Putting it together: Children don’t need to socially learn associative tool use
Eva Reindl tells Cultured Scene about her latest publication.
Continue ReadingA magazine for early-career social learning and cultural evolution researchers
Eva Reindl tells Cultured Scene about her latest publication.
Continue ReadingI have been captivated by animals for as long as I can remember. Growing up, I desperately wished I could talk with them, and was obsessed with movies (Dr. Doolittle, Tarzan), shows (The Wild Thornberrys, Scooby-Doo), and books (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Golden Compass) with characters who could do so. This translated to an […]
Continue ReadingAre you designing a study? Elisa Bandini and Eva Reindl talk us through mistakes they’ve made and how we can avoid doing the same.
Continue ReadingWorking in a second language is already a huge challenge – but how do you navigate the apparently obscure cultural references your new colleagues are making?
Continue ReadingAs a child, I was often teased by my brother for my attempts at scientific theorizing. I particularly remember one time when I was looking at ants tandem-running and I said to myself “they’re probably on their way to school” – he laughed very loudly and told me I was as weird as his class […]
Continue ReadingI am an interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersections of social and evolutionary anthropology. My research focuses, broadly, on intra and inter-group cooperation and conflict, particularly when such interactions occur across nominal group boundaries or result in new groups. I also have an empirical focus on Papua New Guinea, having carried out fieldwork in the […]
Continue ReadingMy background is in education, human development, and developmental psychopathology (University of Porto and Amsterdam). I am currently a PhD candidate in the Connected Minds Lab and at the developmental psychology department, University of Amsterdam (UvA). My PhD research broadly focusses on social learning and decision-making under the jointly supervision of Dr. Wouter van den […]
Continue ReadingSven is an interdisciplinary social scientist currently enrolled in the MSc in Cognitive & Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Oxford. Before coming to Oxford, he graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in Psychology & Economics. His interests span an equally broad range of subjects and methodologies including experimental moral psychology, formal […]
Continue ReadingI am a behavioral ecologist interested in a wide range of topics related to animal behavior and cognition, including culture, communication, and individual differences. I believe animal welfare is central to any study of animal behavior, and my research aims to further our understanding of animals’ experiences and behavior with the goal of contributing to […]
Continue ReadingI have always been fascinated by behavioural ecology. Yet, social learning became my main research interest only in PhD, when I started studying the use of heterospecific social information for breeding site selection in passerines. Since then, decision-making, social learning and personality differences are at the core of my research. Studying what drives within- and […]
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