LaurenGuillette.bsky.social
@laurenguillette.bsky.social
Animal Cognition Research Group leader, Associate Prof. @psychualberta.bsky.social, Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Ecology (she/her) ally 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @laurenguillette on X
New paper from our team: No Sex-Differences in Learning Trap-Gap Problems in Zebra Finches #OA bit.ly/43pY9eB in Ecology and Evolution #nest #AnimalCogniton 🧪
@psychualberta.bsky.social
@ba-whittaker.bsky.social
@compcogsoc.bsky.social
@julself.bsky.social
@ualberta.bsky.social
@psychualberta.bsky.social
@ba-whittaker.bsky.social
@compcogsoc.bsky.social
@julself.bsky.social
@ualberta.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
New paper from our team: No Sex-Differences in Learning Trap-Gap Problems in Zebra Finches #OA bit.ly/43pY9eB in Ecology and Evolution #nest #AnimalCogniton 🧪
@psychualberta.bsky.social
@ba-whittaker.bsky.social
@compcogsoc.bsky.social
@julself.bsky.social
@ualberta.bsky.social
@psychualberta.bsky.social
@ba-whittaker.bsky.social
@compcogsoc.bsky.social
@julself.bsky.social
@ualberta.bsky.social
ACRG Fall 2025
@psychualberta.bsky.social
@psychualberta.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
ACRG Fall 2025
@psychualberta.bsky.social
@psychualberta.bsky.social
Accepting applications for Graduate Students! PhD & MSc
I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team.
Application details here: https://bit.ly/4mlBd6x
Deadline 01 Dec 2025
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I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team.
Application details here: https://bit.ly/4mlBd6x
Deadline 01 Dec 2025
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September 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Accepting applications for Graduate Students! PhD & MSc
I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team.
Application details here: https://bit.ly/4mlBd6x
Deadline 01 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
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I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team.
Application details here: https://bit.ly/4mlBd6x
Deadline 01 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
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Three talks by ACRG members about nest-building behaviour, preference, bias, culture, learning, social learning and sex-differences. @behaviour2025.bsky.social @julself.bsky.social @ba-whittaker.bsky.social #behaviour2025 @psychualberta.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Three talks by ACRG members about nest-building behaviour, preference, bias, culture, learning, social learning and sex-differences. @behaviour2025.bsky.social @julself.bsky.social @ba-whittaker.bsky.social #behaviour2025 @psychualberta.bsky.social
Our team has two fully-funded @MitacsCanada Globalink Research Internships for Summer 2026.
Application deadline: 17 Sept 2025
Apply at: https://bit.ly/3UZw8Wj
More about our team here: https://bit.ly/4mHxlgY
Details of projects: https://bit.ly/3JfaTNM
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Application deadline: 17 Sept 2025
Apply at: https://bit.ly/3UZw8Wj
More about our team here: https://bit.ly/4mHxlgY
Details of projects: https://bit.ly/3JfaTNM
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August 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Our team has two fully-funded @MitacsCanada Globalink Research Internships for Summer 2026.
Application deadline: 17 Sept 2025
Apply at: https://bit.ly/3UZw8Wj
More about our team here: https://bit.ly/4mHxlgY
Details of projects: https://bit.ly/3JfaTNM
Please RT!
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Application deadline: 17 Sept 2025
Apply at: https://bit.ly/3UZw8Wj
More about our team here: https://bit.ly/4mHxlgY
Details of projects: https://bit.ly/3JfaTNM
Please RT!
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I highly recommend this book for all ages!
Thanks for the lovely gift @ba-whittaker.bsky.social
#SciCom #Outreach #nest #birds @compcogsoc.bsky.social
Thanks for the lovely gift @ba-whittaker.bsky.social
#SciCom #Outreach #nest #birds @compcogsoc.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I highly recommend this book for all ages!
Thanks for the lovely gift @ba-whittaker.bsky.social
#SciCom #Outreach #nest #birds @compcogsoc.bsky.social
Thanks for the lovely gift @ba-whittaker.bsky.social
#SciCom #Outreach #nest #birds @compcogsoc.bsky.social
Congrats to Brandon Neil on your convocation yesterday!
June 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Congrats to Brandon Neil on your convocation yesterday!
ACRG Winter 2025
April 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
ACRG Winter 2025
Brandon gave an excellent talk about his honours thesis work today!
@psychyalberta.bsky.social @psych_Ualberta @NSERC_CRSNG 🧪
@psychyalberta.bsky.social @psych_Ualberta @NSERC_CRSNG 🧪
April 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Brandon gave an excellent talk about his honours thesis work today!
@psychyalberta.bsky.social @psych_Ualberta @NSERC_CRSNG 🧪
@psychyalberta.bsky.social @psych_Ualberta @NSERC_CRSNG 🧪
Ben @ba_whittaker @ba-whittaker.bsky.social talking about the effect of bias on nest-building cognition #CO3_2025.
@compcogsoc.bsky.social @PsychUalberta.bsky.social @comparativecog @Psych_UAlberta @NSERC_CRSNG 🧪
@compcogsoc.bsky.social @PsychUalberta.bsky.social @comparativecog @Psych_UAlberta @NSERC_CRSNG 🧪
March 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ben @ba_whittaker @ba-whittaker.bsky.social talking about the effect of bias on nest-building cognition #CO3_2025.
@compcogsoc.bsky.social @PsychUalberta.bsky.social @comparativecog @Psych_UAlberta @NSERC_CRSNG 🧪
@compcogsoc.bsky.social @PsychUalberta.bsky.social @comparativecog @Psych_UAlberta @NSERC_CRSNG 🧪
Julia @JuliaLSelf talking about conformity in nest-building zebra finches (n = 175 focal males!!) #CO3_2025. Her 1st conference talk is part of the Best Student Talk symposium.
@compcogsoc.bsky.social @PsychUalberta.bsky.social @comparativecog @Psych_UAlberta @NSERC_CRSNG
@compcogsoc.bsky.social @PsychUalberta.bsky.social @comparativecog @Psych_UAlberta @NSERC_CRSNG
March 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Julia @JuliaLSelf talking about conformity in nest-building zebra finches (n = 175 focal males!!) #CO3_2025. Her 1st conference talk is part of the Best Student Talk symposium.
@compcogsoc.bsky.social @PsychUalberta.bsky.social @comparativecog @Psych_UAlberta @NSERC_CRSNG
@compcogsoc.bsky.social @PsychUalberta.bsky.social @comparativecog @Psych_UAlberta @NSERC_CRSNG
March 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Caitlyn and Brandon at the Undergraduate Psychology Association Research Day and Lb Mixer @Psych_UAlberta @PsychUAlberta.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Caitlyn and Brandon at the Undergraduate Psychology Association Research Day and Lb Mixer @Psych_UAlberta @PsychUAlberta.bsky.social
#PrideWeek Julia Self @JuliaLSelf (pictured L) is an MSc student in the ACRG examining conformity in nest building - whether, and under what conditions, birds will change their nest material preference to match the social group.
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March 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#PrideWeek Julia Self @JuliaLSelf (pictured L) is an MSc student in the ACRG examining conformity in nest building - whether, and under what conditions, birds will change their nest material preference to match the social group.
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#PrideWeek Dr. Ben Whittaker @ba_whittaker is a post-doctoral researcher in the ACRG interested in how animals learn from their physical & social environments to make adaptive decisions providing insights into behaviour across welfare, conservation & farming
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March 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#PrideWeek Dr. Ben Whittaker @ba_whittaker is a post-doctoral researcher in the ACRG interested in how animals learn from their physical & social environments to make adaptive decisions providing insights into behaviour across welfare, conservation & farming
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Maintenant disponible en français !
Plan de cours pour les élèves de 1re année sur les oiseaux qui construisent leurs nids
téléchargez-le gratuitement ici : https://bit.ly/3NklczV
Plan de cours pour les élèves de 1re année sur les oiseaux qui construisent leurs nids
téléchargez-le gratuitement ici : https://bit.ly/3NklczV
March 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Maintenant disponible en français !
Plan de cours pour les élèves de 1re année sur les oiseaux qui construisent leurs nids
téléchargez-le gratuitement ici : https://bit.ly/3NklczV
Plan de cours pour les élèves de 1re année sur les oiseaux qui construisent leurs nids
téléchargez-le gratuitement ici : https://bit.ly/3NklczV
Update to our freely available outreach activity for Grade 1 students in accordance with Alberta curriculum. French version now available in French in addition to English!
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March 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Update to our freely available outreach activity for Grade 1 students in accordance with Alberta curriculum. French version now available in French in addition to English!
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Download the activity here: https://bit.ly/3NklczV
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Earlier this week I visited @texas_IB and gave a seminar talk. What a lovely department filled with smart, interesting, fun and kind people! Thanks to Prof. Molly Cummings and her team for hosting me.
February 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Earlier this week I visited @texas_IB and gave a seminar talk. What a lovely department filled with smart, interesting, fun and kind people! Thanks to Prof. Molly Cummings and her team for hosting me.
A cute ‘happy finchmas’ note from one of our animal care folks!
December 27, 2024 at 6:32 PM
A cute ‘happy finchmas’ note from one of our animal care folks!
Animal Cognition Research Group: Fall 2024. Taken at the end of September. We are covered in snow and ice now! @psychualberta.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Animal Cognition Research Group: Fall 2024. Taken at the end of September. We are covered in snow and ice now! @psychualberta.bsky.social
July 12, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Check out this recent interview (8 min) with Mark Connolly from CBC radio: bit.ly/Edm_am and a shorter video (2 min) here: bit.ly/CBC_Vid
@psychualberta.bsky.social bit.ly/49qaXSB
@psychualberta.bsky.social bit.ly/49qaXSB
February 6, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Check out this recent interview (8 min) with Mark Connolly from CBC radio: bit.ly/Edm_am and a shorter video (2 min) here: bit.ly/CBC_Vid
@psychualberta.bsky.social bit.ly/49qaXSB
@psychualberta.bsky.social bit.ly/49qaXSB