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louisemackie.bsky.social
Final-year PhD Student • Comparative Psychology • Messerli Research Institute • 🐕 Dogs 🤸 Children 🐵 Chimpanzees Interested in social learning & culture, cooperation & social cognition MSc was at the University of St Andrews Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 she/her
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Come find my 🐶 11:40 talk 🐶 today in the Animal Behaviour I session of PhD Academy 2025! @univie.ac.at #phdacademy2025

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Gotta get that Pistachio Latte fix

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Exciting new research with the goffin cockatoos! 🎉

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A student at the University of Edinburgh has asked me to share this. Would you like to help them with their research? Details continue in the thread below."Are you a dog guardian who has faced the heartbreaking decision of euthanizing a beloved pet? If so, I need your help."

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Happy to have had the honor of representing @manydogsproject.bsky.social at #ASABWinter2024

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Hi #ManyMany, #bigteamscience world, @asab.org & anyone interested in #goats! Our ManyGoats project is now on BlueSky, please give us a follow if you enjoy #animalbehaviour #animalcognition, #animalwelfare, & please get in contact if you’re keen to join the network ⬇️

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Happy to see our fellow big team science project, ManyPrimates, presented at #ASABWinter2024 @asab.org ! Join the Manys ;) 🐵🐶

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Thanks to everyone yesterday for the fantastic poster sessions! #ASABWinter2024

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Presenting at the #ASABWinter2024

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Great talk on CCE (cumulative cultural evolution) in chimpanzees and its connections to genetic variation by Andrew Whiten @asab.org #ASABWinter2024

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Representing the doggos today at @asab.org Winter Conference 2024 in Edinburgh! The second @manydogsproject.bsky.social is on this very topic too 🐶🐾😉

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NEW RESEARCH: Social Play fosters cooperation in wild adult chimpanzees out in Current Biology. More great work from @lirsamuni.bsky.social, @alexmielke.bsky.social on our Tai Chimpanzees kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

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1/13 Goffins in the gym Goffin's cockatoos choose and transport lighter objects in a “weight training” that has helped us reveal their amazing decision-making skills. (paper) https://buff.ly/4hRMvyz by @celestineadelmant.bsky.social

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Motivated by all these other animal-centric starter packs to fill in another niche: comparative cognition! go.bsky.app/5yu5SDr Let me know if you want to be added, or know someone who ought to be in the pack. Would be great to have representation from loads of species and places.

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My collaborator's vs my laptop - what a beast 😱. Also, in general and totally unrelated, how many laptop stickers are too many...? 😅

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1/3 In the footsteps of Frans de Waal 89% of the scientists consulted in this study (n 100) consider anthropodenial to be dangerous for science, and only 49% consider anthropomorphism to be dangerous. (paper) https://buff.ly/4fyNiCX

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📢Starter pack for canine science: go.bsky.app/TPPUQyb Please share & all suggestions for more folks to include are extremely welcome and appreciated! 🐶🙌

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What a lovely conference in Inuyama: great people & interesting studies! It was surreal to give a talk here and to wear the very same blazer that survived two and a half years of teaching English in Japan.. 皆さんお疲れさまでした,とありがとうございました ＪＳＡＰ2024 team！

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Who knew that conferences gave such high recognition to corrections! Wow! Should I go for it? 😎

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New paper on dog overimitation led by @louisemackie.bsky.social 🧪🐶 “rather than a universal phenomenon, like in humans, it seems that only certain kinds of dogs, with certain motivations, are engaging in overimitation”

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Friendship can be important not only for humans, but pigs too! 🐷 Fantastic work by @arianeveit.bsky.social #ASABwinter2023

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Arashiyama Monkey Park - endless entertainment from the playful Japanese Macaques. This was for sure a highlight of the Autumn School so far! Arigatou Kyoto University 🙏

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yesterday, @clauslamm.bsky.social and I explained our research on Austrian kids TV 🧠🐕as you can see in the pics, we had a lot of fun doing it but my favourite moment was getting a picture of my niece watching the show! ♥️ #1: shorturl.at/isxPY #2: shorturl.at/gsN89 #neuroscience #outreach #dogfMRI

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These are what my very professional computer files are like. 🐶🐕🧐 #dogs #doistillusehashtagshere #comparativepsychologylife #phd

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