Prof. Amanda Seed

Comparative and Developmental Psychologist researching the origins of mind / playing with 🐒👦🦜 Scientific director @rzsslivinglinks. She.

[Prof. Amanda Seed @AmandaMSeed]

Today will be the first of our monthly @rzsslivinglinks newsletters! And - it is my birthday :) So please sign up to hear all the news from our research centre, and to find out who will be monkey of the month... https://t.co/nYkdaJnKYw

[Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute #DISI @DivIntelligence]

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Applications for DISI 2025 are now open!!

Interested in intelligence, mind, and cognition in all its forms? Early-career scholars from any discipline—and storytellers in any medium—are encouraged to apply!

More info: https://t.co/xR6lgTIvZ6

[Luca Pedruzzi @PedruzziLuca]

Last week we presented first data from our @geladas_bridges project at the conference of the Italian Society for the study of Animal Behaviour @sie_etologia in Turin! Emotions and prosociality in vocal exchanges of wild geladas… so happy and proud 🐒 @EthosLabo @TheLeakeyFndtn

[Prof. Amanda Seed @AmandaMSeed]

We have an open call for two permanent lectureships in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of St Andrews. A beautiful place to live and work. Please share! https://t.co/j0ugkcpsHy

[Meg Crofoot @MegCrofoot]

Heads up animal behavior researchers!

Amazing opportunity: 3 3-year independent postdoctoral fellowships based in Panama at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Deadline July 15.
Come collaborate with @livingingroups @MPI_animalbehav

https://t.co/ff1esJMpfj…

[Prof. Amanda Seed @AmandaMSeed]

There’s a permanent position in neuroscience available in our department- feel free to message if you have questions about what life is like in St Andrews! https://t.co/WKQfOq5XZK

[Shiry Ginosar @shiryginosar]

Join us next week at our intelligence workshop @SimonsInstitute!

Schedule:
https://t.co/0lXRpPPlsR

Register online for both in-person and streaming.

FANTASTIC lineup of speakers:

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[Animal Behaviour Collective @ABCmicrogrants]

We've moved to a system of funding rounds & the latest one is now open! Students can apply for a microgrant by May 24th towards personal financial needs like rent, groceries, transport etc. that are making it challenging for you to continue your studies 😓 https://t.co/1lPT1DXjHb

[James Ainge @JamieAinge]

Great new paper with @Silviventu She showed that enriched rats are better at hard memory problems, have sparser hippocampal activity and more rate remapping in CA3 https://t.co/KKaQquT4w1

[Silvia Ventura @Silviventu]

My PhD work with @JamieAinge is now out in @CurrentBiology

Increased flexibility of CA3 memory representations following environmental enrichment: Current Biology https://t.co/f5Lycx3ipm

[CogSci Society @cogsci_soc]

📣 Exciting news! We're accepting applications for our Broadening Participation Grant. Apply for grants up to $5,000 to increase accessibility and inclusion of under-represented communities in #CogSci

Learn more at https://t.co/m85jv7TZx2 and submit you application by May 24! 🗓️

[Patrick Shafto @patrickshafto]

"Mathematics of intelligence" @ipam_ucla is accepting applicants!

Financial support available to attend and participate for extended periods, especially for recent PhDs, graduate students, and researchers in the early stages of their career.

Apply!

https://t.co/aX4j0J5uXu

[Lily FitzGibbon @FitzyLily]

Join us in beautiful Stirling to work with the best colleagues and fabulous students. Fantastic opportunities for interdisciplinary research collaboration. A great location for work and play. Get in touch if you want to chat all things Stirling

[Prof. Amanda Seed @AmandaMSeed]

We are advertising for a permanent lectureship in cognition / neuroscience - please feel free to get in touch if you would like to know more about our school or St Andrews and please share with potential applicants! https://t.co/TZuY6FlpB8

[Prof. Amanda Seed @AmandaMSeed]

Frans de Waal was an inspriational scientist. As an undergraduate @nickyclayton22 gave me a copy of Chimpanzee Politics to read and we spotted similar behaviours in the rook colony. When I met Frans he was so enthusiastic to learn about rooks consoling one another. A great loss.

[Prof. Amanda Seed @AmandaMSeed]

@rzss @BudongoChimps This is a really cool new journal from the Budongo forest chimpanzee researchers. I enjoyed reading about the notorious Frank! https://t.co/8oWk2xs4dM

[Royal Zoological Society of Scotland @rzss]

Discover the new Perspectives Collective journal, an innovative new project where our partners @BudongoChimps will showcase voices of local experts in primatology and build capacity through training in key skills.

Read the first volume now 👉 https://t.co/qOXLDz09Ch

[Stuart K Watson @ChimpsAhoi]

Interested in doing a PhD on what meerkats mean? Or know someone who might? Check out this great opportunity from the @NCCR_Language with Marta Manser at the University of Zürich. Deadline March 15th.

[Dr Marina Bazhydai @MarinaBazhydai]

Job alert: Come work with me and @FitzyLily on developing the multi-dimensional #CuriosityBattery for school aged kids. 3-year PDRA position at @lancspsychres to start Sept'24. Application deadline May 5:
https://t.co/YfOZ4leoXc

[Prof. Amanda Seed @AmandaMSeed]

Congratulations Chris 🙌!

[Christopher Krupenye @ChrisKrupenye]

I’m hugely honored to have received this recognition from @APA, and grateful for the wonderful mentees, mentors, and collaborators that have made our scientific discoveries possible!

Some dreams do come true

[Marianne de Heer Kloots (🦋/mdhk.net) @mariannedhk]

Less than 3 days left to apply for this year's DISI! (Make sure to apply *before* March 1st)
This was a uniquely enriching experience for me last year that I am still drawing inspiration from regularly.
Feel free to contact me with any questions if you're curious!