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Julia Espinosa

@jespinosa.bsky.social
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Postdoc in comparative psychology, biology, & neuroscience @YorkU & @Harvard | Studying the nature & nurture shaping social behaviour in diverse dog populations 🐩🐕🐕‍🦺 | #ManyDogs Founder & Co-Director | she/her/ella #LatinaInSTEM

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In Germany? Got a TV? Home tonight? Watch a beautiful feature about the wonders of animal migration and the ICARUS scientists revealing the paths of some species for the first time. 📺 20:15 on ARD (or stream it via link 👇) @uni-konstanz.de @cbehav.bsky.social www.ardmediathek.de/tv-programm/...
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Vorschau: Das Geheimnis der Tierwanderungen mit Dirk Steffens
Das Erste am 28.09.2026: Jeden Tag sind Billionen Tiere auf der ganzen Welt unterwegs – von winzigen Insekten bis zu den größten Walen der Erde. Dirk Steffens folgt den erstaunlichsten Tierwanderungen...
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Igor Grossmann, PhD @igi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No Easy Answers - Decided to start a Substack in conjunction with the new @onwisdom.bsky.social special series on navigating uncertainty, technological, political, personal... Irony in arriving rather late here: Waterloo alumni helped create this platform. igorgrossmann.substack.com/subscribe?pa...
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Exploring how we think, disagree, and act when the world resists easy answers. Click to read No Easy Answers, by Igor Grossmann, a Substack publication. Launched 34 minutes ago.
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Anna Wilkinson @coldbloodedcog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Come and work with us.... jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at the University of Lincoln: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Human Animal Interactions
Lecturer salary starts from £38,784 per annum.Senior Lecturer salary starts from £44,746 per annum.The School of Natural Sciences at the University of Lincoln seeks to appoint a Lecturer or Senior Lec...
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Behaviour 2027 @behaviour2027.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Spread the word! Behaviour 2027 will be taking place in Vienna, Austria, from August 23-27.
Galapagos short-eared owl with text "Who is excited about behaviour 2027? Join us in Vienna August 23-27"
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Do you have a #dog? Do you study/work with dogs? Do you just think dogs are awesome?! If you answered "yes" to any of the above, take the #ManyDogs survey and share your thoughts on what's interesting about dogs 🐶 🧪 Thank you for helping shape our future science! ssp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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ManyDogs general interest survey
MD survey for understanding what topics the dog community would like to see in future canine science research projects.
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Chris Krupenye @chriskrupenye.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 PhD position in human, nonhuman primate, and/or dog cognition! I am thrilled to be reviewing applicants this year for a new PhD student to join the Social & Cognitive Origins Group in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins @jhu.edu @jhuartssciences.bsky.social 1/
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Aleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Special issue in a Diamond OA journal on the topic of justice, equity, diversity, & inclusion in Big Team Social Science! Submissions can be in Spanish, Portuguese, English New deadline: Sept 15 @connect-btss.bsky.social @abrir.bsky.social @almajeftic.bsky.social @nscorralfrias.bsky.social
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Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana
Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana (APL) es una revista electrónica cuatrimestral con evaluación por pares, que publica artículos en todas las áreas de la psicología. La revista se dirige a científ...
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What do YOU want to know about #Dogs? Tell us through the new @manydogsproject.bsky.social survey 🐶🤓 Your input will help guide our future #BigTeamScience studies: ssp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Open to all dog enthusiasts 19+ 🧪 #OpenScience #CanineScience #AnimalBehavior #ComparativePsychology
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ManyDogs general interest survey
MD survey for understanding what topics the dog community would like to see in future canine science research projects.
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Charles Mullon @charlesmullon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Looking for an Associate Prof position? Interested in behavioural ecology & cultural evolution? Come join us at the Dpt of Ecology and Evolution in Lausanne🇨🇭 @dee-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! Great department & great place to live. Pls RP. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
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Dr. Valentina Alaasam @vale-alaasam.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I am looking for PhD students and postdocs to join my lab at the University of Pittsburgh in Fall 2027. Anyone excited about urban evolution, hummingbirds, & community engagement, please reach out! And/or find me at #AOS2026 this week! More info here: www.valentina-alaasam.com
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Eric Hehman @erichehman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
McGill social psych is now officially hiring at the assistant prof level, hooray Happy to chat with anyone about the position mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree...
