The Summer School "Primate Cognitive Neuroscience" is happening again (Jul 28-Aug 9, 2024)! Happy to contribute to this great event together with @sfb1528.bsky.social.
Last time, we had ~25PhDs/postdocs. To apply for this great event in Bad Bevensen: dpz.eu/index.php?id... (Deadline: May 5)
Last time, we had ~25PhDs/postdocs. To apply for this great event in Bad Bevensen: dpz.eu/index.php?id... (Deadline: May 5)
April 16, 2024 at 1:15 PM
The Summer School "Primate Cognitive Neuroscience" is happening again (Jul 28-Aug 9, 2024)! Happy to contribute to this great event together with @sfb1528.bsky.social.
Last time, we had ~25PhDs/postdocs. To apply for this great event in Bad Bevensen: dpz.eu/index.php?id... (Deadline: May 5)
Last time, we had ~25PhDs/postdocs. To apply for this great event in Bad Bevensen: dpz.eu/index.php?id... (Deadline: May 5)
How can bird with a 12g brain be as smart as a monkey with a 400g brain?
Join our public lecture "Why birds are smart" by Onur Güntürkün (Bochum) to find out! Tuesday, Nov 28, 6 PM, Alte Mensa am Wilhelmsplatz. Entrance is free
Excited to host this together with @sfb1528.bsky.social
Join our public lecture "Why birds are smart" by Onur Güntürkün (Bochum) to find out! Tuesday, Nov 28, 6 PM, Alte Mensa am Wilhelmsplatz. Entrance is free
Excited to host this together with @sfb1528.bsky.social
November 27, 2023 at 9:11 AM
How can bird with a 12g brain be as smart as a monkey with a 400g brain?
Join our public lecture "Why birds are smart" by Onur Güntürkün (Bochum) to find out! Tuesday, Nov 28, 6 PM, Alte Mensa am Wilhelmsplatz. Entrance is free
Excited to host this together with @sfb1528.bsky.social
Join our public lecture "Why birds are smart" by Onur Güntürkün (Bochum) to find out! Tuesday, Nov 28, 6 PM, Alte Mensa am Wilhelmsplatz. Entrance is free
Excited to host this together with @sfb1528.bsky.social
We congratulate all newly elected members of the Leopoldina on this well-deserved recognition!
We are especially happy for @stefantreue.bsky.social (@primatenzentrum.bsky.social, @sfb1528.bsky.social) who has now joined Germany’s National Academy of Sciences. 🍾
Congratulations! 🎆
@uni-goettingen.de
We are especially happy for @stefantreue.bsky.social (@primatenzentrum.bsky.social, @sfb1528.bsky.social) who has now joined Germany’s National Academy of Sciences. 🍾
Congratulations! 🎆
@uni-goettingen.de
Neue Mitglieder der Leopoldina erhalten ihre Urkunden traditionell am Vorabend des jährlichen Symposiums ihrer Fachklasse. Gestern hieß Leopoldina-Präsidentin Bettina Rockenbach auf diese Weise die neuen Mitglieder der Klasse III – Medizin willkommen: www.leopoldina.org/presse-1/nac...
July 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
We congratulate all newly elected members of the Leopoldina on this well-deserved recognition!
We are especially happy for @stefantreue.bsky.social (@primatenzentrum.bsky.social, @sfb1528.bsky.social) who has now joined Germany’s National Academy of Sciences. 🍾
Congratulations! 🎆
@uni-goettingen.de
We are especially happy for @stefantreue.bsky.social (@primatenzentrum.bsky.social, @sfb1528.bsky.social) who has now joined Germany’s National Academy of Sciences. 🍾
Congratulations! 🎆
@uni-goettingen.de
Ein Fernsehtipp zum Wochenende:
Das Bayerische Fernsehen zeigt eine Doku über die Sprache der Tiere.
Mit dabei: Julia Fischer (@sfb1528.bsky.social; @primatenzentrum.bsky.social ) und ihre Forschung darüber, wie Affen kommunizieren.
📆27.9.2025, 18:45 BR Fernsehen & Mediathek (s.gwdg.de/TDMmkf)
Das Bayerische Fernsehen zeigt eine Doku über die Sprache der Tiere.
Mit dabei: Julia Fischer (@sfb1528.bsky.social; @primatenzentrum.bsky.social ) und ihre Forschung darüber, wie Affen kommunizieren.
📆27.9.2025, 18:45 BR Fernsehen & Mediathek (s.gwdg.de/TDMmkf)
September 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Ein Fernsehtipp zum Wochenende:
Das Bayerische Fernsehen zeigt eine Doku über die Sprache der Tiere.
Mit dabei: Julia Fischer (@sfb1528.bsky.social; @primatenzentrum.bsky.social ) und ihre Forschung darüber, wie Affen kommunizieren.
📆27.9.2025, 18:45 BR Fernsehen & Mediathek (s.gwdg.de/TDMmkf)
Das Bayerische Fernsehen zeigt eine Doku über die Sprache der Tiere.
Mit dabei: Julia Fischer (@sfb1528.bsky.social; @primatenzentrum.bsky.social ) und ihre Forschung darüber, wie Affen kommunizieren.
📆27.9.2025, 18:45 BR Fernsehen & Mediathek (s.gwdg.de/TDMmkf)
We are looking forward to welcome Andreas Nieder (University of Tübingen) in our lecture series. He will talk about
"The neuronal basis of numerical cognition in humans and nonhuman animals"
Join us on Oct 24, 3 PM in the lecture hall at the German Primate Center!
hosted with @sfb1528.bsky.social
"The neuronal basis of numerical cognition in humans and nonhuman animals"
Join us on Oct 24, 3 PM in the lecture hall at the German Primate Center!
hosted with @sfb1528.bsky.social
October 23, 2024 at 10:55 AM
We are looking forward to welcome Andreas Nieder (University of Tübingen) in our lecture series. He will talk about
"The neuronal basis of numerical cognition in humans and nonhuman animals"
Join us on Oct 24, 3 PM in the lecture hall at the German Primate Center!
hosted with @sfb1528.bsky.social
"The neuronal basis of numerical cognition in humans and nonhuman animals"
Join us on Oct 24, 3 PM in the lecture hall at the German Primate Center!
hosted with @sfb1528.bsky.social
the field site CRP Simenti is managed by the Cognitive Ethology Lab run by Julia Fischer @julxf.bsky.social ( @sfb1528.bsky.social & @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social).
Thanks to Latifa Garcia Kolo (@uni-goettingen.de) for filming and editing and everyone involved in the production!
Thanks to Latifa Garcia Kolo (@uni-goettingen.de) for filming and editing and everyone involved in the production!
December 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
the field site CRP Simenti is managed by the Cognitive Ethology Lab run by Julia Fischer @julxf.bsky.social ( @sfb1528.bsky.social & @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social).
Thanks to Latifa Garcia Kolo (@uni-goettingen.de) for filming and editing and everyone involved in the production!
Thanks to Latifa Garcia Kolo (@uni-goettingen.de) for filming and editing and everyone involved in the production!
New paper by ScienceCampus members Baptiste Sadoughi, R Mundry, O Schülke & J Ostner (@sfb1528.bsky.social) Longitudinal data show that wild Assamese macaques reduce social engagement and have smaller active & passive networks with age, not driven by increasing social selectivity
s.gwdg.de/jHSAjB
s.gwdg.de/jHSAjB
March 14, 2024 at 5:57 PM
New paper by ScienceCampus members Baptiste Sadoughi, R Mundry, O Schülke & J Ostner (@sfb1528.bsky.social) Longitudinal data show that wild Assamese macaques reduce social engagement and have smaller active & passive networks with age, not driven by increasing social selectivity
s.gwdg.de/jHSAjB
s.gwdg.de/jHSAjB
Heute geht es weiter auf der #IdeenExpo in Hannover. Heute stellt das Team der Kognitiven Ethologie des DPZ unsere Forschungsaktivitäten zum Sozialverhalten von Guineapavianen im Senegal vor. Trefft uns und @sfb1528.bsky.social in Halle 9
June 11, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Heute geht es weiter auf der #IdeenExpo in Hannover. Heute stellt das Team der Kognitiven Ethologie des DPZ unsere Forschungsaktivitäten zum Sozialverhalten von Guineapavianen im Senegal vor. Trefft uns und @sfb1528.bsky.social in Halle 9
The new episode of the 'Neuroscience and Beyond' podcast is out. This time, host Svilen Georgiev sat down to chat with Julia Fischer (@sfb1528.bsky.social) to talk about monkey research, baboons' fears of drones and academic life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrlK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrlK...
May 7, 2024 at 1:38 PM
The new episode of the 'Neuroscience and Beyond' podcast is out. This time, host Svilen Georgiev sat down to chat with Julia Fischer (@sfb1528.bsky.social) to talk about monkey research, baboons' fears of drones and academic life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrlK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrlK...
Presented my poster at the Foraging Conference in Birmingham.
We’re modeling how people coordinate when choosing between cooperative, competitive, and independent options, using a Theory-of-Mind HMM. Interesting to see how ToM stability and value alignment shape coordination dynamics.
#sfb1528
We’re modeling how people coordinate when choosing between cooperative, competitive, and independent options, using a Theory-of-Mind HMM. Interesting to see how ToM stability and value alignment shape coordination dynamics.
#sfb1528
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Presented my poster at the Foraging Conference in Birmingham.
We’re modeling how people coordinate when choosing between cooperative, competitive, and independent options, using a Theory-of-Mind HMM. Interesting to see how ToM stability and value alignment shape coordination dynamics.
#sfb1528
We’re modeling how people coordinate when choosing between cooperative, competitive, and independent options, using a Theory-of-Mind HMM. Interesting to see how ToM stability and value alignment shape coordination dynamics.
#sfb1528
Super happy & very proud of @benkawam.bsky.social for publishing his 1st PhD chapter - a massive piece of work specifying a workflow for causal inference on network data. Support from DFG RTG 2070, @sfb1528.bsky.social @primatenzentrum.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de
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Are you studying animal sociality?
My (now published) first PhD chapter proposes a Bayesian + causal framework to infer the factors shaping the social relationships that animals form with one another.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
My (now published) first PhD chapter proposes a Bayesian + causal framework to infer the factors shaping the social relationships that animals form with one another.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
A causal framework for the drivers of animal social network structure
Author summary Behavioural ecologists ask mechanistic questions about behaviour—causal questions. When studying animal societies, these questions often concern the drivers of social network structure....
journals.plos.org
October 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Super happy & very proud of @benkawam.bsky.social for publishing his 1st PhD chapter - a massive piece of work specifying a workflow for causal inference on network data. Support from DFG RTG 2070, @sfb1528.bsky.social @primatenzentrum.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de
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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!!
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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!!
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Details in thread. Please re-post!
Great to see this online now and happy to be involved in the MacaqueNet through our members Julia Ostner, Oliver Schülke (@primbehavecol.bsky.social) and Christof Neumann!
@primatenzentrum.bsky.social; @unigoettingen.bsky.social; @sfb1528.bsky.social
@primatenzentrum.bsky.social; @unigoettingen.bsky.social; @sfb1528.bsky.social
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/
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/
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...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great to see this online now and happy to be involved in the MacaqueNet through our members Julia Ostner, Oliver Schülke (@primbehavecol.bsky.social) and Christof Neumann!
@primatenzentrum.bsky.social; @unigoettingen.bsky.social; @sfb1528.bsky.social
@primatenzentrum.bsky.social; @unigoettingen.bsky.social; @sfb1528.bsky.social
Huisken lab is attending Göttingen Cognition Forum: Curiosity & Interaction. Learn about our research...
@spp2205.bsky.social @sfb1528.bsky.social @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de events.gwdg.de/event/1099/
@spp2205.bsky.social @sfb1528.bsky.social @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de events.gwdg.de/event/1099/
The Göttingen Cognition Forum: Curiosity & Interaction
We are pleased to announce the First Göttingen Cognition Forum: Curiosity & Interaction The conference brings together researchers from neuroscience, psychology, behavioral biology, computational scie...
events.gwdg.de
October 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Huisken lab is attending Göttingen Cognition Forum: Curiosity & Interaction. Learn about our research...
@spp2205.bsky.social @sfb1528.bsky.social @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de events.gwdg.de/event/1099/
@spp2205.bsky.social @sfb1528.bsky.social @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de events.gwdg.de/event/1099/
😂😶 Holding back laughter is hard…
… and someone else’s tiny pffft-HAHA can instantly crack you up.
Our new study (with @sfb1528.bsky.social, @uni-goettingen.de) in Communications Psychology shows how social laughter disrupts regulation.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
… and someone else’s tiny pffft-HAHA can instantly crack you up.
Our new study (with @sfb1528.bsky.social, @uni-goettingen.de) in Communications Psychology shows how social laughter disrupts regulation.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
😂😶 Holding back laughter is hard…
… and someone else’s tiny pffft-HAHA can instantly crack you up.
Our new study (with @sfb1528.bsky.social, @uni-goettingen.de) in Communications Psychology shows how social laughter disrupts regulation.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
… and someone else’s tiny pffft-HAHA can instantly crack you up.
Our new study (with @sfb1528.bsky.social, @uni-goettingen.de) in Communications Psychology shows how social laughter disrupts regulation.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
From Nov. 2023: M.Sc. student Kacper Ksiezak presented at Intl. Conf. on Complex Networks. @sfb1528.bsky.social with Sinz lab we show that a gated recurr neur net predicts a monkey's foraging choices by memorizing his posture. Even better when memorizing posture of human the monkey coordinated with
December 6, 2023 at 10:32 PM
From Nov. 2023: M.Sc. student Kacper Ksiezak presented at Intl. Conf. on Complex Networks. @sfb1528.bsky.social with Sinz lab we show that a gated recurr neur net predicts a monkey's foraging choices by memorizing his posture. Even better when memorizing posture of human the monkey coordinated with
We extended the application deadline for our upcoming Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School (together with @sfb1528.bsky.social and the German Primate Center) until May 17. Don't miss the opportunity and apply.
www.dpz.eu/pcn2024
www.dpz.eu/pcn2024
May 8, 2024 at 2:55 PM
We extended the application deadline for our upcoming Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School (together with @sfb1528.bsky.social and the German Primate Center) until May 17. Don't miss the opportunity and apply.
www.dpz.eu/pcn2024
www.dpz.eu/pcn2024
Lastly, our thanks to the funders
Research Alliance Ruhr, @sfb1528.bsky.social
@dfg.de
@FACES_epilepsy
@maxplanck.de
Feel free to reach out if you have any feedback, questions or related ideas!
Research Alliance Ruhr, @sfb1528.bsky.social
@dfg.de
@FACES_epilepsy
@maxplanck.de
Feel free to reach out if you have any feedback, questions or related ideas!
December 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Lastly, our thanks to the funders
Research Alliance Ruhr, @sfb1528.bsky.social
@dfg.de
@FACES_epilepsy
@maxplanck.de
Feel free to reach out if you have any feedback, questions or related ideas!
Research Alliance Ruhr, @sfb1528.bsky.social
@dfg.de
@FACES_epilepsy
@maxplanck.de
Feel free to reach out if you have any feedback, questions or related ideas!
Very happy that Baptiste Sadoughi's PhD research on social aging in female Assamese macaques using longitudinal data & factoring in demographic processes is out in Proc B!
Check out the paper 👉 s.gwdg.de/jHSAjB
Thanks to @dfgpublic.bsky.social @sfb1528.bsky.social @primatecognition.bsky.social
Check out the paper 👉 s.gwdg.de/jHSAjB
Thanks to @dfgpublic.bsky.social @sfb1528.bsky.social @primatecognition.bsky.social
March 15, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Very happy that Baptiste Sadoughi's PhD research on social aging in female Assamese macaques using longitudinal data & factoring in demographic processes is out in Proc B!
Check out the paper 👉 s.gwdg.de/jHSAjB
Thanks to @dfgpublic.bsky.social @sfb1528.bsky.social @primatecognition.bsky.social
Check out the paper 👉 s.gwdg.de/jHSAjB
Thanks to @dfgpublic.bsky.social @sfb1528.bsky.social @primatecognition.bsky.social
Wie treffen wir Entscheidungen? Lieber zusammen oder alleine arbeiten? Und Wie erforscht man das?
Lernt unsere Experimente kennen und besucht uns und
@sfb1528.bsky.social auf der Ideen-Expo in Hannover.
Wir sind am 8. & 9.6. in Halle 9 in der Ausstellung von Uni Goettingen & Primatenzentrum
Lernt unsere Experimente kennen und besucht uns und
@sfb1528.bsky.social auf der Ideen-Expo in Hannover.
Wir sind am 8. & 9.6. in Halle 9 in der Ausstellung von Uni Goettingen & Primatenzentrum
June 6, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Wie treffen wir Entscheidungen? Lieber zusammen oder alleine arbeiten? Und Wie erforscht man das?
Lernt unsere Experimente kennen und besucht uns und
@sfb1528.bsky.social auf der Ideen-Expo in Hannover.
Wir sind am 8. & 9.6. in Halle 9 in der Ausstellung von Uni Goettingen & Primatenzentrum
Lernt unsere Experimente kennen und besucht uns und
@sfb1528.bsky.social auf der Ideen-Expo in Hannover.
Wir sind am 8. & 9.6. in Halle 9 in der Ausstellung von Uni Goettingen & Primatenzentrum
Together with the German Primate Center (DPZ), we host a double header lecture on Friday, Apr 26 at the DPZ.
We start of at 11 AM with Takafumi Minamimoto, and continue at 1 PM with a presentation by Sascha Ziegler.
Both talks are hosted by Igor Kagan (@sfb1528.bsky.social).
We start of at 11 AM with Takafumi Minamimoto, and continue at 1 PM with a presentation by Sascha Ziegler.
Both talks are hosted by Igor Kagan (@sfb1528.bsky.social).
April 24, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Together with the German Primate Center (DPZ), we host a double header lecture on Friday, Apr 26 at the DPZ.
We start of at 11 AM with Takafumi Minamimoto, and continue at 1 PM with a presentation by Sascha Ziegler.
Both talks are hosted by Igor Kagan (@sfb1528.bsky.social).
We start of at 11 AM with Takafumi Minamimoto, and continue at 1 PM with a presentation by Sascha Ziegler.
Both talks are hosted by Igor Kagan (@sfb1528.bsky.social).
We are counting the days! Together with our colleagues from @sfb1528.bsky.social, we organize a Public Lecture on Nov 28:
Onur Güntürkün (Ruhr-University Bochum) will speak about brain evolution in birds and explain "Why birds are smart". Join us in the Alte Mensa in Göttingen
Onur Güntürkün (Ruhr-University Bochum) will speak about brain evolution in birds and explain "Why birds are smart". Join us in the Alte Mensa in Göttingen
November 17, 2023 at 1:41 PM
We are counting the days! Together with our colleagues from @sfb1528.bsky.social, we organize a Public Lecture on Nov 28:
Onur Güntürkün (Ruhr-University Bochum) will speak about brain evolution in birds and explain "Why birds are smart". Join us in the Alte Mensa in Göttingen
Onur Güntürkün (Ruhr-University Bochum) will speak about brain evolution in birds and explain "Why birds are smart". Join us in the Alte Mensa in Göttingen
Wissenschaft und klassische Musik? Diese Kombination gibt es am 28.6. im Forum Wissen. Erfahrt von
Anne Schacht (Uni Göttingen; @sfb1528.bsky.social)
was im Gehirn passiert, wenn wir Musik hören und lauscht dem Blechbläsertrio des Göttinger Symphonieorchesters
www.forum-wissen.de/event/kammer...
Anne Schacht (Uni Göttingen; @sfb1528.bsky.social)
was im Gehirn passiert, wenn wir Musik hören und lauscht dem Blechbläsertrio des Göttinger Symphonieorchesters
www.forum-wissen.de/event/kammer...
Festival horizonte im Forum Wissen | Kammerkonzert – Forum Wissen
www.forum-wissen.de
June 14, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Wissenschaft und klassische Musik? Diese Kombination gibt es am 28.6. im Forum Wissen. Erfahrt von
Anne Schacht (Uni Göttingen; @sfb1528.bsky.social)
was im Gehirn passiert, wenn wir Musik hören und lauscht dem Blechbläsertrio des Göttinger Symphonieorchesters
www.forum-wissen.de/event/kammer...
Anne Schacht (Uni Göttingen; @sfb1528.bsky.social)
was im Gehirn passiert, wenn wir Musik hören und lauscht dem Blechbläsertrio des Göttinger Symphonieorchesters
www.forum-wissen.de/event/kammer...
Just finished our workshop on "Non-invasive methods for wildllife monitoring" at Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary! Supported by @primatecognition.bsky.social @primatenzentrum.bsky.social @sfb1528.bsky.social @unigoettingen.bsky.social & Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok!!
March 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Just finished our workshop on "Non-invasive methods for wildllife monitoring" at Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary! Supported by @primatecognition.bsky.social @primatenzentrum.bsky.social @sfb1528.bsky.social @unigoettingen.bsky.social & Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok!!
From June 2023: We officially started as a new Junior group in #sfb1528 at the University of Goettingen. visit us here www.uni-goettingen.de/de/671561.html and here www.dpz.eu/en/unit/cogn...
December 5, 2023 at 11:36 AM
From June 2023: We officially started as a new Junior group in #sfb1528 at the University of Goettingen. visit us here www.uni-goettingen.de/de/671561.html and here www.dpz.eu/en/unit/cogn...