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Orangutans can predict taste of juice mixes
A new study from LUCS shows that humans might not be the only one endowed with <em>affective forecasting</em>

A novel tool-use mode in animals: New Caledonian crows insert tools to transport objects

Crow birds rival great apes in motor self-regulation

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New analytical model for e-sports predicts who is winning – and why

Two-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cognitive Zoology
The fellowship is placed at the cognitive zoology group at the sub-department of cognitive science (Department of philosophy). The cognitive zoology group directs two research facilities with ravens…

WIRED blurbs about Choice Blindness in piece about magic in science
10 Latest Publications
Anikin, A., Pisanski, K., & Reby, D. (2021). Static and dynamic formant scaling conveys body size and aggression. Royal Society Open Science, 9, Article: 211496. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211496 Journal paper (Royal Society Publishing)
Skoglund, P., Ranta, M., Persson, T., & Rédei, A. (2021). Narrative aspects of images of spear use in Scandinavian rock carvings. European Journal of Archaeology, 1–20. Early online (December, 15). DOI: 10.1017/eaa.2021.52 Journal paper (Cambridge University Press)
Jacobs, I., von Bayern, A. M., & Osvath, M. (2021). Tools and food on heat lamps: Pyrocognitive sparks in New Caledonian crows? Behaviour. Early online (November, 24). DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-bja10138 Journal paper (Brill)
Osta-Vélez, M., & Gärdenfors, P. (2021). Nonmonotonic reasoning, expectations orderings, and conceptual spaces. Journal of Logic, Language and Information. Early online (November, 21). DOI: 10.1007/s10849-021-09347-6 Journal paper (SpringerLink)
Douven, I., Elqayam, S., Gärdenfors, P., & Mirabile, P. (2021). Conceptual spaces and the strength of similarity-based arguments. Cognition, 218, Article: 104951. DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104951 Journal paper (Science Direct)
Pisanski, K., Anikin, A., & Reby, D. (2021). Vocal size exaggeration may have contributed to the origins of vocalic complexity. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society: Biological Sciences, 377, Article: 20200401. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0401 Journal paper (The Royal Society Publishing)
Tjøstheim T. A., Johansson, B., & Balkenius, C. (2021). Direct approach or detour: A comparative model of inhibition and neural ensemble size in behavior selection. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 15, Article: 752219. DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2021.752219 Journal paper (Frontiers)
Pinheiro, A. O., Anikin, A., Conde, T., Sarzedas, J., Chen, S., Scott, S. K., & Lima, C. F. (2021). Emotional authenticity modulates affective and social trait inferences from voices. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society: Biological Sciences, 376, Article: 20200402. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0402 Journal paper (The Royal Society Publishing)
Ingvarsdottir, K. (2021). Material perception and action: The role of material properties in object handling [Doctoral thesis, Lund University]. Lund University Cognitive Studies, 182. Doctoral thesis (LUCS)
Carlie, J., Sahlén, B., Nirme, J., Andersson, K., Rudner, M., Johansson, R., Gulz, A., & Brännström, J. (2021). Development of an auditory passage comprehension task for swedish primary school children of cultural and linguistic diversity. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64(10), 3883–3893. DOI: 10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00611 Journal paper (ASHAWire)