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Dogs are incredibly diverse (think of all the breeds and landraces), so too are the social and environmental settings they inhabit. At #ManyDogs, we're excited to be working on identifying and quantifying this variability while growing our scientific community 2/2. doi.org/10.1177/0963...
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
New paper out with my fantastic colleagues of the @manydogsproject.bsky.social 🐶 We outline some of the ways that #CanineScience can increase diversity, both in the dog populations we study and the researchers leading the work #BigTeamScience #OpenScience 1/2
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
In addition to a hiring PhD in ~October & hopefully some PhDs and postdocs ~February, if anyone would like to work with me as part of eg a Marie-Curie or something similar, please do get in touch. Topics include depression, classification, measurement, systems, time-series, & theory building.
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Michael Okun @michael-okun.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇
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Blair Costelloe @blaircostelloe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
If you'd like to get an idea of what a PhD with the WildBotics project will be like, check out our sister project WildDrone www.wilddrone.eu I'm happy to answer questions from any potentially interested applicants!
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WildDrone – Drones for Wildlife Conservation
An international training network funded by the EU’s Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions to research and develop the use of drones for wildlife conservation.
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Igor Grossmann, PhD @igi.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
1/ We're hiring a postdoc in the Wisdom & Culture Lab @uwaterloopsych.bsky.social to lead a new SSHRC-funded project on cultural narratives & decision-making. Fall '26 / Winter '27 start. 🧵
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Robert Böhm @robertboehm.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
🚨NEW PREPRINT🚨 together with Jürgen Huber & Michael Kirchler: “Massaging Significance in the Age of Open Science: A Satirical Tutorial,” which is a public service for anyone unwilling to let inconvenient data get in the way of a compelling narrative. 😉 Link to preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Suzanne does great work and is an awesome person, this would be the dream #postdoc position 🥳🙌 🧪
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Dr. Gita Gnanadesikan @ggnanadesikan.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
New dog paper out! 📢 #CanineScience We used 2 timepoints of behavioral testing, a population pedigree, and genome-wide sequence data to estimate the heritability of various cognitive & behavioral traits in a population of assistance dogs. 🐕‍🦺🧬 royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
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Characterizing the heritability of cognitive and behavioural traits across development in domestic dogs
Abstract. In humans, many behavioural and cognitive traits are moderately-to-highly heritable, with cognitive measures tending to increase in heritability
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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 2-year postdoc in canine behaviour at Linköping University, Sweden. #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs liu.se/en/work-at-l...
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Federico Rossano @federicorossano.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Today at 9pm ET/PT is the US premiere of the @pbs.org NOVA documentary "Can Dogs Talk?". It covers the project @cclabucsd.bsky.social has been running with thousands of button trained dogs. It is a true honor to be on NOVA and we hope you will find it engaging: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...
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Can Dogs Talk?
Do speech buttons really allow dogs to talk to us? Scientists investigate.
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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Reminder: if anyone, particular ECRs, is interested in helping to refresh the Data Management booklet, please get in touch ASAP. Details of how to get involved in the thread below. @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org.
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Andrew Perfors @perfors.net · 01/02/2026
I am really angry about all of the scientists who cozied up to Epstein even after it was known who he was. I am nearly as angry at how many people are justifying this as "they had to, it's how academia works" NO IT FUCKING WELL ISN'T
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Fantastic, let's hope for some warm weather! 🏃🌞 This 5km loop with the Olmsted Trail and Grand Staircase might be rather perfect, it has a beautiful view from Mount Royal at the top: maps.app.goo.gl/g8FLe6MP3rXi... And of course a shorter 3km option to enter the park at the Rue Peel steps 🙌
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
#CO3 is my conference home and I'm so excited that it's coming to Canada this year 🍁 Consider presenting your comparative work, there's still time to send in an abstract! If you're into running, I'm thinking we should organize a fun run up Mount Royal one morning 🙌😅
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Andrew Straw @andrewstraw.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Have you ever wondered what you would find if you could keep your eyes on a bee for more than a few meters? Us, too! preprint (with videos!) + thread 🧵 Precise, individualized foraging flights in honey #bees 🐝 revealed by multicopter drone-based tracking www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/9
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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
New episode!! 🎙️🎉 A chat w/ @pbrakes.bsky.social about animal cultures and animal conservation. Culture was once thought to be uniquely human. No longer. We now know culture is found throughout the natural world. How does this complicate conservation? Listen: disi.org/the-value-of...
