Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It is with great sorrow that we acknowledge the passing of our colleague and friend Dr. Anthony “Tony” Wright. Tony was a member of CCS for many years, and his contributions to his students and our field will be felt for years to come. 111
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Call for collaborators! Join a global study on reversal learning across animal species ManyManys - manymanys.github.io Invite - calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0... Registration - forms.fillout.com/t/n4fxVFpHQWus Questions - email both nicolas.alessandroni@concordia.ca and lpretot@pittstate.edu. 077
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Andddddd that's a wrap on #CO32026! A big thank you to all the presenters, both in talks and posters, to everyone who travelled to Montréal, and, of course, to the amazing organizers who made this conference such a success. We are already looking forward to #CO32027! Can't wait to see you there! 0227
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 18/04/2026The special lecture by Dr. Robert Cook is starting! 🎉 A leader in #ComparativeCognition, he is presenting work on #VisualPerception, #Learning, and #Memory, examining how #Animals, from pigeons to humans, process and act on complex sensory information #CO32026 🧪 #ComparativePsychology 041
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 18/04/2026How do we define and measure #Emotion and #Personality in #Animals? From #Bonobo behavior to human perceptions of #Dog emotion, this session explores how we identify, interpret, and standardize #IndividualDifferences across species. #CO32026 🧪 021
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Brittany Greene tending to a culvert clogged by Castor canadensis below a motion-triggered predator sound device. #ouanimalbehavior #oubiosci 020
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 18/04/2026How do #Animals make decisions and learn? From cichlid fish, and cowbirds to zebra finches, zebrafish, and ants, this session explores how social context shapes learning, decision-making and collective behavior across species. #CO32026 🧪 0191
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Attend the #AnimalWelfare & #Conservation session to gain insights on evidence-based best practices in managed care & the conservation impacts on wild counterparts. #CO32026 🧪 📷 by Athena Rycyk #AnimalBehavior #Manatee 010
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Under what conditions do specialized #Navigation skills falter? Inverted rats, escaping amphipods and intraspecific motivated jumping spiders will all be featured in the mazes and detours #CO32026 session 🧪 📷 Fiona Cross #AnimalBehavior #ComparativeCognition 020
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 17/04/2026#FeatureSession Alert! #EarlyCareerAwardWinner Stephen Ferrigno Stephen Ferrigno presents his work showing that monkeys and humans use similar, queue-like memory systems for hierarchical sequences, challenging traditional models of how structured information is represented #CO32026 🧪 0115
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 16/04/2026How do #Dogs understand us? The #CanineCognition session explores perspective taking and cue use to self-control and emotional processes, investigating both the strengths and limits of how dogs think and learn. #CO32026 🐶 🧪 #AnimalBehavior #DogBehavior 081
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Dr. Alice Auerspreg started our #problemsolving session off strong by introducing us to tool-based self grooming in companion bovine #CO32026 Pictured below is a slide from the presentation: Veronica the cow holding a brush handle in her mouth & scratching her posterior with the bristled side. 0165
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 16/04/2026#Wallabies, #Hornbills, #Cows, #Pigs & #Wolves will all be featured in our #ProblemSolving session. #ComparativeCognition scientists will present their findings on individual and/or social object engagement. #CO32026 🐺🐷🐮 🧪 📷 @jcong91.bsky.social #AnimalBehavior 060
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 16/04/2026How do #Animals perceive number? This question gets explored in the #CO32026 #Numerosity session investigating numerical #Cognition across species, from #Bees to #Fish, demonstrating how animals represent quantity, distinguish number from other cues, and even link numbers to symbols 🐝🐟 🧪 040
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026How do #Animals learn, generalize and make decisions? This #CO32026 session explores #AssociativeProcesses from visual categorization to reinforcement history and neural value coding, highlighting how experience shapes behavior across contexts in research! 🧪 040
