Mayte Martinez

If you’re in Ann Arbor on Oct 24th, come out to the library for the first Evolution in the Public Eye award address featuring Ed Hagen. Refreshments provided!

Very excited to announce the inaugural Evolution in the Public Eye Award Ceremony and Lecture. Our first winner, Ed Hagen, will be speaking about "The Evolution of 'Recreational' Drug Use" on Oct. 24 @ 5:30pm at the Ann Arbor District Library. More info: sites.lsa.umich.edu/ehap/evoluti...

MSc 2021 to PhD 2025 🎓
To new beginnings 🥂

Thank you #behaviour2025 for hosting my talk on overimitation in dogs, the topic of ManyDogs 2! 🐶
@manydogsproject.bsky.social

We are collecting data now in dog labs across the world! Email manydogsproject2@gmail.com / check out our website below to join!

manydogsproject.github.io/manydogs2.html

4/10 The first is another study with capuchin monkeys. Instead of testing them in groups rather than in pairs (normally chosen/imposed by the researchers), and the results suggest that there is an aversion to inequity.

(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
by @maytemartinez.bsky.social

Capuchin monkeys' responses to inequity in a group context Noticing how ones' outcomes compare to your partner’s can help you decide who to cooperate with, promoting cooperative relations that are beneficial f…

New paper alert! #SarahFBrosnan and I tested capuchin monkeys reaction to inequity and contrast in a group setting. Read more here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Proud of UMich grad student Rosa Muñoz for being awarded an @leakeyfoundation.org grant for her dissertation research on "The evolution and psychology of possession in macaques." Congrats Rosa, and all the new grantees!

leakeyfoundation.org/introducing-...

Do dogs form reputations of humans? No effect of age after indirect and direct experience in a food-giving situation - Animal Cognition Animals can form reputations of individuals through direct interactions or by observing interactions with a third party, known as eavesdropping. Given their cooperative relationship with humans, consi...

Better late than never...
I'm delighted to share that the last study from my PhD is finally out!

🐩 Do dogs form reputations of humans? No effect of age after indirect and direct experience in a food-giving situation

🔗 rdcu.be/etVIn

#dogscience #animalcognition #openaccess

We're hiring📢📢📢
To complement our team we're currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in animal communication and behaviour, ideally canids but not a must! Position is based in Vienna, Austria, and available for 4 years. Please check the attachment for details 🐺🐶😊

Amazing opportunity with the amazing @gwenwiro.bsky.social !

We are hiring! Jointly with the Social Minds Lab at UMich, we are accepting applications for a full-time lab coordinator for research on cognition in #children, adults, and #primates. Read more at: sites.lsa.umich.edu/cognitive-ev...

« If we cut or limit funding for curiosity-driven research, we risk shutting down the pipeline of future innovation. While the outcomes of basic science may seem unclear or esoteric at first, such work frequently forms the bedrock of future technologies, treatments, and therapies. »

Are you an #instructor interested in using #interactive activities to demonstrate principles for the evolution of #cooperation? Check out this classroom activity focused on strategies in the prisoner's dilemma, for high school or university students!

sites.lsa.umich.edu/primatelearn...

Proud of #UMich grad student Rosa Muñoz and lab coordinators Charlie Mackenzie and Skylar Brodnan for giving their first conference talks at #AABA2025! Work on food transfers, tool use, and social attention in sanctuary and wild #chimpanzees, in collaboration with Zarin Machanda and many others!

We are hiring! We have an open position for a new lab coordinator in #primate #cognition and #behavior in the Cognitive Evolution Group at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Find out more at: sites.lsa.umich.edu/cognitive-ev...

This account is meant to be a professional account rather than a personal one.

So, professionally speaking, does anyone in Atlanta want to adopt this adorable kitten I caught and had spayed? 🙃

Her breed is purr-machine-lovebug.
(Professional opinion, of course.)

#adopt #kitten #cat #Atlanta

It’s Hard to Prepare for Task Novelty: Cueing the Novelty of Upcoming Tasks Does Not Facilitate Task Performance | Journal of Cognition The Journal of Cognition, the official journal of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, publishes reviews, empirical articles (including registered reports), data reports, stimulus developmen...

New content: Chai, M., Palenciano, A. F., Mill, R., Cole, M. W., & Braem, S. (2025). It’s Hard to Prepare for Task Novelty: Cueing the Novelty of Upcoming Tasks Does Not Facilitate Task Performance. Journal of Cognition, 8(1): 17, pp. 1–20. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc.... #psychscisky

Check out these Spanish statistics learning modules, translated by UMich undergrad Daniella Harris, former lab manager / Stony Brook grad student Natalia Camargo Peña & UMich grad student Rosa Muñoz, based on an English series by former lab manager Paige Barnes - a real collaborative effort!

@gwenwiro.bsky.social joined our lab as a researcher. She studies how group cohesion and cooperation promote communication in social carnivores (wolves 🐺 and dogs 🐕) to ultimately understand the origins of human language @nccrlanguage.bsky.social
Check out her latest work: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

Validating quantitative measures of uncertainty in communicative interaction as indicators of affective valence in wild animals at University of Portsmouth on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Validating quantitative measures of uncertainty in communicative interaction as indicators of affective valence in wild animals at University of Portsmouth, listed on FindAPhD.com

Looking for a PhD candidate for our project on uncertainty in communicative interactions as indicators of affective valence. Supervised by Dr Jérôme Micheletta (@jmicheletta.bsky.social), Prof Bridget Waller and me. Get in touch if interested. See details here:

Want to know what is going on in this pic? I'm presenting a virtual poster about this experiment at #ASABWinter2024, and it's free to attend!