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Igor Grossmann, PhD @igi.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Research can feel like shouting into the void. I’m deeply grateful that Emma Buchtel, Xu Jingya, & Betul Turel built on our “wise reasoning” work to tackle cultural diversity. They presented a large-scale study proposal at the 2025 @psychscience.bsky.social Global Summit. #culturaldiversity
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Hey comparative cognition researchers, see you in Montreal next year?! 🇨🇦🍁🦝🦫
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Dr Rachael Miller (Harrison) @drrmiller.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
So excited that our first major empirical @themanybirds.bsky.social paper is now out in @plosbiology.org! Leading this big team science project, with our excellent core leadership team, is a labour of love for me, delighted to see our hard work over the past 4 years has reached this milestone!
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Absolutely. There is zero tolerance for inaccurate reporting and spreading falsehoods about dogs.
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Here are our graphs showing impact of adversity by breed. We found zero evidence that pit-bull types were more impacted by adversity than other breeds, and when it came to baseline aggressive and fearful behaviour? Look at that, solidly in the middle of the pack #CanineScience 🧪 #Boom #TheEnd 4/4
Dumbbell graph showing the impact of early life adversity by individual breed on aggressive behaviour. Permutation testing and linear regression found that there were significant effects of early life adversity for some breeds, including American Eskimo Dog. You know which breed isn't impacted in our study? Pibbles. They're not even close to the most aggressive dog listed. So knock it off and let them be. Dumbbell graph showing the impact of early life adversity by individual breed on fearful behaviour. Permutation testing and linear regression found that there were significant effects of early life adversity for some breeds, including American Eskimo Dog. You know which breed isn't impacted in our study? Pibbles. They're not even close to the most aggressive dog listed. So, knock it off and let them be.
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
I really appreciate media coverage of our research, truly, it's huge for an #ECR like me on the job market. But don't get it twisted. The dogs don't deserve that #NotTodaySatan #DogIsLove #FactsNotFiction 3/n
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Despite no good evidence, pit-bull types are frequently characterized as aggressive and dangerous. This false narrative contributes to breed-specific laws which cause relinquishments and euthanasia, and don't actually reduce serious dog bites in society 2/n #BreedSpecificLegislation #CanineScience
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a black and white dog is looking at the camera with the words `` what '' written on it .
Alt: a black and white pitty looking dog is looking at the camera with the words `` what '' written on it.
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
You know what our recent paper on early life adversity and #dog #behaviour DOESN'T say? Anything about pit-bull type dogs. No mention by us at all, @sciencex.bsky.social. So... how did they earn a callout for aggression and fear in your piece? phys.org/news/2025-10... 1/idk, as many as it takes 🧪
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Trauma in a puppy's first six months linked to adult aggression, says new study
As many dog owners can attest, their four-legged companions are delightful and loving. But for others, their animals have an aggressive side, such as biting and attacking strangers, which may ultimate...
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Thank you! I like it not least because it's called a dumbbell graph 🏋️😅🙌
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
This is the first paper from my postdoc with @erinhecht.bsky.social and the Canine Brains Project, check out their ongoing research: sites.harvard.edu/caninebrains... #CanineScience
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Come visit! Are you considering visiting Harvard with your pup to contribute to canine science? Watch our introductory video for a sneak peak at our lab. Travel costs to Boston may be provided for dog...