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Kicking off #CO32026 with Conference Registration & Poster Session 1 set up in the Foyer! Grab a coffee, some snacks, get your posters ready, and connect with fellow researchers 🤓 🧪 021
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Show Your Comparative Cognition Love!🦝♥️ Order your CCS merchandise in our online shop. We have water bottles, hats, mugs & more. We still have the CO3 2025 shirts in honor of Suzanne MacDonald, ft. orangutans & raccoons & we'll make sporadic announcements as new items are added 020
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 02/05/2025CO3 2026 will be in Montréal! 🇨🇦 📍 Delta Hotel, Montréal, QC 📅 April 15–18 After careful consideration, the CCS Executive Committee chose based on survey feedback, travel, safety, cost & character. We believe it’s the best option for our community & hope to see you there! 1116
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 15/04/2025🎇✨Congratulations Prof. Susan Healy, our 2027 Research Award recipient (Uni. St Andrews, UK). A symposium + banquet will honor her contributions at the 2027 conference & a special issue will be published March 2028: 'In Honour of the Contributions of Susan Healy' #WomenInSTEM 1309
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025✨What an incredible CO3 we had this year #CO3_2025 ! Thank you to all joined us and contributed your insights and energy to the talks, posters, events and great discussions. It was a truly inspiring event. Until next time💙🏳️🌈🌍🤝 0135
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Maria Botero gives her talk discussing the exemplary work of Suzanne MacDonald and how she has contributed to the field of Comparative Cognition! Such a great tribute to a true leader and role model in our field! #CO3_2025 🧪🦝🐘 010
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Symposium in Honor of the Contributions of Suzanne MacDonald is starting soon! Join us for talks featuring A Tribute to Suzanne MacDonald, Dimensions of Mind Perception in Companion Animals, Human-Crow Relationships, Animal Cultures, & more! #CO3_2025 🧪🦧🐒🐦⬛ 040
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 29/03/2025The #Attention & #Memory session is about to begin! Come join us for talks about Cognitive Effort & Working Memory in Rheus monkeys, Reversed Attentional Boost Effect in Pigeons, Sensory Modality & Visual Working Memory, & Long-term Memory in Dolphins #CO3_2025 🧪🐬🐒 010
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Rebecca Westwick starts off the session presenting work on a #cognitive test battery with the #charismatic dung beetle 🪲💩#CO3_2025 010
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Good morning #CO3_2025! Come join us for a group visit to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History at 9:00am! A member of Team CO3 will lead a walking group from the hotel foyer for an approximate 10 minute walk. A reduced admission will be offered when showing your CO3 badge! 000
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025The Perspective Taking & Social Perception session is starting at 4:54pm! Join us for talks discussing What Monkeys Know About Knowledge, Limits of Primate Gaze-Following, Deceiving Bonobos, Perspective-taking in Chimps, Dominance in Bonobos, & more! #CO3_2025 🦧🦍🧪 031
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Do dolphins understand cooperation and how do they coordinate it? Kelly Jaakkola shows us the strategies dolphins use to initiate and coordinate cooperation with partners 🐬 🧪 #CO3_2025 020
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Come back after the snack break for the #Communication session starting at 4:02 PM. We will hear about aspects of communication in #dolphins, #apes, #chickadees, and #ChatGPT. #CO3_2025 010
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Tanya Shoot presents her work discussing Cognition in Plants 🪴 🌱 suggesting that we should “move towards the idea of plants as active individuals, rather than passive factories”. What an interesting presentation! #CO3_2025 🧪 030
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Join us for the Emerging Topics in Comparative Cognition session starting at 2:41pm! Talks will be discussing Higher & Lower Cognition, Radicle Embodied Cognition in Plants 🪴 and Spontaneous Cognition in Bumblebees 🐝 #CO3_2025 020
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Francisca Diaz presents data showing that pigeons and humans tested using the same paradigm show the coherence effect 🐦🧒 #CO3_2025 020
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025The #Discrimination session starts at 1:40PM. Learn about mental representations, visual #perception, visual discrimination, #numerosity, preferences for #auditory complexity, and hierarchical perception! 🧪🐶🐱🐵🐦🐀🦜#CO3_2025 040
