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9th June 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Sarah Smeltz who successfully defended her MSc today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4th June 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Prateek Sahu and the SNL on a new publication to appear in Biology Open! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sahu, P. K., Nottebrock, K., Ratch, J., Smeltz, S. M. L., Stenstrom, K. H., Deimeke, M. J., & Sturdy, C. B. (2026). Differential behavioural response of black-capped chickadees to predator wingbeats and vocalizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st June 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SNL was represented at the CSBBCS conference at York University this year by our own Patrick Curstain! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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23rd April 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out Prateek Sahu’s guest post<\/a> for Raspberry Pi on his use of Rasberry Pi for conducting preference studies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18th April 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SNL was pleased to attend the annual Conference on Comparative Cognition hosted by the Comparative Cognition Society in Montreal! Prateek Sahu and Moriah Deimeke each presented excellent talks, while Katie Stenstrom and Sarah Smeltz each presented a poster. An extra congratulations to Katie who won Best Student Poster, and to Sarah who won Best Student Paper!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4th April 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Listen to Songbird Neuroethology Lab and Department of Psychology PhD student, Prateek Sahu, tell CBC\/Radio-Canada about what makes birdsong sexy!

https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/listen\/live-radio\/1-52-radio-active\/clip\/16206412-what-makes-birdsong-attractive-birds<\/a>

Funded by Government of Alberta Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat (TIPS) University of Alberta Faculty of Science and the Department of Psychology at the University of Alberta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18 March 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Mo[riah] Deimeke who convocated with their MSc on Tuesday 18 March 2026!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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24 February 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Prateek Sahu and the rest of the SNL on a new registered report accepted to appear in PLOS ONE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sahu, P.K., Deimeke, M.J., Garcia, A.D., Stenstrom, K.H., Smeltz, S.M.L., Wang, Y., Ratch, J., Sturdy., C.B. (accepted 20 February 2026). Re-examining hidden fitness: Female preferences for long-path songs in zebra finches. Registered report to appear in PLOS ONE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
16 January 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Sarah Smeltz from the SNL who won best student paper <\/a>from the Comparative Cognition Society!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
05 January 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Katie Stenstrom and the rest of the SNL on an excellent new publication!

Stenstrom, K.H., Deimeke, M.J., Sahu, P.K., Smeltz, S.M.L., Sturdy, C.B.  (accepted 22 December 2025). What is rescue anyway: A comprehensive review of rescue and rescue adjacent behaviour across taxa. Manuscript to appear in Animal Behavior & Cognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10 December 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Katie Stenstrom and the rest of the SNL on an excellent new publication!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stenstrom, K.H., Deimeke, M.J., Sahu, P.K., Smeltz, S.M.L., Sturdy, C.B.  (accepted 10 December 2025). Risk versus reward: A systematic review on the threat mobbers face. Manuscript to appear in Animal Behavior & Cognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
26 November 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Dr. Jenna Congdon and the rest of the SNL members on an excellent new publication soon to appear in Learning & Behavior!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congdon, J.V., Skurdal, A.M.M., Campbell, K.A., Hahn, A.H., & Sturdy, C.B. (accepted 26 November 2025). Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus<\/em>) behavioural responses to avian and mammalian predator mounts of varying threat levels. Manuscript to appear in Learning & Behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
19 November 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Katie Stenstrom who convocated with their MSc on Tuesday 18 November 2025!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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22 September 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Prateek Sahu and the rest of the SNL collaborators on a great new publication!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sahu, P.K., Garcia, A.D., Stenstrom, K.H., Deimeke, M.J., Smeltz, S.M.L., Lank, I.J., Sturdy, C.B. (accepted 21 September 2025). A cost-effective Raspberry Pi-based operant playback setup to evaluate auditory preferences in songbirds. Manuscript to appear in Behavioural Processes. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.beproc.2025.105276<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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12 September 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Moriah Deimeke who successfully defended their Masters thesis!<\/p>\n\n\n
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11 June 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Katharine Stenstrom who successfully defended their Masters thesis this afternoon! <\/p>\n\n\n
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17 April 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moriah has been awarded best graduate student poster for the poster they presented below! Congratulations!<\/p>\n\n\n
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08 April 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Sarah Smeltz and the rest of the SNL on a fabulous new publication accepted today!
Smeltz, S.M.L, Deimeke, M.J., Montenegro, C., Sahu, P.K., Stenstrom, K.H., Camacho-Alp\u00edzar, A., & Sturdy, C.B. (Accepted 8 April 2025). Individual Discrimination Within, but Not Between, Two Vocalization Types of the Black-Capped Chickadee. Manuscript to appear in Ethology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13 Feb 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
We welcome Patrick to the lab as an MSc student this September! Congratulations Patrick!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
24 Jan 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to SarahSmeltz and the rest of the SNL on the newest publication to appear in Behavioural Processes!
Smeltz, Deimeke, Sahu, Montenegro, Stenstrom, Starenchak, Rennie, Ebrahim, Jones, & Sturdy (accepted 24 January 2025). Individual vocal identity may be obscured following colony assembly in captive black-capped chickadees. Behavioural Processes. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.beproc.2025.105151<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
23 May 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Great new publication from the SNL and colleagues!