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
That's not all! Obvi, nurture doesn't tell the whole story of why dogs develop certain behaviour. We also found that the impact of trauma varied across dog breeds, suggesting that there is a genetic factor for risk or resilience to stress. #NatureAndNurture #Genes&Environment #IndividualDifferences
Barbell plot summarizing the difference in average aggressive behaviour scores (X axis) for two groups of dogs within the same breed (Y axis). Group 1 (blue dots) are average scores for dogs without a history of early life adversity and Group 2 (red dots) are average scores for dogs of the same breed with a history of early life adversity in the first 6 months. Generally, breeds show a trend towards higher aggression scores for dogs with a history of adversity (i.e., the red dot is to the right of the blue dot), while a few breeds show the opposite trend. None of the instances where dogs with adversity scored lower than those without were significantly different. Dot size represents the number of dogs in the group, with Golden Retrievers and Labrador Retrievers being among the most numerous, while English Shepherds were fewer. Significant differences in aggression scores between dogs with and without adversity are noted by carets next to breed names, including Siberian Husky, American Leopard Hound, and American Eskimo Dog.
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
📣 New publication alert! In a large, diverse sample, #CompanionDogs with a history of trauma before 6 months were seen as more fearful and/or aggressive than trauma-free dogs or those with trauma later on in life 🧪 #CanineScience #DogBehaviour #EarlyLifeAdversity doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Influence of early life adversity and breed on aggression and fear in dogs - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Influence of early life adversity and breed on aggression and fear in dogs
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Thomas Serre @thomasserre.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Brown’s Department of Cognitive & Psychological Sciences is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor, working in the area of AI and the Mind (start July 1, 2026). Apply by Nov 8, 2025 👉 apply.interfolio.com/173939 #AI #CognitiveScience #AcademicJobs #BrownUniversity
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
📣 Prospective Canadian grad students, check out NIna's lab and research szeyuhninawang.com 🧪
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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 15/08/2025
I wrote an R package that creates standardized R project structures that are compliant with @mekline.bsky.social's psych-DS...ish. It also creates additional features for reproducibility and teaching like a readme, license, .gitignore and Quarto templates + can validate existing projects
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Creating and validating standardized R project structures that are psych-DS compliant-ish
Making psychological code and data FAIR is hard, in part because different projects organize their code and data very differently. Sometimes this is for good reasons, such as due to the demands of a g...
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Immediately going at the top of my reading list 🙌🤓
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ASAB Spring 2027 @asab-meetings.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
ICYMI : #ASABWinter2025 will take place from December 15-16, once again in lovely Edinburgh! Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃‍♀️🏃🏃‍♂️ More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
Winter ASAB 2025 December 15-16 Edinburgh How sensory information affects behaviour.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 30/07/2025
🚨Starting soon at 12pm ET: @cdelawalla.bsky.social joins @simonwdc.bsky.social and @jeremymberg.bsky.social to dig into Countering Trump’s War on Science. We can’t wait - going LIVE soon! Tune in here ➡️ open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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LIVE SOON: Countering Trump's War On Science With Colette Delawalla and Dr. Jeremy Berg
Starting Jul 30 at 12:00 PM EDT
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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
With many postdoc grants like the NSF PRFB, Ford Fellowship, and Hanna H. Gray fellowships disappearing, I am currently looking for grants that could fund incoming postdoctoral scholars. Here is a thread of some of them 🧵
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Also! Tippy tappy your way on over to the MD website to read about the study in more detail and check out our pre-registration of the method: manydogsproject.github.io/manydogs2.html
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a brown and white corgi dog is standing on top of a lush green field .
Alt: a red and white corgi dog with forward pricked ears and open mouth with loose tongue is doing a rapid weight change between their front paws on top of a lush green field. This behavior is also known colloquially as tippy-tappies and is generally considered an indicator of positive excitement and anticipation in the dog.
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
ManyDogs has a new study! If you're a behavior researcher interested in collecting dog behavior data with your lab, get in touch 🙌🤓🐶 #BigTeamScience 🧪 #OpenScience #CanineScience #WomenInSTEM #dogs #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #AnimalBehavior #ComparativeCognition
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Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Pro tip, folks: if you make a figure for a publication, don’t just hand the copyright over to the publisher. Post it on OSF first and then give yourself permission to use it in the first publication and then all future publications. That way, no permissions issues.
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