SCIENCE AT THE SHINE DOME canberra 2 - 4 may 2007
Symposium: Development and evolution of higher cognition in animals
| Friday 4 May 2007 Symposium: Development and evolution of higher cognition in animals |
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| Welcome Professor Kurt Lambeck President, Australian Academy of Science |
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| The Rutherford Memorial Lecture, The Royal Society – plenary address Cognition and instinct Professor Sir Patrick Bateson Professor of Ethology, Cambridge University, UK |
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| Opening comment Chair: Professor Lesley Rogers Professor of Neuroscience and Animal Behaviour, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales |
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| Small brains, smart minds: Perception, learning and 'cognition' in honeybees Professor Mandyam Srinivasan The Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Queensland |
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| The cognitive chicken: Higher mental processing in a humble brain Professor Giorgio Vallortigara Professor of Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology and Dean of the Faculty, University of Trieste, Italy |
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| Apes, corvids and the evolution of cognition Dr Nathan Emery Royal Society University Research Fellow, Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, UK |
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| Higher cognition and communication in apes and birds, with special reference to the vocal repertoire of Australian magpies Professor Gisela Kaplan Centre for Neuroscience and Animal Behaviour, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales |
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| General questions of all speakers | ||||
| Chair: Professor Ross Day Adjunct Professor, School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne |
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| Memories of tomorrow: Do animals remember the past and plan for the future? Professor Nicola Clayton Professor of Comparative Cognition, Department of Experimental Psychology and Director of Studies in Natural Sciences (Biological), Clare College Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, UK |
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| Communication and cognition in birds Professor Christopher Evans Director, Centre for the Integrative Study of Animal Behaviour, Macquarie University, Sydney |
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| Tool manufacture, cognition and culture in New Caledonian crows Professor Russell Gray Department of Psychology, University of Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Panel discussion and summing up Professor Lesley Rogers Professor of Neuroscience and Animal Behaviour, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales |
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| Social program | ||||
Related link:
Vallortigara G, Snyder A, Kaplan G, Bateson P, Clayton NS, et al. (2008) Are animals autistic savants. PLoS Biol 6(2). [full text] A paper arising from a workshop on 'Higher cognition in animals' funded by the Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology and held in New South Wales, Australia, in May 2007, with support from the Australian Academy of Science.
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