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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
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
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
All good things must come to an end. On February 24th, we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Leibniz ScienceCampus with a Closing Event at 2 PM at the @primatenzentrum.bsky.social.

We are extremely happy that @asifamajid.bsky.social (@ox.ac.uk) agreed to give the keynote lecture
February 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Congratulations to our colleagues at UMG Göttingen, German Primate Center & @dzhk.de. They successfully tested a stem-cell-derived heart patch on non-human primates.
Innovative treatment for patients with heart failure.

Published in @nature.com: s.gwdg.de/9rDKoZ

Press release: s.gwdg.de/bMEbGn
January 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Do you wonder how to talk to your kids about money?

Then join our lecture by Margaret Echelbarger (@stonybrooku.bsky.social) tomorrow, Jan 15 at 2 PM at the German Primate Center.

organised together with @nivimani.bsky.social and the RTG 2906.
January 14, 2025 at 10:33 AM
We are looking forward to welcome Andreas Nieder (University of Tübingen) in our lecture series. He will talk about
"The neuronal basis of numerical cognition in humans and nonhuman animals"
Join us on Oct 24, 3 PM in the lecture hall at the German Primate Center!
hosted with @sfb1528.bsky.social
October 23, 2024 at 10:55 AM
They show that implicit adaptation is attenuated when task-relevant visual feedback is uncertain, suggesting a dependency on the assessment of not just sensory prediction errors but also target errors.
September 30, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Das #Forum_Wissen lädt ein zum #Wissensdinner
. Triff unsere Kolleginnen und Kollegen und diskutiere mit Ihnen beim zwanglosen Abendessen über die Ausstellung "Ich - Du - Wir" und wie wir Sozialverhalten von Menschen und Affen im RTG2070 erforschen. Am 26.9. um 18.30
Anmeldung: Info@forum-wissen.de
September 23, 2024 at 11:04 AM
"Wie lange dauert es zu forschen?"🤔
Julia Fischer hat im Rahmen der #Sonderausstellung "Ich-Du-Wir" im #Forum_Wissen Fragen von Kindern beantwortet.

Alle Antworten finden sich auf Instagram
www.instagram.com/forumwisseng...
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September 20, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Es war wirklich beeindruckend, die Dimensionen des HuCaB zu erahnen. Sechs Jahre Vorbereitung, und bald soll es soweit sein.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Mastermind Anne Schacht und das ganze dahinterstehende Team. Große Zeiten stehen an!
September 20, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Congratulations to the member of our Scientific Advisory Board, Winrich Freiwald, and to Nancy Kanwisher and Doris Tsao for receiving this year's Kavli Prize for Neuroscience!

What a wonderful achievement and well-deserved honor!

www.kavliprize.org/prizes/neuro...
June 14, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Heute geht es weiter auf der #IdeenExpo in Hannover. Heute stellt das Team der Kognitiven Ethologie des DPZ unsere Forschungsaktivitäten zum Sozialverhalten von Guineapavianen im Senegal vor. Trefft uns und @sfb1528.bsky.social in Halle 9
June 11, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Und als Weltpremiere gibt es auch noch das neue Modell unseres Exploration Rooms
June 8, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Wie treffen wir Entscheidungen? Lieber zusammen oder alleine arbeiten? Und Wie erforscht man das?

Lernt unsere Experimente kennen und besucht uns und
@sfb1528.bsky.social auf der Ideen-Expo in Hannover.

Wir sind am 8. & 9.6. in Halle 9 in der Ausstellung von Uni Goettingen & Primatenzentrum
June 6, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Together with the German Primate Center (DPZ), we host a double header lecture on Friday, Apr 26 at the DPZ.

We start of at 11 AM with Takafumi Minamimoto, and continue at 1 PM with a presentation by Sascha Ziegler.

Both talks are hosted by Igor Kagan (@sfb1528.bsky.social).
April 24, 2024 at 10:42 AM
The Summer School "Primate Cognitive Neuroscience" is happening again (Jul 28-Aug 9, 2024)! Happy to contribute to this great event together with @sfb1528.bsky.social.
Last time, we had ~25PhDs/postdocs. To apply for this great event in Bad Bevensen: dpz.eu/index.php?id... (Deadline: May 5)
April 16, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Our Movie Night Series came to an end yesterday evening with "Pre-Crime" and the discussion with Valentin Gold (Uni Göttingen) and Hauke Bock (Uni Leipzig), hosted by Ramid Yahyapour (GWDG). Thanks to all the participants and especial thanks to our wonderful panelists! (1/3)
April 12, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Was passiert, wenn man mittels KI versucht, Verbrechen vorherzusagen?
Darum geht es in unserem 3. Filmabend, den wir gemeinsam mit dem Campus Institut Data Science organisieren.
Am 11. April um 19 Uhr zeigen wir die Dokumentation "Pre-Crime" im Hörsaal des Rechenzentrums der GWDG
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April 8, 2024 at 10:18 AM
A delayed but big THANK YOU to all the participants in our 2nd Science Movie Night on March 5 together with #CIDAS at the German Primate Center. Great fun with a wonderful audience and a fantastic line-up on stage: Vanessa Mitschke, Alex Ecker, Catrin Misselhorn and host Thomas Kneib.
March 11, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Need some reading for the weekend? New ScienceCampus study by V Ivanov, G Manenti, S Plewe, C Schwiedrzik & I Kagan (ENI and DPZ): visual perceptual learning affects sensorimotor mapping beyond visual cortex; out in Scientific reports; funded by Leibniz Association s.gwdg.de/t6h0kn
March 8, 2024 at 8:14 AM
We and the Campus Institute Data Science look forward to welcoming you at the German Primate Center for our second Movie Night on March 5, 7 PM.
Don't miss "Her" and our discussion about the advent of AI and emotional and ethical consequences; with Alex Ecker, Vanessa Mitschke & Catrin Misselhorn
February 29, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Auf in die zweite Runde 🎉. Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Fred Wolf, Britta Korkowsky und das Team des #CIDBN an der Uni Göttingen für die erfolgreiche Verlängerung des SPP "Evolutionäre Optimierung neuronaler Systeme" durch die DFG!
Wir freuen uns auf die Zusammenarbeit 😀https://s.gwdg.de/3K4iBc
February 26, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Wissenschaft im Kino Lumière. Volles Haus bei "Krähen: Nature is watching us" und anschließender Diskussion mit @wascherclaudia.bsky.social & @skeupp.bsky.social, moderiert von @lenaackermann.bsky.social.
Vielen Dank an das zahlreiche Publikum und das Team vom Lumière für den sehr gelungenen Abend
February 9, 2024 at 1:09 PM
We & #CIDAS are thrilled to partner with our art house cinema #Lumière for a film event on Feb 8.
Join us for "Krähen - Die Natur beobachtet uns" and discuss crow and primate cognition with Claudia Wascher (Anglia Ruskin University) and Claudia Fichtel (DPZ)

s.gwdg.de/9YsKx8
January 24, 2024 at 3:51 PM
We're happy to invite to our final lecture for 2023, tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec 5, at 11 AM: It is our great pleasure to welcome Xiaoqin Wang to speak about "Harmonic Organization of Primate Auditory Cortex". Will take place in the Lecture hall West at the German Primate Center
December 4, 2023 at 9:52 AM