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Leibniz ScienceCampus Primate Cognition
@primatecognition.bsky.social
We study cognition and behavior of human and nonhuman primates at the German Primate Center and University of Göttingen. Funded by Leibniz Association;
http://www.primate-cognition.eu
YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/36dkn7
Impressum: www.dpz.eu/impressum
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!
December 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
What does everyday field research look like? 🐒

Our new video introduces life at CRP Simenti in Niokolo Koba NP (@primatenzentrum.bsky.social). Join camp manager Anaïs Avilés de Diego, meet Guinea baboons, and get a behind-the-scenes look at youtu.be/WhUqBMQ7_Fc

Funded by @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
The field station CRP Simenti in Senegal
YouTube video by Göttingen Cognition & Behavior Research
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
We are happy to share that the newest video about ScienceCampus Research is out on YouTube!

Join Claudia Fichtel (@kirindy.bsky.social) on a tour to our field site Kirindy Forest. Thanks to the @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de for funding and Sam Sebastian Thomas and the video team at @uni-goettingen.de
📹New video🎞️: Claudia Fichtel (@kirindy.bsky.social; @primatenzentrum.bsky.social) takes you into the heart of the Kirindy Forest field station in Madagascar; learn what life in remote field station looks like.

in collaboration with @primatecognition.bsky.social

Watch here: youtu.be/pWygl1DlmLE
Kirindy Forest. 30 years of research on the lemurs of Madagascar
YouTube video by Göttingen Cognition & Behavior Research
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Paper alert: Kind of a serious fun paper 😂 - how to hold back laughter.
Published by @anne-schacht.bsky.social, Vanessa Mitschke, Annika Ziereis and Sriranjani Manivasagam (@uni-goettingen.de; @primatecognition.bsky.social) .

Paper is out in Comm Psychol: doi.org/10.1038/s442...
December 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Looking for great place to do your PhD? 🧑‍🎓
Would you like to work with Assamese macaques in Thailand? 🐒

Our colleagues Julia Ostner and Oliver Schülke @primbehavecol.bsky.social offer a PhD position!

Apply now and join the @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social curiosity.bsky.social at @uni-goettingen.de
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We’re not the only ones changing our minds 🐒🧠

Chimps revise their beliefs when new evidence appears — a trait once thought uniquely human.

New Science paper from our former postdoc Hanna Schleihauf (@primatenzentrum.bsky.social; now @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social)

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
www.science.org
November 2, 2025 at 11:04 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)
September 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🎞️ Episode 4 on the Leibniz ScienceCampus is online – How neuroscience and field research inspire each other 🐒🧠.

With Julia Fischer @julxf.bsky.social, Claudia Fichtel @kirindy.bsky.social and Alexander Gail (@smgdpz.bsky.social)

youtu.be/NOCFJH3gwIY
Leibniz ScienceCampus: Bridging Field and Lab Research
YouTube video by Göttingen Cognition & Behavior Research
youtu.be
September 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🎞️ Episode 4 über den Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus ist online - Wie sich Neurowissenschaften und Feldforschung gegenseitig inspirieren 🐒🧠.

Mit Julia Fischer @julxf.bsky.social, Claudia Fichtel @kirindy.bsky.social, Alex Gail @smgdpz.bsky.social

➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOCF...
Leibniz ScienceCampus: Bridging Field and Lab Research
YouTube video by Göttingen Cognition & Behavior Research
www.youtube.com
September 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Herzlichen Glückwunsch lieber Peter zu dieser besonderen Anerkennung Deiner Leistungen!
September 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🎞️ Neue Episode unserer Filmreihe: Die Dyadische Interaktionsplattform und wie wir Kooperation, Konkurrenz und soziales Lernen untersuchen.

➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgKS...

feat Igor Kagan, @nivimani.bsky.social, @anne-schacht.bsky.social

@primatenzentrum.bsky.social @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
Leibniz ScienceCampus: The Dyadic Interaction Platform
YouTube video by Göttingen Cognition & Behavior Research
www.youtube.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Episode 2 unserer Videoreihe ist online: 🚐👶 Forschung im Kleinbus - das Phenomobil bringt Wissenschaft nach Hause. Peter Marschik & Team @UMG untersuchen, wie Babys mit ihren Eltern interagieren – und ob sich Entwicklungsstörungen frühzeitig erkennen lassen.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H5j...
Leibniz ScienceCampus: Inside the Phenomobil - A Rolling Lab to Track Infant Early Development
YouTube video by Göttingen Cognition & Behavior Research
www.youtube.com
August 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Looking back at 10 years ScienceCampus. Today, we launch a four-episode video series. We start with

How AI helps Decoding Primate Behavior

find us on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W3_...

