Comparative Cognition Lab

Official account for Dr. Debbie Kelly's Comparative Cognition Lab at the University of Manitoba.

[Alizée Vernouillet 🐦 @VernouilletA]

I am excited to have my first paper on pinyon jays’ caching behaviour out in L&B #corvids #behaviour #animalcognition https://t.co/Yyy78j6OAa where we examined whether pinyon jays can distinguish between “thieves” and “non-thieves”. 1/8

[Alizée Vernouillet 🐦 @VernouilletA]

New (and last!) paper published from my master’s degree, looking at beautiful songbirds and cute chipmunks. Well, cute chipmunks? Maybe not so… (1/7) https://t.co/DZp0EwkuGB

[Comparative Cognition Lab @DebbieKellyLab]

Congratulations to Dr. Alizée Vernouillet for successfully defending her PhD thesis (over Zoom no less)! The circumstances were certainly abnormal, but you did a fantastic job, and you should be very proud of all your hard work!

[Alizée Vernouillet 🐦 @VernouilletA]

New paper with @DebbieKellyLab out! We looked at the responses to novelty in four food-storing corvid species: pinyon jays, nutcrackers, scrub jays, and magpies. https://t.co/VL3sntOFQu

[Alizée Vernouillet 🐦 @VernouilletA]

Mixed evidence of mirror self-recognition in scrub jays. Paper published in Ethology with @ClaryNutcracker, Meara Stow, and @DebbieKellyLab for the Special Issue on Prosociality and Cooperation in Birds. https://t.co/O8G5az8htQ

[Comparative Cognition Lab @DebbieKellyLab]

A new paper from the lab, in which we report mixed evidence of mirror self-recognition in scrub jays, using the mirror mark test and a caching task. https://t.co/20cJ27Ozed

[Comparative Cognition Lab @DebbieKellyLab]

Our second paper on canine cognition is out in Animal Cognition! This time looking at inhibitory control in pet dogs and sled dogs, and the effects of glucose on motoric self-regulation. https://t.co/UxMrrUwof0

[Alizée Vernouillet 🐦 @VernouilletA]

Our latest paper at the @DebbieKellyLab comparing the inhibitory control of pet dogs and sled dogs and examining the effect of glucose on motoric self-regulation just got published!!!
https://t.co/CMztriSKvK (view only)

[Comparative Cognition Lab @DebbieKellyLab]

New paper from the lab showing that Clark's nutcrackers (along with chicks, pigeons, and humans!) use the medial axis of a bounded environment to reorient. https://t.co/4OBjSwVroI

[Comparative Cognition Lab @DebbieKellyLab]

Our first study with pet dogs was published as part of the Canine Cognition Special Issue in Learning and Behavior! Different motor-regulation tasks are not measuring the same aspect of inhibitory control. Congrats @VernouilletA! https://t.co/n5jvkDWQ6g