc.bsky.social
✨What an incredible CO3 we had this year #CO3_2025 ! Thank you to all joined us and contributed your insights and energy to the talks, posters, events and great discussions. It was a truly inspiring event. Until next time💙🏳️‍🌈🌍🤝
April 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Special issue #PsynomLB In honor of the contributions of Prof. Nicky Clayton FRS Download for free until the end of May 25

https://bit.ly/3FpnQ5B

@nickyclayton22 @ComparativeCog @compcogsoc.bsky.social @Psychonomic_Soc

Please re-post and download!
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Learning & Behavior
Learning & Behavior explores fundamental processes of learning and behavior in human and nonhuman animals. An official publication of The Psychonomic ...
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March 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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shokosugasawa.bsky.social
🚨Fully-funded PhD studentship on insect behaviour, cognition & muscles with me & @viveknityananda.bsky.social at @newcastleuni.bsky.social 🐝🍀🎓🙌Application deadline April 30, start date in September. Drop me an email if you have questions! www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Image of a PhD position advert entitled "PhD studentship in Brain, Brawn, and Bugs: cognitive and physical factors of insect dexterity" with images of a praying mantis and a bumblebee foraging.
February 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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mariatelloramos.bsky.social
🚨New PDRA position available at the Healy Lab🚨

Project on avian nest construction. Duties will include conducting behavioural experiments with zebra finches on nest building. Post available for 24 months starting ASAP. Closing date 18 March
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
February 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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auersperga.bsky.social
We have an exciting new position in our lab for a PhD on parrot tool use! See below
PhD position in parrot tool use Job offer: applications opening 19th of February 2025. We are looking for a PhD student (funded by the Austrian Science Fund, FWF) for a doctoral project in the field of animal behaviour and cognition Project Title: Dexterity in the tool use of the Goffin’s cockatoo https://www.fwf.ac.at/forschungsradar/10.55776/PAT2728324 Project Location: The Messerli Research Institute is located at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna. Its division on Comparative Cognition investigates cognitive abilities in both the social and physical domain of various, free-living as well as domesticated, animal species including Goffin’s cockatoos, keas, dogs, goats and pigs. https://www.vetmeduni.ac.at/en/messerli This PhD project will be conducted at the Goffin Lab in Lower Austria. https://www.vetmeduni.ac.at/cognition/goffin-lab Academic Supervision: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alice Auersperg (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna) Project Description: The Goffin’s cockatoo uses and builds tool -based technologies rivalling higher primates, both in captivity as well as in the wild. While we already understand a lot about what kinds of tools animals use in which context, we still know very little about the innovative process and fine-scaled mechanisms underlying such behaviour: how are the cockatoos able to innovate tool use in the first place? Thereby, it is important to consider behavioural as well as physical barriers that animals face when using tools. We currently predict that tool use techniques are strongly affected by the different properties of the tasks the birds are operating their tools upon. This PhD project aims to test to what extent the tool use techniques invented by aviary cockatoos in Austria manifest in a predictable manner based on specific tool and task properties. To achieve this, we plan to blend behavioural analysis and material physics. The findings of this project will help to understand the onset and mechanisms underlyi… Deadline and project start: Please send your application before 1th of June 2025. The successful candidate can start in July at the earliest (we would like to have started the project by September of this year). Requirements • A master’s degree • A master’s thesis with a topic related to animal cognition/animal behaviour/comparative psychology or material science. • Genuine Interest in animal behaviour and cognition • At least some experience in direct interaction with animals (experience with animal testing is highly appreciated). • Comfortable with direct contact with parrots • Statistical knowledge (preferably experience in General Liner Mixed Models, PCA, Survival Analysis etcetera.) • Experience with R. • Excellent English skills written and spoken (additional German skills are highly appreciated) • Excellent teamworking and communication skills What we offer • Employment at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna via a FWF funding for a minimum of three years. • Access to institutional support (administrative support, statistician, IT manager, technician for experimental apparatuses). • Various scientific events including weekly seminars of comparative cognition researchers • Opportunity to visit international conferences. • Opportunity to visit social events for PhD students studying avian cognition in Vienna. • An international and interdisciplinary work environment at the Messerli Research Institute for Human-Animal Interaction. How to apply: Applications (email: alice.auersperg@vetmeduni.ac.at) will be considered until the 1st of June 2025 Only complete submissions will be taken into consideration. Your application should contain the following information: 1. A Cover Letter detailing your motivation for the research topic, relevant experience, and expectations for the position (max. 2 pages) 2. A Curriculum Vitae including copies of relevant university degree certificates 3. Contact details for two references (incl. email)
February 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM