Very excited to have been featured on the BBC OneShow last night discussing our team's research at the @thembauk.bsky.social on cephalopod curiosity and intelligence! You can access the clip on Iplayer here:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
@campsydept.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
Victor Ajuwon
Looking forward to co-chairing a symposium on 'Methods to study curiosity-like behaviours in animals' with @monteirotiago.bsky.social at the European Conference for Behavioural Biology (@ecbb2026.bsky.social). Consider applying by 30th April if your work is curiosity/information-seeking related!
A brief break from science: alongside others’, my 2 pence about Kier Starmer’s recent call for greater UK resilience and closer EU ties. In short, finally - some conviction from the PM!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cuttlefish, squid, and octopuses have excellent memories, use tools, and are adept problem-solvers; they have a concept of time and are capable of delayed gratification. Some scientists think they are conscious (and possibly in a different way than us).
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Victor Ajuwon
Can chimpanzees prepare for mutually exclusive possibilities individually or collectively?
Check out our new paper in Phil Trans @royalsociety.org, led by @drelizabethwarren.bsky.social, and funded by @templetonworld.bsky.social!
And stay tuned for the next paper, clarifying the mechanism!
Victor Ajuwon
From wag to affect: Tail kinematic signatures of canine emotional states in computer-controlled environments https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.01.708848v1
Nicholas A. Christakis
Migrated to Bluesky as I'm excited to share our new paper on collective route memories in homing pigeons: rdcu.be/e73Qk
We found flocks remembered old routes better than pigeons flying alone, likely because different birds remembered different parts of the route!
New study on the evolution of primate cognition, brain size, sensory and motor functions, prompted by "recent work showing fishes perform as well as primates on various cognitive tests." 🐟🦍🧪
Great to see such broad comparative perspectives driving research.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Did you catch us on BBC One Show this bank holiday Monday? 👀
@cam.ac.uk's very own Dr @victorajuwon1.bsky.social shared his research on cuttlefish curiosity, in collaboration with the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth (@thembauk.bsky.social)
Catch it here:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Objectives As animal brain size increases, cognitive performance generally increases. However, other key brain functions, such as the regulation of somatic processes, processing of sensory input, an...
1/2 Ai, the chimpanzee who revolutionized science from Kyoto, has died at the age of 49.
She was the first chimpanzee to learn Arabic numerals.
Here you can see her in action in Tetsuro Matsuzawa's laboratory.
