Julia Self

graduate student researching avian cognition & behaviour @UAlbertaScience 🪺🪶🧠🌱

[Julia Self @JuliaLSelf]

Huge thank you to Maryam for her hard work on this project (& brilliant poster presentation today), and to @WISESTualberta for making this project possible!

[Dr. Lauren Guillette (she/her) @laurenguillette]

It was amazing working with Maryam, a @WISESTualberta Summer Research Project high school student (left). Her contributions landed her authorship on a abstract I just submitted for @asab_tweets Winter Conference.
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[Julia Self @JuliaLSelf]

Had a great time presenting (and hearing so many fascinating talks) at @Behaviour2025!

[Dr. Lauren Guillette (she/her) @laurenguillette]

Three talks by ACRG members about nest-building behaviour, learning, preference, bias, social learning, culture & sex- differences @Behaviour2025 @JuliaLSelf @ba_whittaker @Psych_UAlberta @NSERC_CRSNG

[Andrew Derocher @AEDerocher]

Latest paper associated with @ualbertaScience bear research. This was a really interesting project that arose from long-term interest on environmental factors affecting bear movement. Do grizzlies follow their nose? Sometimes (or at least crosswind).

[Dr. Lauren Guillette (she/her) @laurenguillette]

Julia @JuliaLSelf talking about conformity in nest-building zebra finches (n = 175 focal males!!) #CO3_2025. Her 1st conference talk is part of the Best Student Talk symposium.

@compcogsoc.bsky.social @PsychUalberta.bsky.social @comparativecog @Psych_UAlberta @NSERC_CRSNG 🧪

[Dr. Lauren Guillette (she/her) @laurenguillette]

#pride @ComparativeCog @JuliaLSelf @ba_whittaker

[Dept of Psych UAlberta @Psych_UAlberta]

Winter 2025 CogSem continues this Friday March 21st 3-4 pm BS P319N with two talks from the #ACRG Lab @laurenguillette

Julia Self 'Conformity and nest-building decisions'

Dr Ben Whittaker 'What is a birds’ favourite colour? The effect of bias on nest-building cognition'

[Dept of Psych UAlberta @Psych_UAlberta]

Congrats to Julia Self @JuliaLSelf for winning a #AGES2024 award https://t.co/FKjek7IkCZ ! Julia examines conformity and social information use in nest-building birds and is supervised by @laurenGuillette @[email protected]
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[Tom Wenseleers now @twenseleers.bsky.social @TWenseleers]

Nice perspectives article about our earlier Current Biology study on the inheritance of alternative nest architectures in stingless bees led by @dipietroviviana. https://t.co/wNmlReWE32

[Dr. Lauren Guillette (she/her) @laurenguillette]

So honoured (and moved to tears) that our group was recognized by @WISESTualberta for being mentors and allys ❤️

@Psych_UAlberta @ualbertaScience

[Dr. Lauren Guillette (she/her) @laurenguillette]

Two undergraduate summer (paid) internship opportunities for international students @Psych_UAlberta

Funded by @MitacsCanada apply here: https://t.co/7bC0t7pKaB

More information here: https://t.co/YbuhVZfHwe

Deadline to apply: 18 Sept 2024

Please share widely!

[Dr. Lauren Guillette (she/her) @laurenguillette]

New paper #psynomLB "Validation of a rodent model of episodic memory replay' by Sheridan et al. finds that rats are able to replay episodic memories. https://t.co/ngQaZQhvTR @ComparativeCog #episodicmemory #olfaction #familiarity #memorytracestrength #rat @Psychonomic_Soc

[Dr. Lauren Guillette (she/her) @laurenguillette]

We’re lucky to have @UmamaMir on our team, the Animal Cognition Research Group.

[Dr. Lauren Guillette (she/her) @laurenguillette]

New paper by Dr. @ba_whittaker in @APA_Journals J of Comp Psych https://t.co/XZyD9Wj8ap also read about it here: https://t.co/S5VQpNESNo ‘The roles of social information, asocial information and initial road in nest-building decisions’ @Psych_UAlberta @NSERC_CRSNG @UofAResearch

[Dr. Lauren Guillette (she/her) @laurenguillette]

Press about our new paper in iScience: Birds' nests express their unique style and past experiences https://t.co/oQ2TOrB84n via @ConversationCA

@ba_whittaker @Psych_UAlberta @UofAResearch @ualbertaScience @NSERC_CRSNG @TIPS_SPIIE

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[Dept of Psych UAlberta @Psych_UAlberta]

We continue our celebration of Psych students receiving the 2022-2023 CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence! @CPA_SCP

Congratulations to Julia Self and their thesis 'Sex-differences in nest building are reflected in memory for a physical cognition task'

Alright Julia!

[Dr. Lauren Guillette (she/her) @laurenguillette]

More good news from the ACRG! I'm thrilled to officially announce I am a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Ecology. Thanks to @Psych_UAlberta @ualbertaScience @KillamTrusts @NSERC_CRSNG my colleagues & mentors for your continued encouragement and support @TIPS_SPIIE

[Dr. Lauren Guillette (she/her) @laurenguillette]

Undergraduate summer (paid) internship opportunity for an international student! @Psych_UAlberta

Funded by @MitacsCanada apply here: https://t.co/5CFqglKkXy

More information here: https://t.co/YbuhVZfHwe

Deadline to apply: 22 Sept 2023

Please share widely

[Dr. Lauren Guillette (she/her) @laurenguillette]

🚨Job Alert 🚨I am hiring a post-doc to join my team, the Animal Cognition Research Group

The official advert will come out next week and I will post it here

Please DM or email me with questions https://t.co/14EGQeZzUx

Please RT

[Julia Self @JuliaLSelf]

Feeling very lucky to be continuing with @laurenguillette and the Animal Cognition Research Group for my MSc! Two years didn't seem like nearly long enough :)

Cheers to being done undergrad & congrats to all the other @ualbertaScience grads!

[Dr. Lauren Guillette (she/her) @laurenguillette]

Congrats to @JuliaLSelf for graduating yesterday with a BSc honours in psychology with first class honors and a research certificate in science!

Thrilled that Julia is starting an MSc with me this September! The ACRG is in good hands 🪺

[Dr. Lauren Guillette (she/her) @laurenguillette]

Team picnic!