For the last week and a half, I have traveled by plane, by car, by ferry, by kayak, by boat, and by foot, visiting many beautiful locations within the Pacific Northwest in the United States. Whether it is due to my middle-aged brain or the fact that there have just been so many places, I […]
Animal Learning & Cognition
Which of these is more common in the English language: A) words that end in “ing” B) words with “n” as the second to last letter? It might be tempting to pick A. There are lots of verbs that come easily to mind that end in “ing” (racing, baking, typing, etc.)—not to mention nouns like […]
Sports have been part of my life since I was a kid, with team sports like basketball, volleyball, and softball being some of my favorites. When I no longer played competitively, I stayed with my favorite sports by refereeing – youth, high school, collegiate, and even a brief foray into professional leagues. And when my […]
Intro Adding to his long list of awards, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus David Sherry (pictured below) of Western University in London, Ontario, Canada, was awarded the Comparative Cognition Society 2021 Research Award. Recipients of the award give a master lecture at the International Conference on Comparative Cognition and a Special Issue in the Psychonomic Society’s journal, Learning & Behavior, is dedicated to research […]
Professor David Sherry (pictured below) is the awardee of the Comparative Cognition Society‘s Annual Research Award for 2021 for his contributions in the field of comparative psychology. The award is associated with a Special Issue in Learning & Behavior in honor of his research. In the interview, I talk with Professor Scott MacDougall-Shackleton (pictured below), on the the Guest Editors of the […]
Three years ago, I bought a new car that had a keyless push start. It took almost six months of driving before I stopped trying to put my key into the ignition. Each time I tried to put an imaginary key into the imaginary ignition slot, I shook my head and laughed at myself. My […]
What’s SpongeBob Squarepants’ claim to fame besides being an animated cheese-looking, blockhead sponge under-the-sea main character of a children’s cartoon with catchy song lyrics? Apparently, aside from the possible influence on decreased attention span in children, the creators of SpongeBob SquarePants weren’t too far off in their character portrayal of different sea creatures, including the […]
Imagine for a moment, the wind blowing through your hair, your skin glistening with the slightest sheen of moisture, a steady breath in and out, and your feet softly caressing the pavement as you place one foot in front of the other with the grace of a cheetah while the moon shines down. Unfortunately, my […]
Professor Irene Pepperberg (pictured below) is the awardee of the Comparative Cognition Society‘s Annual Research Award for 2020 for her body of work. With that, it is a Special Issue in Learning & Behavior in honor of her research contributions. In the interview, she reflects on her career, gives her 20-year self some advice, talks about research with African Grey […]
Music has long been the inspiration for many directions of cognitive science research. Music has a special connection with the brain that makes us ask pivotal questions, such as: How do we know that music is music when we hear it? Why does music evoke emotional responses? And why do we associate Mariah Carey and […]