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Category: press coverage

Posted on 2017-01-202018-01-09

Audience effects press release

Santa Fe Institute’s press team put together a nice press release about our recent paper on audience effects. See full press release here (or below)

The paper is available here

Paper: To better understand animals, borrow from human language research

JANUARY 20TH, 2017… [Read full details]

Posted on 2015-10-222018-01-09

Parakeet rank, Science Line press

From Science Line


Pecking order for birdbrains

Monk parakeets, like humans, use complex thinking to understand where they stand in their group’s social order… [Read full details]

Posted on 2015-09-302018-01-10

Parakeet rank, radio interview

I was interviewed about my recent parakeet dominance rank paper for WUOT’s “The Method” on Knoxville public radio.

Link to the full show… [Read full details]

Posted on 2015-09-142018-01-09

Parakeet rank, press in Brooklyn Parrots

Stephen Baldwin, who runs the website Brooklyn Parrots, did a nice write-up of my recent paper on rank in parakeets


From Brooklyn Parrots


Why exactly do Monk Parakeets fight?
… [Read full details]
Posted on 2015-09-142018-01-09

Parakeet rank, Nature World News

Nature World news covered my recent paper on rank in parakeets


Social Status and Birds: Monk Parakeets Establish Rank Based on Aggressive Behaviors

By Samantha Mathewson Sep 14, 2015 01:07 PM EDT… [Read full details]

Posted on 2015-09-112018-01-09

Parakeet rank press, Bird Channel

Bird Channel covered my recent paper on rank in parakeets. The full story is below.


From: Bird Channel


How Do Parrots Determine The Pecking Order? They Pay Attention

A new study teaches us a little more about parrots’ social lives.
BirdChannel Editors… [Read full details]

Posted on 2015-09-102018-01-09

Parakeet rank press, Aududon

My recent paper on rank in parakeets was covered by Audubon [full story]… [Read full details]

Posted on 2015-09-102018-01-09

Parakeet rank, SFI press

The Santa Fe Institute also issued a press release of my recent paper on the emergence of rank in an animal group. See the full press release here.… [Read full details]

Posted on 2015-09-102018-01-09

Parakeet rank, NIMBioS press

NIMBioS wrote up a nice press release of my recent paper on the emergence of rank in an animal group. See the full press release here.… [Read full details]

Posted on 2015-01-282018-08-20

Profile in Live Science

From Live Science


Parrot Pecking Order Hints at Humans’ Social Lives
By Catherine Crawley, NIMBioS | January 28, 2015 01:25am ET
 
Elizabeth Hobson catches a parakeet in a mist net. She studies how animals behave in their social interactions and what motivates these interactions.
… [Read full details]

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