Please note all presentations are in the Australian Hearing Hub Lecture Theatre.
MONDAY 2nd FEBRUARY
9.00am – 9.30am: Arrival
9.30am – 9.45am: Welcome, Prof. Martina Möllering, Acting Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University
9.45am – 11.00am: Prof. Russell Gray, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History/University of Auckland, Title: Neither a romantic nor a killjoy: some Bayesian thoughts about debates on animal minds.
11.00am – 11.30am: Morning Tea, Australian Hearing Hub Atrium
11.30am -12.45pm: Assoc. Prof. Kristin Andrews, York University, Title: Field and Lab: Different methods, different questions, and different answers
12.45pm – 1.45pm: Lunch, Australian Hearing Hub Atrium
1.45pm – 3.00 pm: Dr. Andrea Griffin, University of Newcastle, Title: Cognitive mechanisms of innovative problem solving in birds: Findings from a highly successful ecological invader
3.-00pm - 4.15pm: Dr. Brian Huss, York University, Title: Type I and Type II Errors in Animal Cognition Research
4.15pm-4.45pm: Coffee Break, Australian Hearing Hub Atrium
4.45pm – 6.00pm: Prof. Peter Godfrey-Smith, CUNY/University of Sydney, Title: Evolution, Cognition, and Consciousness
TUESDAY 3rd FEBRUARY
9.30am – 10.45am: Dr. Rachael Brown, Macquarie University, Title: Assessing the prospects of the bottom-up approach to comparative psychology
10.45am – 11.15am: Morning Tea, Australian Hearing Hub Atrium
11.15am – 12.30pm: Dr. Alex Taylor, University of Auckland, Title: The signature testing approach to the evolution of intelligence
12.30pm - 1.30pm: Lunch, Australian Hearing Hub Atrium
1.30pm: Close of public program
2pm-5pm: Roundtable discussion for speakers with opening commentary by Professor Kim Sterelny, Australian National University (Rm707, Bdg w6A).
MONDAY 2nd FEBRUARY
9.00am – 9.30am: Arrival
9.30am – 9.45am: Welcome, Prof. Martina Möllering, Acting Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University
9.45am – 11.00am: Prof. Russell Gray, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History/University of Auckland, Title: Neither a romantic nor a killjoy: some Bayesian thoughts about debates on animal minds.
11.00am – 11.30am: Morning Tea, Australian Hearing Hub Atrium
11.30am -12.45pm: Assoc. Prof. Kristin Andrews, York University, Title: Field and Lab: Different methods, different questions, and different answers
12.45pm – 1.45pm: Lunch, Australian Hearing Hub Atrium
1.45pm – 3.00 pm: Dr. Andrea Griffin, University of Newcastle, Title: Cognitive mechanisms of innovative problem solving in birds: Findings from a highly successful ecological invader
3.-00pm - 4.15pm: Dr. Brian Huss, York University, Title: Type I and Type II Errors in Animal Cognition Research
4.15pm-4.45pm: Coffee Break, Australian Hearing Hub Atrium
4.45pm – 6.00pm: Prof. Peter Godfrey-Smith, CUNY/University of Sydney, Title: Evolution, Cognition, and Consciousness
TUESDAY 3rd FEBRUARY
9.30am – 10.45am: Dr. Rachael Brown, Macquarie University, Title: Assessing the prospects of the bottom-up approach to comparative psychology
10.45am – 11.15am: Morning Tea, Australian Hearing Hub Atrium
11.15am – 12.30pm: Dr. Alex Taylor, University of Auckland, Title: The signature testing approach to the evolution of intelligence
12.30pm - 1.30pm: Lunch, Australian Hearing Hub Atrium
1.30pm: Close of public program
2pm-5pm: Roundtable discussion for speakers with opening commentary by Professor Kim Sterelny, Australian National University (Rm707, Bdg w6A).