Manuel Sapage
@manuelsapage.bsky.social
Behavioural Ecologist from the University of Lisbon. Did my PhD in Mate-Choice Copying.
Working as a PostDoc at the University of Saint Joseph - Macao.
Working as a PostDoc at the University of Saint Joseph - Macao.
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Outcome devaluation as a method for identifying goal-directed behaviors in rats
👉 A quick and a reliable protocol for conducting the outcome devaluation task with appropriate controls
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉 A quick and a reliable protocol for conducting the outcome devaluation task with appropriate controls
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Outcome devaluation as a method for identifying goal-directed behaviors in rats - Nature Protocols
A protocol for common variants of outcome devaluation tasks facilitates standardization of testing goal-directed behavior in rats by detailing control conditions, outcome pre-exposure, habituation to ...
www.nature.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Outcome devaluation as a method for identifying goal-directed behaviors in rats
👉 A quick and a reliable protocol for conducting the outcome devaluation task with appropriate controls
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉 A quick and a reliable protocol for conducting the outcome devaluation task with appropriate controls
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Applying cognitive science to debunk the myth of meritocracy for a more equitable society without demotivating individuals
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March 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Applying cognitive science to debunk the myth of meritocracy for a more equitable society without demotivating individuals
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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My team & I developed early warning systems for biodiversity in southern Africa over the last 18 years, but didn’t fully develop the academic partnerships needed to fill in the blanks like this. Grim news. An important and sad mechanism of mortality/ population decline.
For centuries cadged birds were used to alert us about poisonous air.
Now researchers have found #micro-plastics accumulating in bird lungs across 51 species.
My latest piece for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Now researchers have found #micro-plastics accumulating in bird lungs across 51 species.
My latest piece for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
First evidence of microplastic buildup in bird lungs found in new study
Researchers describe widespread contamination of plastics in the bodies of more than 50 different bird species
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
My team & I developed early warning systems for biodiversity in southern Africa over the last 18 years, but didn’t fully develop the academic partnerships needed to fill in the blanks like this. Grim news. An important and sad mechanism of mortality/ population decline.
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Neural recordings from parrots and songbirds reveal the ways in which vocal production is encoded in the brain, highlighting remarkable similarities between how parrots and humans learn to produce sounds.
https://go.nature.com/4bImwai
https://go.nature.com/4bImwai
Bird brains help scientists to unveil the secrets of speech
Neural underpinnings of vocalization in zebra finches and budgerigars.
go.nature.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Neural recordings from parrots and songbirds reveal the ways in which vocal production is encoded in the brain, highlighting remarkable similarities between how parrots and humans learn to produce sounds.
https://go.nature.com/4bImwai
https://go.nature.com/4bImwai
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New paper out! A study about the evolution of head scratching in birds. Birds scratch their heads in two ways: moving the leg under or over the wing (see pics below). We found body size and morphology explain some variation in scratching pattern. Also the ancestral state is not completely clear.
New paper out today!
Here we examine how a simple behaviour, head scratching, has evolved in birds. There are some relatively complex changes going on that vary across clades, as demonstrated by @gallinaciega.bsky.social analyses.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/eth...
#birds #ornithology #evolution 🪶
Here we examine how a simple behaviour, head scratching, has evolved in birds. There are some relatively complex changes going on that vary across clades, as demonstrated by @gallinaciega.bsky.social analyses.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/eth...
#birds #ornithology #evolution 🪶
March 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
New paper out! A study about the evolution of head scratching in birds. Birds scratch their heads in two ways: moving the leg under or over the wing (see pics below). We found body size and morphology explain some variation in scratching pattern. Also the ancestral state is not completely clear.
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🚨New PDRA position available at the Healy Lab🚨
Project on avian nest construction. Duties will include conducting behavioural experiments with zebra finches on nest building. Post available for 24 months starting ASAP. Closing date 18 March
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
Project on avian nest construction. Duties will include conducting behavioural experiments with zebra finches on nest building. Post available for 24 months starting ASAP. Closing date 18 March
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
February 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🚨New PDRA position available at the Healy Lab🚨
Project on avian nest construction. Duties will include conducting behavioural experiments with zebra finches on nest building. Post available for 24 months starting ASAP. Closing date 18 March
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
Project on avian nest construction. Duties will include conducting behavioural experiments with zebra finches on nest building. Post available for 24 months starting ASAP. Closing date 18 March
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
Nothing like a good meeting for starting to use social media. Having a lot of fun at #ASABwinter2023. Thank you SPE, the Portuguese Ethological Society, for funding my travels and accomodation, and thank you ASAB for such a wonderful meeting. ❤️
December 14, 2023 at 3:45 PM
Nothing like a good meeting for starting to use social media. Having a lot of fun at #ASABwinter2023. Thank you SPE, the Portuguese Ethological Society, for funding my travels and accomodation, and thank you ASAB for such a wonderful meeting. ❤️
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The LGBTQ+ and allies lunch went off both successfully and deliciously! 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 😋 Thanks everyone for coming out! #ASABwinter2023
December 14, 2023 at 2:24 PM
The LGBTQ+ and allies lunch went off both successfully and deliciously! 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 😋 Thanks everyone for coming out! #ASABwinter2023