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Senior Researcher@Institute of Biology, Uni. of Leipzig | Comparative psych, cognition, perception & communication in humans, primates & companion animals

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#WorldChimpanzeeDay seems a great time to share 2 #PhD opportunities on creativity in wild #chimps and #bonobos at University of Zurich @kathelijnekoops.bsky.social @nakedprimate.bsky.social

14.07.2025 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Adapting the Facial Action Coding System for chimpanzees to bonobos
YouTube video by PeerJ Adapting the Facial Action Coding System for chimpanzees to bonobos

The spotlight video for the ChimpFACS Extension for bonobos is out: youtu.be/qijxWubdyNU?...

15.07.2025 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
(A) Juvenile (indicated in the canopy in purple) and silverback (indicated climbing on lower branch in yellow) Loango western gorillas. (B) Silverback Loango western gorilla. (C) Adult female and infant Bwindi mountain gorillas. (D) Silverback Bwindi mountain gorilla. Photo credits: Martha M. Robbins/MPI-EVA

(A) Juvenile (indicated in the canopy in purple) and silverback (indicated climbing on lower branch in yellow) Loango western gorillas. (B) Silverback Loango western gorilla. (C) Adult female and infant Bwindi mountain gorillas. (D) Silverback Bwindi mountain gorilla. Photo credits: Martha M. Robbins/MPI-EVA

"Gorillas are arboreal apes" http://dlvr.it/TLWKMx

@mpi-eva-leipzig@bsky.social Martha Robbins
@currentbiology.bsky.social

23.06.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Kyoto University Amgen Scholars Program | KYOTO UNIVERSITY ๅค–ๅ›ฝไบบๅญฆ็”ŸใฎใŸใ‚ใฎ็•™ๅญฆๆกˆๅ†… KYOTO UNIVERSITY ๅค–ๅ›ฝไบบๅญฆ็”ŸใฎใŸใ‚ใฎ็•™ๅญฆๆกˆๅ†…

If you know an undergraduate researcher who would like to apply for a summer internship at Kyoto University, please direct them to the Amgen Scholars page โ€” applications will be accepted until Feb. 1 2025. Can provide more information to anyone interested.
www.opir.kyoto-u.ac.jp/study/en/cur...

19.12.2024 00:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Probably the hardest study I ever carried out, with several measures from older adults looking at photos of dogs, including oxytocin, HR, and eye-tracking. Results were mixed, but probably suggest a picture of a dog is not enough for a positive effect! 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105221

01.07.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Adapting the facial action coding system for chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) to bonobos (Pan paniscus): the ChimpFACS extension for bonobos The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is a widely recognised coding scheme for analysing human facial behaviour, providing an objective method to quantify discrete movements associated with facial mu...

One more AnimalFACS is out, this time for bonobos! The ChimpFACS extension for bonobos will now allow a cross-comparison of facial expressions between all apes in an objective way: peerj.com/articles/194...

01.07.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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