Tree skinks go to school: The complexities of social learning in lizards

By Fonti Kar, on June 27th, 2018

By: Fonti Kar & Julia Riley

“Never study an animal that is smarter than you” – Dr Martin Whiting

An adult female tree skink after performing the discrimination task we used to quantify their learning ability – she successfully removed the blue lid from this dish and accessed the food reward . . . → Read More: Tree skinks go to school: The complexities of social learning in lizards

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PhD opportunity: social intelligence and the evolution of brain size in lizards

By Whiting, on August 10th, 2014

We are looking for a PhD student to work on an Australian Research Council grant testing for social intelligence in Egernia skinks.

Here is some background: Uncovering the evolution of intelligence is one of science’s greatest challenges. Social intelligence theory suggests that sociality selects for increasingly sophisticated cognition, but this theory is heavily biased . . . → Read More: PhD opportunity: social intelligence and the evolution of brain size in lizards

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PhD Scholarship opportunity to work on social intelligence in Egernia skinks

By Whiting, on November 8th, 2012

Macquarie University is currently offering MQRES scholarships for prospective Australian or NZ PhD students who can commence by 15 December 2012.

We know this is short notice, but the combination of a positive outcome in the latest funding round from the Australian Research Council and the availability of Macquarie-funded PhD scholarships for domestic . . . → Read More: PhD Scholarship opportunity to work on social intelligence in Egernia skinks

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