New paper! We use simulations to test received wisdom on the observational sampling method to use and find that Altmann 1974 was right all along (never bet against Jeanne!). Focal follows capture rare, fleeting behaviours, scans captures long, common behaviours. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Most behavioural studies rely on systematic behavioural sampling, as observing and recording all behavioural events that occur is rarely feasible. Cho…
Still lots of time until the deadline. Come work with us!
📣NEW paper📣
To date, only humans demonstrate meaning-based, generative communication. However, recent discoveries of combinatorial versatility in chimpanzee + bonobo vocal sequences open the possibility of generative communication in other species. Read here 👇
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Does it matter whether you use focal sampling or scan sampling to collect animal behaviour data? We used simulations to find out, testing how accurate and precise each method is across a range of behaviours, study systems, and observation protocols.
Two postdoc positions at the Messerli Research Institute in Vienna in the research area of human-animal interactions:
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Introducing meta-🔼! (meta-delta)
Really excited about this one. We provide a principled, performance-corrected measure of metacognitive bias, placing it on an equal methodological footing with meta-d, and showing robust test-retest reliability to boot.
Check out Kevin's thread for more details! 🧠🧪
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The Rijeka Cognitive Sciences Symposium 2026 is open for registrations and talk/poster submissions by Masters and PhD students!
13 and 14 July - This year's topic is Social Cognition
The event is free!
🐒 PhD Opportunity 🐒 I'm excited to announce that we are now welcoming applications for a 3-year fully funded PhD position at Nottingham Trent University as part of our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project.
More info: jamiewhitehouse.github.io/mappingconne...
Apply here: tinyurl.com/PhDNTU
We are currently accepting applications for two positions on this project!
Research Fellow/Post doc : tinyurl.com/postdocNTU
PhD Student: tinyurl.com/PhDNTU
Come work with us! @bridgetwaller.bsky.social @neuroprimato.bsky.social
New paper! We use simulations to test received wisdom on the observational sampling method to use and find that Altmann 1974 was right all along (never bet against Jeanne!). Focal follows capture rare, fleeting behaviours, scans captures long, common behaviours. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Taï Chimpanzee Project
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maybe there's a way to study metacognitive monitoring w/o collecting confidence? could be handy for studying animals and infants?
Most behavioural studies rely on systematic behavioural sampling, as observing and recording all behavioural events that occur is rarely feasible. Cho…
Abstract. This study explores the use of response time (RT) data in type-2 receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, a method traditionally used to examine the relationship between confidence ...
In a new preprint w/ @tianqizhan.bsky.social & @smfleming.bsky.social, we developed a new measure of metacognitive bias (over/under confidence in individual decisions)!
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Through a series of cognitive experiments and behavioural studies with non-human primates @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social and team will identify the role that processing facial expressions has in the evolution of mapping social networks. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/jwhi...
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Through a series of cognitive experiments and behavioural studies with non-human primates, Jamie Whitehouse and team will identify the role that processing facial expressions has in the evolution of…
