Tag Archives: animal cognition
My lectures at the Minding Animals Conference
From Wednesday July 4 to Friday July 6 the second Minding Animals Conference will be held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, hosted by the Ethics Institute and Faculty of Veterinary Science at Utrecht University. Recently the two abstracts that I submitted … Continue reading
Lecture about the intelligence of dogs
On Saturday 15 September I will give a whole day of lecturing about the scientific research on the intelligence or cognition of dogs. It will be organized in cooperation with Dogschool Feedback. Of course we all believe that dogs are … Continue reading
Minding Animals Conference in Utrecht this July
This July, the second Minding Animals Conference will be held at Utrecht University in The Netherlands. It is organized by Minding Animals International, an organisation that “provides an avenue for the transdisciplinary field of Animal Studies to be more responsive … Continue reading
Filed under Animal Consciousness, Animal Ethics
Two new interesting books
This year two interesting books were published that I’d like to give special mention here. The first book is called Unlikely friendships: 47 remarkable stories from the animal kingdom and is written by the American science journalist Jennifer S. Holland, … Continue reading
Marc Bekoff in The Netherlands
On Saturday April 2 and Sunday April 3 Marc Bekoff was in The Netherlands for a seminar. The ethologist Marc Bekoff is a former professor of Ecology en Evolutionairy Biology at the University of Colorado in Boulder and he has … Continue reading
Filed under Animal Communication, Animal Consciousness, Animal Ethics, General
Hello everyone!
Welcome to my blog everyone! I am a psychologist and philosopher from the Netherlands who has worked with signing chimpanzees. In this blog I will post details about my work, my life, and my opinions and thoughts. My main areas … Continue reading
