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International Training Course
on Behavioral and Cognitive Biology

Strategic Partnerships Program of Kyoto University-University of Vienna 

update: 24 Oct 2023

"Primate Vocal Communication and Cognition"

6-10 November 2023

@ Kyoto North Campus and Inuyama Campus of Kyoto University, JAPAN

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The University Vienna/Kyoto University Autumn School is part of a long lasting and fruitful collaboration between the two institutions. Get to know other students as well as leading experts in primate vocal communication and combine lectures with practical experience.

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Language: English

 

Lecturers:

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Date and Place:

6-8 Nov. @ Science Seminar House, North Campus, Kyoto

9-10 Nov. @ Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior, Inuyama Campus

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Only complete applications received by 15th October 2023 will be considered.

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For Students of the Kyoto University, we will be able to support fully travel fees (Shinkansen Express and hotel)!

6 Nov.

9:30- registration

10:00- welcome speech

Masato Nakatsukasa

10:10-11:40 lecture

W. Tecumseh Fitch "Primate Communication and Cognition"

13:00-14:30 lecture

Nicolas Claidière "New insights into the social cognition of non-human primates using automatic cognitive testing"

14:30-16:00 lecture 

Kazuo Okanoya ""

16:00- campus tour

Gao Jie, Ikuma Adachi, Hiroki Koda etc.

17:30- welcome reception

7 Nov.

9:30-  lecture

Coen P. H. Elemans "Embodied motor control of the animal voice"

11:00- bus to Arashiyama

13:00-15:00 field visit @Monkey Park Iwatayama, Arashiyama

Hiroki Koda "Observation of macaque behaviors"

8 Nov.

9:30-   lecture by Christian T. Herbst

11:00-  KURCA talk

Christian T. Herbst "" 

12:15-  bus to BKC Ritsumeikan Univ.

13:30-  practice @ BKC Ritsumeikan Univ.

Christian T. Herbst & Isao T. Tokuda “Sound experiments with excised larynges”

16:30-  bus to Kyoto

17:00-  KURCA poster session with light meals

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move to Inuyama campus

9 Nov.

10:00-11:30   lecture

Hiroki  Koda "Vocal and social behaviors in primates"

13:00-15:00  practice

Hiroki  Koda “Programming for analyses of behaviors”

15:00-  Inuyama castle (National Treasure of Japan)

17:00-  social gathering

10 Nov.

9:00-11:30   practice

Ikuma Adachi  & Gao Jie “Comparative cognitive science in chimpanzees” 

13:00-14:00   practice cont.

14:00-15:30   lecture

Ikuma Adachi “Comparative cognitive science of primates”

sponsored by:

Strategic Partnerships Program of Kyoto University-University of Vienna

Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna

Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior, Kyoto University, Inuyama

 

co-sponsored by:

KURCA Multi-layer Network Research Unit

KAKENHI (S) "Evolutionary foundations of communicative behavior: imitation, empathy, and reward" (to Prof. Kazuo Okanoya)

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financial supported by the Kyoto University-University of Vienna Joint Grant Program 2023

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