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Stephanie Hargrave presents how #dogs discriminate between visual stimuli using a #touchscreen task 🐶🧪 #CO3_2025 020
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025The #CanineCognition session is about to begin! Come listen to talks discussing Optimizing Automated Computer Touchscreens for Dog Cognition Testing, DogTouch- a portable touchscreen platform for behavioral and cognitive testing in dogs, and Canine Self-Control! #CO3_2025 🧪🐾🐕 050
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Break time! Join us afterwards for the Canine Cognition session starting at 1:03pm! #CO3_2025 010
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Liza Rothkoff presents that odor detection performance decreases when switching from low to moderate intensity exercise but detection is not as affected when decreasing exercise intensity. 🧪🐶👃#CO3_2025 041
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Very cool to see results from the big collaborative effort Many Birds @themanybirds.bsky.social @drrmiller.bsky.social #CO3_2025 🧪🐤🐦🦜🦆 092
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025The #CanineCognition: OlfactoryDiscrimination session is starting soon! Come join us for talks featuring Same-Different Odor Learning, Effects of Exercise & Physiology on Odor Detection, Effect of Arousal on Memory Consolidation in an Odor Detection Task and more! #CO3_2025🧪🐕🐾 020
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Come join us at 6:30 for our Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Event in Alvarado DE! This event is to serve as a safe space for discussing EDI concerns and challenges. All are warmly welcome to join, snack will be provided! Hope to see you all there! #CO3_2025 030
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Dogs show stress responses to an attention bias test when induced to a negative emotional state🐶🧪. @MolinaroHolly #CO3_2025 010
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Our last session of talks for Day 2 of #CO3_2025 is Animal Emotion, starting at 5:02 PM. These talks will provide some ideas of how to assess emotions in bonobos, dogs, budgerigars, and humans. 🧪🐶🐤🧍♀️ 020
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025@MariaBoter0 on the Impact of #Stress in #CognitivePerformance in Dogs & Welfare in Research 🐕🧪 showing that behavioral markers of stress were significantly negatively correlated with performance on puzzle tasks & positively associated with use of dissent behaviors #CO3_2025 010
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Join us for the #Cognition & #Welfare session starting soon! Listen to talks discussing the Impact of Environmental Enrichment on Hermit Crab Behavior, the Impact of Stress in Cognitive Performance in Dogs, and Motivation of Repetitive Barrier Interactions! #CO3_2025 🧪🦮🦀 010
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Zoe Johnson-Ulrich talks about how horses solve a multi-access box and inter-individual variation in this ability across species. 🐴🧪 #CO3_2025 010
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025The SpatialCognition & Navigation session is about to begin! Come listen to talks discussing Amphipod Motivation & Memory, Collective Route Memories in Homing Pigeons, Cognitive Maps, Stimulus Response Parings & Full-Bore Representations, and Desert Ant Navigation #CO3_2025🧪🐜🐦 010
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025@aaron.blaisdell.bsky.social discusses how visual space information might be encoded into time, informed by insect movement 🧪#CO3_2025 010
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025The Serial Processing Session is starting at 1:53 PM. Find out more about cognitive studies of learning and time as well as methods to assess these data! #CO3_2025 010
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Benjamin Wilson presents his talk discussing the similarities and differences in abstract rule learning and generalization in humans and nonhuman primates! His work showed that nonhuman primates have less cognitive flexibility in rule learning compared to humans! #CO3_2025 🧪🦧🦍 020
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025The Learning session is starting soon! Come listen to talks discussing #AbstractRuleLearning, #InformationSearch, and #GeometricIntuitions in human and nonhuman primates, and also #Reinforcement and #SameDifferentDiscriminations in Pigeons! 🧪🐦🦧🦍 020
Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Why do homing pigeons loop when navigating? Rithwik Cherian presents that in early flights, loops increase efficiency for pigeons and could help encode landmarks along a flight path 🐦🧪#CO3_2025 020