Nicoldis, E., Petursdottir, A., Sturdy, C.B.  (Accepted). Behaviourism and language acquisition. International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 3rd Edition, Elsevier Reference Collection in Social Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
26 April 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Sarah Smeltz who was awarded Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master\u2019s (NSERC)<\/a> and a Walter H Johns Graduate Fellowship!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
4 April 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Alex Garcia who was awarded an NSERC USRA!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
28 Match 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Listen to Chris talking about songbird accents in a podcast episode of Outside\/In<\/a><\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
14 November 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Prateek Sahu and Sarah Smeltz who were awarded Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarships (AGES)!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
7 August 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Moriah Deimeke on a great first authored paper!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deimeke, M.J., & Sturdy, C.B. Animal cognition: Wild mountain chickadees follow the abstract rules, Current Biology, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cub.2023.06.059<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
28 February 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations, Moriah Deimeke<\/a> on winning the URI<\/a> University of Alberta Award for Outstanding Mentorship in Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities!!! So well deserved!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
6 February 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Kimberley Campbell and rest of the SNL lab members and collaborators on a newly accepted paper!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Campbell, K.A., Hoeschele, M., Mann, D., Congdon, J.V., Scully, E.N., Mischler, S.K., Montenegro, C., Service, W.D., & Sturdy, C.B. (Accepted 6 February 2023). Black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus<\/em>) discriminate between naturally-ordered and scramble-ordered chick-a-dee<\/em> calls and individual preference is related to rate of learning. Manuscript accepted for publication in Behavioural Processes<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13 January 202<\/strong>3<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We welcome Sarah Smeltz to the lab as an MSc student this September! (Sarah on the right pictured with former lab member, Victoria, at graduation)<\/p>\n\n\n
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17 November 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Prateek Sahu, Kina Montenegro, Connor Lambert, Alex Oprea, Moriah Deimeke, Victoria Rennie, Sarah Smeltz, Thomas Benowicz, Divya Patel, and Leslie Phillmore on a great new paper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sahu, P.K., Montenegro, C., Lambert, C.T., Oprea, A., Deimeke, M.J., Rennie, V., Smeltz, S.M.L, Benowicz, T.J., Patel, D., Phillmore, L.S., & Sturdy, C.B.<\/strong> (published 17 November 2022). Effect of feed-time duration on discrimination of vocalizations in a go\/no-go operant paradigm, Behavioural Processes, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.beproc.2022.104777<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
25 August 2022
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<\/strong>Welcome our newest lab member, Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr. John Anthony Jones!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
22 June 2022

<\/strong>Congratulations to Prateek Sahu for passing his MSc this afternoon!

14 June 2022

Congratulations to our newest graduates, Victoria Rennie and Sarah Smeltz!

