Thursday evening, 6:30 PM to 10 PM
Concepts,
Category Learning and Communication--Suzanne MacDonald, Chair
- Ed Wasserman (University of Iowa and
Center for Research in Cognitive Neurosciences), Joel Fagot (Center for
Research in Cognitive Neurosciences), Michael E. Young (University of Iowa):
Same-different conceptualization by baboons (Papio papio): The role of
entropy. 10 min
- Joel Fagot (Center for Research in
Cognitive Neurosciences), Michael Young (University of Iowa), Ed Wasserman
(University of Iowa and Center for Research in Cognitive Neurosciences): Relational matching by baboons. 10 min
- Ilona Kovary, H.S. Terrace, L. Brannon
(Columbia University): The acquisition of numerical categories by rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). 10 min
- Jennifer Vonk, Suzanne MacDonald (York
University): Natural concept formation in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). 5 min
- Jeffrey S. Katz, Anthony A. Wright, Jocelyne
Bachevalier (University of Texas Medical School at Houston): Monkey concept learning. 5 min
- Bob Cook (Tufts University): Rule-based same-different learning by
pigeons. 5 min
- Stephen Lea, Darren Burke (University of
Exeter): Field experiments on concept
discrimination in grey squirrels. 10 min
- Ron Weisman, Chris Sturdy, Leslie Phillmore
(Queen's University): Natural auditory categories behave like screen-based
visual categories. 20 min
10 minute break
Associative learning I--Ed Wasserman, Chair
- Bob Batsell (Kalamazoo College), John
Batson (Furman University). Asymmetrical associations in augmentation? 10 min
- Francisco Arcediano, Daniel C. Burger, Martha
Escobar, Ralph R. Miller (SUNY-Binghamton): Backward associations in humans. 5
min
- Chana Akins, N. Levens (University of
Kentucky): The nature of the sexually conditioned response using auditory
versus visual conditioned Stimuli. 5 min
- Stanley J. Weiss (American University), Leigh V. Panlilio (NIDA), David N. Kearns, Scott I. Cohn
(American University) and Charles W. Schindler (NIDA): Biological constraints
and appetitive-aversive interaction theory: An application to selective associations. 20 min
- Andy Baker (McGill University) : Animal
and human contingency learning: Radical behaviorism versus theory? 20 min
10 minute break
Communication, symbol and tool use--Mark Bouton, Chair
- Karen Hallberg, Sally Boysen, Kimberly
Mukobi (Ohio State University):
Chimpanzee food barks as referential signals: Evidence from a laboratory
playback experiment. 5 min
- Stephanie Gibeault, Suzanne MacDonald (York University): Playback experiments with captive western lowland gorillas:
preliminary results. 5 min
- Karyl B. Swartz (Lehman College/CUNY): Organization of memory by an orangutan. 10
min
- Michael J. Beran (Language Research Center,
Georgia State University): Lana chimpanzee's 20-year retention of lexigrams. 5
min
- Mary Jo Rattermann, Roger Thompson, Theresa
Franz, Andrei Cimpian, Melissa Hopkins (Franklin and Marshall College): Tool use in 12-18 month-old children and
capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)
during a reaching task. 10 min
Friday evening, 4 PM to 8 PM
Face and object discrimination--Marcia Spetch and Debbie Kelly, Chairs
- Marcia Spetch (University of Alberta):
Recognition of depth-rotated objects by pigeons and humans. 5 min
- Jack P. Hailman (Archbold Biological
Station): Object concept: mini-review and experiments beyond permanence. 20 min
- Valerie A. Kuhlmeier and Sally Boysen (Ohio State University): Scale model comprehension by
chimpanzees: Recognition of object and
spatial similarity. 5 min
- Aaron P. Blaisdell, Frank Diaz, Bob Cook
(Tufts University): Comparative psychology of face perception. 5 min
- Sharon Himmanen (Lehman College, CUNY): Memory for social attributes of facial
stimuli by rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). 10 min
- Jerry Cohen, Nicole Terrelonge (University
of Windsor): Value transfer and reward
signaling functions of S- in object discriminations. 10 min
- Roger Thompson, David Oden, Megan Hyle, Erica
Hoy, Marc Rapuano,Jason Safro (Franklin & Marshall College): Habituation and dishabituation to physical
and relational properties of objects by Capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella).10 min
10 min break
Associative learning II--Mark Bouton, Chair
- Brian H. Smith, Sathees Chandra (Ohio State
University): The genetic basis underlying variability in latent inhibition and
its potential role in a social context. 20 min
- Martha Escobar, Francisco Arcediano, Ralph
R. Miller (SUNY-Binghamton): Context
exposure modulates the CS- preexposure effect. 5 min
- Melissa Burns, Michael Domjan (University
of Texas at Austin): Effects of exposure
to contextual stimuli on the direction of conditioned responding. 20 min
- Mark E. Bouton, Ceyhun Sunsay (University of
Vermont): Surprise, frustration, and
the contextual control of appetitive conditioning. 10 min
- Kimberly Kirkpatrick, Russell M. Church (Brown
University): Tracking of expected times until food in classical conditioning
procedures. 20 min
10 min break
Memory and cognition--Ed Wasserman, Chair
- Lori Buchanan, Marcia Spetch, Debbie
Kelly (University of Alberta): False
Memory in Pigeons? 5 min
- Sue Healy (University of Edinburgh), T.
