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MSc student Sarah Smeltz from the @SNLab2002 and @Psych_UAlberta won the @ComparativeCog best publication by a graduate student award at the Conference on Comparative Cognition ( photo: @ghost_graduate ).

[Songbird Neuroethology Laboratory @SNLab2002]

Patrick in action at the 2026 @OfficialCSBBCS conference at York University! Funding provided by @NSERC_CRSNG @TIPS_SPIIE @YourAlberta @ualbertaScience

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@LiisaGalea @tallinnsplinter Holy smokes that’s amazing!

[Marisa Hoeschele @MarisaHoeschele]

Had a blast last week discussing current issues in studying the origins of spectral (pitch and timbre) percepts in musicality last week.

Thanks to the Dutch Research Council and the @lorentzcenter and the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation for sponsoring our workshop!

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Funded by
@NSERC_CRSNG

@TIPS_SPIIE

@YourAlberta

@ualbertaScience

@Psych_UAlberta
@InnovationCA

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Ph.D. student @prateek754
wrote a guest post for @Raspberry_Pi
about songbird preference testing setup the SNL developed “Raspberry Pi reveals songbirds’ favourite sounds” https://t.co/IFGvDX2gOj
@Psych_UAlberta
@ualbertaScience

[Songbird Neuroethology Laboratory @SNLab2002]

Congratulations to @kt_stenstrom for winning the @ComparativeCog #CO3_2026 Best Poster Award (photos by Sarah Smeltz). Funded by @NSERC_CRSNG @TIPS_SPIIE @ualbertaScience @Psych_UAlberta

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@prateek754 and @ghost_graduate presenting at @ComparativeCog #CO3 - funded by @NSERC_CRSNG @TIPS_SPIIE @YourAlberta @ualbertaScience @Psych_UAlberta (photo credit Prateek Sahu’s photos: @laurenguillette )

[Songbird Neuroethology Laboratory @SNLab2002]

@prateek754 and @ghost_graduate presenting at @ComparativeCog #CO3 - funded by @NSERC_CRSNG @TIPS_SPIIE @YourAlberta @ualbertaScience @Psych_UAlberta (photo credit @prateek754 : @laurenguillette )

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@ghost_graduate and @prateek754 presenting at @ComparativeCog #CO3_2026. Funded by @NSERC_CRSNG @TIPS_SPIIE @YourAlberta @ualbertaScience @Psych_UAlberta

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Sarah and @kt_stenstrom from the @SNLab2002 present their posters at the first poster session of #CO3_2026 @ComparativeCog - funded by @NSERC_CRSNG @TIPS_SPIIE @YourAlberta @ualbertaScience and @Psych_UAlberta

[Songbird Neuroethology Laboratory @SNLab2002]

Sarah and @kt_stenstrom from the @SNLab2002 present their posters at the first poster session of #CO3_2026 @ComparativeCog - funded by @NSERC_CRSNG @TIPS_SPIIE @YourAlberta @ualbertaScience and @Psych_UAlberta ( photos by @prateek754 )

[Songbird Neuroethology Laboratory @SNLab2002]

Funding provided by @NSERC_CRSNG @TIPS_SPIIE @YourAlberta @ualbertaScience @Psych_UAlberta

[Songbird Neuroethology Laboratory @SNLab2002]

MSc student Sarah Smeltz from the @SNLab2002 and @Psych_UAlberta won the @ComparativeCog best publication by a graduate student award at the Conference on Comparative Cognition ( photo: @ghost_graduate ).

[Songbird Neuroethology Laboratory @SNLab2002]

Smeltz, S.M.L, Deimeke, M.J., Montenegro, C., Sahu, P.K., Stenstrom, K.H., Camacho-Alpízar, A., & Sturdy, C.B.  (2025). Individual discrimination within, but not between, two vocalization types of the black-capped chickadee. Ethology, 131, 1-12. DOI: https://t.co/s6sdnJviKi

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Go, @prateek754 !!!!

[Dept of Psych UAlberta @Psych_UAlberta]

Graduate student Prateek Sahu (supervisor Dr Chris Sturdy) describes the qualities that birds look for in a “sexy” birdsong on @CBCRadioActive @ualbertaScience

https://t.co/XKuYEEVlzG

[Dept of Psych UAlberta @Psych_UAlberta]

Graduate student Prateek Sahu (supervisor Dr Chris Sturdy) describes the qualities that birds look for in a “sexy” birdsong on @CBCRadioActive @ualbertaScience

https://t.co/XKuYEEVlzG

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Listen to @SNLab2002 and @Psych_UAlberta PhD student, @prateek754 tell @cbcradio about what makes birdsong sexy! https://t.co/lO1PBQNQgo - funded by @YourAlberta @NSERC_CRSNG @TIPS_SPIIE @ualbertaScience @Psych_UAlberta

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The @SNLab2002 @Psych_UAlberta presented posters and @prateek754 gave a talk at the Royce Research Conference last Friday - and Maki won best undergraduate poster!