Making good decisions: how humans and other animals deal with an uncertain world
PUBLIC SCIENTIFIC MEETING
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
9th FEBRUARY 2010, FROM 6pm
The study of decisions is to ask how and why individuals decide to act in a certain way. This Public Scientific Meeting will integrate contributions from biology, anthropology and psychology. The evening will be chaired by Dr Andrew King, and talks will be given by –
Prof Alex Kacelnik (University of Oxford)
see http://users.ox.ac.uk/~kgroup/people/alexkacelnik.shtml
Prof Peter Ayton (City University)
see http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/~sj361/
Dr Jeffery Stevens (Max Planck Institute for Human Development)
see http://www-abc.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/users/jstevens/
The theme of the meeting will be how humans and other animals with limited time and resources make decisions. The event will have a strong comparative theme, and will take an evolutionary perspective, with discussions of decision-making in species from starlings and pigeons to chimpanzees and people.
It will begin at 6.00pm (doors open from 5.00pm) and talks are scheduled to finish at 7.30pm; admission is free and open to everyone (no advance booking or registration required). This event will be held in the ZSL Meeting Rooms and seats will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
A dinner with the speakers will follow this event and places must be booked in advance. For further information see http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/whats-on/making-decisions-uncertain-world,357,EV.html or alternatively contact Joy Hayward (Scientific Meetings Coordinator, Zoological Society of London) E-mail: joy.hayward@zsl.org or Andrew King (Meeting Organiser) E-mail: andrewjking@live.co.uk
Dr Andrew King
Postdoctoral Researcher
Structure and Motion Laboratory
Royal Veterinary College
Hawkshead Lane, Hatfield
Hertfordshire, AL9 7DY
http://www.rvc.ac.uk/SML/Research_Interests/Index.cfm
E-mail: andrewjking@live.co.uk
IoZ Webpage: http://www.zsl.org/andrewking
Cambridge webpage: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/manica/king.htm
PUBLIC SCIENTIFIC MEETING
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
9th FEBRUARY 2010, FROM 6pm
The study of decisions is to ask how and why individuals decide to act in a certain way. This Public Scientific Meeting will integrate contributions from biology, anthropology and psychology. The evening will be chaired by Dr Andrew King, and talks will be given by –
Prof Alex Kacelnik (University of Oxford)
see http://users.ox.ac.uk/~kgroup/people/alexkacelnik.shtml
Prof Peter Ayton (City University)
see http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/~sj361/
Dr Jeffery Stevens (Max Planck Institute for Human Development)
see http://www-abc.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/users/jstevens/
The theme of the meeting will be how humans and other animals with limited time and resources make decisions. The event will have a strong comparative theme, and will take an evolutionary perspective, with discussions of decision-making in species from starlings and pigeons to chimpanzees and people.
It will begin at 6.00pm (doors open from 5.00pm) and talks are scheduled to finish at 7.30pm; admission is free and open to everyone (no advance booking or registration required). This event will be held in the ZSL Meeting Rooms and seats will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
A dinner with the speakers will follow this event and places must be booked in advance. For further information see http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/whats-on/making-decisions-uncertain-world,357,EV.html or alternatively contact Joy Hayward (Scientific Meetings Coordinator, Zoological Society of London) E-mail: joy.hayward@zsl.org or Andrew King (Meeting Organiser) E-mail: andrewjking@live.co.uk
Dr Andrew King
Postdoctoral Researcher
Structure and Motion Laboratory
Royal Veterinary College
Hawkshead Lane, Hatfield
Hertfordshire, AL9 7DY
http://www.rvc.ac.uk/SML/Research_Interests/Index.cfm
E-mail: andrewjking@live.co.uk
IoZ Webpage: http://www.zsl.org/andrewking
Cambridge webpage: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/manica/king.htm