Why do animals behave certain ways? In this ongoing class, we will discuss the psychology of animals, or comparative psychology. Comparative psychology is the scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of non-human animals. 

Here's how the class will be structured. During the first half of class, I will explain a research article from a scientific journal. During the second half of class, we will discuss the article using guided discussion questions. Learners will have the opportunity to ask questions and share their thoughts about the research.

Learners are welcome to join and leave at any time. I will continually update our schedule below.

Week of November 11th: Exploring horses’ (Equus caballus) gaze and asymmetric ear position in relation to human attentional cues

Week of November 18th: Capybara responses to varying levels of predation risk

Week of November 25th: NO CLASS

Week of December 2nd: Measuring self-control in a wild songbird using a spatial discounting task

Week of December 9th: Do sheep (Ovis aries) discriminate human emotional odors?

Week of December 16th: Hearing “number”?: Relative quantity judgments through the echolocation by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).

Week of December 23: NO CLASS

Week of December 30th: NO CLASS