Results of Experiment 3: Is consistency the key?
I know it’s been a while since my previous lab note, but it’s been a busy summer of conference travel, teaching, and research. But the academic term is starting up again, and amidst preparing for ...
Results, Part 2
In the previous lab note, I presented in detail the results from the first experiment. To recap, birds trained to peck at an icon as soon as it appeared on the screen. Each presentation consisted ...
Results are in!
I know it’s been quite a while since you heard from me, but that’s because Julia and I (and our pigeons) have been very busy for the past 7 months going through behavioral training and testing for ...
Meet the flock!
I know it's been a while since you've heard from us. The Fall quarter was a very busy time. I'm just about finished with teaching two courses (an upper division course on Comparative Psychobiology,...
Why pigeons?
This morning, I took this photo of a flock of lovely wild pigeons foraging on grain. This reminded me of a question someone asked me recently. Question: "Can we expect the visual pr...
A mini lab tour
Hey there! We're excited that the campaign has been going well. I thought it was time to provide a bit more info on the lab itself. This is just a brief post that will be part 1. More parts will fo...
A movie to show our procedure.
Object-Place Learning in Birds from Aaron BlaisdellHi!I created this movie to explain our methods, and walk you through the procedure. In the movie, I explain how the various behavioral tests we...
We've found our pigeons!
We thought about catching our pigeons from the wild (or the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, where pigeons are almost as abundant as people!). But, we wouldn't know the age and health status o...
Cindy Wu