#SocialLearning
What is the role of social learning in adopting novel food? Study of urban #cockatoos by @julia-penndorf.bsky.social @clevercockierp.bsky.social &co shows that they rapidly adopt novel food via #SocialLearning, with juveniles showing conformist preferences @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4uq6NVq
May 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Our new paper is out!

We found #orangutans develop #nest-building skills through observational #sociallearning, #selectiveattention
to“know-how” and transmission of“know-what” information.
🦧🦧🦧🦧
#academicsky
#primates
#science
#biologicalscience
#warwickpsych

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link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
link.springer.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Talking about #capuchinmonkeys at Cultural Conference in Durham #CES2024durham 🐵❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Amazing experience!

@culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
@durhamdcerc.bsky.social
@cultevolfunding.bsky.social
@neoprego.org
#ces2024 #clturalevolution #sociallearning
September 10, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Adopting novel food is vital to colonize novel environments, but what is the role of social learning? Study of urban #cockatoos by @clevercockierp.bsky.social shows them to rapidly adopt novel food via #SocialLearning, with juveniles showing conformist preferences @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4uq6NVq
May 1, 2026 at 12:55 PM
🧠 How do we learn about ourselves and others?

Join us at #PuG2026 on Thursday at 8:30 (HS 13) for our symposium "Neuro-computational Models of Social Learning About the Self and Others".

@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @dgps.bsky.social

#SocialNeuroscience #SocialLearning #ComputationalModeling
June 3, 2026 at 8:24 AM
What is the role of social learning in adopting novel food? Study of urban #cockatoos by @julia-penndorf.bsky.social @clevercockierp.bsky.social &co shows that they rapidly adopt novel food via #SocialLearning, with juveniles showing conformist preferences @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4uq6NVq
May 4, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Just shared in Biology Letters @royalsociety:
👉 Lars Chittka:
“Bumblebees don’t just copy — they evaluate when social cues are useful.”
Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
#Bees #SocialLearning #AnimalBehaviour #BiologyLetters #TheRoyalSociety
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Not AI-resistant. Not AI-integrated. AI-aware.
@anetv.bsky.social, @marcwatkins.bsky.social & @derekbruff.bsky.social joined Eric Mazur on #SocialLearning Amplified
500+ already registered for the Perusall Engage book event starting July 6th - join: www.perusall.com/engage
🎧 www.perusall.com/podcast
July 1, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Our new study on “Overimitation in Assistance Dogs and Family Dogs” has just been published 🥳😍

doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...

#PhD #published #dogscience #assistancedogs #familydogs #overimitation #sociallearning
October 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM
New publication: Family life is critical for migration and survival in a long-lived social #bird, by @hanslinssen.bsky.social @bartnolet.bsky.social and others. #Bewicksswan #sociallearning #waterfowl #biodiversity
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
September 17, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Hi all! I'm Zoë, I study animal behavior, mostly in #primates 🐒 I'm near the end of my PhD exploring stone tool use by white-faced capuchins living on an uninhabited island 🏝️ using camera traps 📷 I mostly post about my #science, #animalwelfare and #ethics, #emotions, #culture and #sociallearning
January 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Social information use across trophic guilds: foraging bumble bees learn from lady beetles
#SocialLearning #Cognition #Insects

doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Red Ladybug on Black & White Leaf
ALT: Red Ladybug on Black & White Leaf
static.klipy.com
June 2, 2026 at 10:55 PM
New paper alert 🚨!

Immature gibbons gradually develop their feeding behavior while taking the opportunity to socially learn from their mothers. Learn more by reading our paper!

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#gibbon #sociallearning #ape #primates
Developmental Changes in Feeding Behavior and Maternal Influences in Wild Javan Gibbons (Hylobates moloch) - International Journal of Primatology
Immature primates acquire skills through social learning from more experienced individuals. The needing-to-learn hypothesis posits that prolonged juvenility evolved to support such social learning und...
link.springer.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Congratulations to first-author Ben Whittaker & the entire team on another publication in Learning & Behavior! 🐦🪺

doi.org/10.3758/s134...

#AnimalBehaviour #SocialLearning #AnimalCognition

Julia Self
PsychUAlberta
Psychonomic Society

3/3
July 21, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Want to set the tone for your class, club, or group?

Start with a collaborative story.

TTRPGs help kids practice being people—together.

#BackToSchool #SEL #RPGed #SocialLearning #ClassroomCulture
August 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Use Social Learning Theory at Work

Learn how to apply social learning theory in the workplace to improve teamwork, knowledge sharing.

Read the full guide here: slidestack.com/blog/how-to-...

#WorkplaceLearning #SocialLearning #Leadership #EmployeeTraining #Business #Teamwork #PowerPoint
June 3, 2026 at 6:02 AM
New preprint by
@annalinavmayer.bsky.social and team members together with @tobikube.bsky.social
💫

„Self-esteem modulates beneficial causal attributions in the formation of novel self-beliefs“

#affectedbeliefs #sociallearning #beliefformation

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Self-esteem modulates beneficial causal attributions in the formation of novel self-beliefs
Healthy individuals typically attribute successes to internal causes, such as their abilities, and failures to external factors, like bad luck. In contrast, individuals with depression and low self-es...
www.biorxiv.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Chimpanzees in Zambia have started a new trend: sticking blades of grass in their ears and butts. It’s not grooming. It’s fashion. And it's spreading. #Primates #AnimalCulture #Chimpanzee #SocialLearning #Primatology #PrimateCulture #AnimalBehavior
The Grass-Fashioned Chimpanzees of Zambia
What a Blade of Grass Can Teach Us About Primate Culture
www.primatology.net
July 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In social learning:

Done by the people and done with the people…

BEATS

done to the people!

#LT25uk #change #sociallearning
April 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
What's the best learning model for conference sessions? Uncovered learning, providing active learning that uses all the resources in the room.

www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev...

#meetings #EventDesign #learning #model #SocialLearning #covered #discovered #uncovered #eventprofs
July 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
'Evolutionary biology of social expertise' by Dukas & Bailey (2024): 'there is evidence that individuals in many species keep refining their social skills with experience throughout life.' #evolution #ehbea #biology #sociallearning

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Evolutionary biology of social expertise
There is increasing evidence that competent handling of social interactions among conspecifics has positive effects on individual fitness. While individual variation in social competence has been app...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 1, 2024 at 2:45 PM