Andrew Hurly (University of Lethbridge): Learning and memory in rufous
hummingbirds. 20 min
- Tammy Moscrip, Herb Terrace (Columbia
University), Holly Lisanby, Harold Sackheim ( NYSPI & Columbia University):
Cognitive and neurophysiological effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation
in rhesus macaques. 5 min
- Michael F. Brown, Elizabeth DiGello (Villanova
University): Psychology of a superorganism: The matching law, honeybees, and a
honeybee colony. 5 min
- Thomas Zentall, Tricia Clement, Jessica Allen
(University of Kentucky): "What did you just do?": Episodic-like
memory in pigeons. 10 min.
- Alex Kacelnik, Jackie Chappell (University
of Oxford), Juan Reboreda (University of Buenos Aires), Rebecca Smith, Fausto
Britoe Abreu (University of Oxford): Scalar utility and risky choice in
magpies, starlings, cowbirds and humans. 20 min
Saturday evening, 4- 8 PM
Time, space and foraging--Marcia Spetch, Chair
- Brett M. Gibson (University of Toronto): Use
of vector information but not cognitive maps for flexible navigation by Clark's
nutcrackers and humans. 10 min
- Debbie Kelly, Marcia Spetch (University of
Alberta) : Pigeons' use of geometric
information to locate a goal. 5 min
- Charles F. Flaherty, Mary Leszczuk, Danielle
Mennona (Rutgers University): Reward reduction and searching patterns in a
radial-arm maze. 10 min
- Shunji Awazu, Kazuo Fujita (Kyoto
University): Transfer from cognitive food category to eating behavior in
pigeons. 5 min
- James D. Rowan (Wesleyan College), Barbara
E.Rowan (Georgia College and State University), Shannon Kundey, Christina Miner
(Wesleyan College): Serial-pattern rxtrapolation in rats: If you "hum" a few bars, can they
fake it? 10 min
- Robert Biegler, S. D. Healy (University of
Edinburgh): Does food storing increase
the capacity, duration or accuracy of spatial memory? 10 min
- Melissa Bateson (University of Newcastle, UK): Risk-sensitive foraging:
context-dependent choice in two bird species. 20 min
10 minute break
- Kazuo Fujita, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Aika
Tokuhisa (Kyoto University): Spatio-temporal boundary formation in
chimpanzees. 10 min.
- Steven Haggbloom (Arkansas State University):
More searching for abstract pattern learning in the radial maze. 5 min.
- Donald M. Wilkie, Christina M. Thorpe
(University of British Columbia): "Time-place behavior" under unequal
intervals. 5 min.
- Jonathon D. Crystal (University of
Georgia): Circadian time
perception. 10 min.
- Russell M. Church, Kim Kirkpatrick (Brown University): Data archiving. 10 min.
- Hank Davis (University of Guelph): Discrimination Between humans by animal
subjects: A comparative approach. 25 min.
10 minute break
Cognition in marine animals--Suzanne MacDonald and Stephanie Gibeault,
Chairs
- Stan Kuczaj, Marie Trone, Heather Hill, Karissa Tranel (University of Southern
Mississippi): What can dolphin play tell us about dolphin cognition? 10 min.
- Stan Kuczaj (University of Southern
Mississippi), John Gory (Southern Methodist University and The Living Seas,
Epcot Center): Can bottlenose dolphins
plan their behavior? 10 min.
- Heather Hill, Stan Kuczaj (University of Southern Mississippi): Sea
lions use mirrors when searching for objects. 5 min.
- Jesse E. Purdy, Marte Martinez
(Southwestern University), Matthew Purdy (Trinity University): Auditory and visual stimuli as determinants
of anti-predatory behavior of salmon in salmon/killer whale interactions. 20
min.
Perspectives--Ron Weisman, Chair
- Fred Stollnitz (National Science
Foundation): Funding opportunities at
NSF. 5 min.
- GROUP PHOTO 5 min.
- Business meeting: The first annual
comparative cognition society meeting. 30 min.
PARTY! 9 PM to??
Observers:
Christina Thorpe (University of British Columbia) |
Geoff Hall (University
of York) |
Karen Hollis (Mount Holyoke College) |
Janice
Steirn (Georgia Southern University) |
Karen Roper (Wake Forest University) |
Herb
Terrace (Columbia University) |
Sara Shettleworth (University of Toronto) |
Amanda
Napolitano (Ohio State University) |
Jared Taglialatela (Georgia State Univ Language
Rsrch Ctr) |
Theresa Franz
(Franklin and Marshall College) |
Lauren Baker (Georgia State University) |
Kymbr
Wright (University of Southern Mississippi) |
Tokuhisa Aika (Kyoto University) |
Sally
Boysen (Ohio State University) |
Chrissy Miner (Wesleyan
College) |
Shannon
Kundey (Wesleyan College) |
Marie Trone
(University of Southern Mississippi) |
Suzanne
MacDonald (York University) |
Kymbr Wright
(University of Southern Mississippi) |
Karissa
Tranel (University of Southern Mississippi) |
Diana Lee (California
State University) |
Diana
Lee (California State University) |
Rachel Thames
(University of Southern Mississippi) |
John
Batson (Furman University) |
Maurice Feldman
(Queen’s University) |
John Gory (Southern
Methodist University and the Living Seas, Epcot Center) |
Sheila Chase (Hunter
College, CUNY) |
Eric Heinemann (Hunter
College, CUNY) |
Marc Rapuano (Franklin
& Marshall College) | Andrei Cimpian (Franklin & Marshall College) |
Eric Hoy (Franklin & Marshall College) | Maurice Feldman (Queen’s
University) |