I wrote a little essay about what birding has done for me in the very short time since I became a birder. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/03/30/o...

Opinion | When I Became a Birder, Almost Everything Else Fell Into Place

To find the birds, you have to know them.

📢 Just 10 days left to apply for our PhD position! Get in touch if you are interested in submitting a research proposal.

SDshona-d.bsky.socialFeb 26, 2024 10:57am

I'm looking for a PhD student to work on cooperative problem-solving in young children. You would be supervised by me and @emmatecwyn.bsky.social as part of our wonderful developmental research group at York St John University jobs.yorksj.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at York St John University: Academic Associate

Very pleased to announce that the first study from my PhD thesis is out now 🥳 with thanks to @ConstableMerryn and all my other wonderful co-authors! Chimpanzees exhibit a behavioural signature of human social coordination: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Interested in a PhD in York, UK or know someone who might be considering a PhD? 6 exciting PhD projects to choose from in our Academic Associate scheme that involves some acadmic teaching and research trainining within cutting edge research teams jobs.yorksj.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at York St John University: Academic Associate

Fully-funded PhD at York St John, UK exploring influences on time biases - e.g. beliefs, wellbeing, more. Please get in touch to discuss! More PhDs: future simulations, children’s cooperation, female offenders, body image compassion, imagery in language processing. jobs.yorksj.ac.uk/021-24

Please get in touch if you are thinking about applying. The deadline is 22nd March.

The position is funded through an Academic Associate position in the dept., so we are looking for someone that would also enjoy contributing to the teaching team in psychology.

There is also the possibility of developing a comparative aspect of the project If you want to work on animal cognition too.

I'm looking for a PhD student to work on cooperative problem-solving in young children. You would be supervised by me and @emmatecwyn.bsky.socialjobs.yorksj.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at York St John University: Academic Associate

New paper 📃 out now in Cognition Preschoolers and, to a lesser extent, chimpanzees but possibly not capuchin monkeys consider abstract patterns in sampled evidence to guide efficient foraging sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How can I find what I want? Can children, chimpanzees and capuchin monkeys form abstract representat...

Abstract concepts are a powerful tool for making wide-ranging predictions in new situations based on little experience. Whereas looking-time studies s…