@primbehavecol.bsky.social, @uni-goettingen.de @primatenzentrum.bsky.social
Leibniz Science Campus: How AI Helps Decoding Primate Behavior
YouTube video by Göttingen Cognition & Behavior Research
www.youtube.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
free registration!

Join us in Göttingen and celebrate 20 years Bernstein Center Göttingen.

Submit your abstract by August 17 at events.gwdg.de/event/1099/
#CompNeuro Satellite Symposium at the Göttingen Cognition Forum (Oct 14-15), deadline for abstract submission extended to Aug 17. Topics:
• Neural Interfaces
• Cognition, Circuits & Cells
• Neural Circuit #Evolution
events.gwdg.de/event/1099/
August 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Features:
Face-to-face visibility of participants
simultaneous presentation of stimuli and shared task contexts
Flexible experimental paradigms
Usable with adults, children, non-human primate dyads

result of a long-term project with @primatecognition.bsky.social and @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social.
August 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Join us in October for the First Göttingen Cognition Forum: Curiosity and Interaction

Submit your abstracts by August 1st
-> events.gwdg.de/e/goettingen...

Free participation, but registration required!
July 17, 2025 at 10:19 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
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
Don't miss it!

🐒 What: SFB Lecture by Joah Madden (@exeter.ac.uk)

🗣️ Topic: How does cognition determine an individual's fitness

🕰️ When: Tomorrow, July 15th, 10 AM

📍 Where: Michael-Lankeit-Lecture Hall @primatenzentrum.bsky.social

Looking forward seeing you!
Join us tomorrow, July 15th, for the last talk in our SFB Lecture Series before the start of the summer break.

At 10 AM, we have the pleasure to host Joah Madden from the University @exeter.ac.uk.

The lecture is organised by @kirindy.bsky.social

Venue: Lecture hall @primatenzentrum.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Warum spielen Geschlecht und Gender eine so durchdringende Rolle bei der Gestaltung unserer Gesellschaften? Basierend auf Forschungsergebnissen aus Biologie, Evolution und Anthropologie bespricht dieses neue Buch biologische oder kulturelle Erklärungen und Lösungsansätze für Sexismus.
July 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Don't miss that! Really cool projects and lot of fun science to talk about!
Get to know our PhDs and research projects during #NightofScience at @uni-goettingen.de on June 21st.
You will find us at at Central Lecture Hall Building (ZHG), upper foyer.
We have a lot of knowledge for curious little explorers (more advanced ones are welcome too)!
June 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Assamese macaque females prioritize future over current offspring! Check out our paper (led by PhD researcher Shivani) showing reduced infant survival if mothers conceive early again!
tinyurl.com/4ka2ueyn

@primatenzentrum.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de @primatecognition.bsky.social @dfg.de
June 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Herzlichen Glückwunsch liebe @violapriesemann.bsky.social für diese hochverdiente Anerkennung durch die #ALLEA!

Wir freuen uns, dass Du auch bei unserem SFB eine wichtige Rolle spielst!
💡 Wissenschaft lebt von Ideen: Bei der #ALLEA Generalversammlung in der Königlich Dänischen Akademie tauschen wir uns über diese aus. Ein Highlight die Verleihung des Madame de Staël Prize an @violapriesemann.bsky.social ! Herzlichen Glückwunsch.💐

Mehr dazu 🔗 www.akademienunion.de/presse/nachr...
June 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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The program for GEM 2025 is now available as a pdf.
for2812.rub.de/upload/edito...
May 23, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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🎓 Was bedeutet es, als Erste*r in der Familie den Weg in die Wissenschaft zu gehen?

Unsere Podiumsdiskussion „First Generation Academics“ vom 12.3.2025 zeigt, mit welchen Hürden viele im Uni-Alltag kämpfen und wie man zwischen zwei Welten lebt.

Jetzt online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOtp...
First Generation Academics. Wie das Elternhaus Karrierewege junger Wissenschaftler*innen beeinflusst
YouTube video by Göttingen Cognition & Behavior Research
www.youtube.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Our PhD level course Ecology of Animal Migration at @biologylu.bsky.social is now open for applications! The course will run this November (3-14th) and cover various theoretical and practical aspects of migration ecology.

See: www.biology.lu.se/phd-studies/...
Ecology of Animal Migration
Lund University.
www.biology.lu.se
May 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM