Jonathan Birch
@birchlse
Professor, LSE. Philosophy of science, evolution of altruism, animal consciousness. PI, Foundations of Animal Sentience project.
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https://www.lse.ac.uk/cpnss/research/ASENT 27-09-2019 10:05:05
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Lovely write up in Scientific American by Elizabeth Anne Brown on our latest study demonstrating how movements help elephantnose fish to recognise and discriminate different shapes 🐟
scientificamerican.com/article/elepha…
So thrilled to share my latest research paper in Animal Behavior Society in collaboration with Theresa Burt & Gerhard von der Emde! 😁
Our study shows how weakly electric fish can use their own movements to facilitate shape recognition 🐟⚡️
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Earlier this year I was interviewed for The New Yorker by Han Zhang during a wonderful conference organised by Amy Wilentz &Jeff Wasserstrom UC Irvine.The profile, discussing freedom,literature & politics, is just out! newyorker.com/culture/person…
Liam Bright I always say 'wishing you every success in achieving your target mood during the school closure.' So many people just assume that students take a holiday and are capable of happiness.