Thanks for the kind words, Claus! Only possible with the right environment/people though 🙂

In @drjessieadriaense.bsky.social 's paper we use a mixture model. You could call it a partially-Hidden Marko Model, bc some states known exactly others inferred. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Technical supplement not online it looks like, but code here: github.com/ErikRingen/m...

It is 100% a very challenging research topic and new researchers I meet have often remarked (well-intentioned) that animal emotion / empathy work might become "the death of my career". I would 100% have it no other way - it is what I love most and as long as I can do this, I will.
Enjoy the read 😎

I am grateful for all the years of experience in/with interdisciplinary labs, workshops, meetings, and collaborations - they all have helped me tremendously to get closer to answering these questions. This includes my great co-authors of this paper: Sonja Koski, Ludwig Huber, @clauslamm.bsky.social

How is empathy defined in humans? What measures are applied? How do emotions play a fundamental role in its assessment? And how can all this be translated as conservatively as possible to other animals? A strong connection between and knowledge of human psychology and animal behavior is essential.

Hi, I'd love to be added if possible!

I'd love to be added too if possible!