2 June 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Jenna Congdon gets a tenure-track job at Concordia University of Edmonton! See her full Instagram announcement in the photos above!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6 May 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Jenna Congdon, Allison Hahn, Kim Campbell, Erin Scully, Shannon Mischler, Kina Montenegro, and Will Service on on a great new paper!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congdon, J.V., Hahn, A.H., Campbell, K.A., Scully, E.N., Mischler, S.K., Montenegro, C., Service, W.D.<\/strong>, & Sturdy, C.B.<\/strong> (accepted 6 May 2022). Discrimination of high- and low-threat vocalizations: An examination of referential communication in black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus<\/em>) mobbing calls.  Manuscript to appear in Animal Behavior and Cognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
21 April 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Prateek Sahu, Kim Campbell, Alex Oprea and Leslie Phillmore on on a great new paper!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sahu, P.K., Campbell, K.A., Oprea, A., Phillmore, L.S. & Sturdy, C.B. (accepted 4 May 2022). Comparing methodologies for classification of zebra finch distance calls. Manuscript to appear in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3 May 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
New Position: Postdoctoral Researcher in the SNL! Details here<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
21 April 2022

Congratulations to Bernard Wagner and Marisa Hoeschele on a great new paper!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wagner, B., Sturdy, C., Weisman, R.G., Hoeschele, M. (accepted 21 April 2022). Pitch chroma information is processed in addition to pitch height information with more than two pitch range categories. Manuscript to appear in Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6 April 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
SNL Alumna Marisa Hoeschele has been awarded the Comparative Cognition Society’s <\/strong>Early Career Award for 2022!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
31 March 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations and welcome to Michelle Gao, who will be joining the lab this spring and summer as an NSERC USRA<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7-8 March 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our honors students, Inaara Ebrahim, Sarah Smeltz, and Victoria Rennie presented their research at the Department of Psychology’s Royce Harder Research Conference!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
19 February 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to the ACRG<\/a> and SNL<\/a> for a great new collaborative publication!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lambert, C.T., Sahu, P.K., Sturdy, C.B.<\/strong>, & Guillette, L.M. (in press 19 February 2022). Among-individual differences in auditory and physical cognitive abilities in zebra finches. Manuscript to appear in Learning & Behavior<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
10 September 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Kina Monetenegro and Prateek Sahu in the SNL for an excellent new publication!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Montenegro, C., Sahu, P., & Sturdy, C.B. (Accepted 10 September 2020). Individual acoustic differences in female black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus<\/em>) fee-bee songs. Manuscript to appear in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10 August 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Kina Monetenegro and the other members of the SNL for an excellent new publication!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200bMontenegro, C., Service, W.D., Scully, E.N., Mischler, S.K., Benowicz, T., Fox, K.V., Sahu, P., & Sturdy, C.B.<\/strong> (2021). The impact of anthropogenic noise on individual identification via female song in black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus<\/em>). Scientific Reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b20 July 2021
SNL alumnus, Dr. Marc Avey, has been named the Director of Standards by the The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC)<\/a>! Congratulations, Marc!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8 July 2021
Congratulations to Kina Montenegro who defended her PhD today in fine form! Nicely done, Dr. Montenegro!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
30 June 2021
Kina Montenegro defends her PhD 8 July 2021!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
16 April 2021
I am very happy to welcome Katharine Stenstrom as an MSc student starting in the Songbird Neuroethology Laboratory this September! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
19 March 2021
Our very own Dr. Jenna Congdon is heading off to start her NSERC <\/a>and Mitacs Postdoctoral Fellowships<\/a> with one of my favourite colleagues and friend, Dr. Suzanne MacDonald<\/a> at York University<\/a> and the Toronto Zoo<\/a>! I am excited to see the results of their exciting research!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 March 2021
I am very happy to welcome Holly Starenchak as a PhD student starting in the Songbird Neuroethology Laboratory this September! Here <\/a>is a video of Holly presenting some of her work on parrot welfare and cognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
15 January 2021
The SNL welcomes Andres Camillo Martinez Rodriguez who is visiting from the National University of Colombia on an Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) Scholarship<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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16 December 2020
Chris Sturdy’s Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Animal Cognition, Communication, and Neuroethology<\/strong> was announced today<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many thanks to the University of Alberta<\/a>, Faculty of Science<\/a>, Faculty of Arts<\/a>, Department of Psychology<\/a>, Canada Research Chairs<\/a> program, Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada<\/a>, Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science, and Technology (WISEST)<\/a>, and the Undergraduate Research Initiative (URI) <\/a>for the outstanding research support!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
26 October 2020
New publication from Dr. Lauren Guillette and Chris Sturdy http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1037\/cep0000233\u2026<\/a> to lead off our Special Issue: Comparative Cognition and Cognitive Ecology https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/PsycARTICLES\/journal\/cep\/74\/3\u2026<\/a>
\u200bGuillette, L.M., and Sturdy, C.B. (2020). Unifying psychological and biological approaches to understanding animal cognition. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology. DOI: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1037\/cep0000233<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guillette, L.M., and Sturdy, C.B. (2020). Unifying psychological and biological approaches to understanding animal cognition. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology. DOI: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1037\/cep0000233<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b16 September 2020
Congratulations to Jenna Congdon, the SNL, and collaborators on a great new publication!
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Congdon, J.V., Hahn, A.H., Campbell, K.A., Scully, E.N., Yip, D.A., Bayne, E.M. & Sturdy, C.B.<\/strong> (accepted 16 September 2020). Can you hear me now? The effect of signal degradation on perceived predator threat in black-capped chickadees. Manuscript to appear in Animal Cognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6 August 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Graduate Student Opportunities, Songbird Neuroethology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Fall 2021<\/strong>
I have an opening in my laboratory for one or possibly two excellent graduate students beginning in September 2021 for students  interested in pursuing graduate studies in comparative cognition and behaviour, including the neurobiological and developmental correlates of perception and cognition. The official application deadline is 15 January 2021 to be considered for admission beginning in September 2021, however, applications will be reviewed as soon as they are complete. Please refer to our departmental web pages<\/a> for information about our department and our graduate program<\/a>, and to my own<\/a> and our laboratory web pages<\/a> for information about current research in my laboratory.
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I work hard to ensure that my graduate students have all the necessary resources at their disposal to complete their research and enhance their graduate training experience. My laboratory has recently undergone a complete update to my operant conditioning setup, and continues to maintain excellent facilities for investigating all aspects of brain, behaviour, and cognition in songbirds and humans. Moreover, my graduate students routinely attend local, national, and international conferences to disseminate their research findings as well as to network and establish contacts with like-minded scientists from other institutions. Importantly, my students and I publish their research in top journals, with many of my graduate students finishing with several publications from their time in my laboratory and move onto successful careers after finishing their time in my laboratory. See “SNL Alumni” section of “Lab Members Page”.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Underrepresented groups, including women, people with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, people of colour, and 2SLGBTQ+ individuals are encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
11 June 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Erin Scully and the rest of the SNL on a new publication!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200bScully, E.N., Montenegro, C., & Sturdy, C.B. (accepted 11 June 2020). Differential immediate early gene activity revealed by playback of male and female incomplete chick-a-dee<\/em> calls. To appear in Behavioral Brain Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18 May 2020
A new blog post<\/a> on the American Ornithological Society website from Kina Montengro!
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17 April 2020
The SNL welcomes Moriah Deimeke, (B.A., New College of Florida<\/a>) as an incoming Qualifying Graduate student starting September 2020! Welcome, Moriah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
17 April 2020
Congratulations to Kina Montenegro who was awarded a Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Graduate Student Teaching Award<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
15 April 2020
Congratulations to Kim Campbell and the rest of the SNL on an having an excellent new paper accepted for publication today!
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Campbell, K.A., Hahn, A.H., Congdon, J.V., Scully, E.N., & Sturdy, C.B.<\/strong> (accepted 15 April 2020). Perception of sex differences in black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus<\/em>) chick-a-dee<\/em> calls. To appear in Animal Behavior and Cognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7 April 2020
Congratulations to Kina Montenegro and the rest of the SNL on an having an excellent new paper accepted for publication today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200bMontenegro, C., Service, W.D., Scully, E.N., Mischler, S.K., Campbell, K.A., & Sturdy, C.B.<\/strong> (accepted 7 April 2020). Black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus<\/em>) can identify individual females by their fee-bee songs. Manuscript to appear in The Auk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6 April 2020
Congratulations to Sarah Smeltz, who was awarded a URI stipend to work with Kina Montenegro and the Songbird Neuroethology Lab to examine individual recognition in female chickadees!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18 March 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Erin Scully who successfully defended her Ph.D. this afternoon!
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15 February 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Dr. Jenna Congdon, SNL members, and collaborators on an excellent new publication!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congdon, J.V., Hahn, A.H., Campbell, K.A., Scully, E.N., Yip, D.A., Bayne, E.M., & Sturdy, C.B.<\/strong> (accepted 15 February 2020). Acoustic discrimination of predators by black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus<\/em>). Manuscript to appear in Animal Cognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13 February 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New SNL Code of Conduct<\/a> goes live!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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6 December 2019
Congratulations on a great new publication from Erin Scully, Kim Campbell, Jenna Congdon, and the SNL!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scully, E.N., Campbell, K.A., Congdon, J.V., & Sturdy, C.B.<\/strong> (In press 6 December 2019). Discrimination of black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus<\/em>) chick-a-dee<\/em> calls produced across seasons. Manuscript to appear in Animal Behaviour and Cognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
28 November 2019
Congratulations on a great new publication from Erin Scully, Juliana Montoya Sanchez, and the SNL!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scully, E.N., Montoya Sanchez, J., & Sturdy, C.B.<\/strong> (Available online 28 November 2019). Abcam Monoclonal Egr-1 ab133695 is an effective primary antibody replacement for Santa Cruz sc-189 polyclonal Egr-1 in songbirds. Heliyon, e02938. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.heliyon.2019.e02938<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
20 November 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Kimberley Campbell and Dr. Jenna Congdon, along with all the other students, who convocated today!
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12 November 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Graduate Student Opportunities, Songbird Neuroethology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Fall 2020<\/strong>
I have an opening in my laboratory for one or possibly two excellent graduate students beginning in September 2020 for students  interested in pursuing graduate studies in comparative cognition and behaviour, including the neurobiological and developmental correlates of perception and cognition. The official application deadline is 15 January 2020 to be considered for admission beginning in September 2020, however, applications will be reviewed as soon as they are complete. Please refer to our departmental web pages<\/a> for information about our department and our graduate program<\/a>, and to my own<\/a> and our laboratory web pages<\/a> for information about current research in my laboratory.
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I work hard to ensure that my graduate students have all the necessary resources at their disposal to complete their research and enhance their graduate training experience. My laboratory has recently undergone a complete update to my operant conditioning setup, and continues to maintain excellent facilities for investigating all aspects of brain, behaviour, and cognition in songbirds and humans. Moreover, my graduate students routinely attend local, national, and international conferences to disseminate their research findings as well as to network and establish contacts with like-minded scientists from other institutions. Importantly, my students and I publish their research in top journals, with many of my graduate students finishing with several publications from their time in my laboratory and move onto successful careers after finishing their time in my laboratory. See “SNL Alumni” section of “Lab Members Page”.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Underrepresented groups, including women, people with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, people of colour, and 2SLGBTQ+ individuals are encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b23 September 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Dr. Kim Campbell and Stephanie Thunberg on a new publication and presentation in Canadian Acoustics and at the annual meeting! 
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Campbell, K.A., Thunberg, S., & Sturdy, C.B.<\/strong> (2019). Features of male and female-produced song in black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus<\/em>) change between seasons. Canadian Acoustics – Acoustique canadienne, 47(3), 36-27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18 September 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Katelyn Fox <\/strong>who won best undergraduate poster at the University of Alberta Senate “Show and Tell: A Student Research Celebration<\/a>” ! Katelyn was supervised by Dr. Shannon Mischler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
19 August 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Dr. Kimberley Campbell <\/strong>who successfully defended her Ph.D. today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
16 August 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Dr. Jenna Congdon <\/strong>who successfully defended her Ph.D. today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
16 May 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Jenna Congdon and the rest of the SNL and collaborators for an excellent new publication!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congdon, J. V., Hahn, A. H.*, Filippi, P.*, Campbell, K. A.*, Hoang, J., Scully, E. N., Bowling, D. L., Reber, S. A., & Sturdy, C. B.<\/strong> (accepted 16 May 2019). Hear them roar: A comparison of black-capped chickadee (Poecile<\/em>atricapillus<\/em>) and human (Homo sapiens<\/em>) perception of arousal in vocalizations across all classes of terrestrial vertebrates. Manuscript to appear in Journal of Comparative Psychology.
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14 April 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stoked to welcome Prateek Sahu to the Songbird Neuroethology Lab and @Psych_UAlberta<\/a> at @UAlberta<\/a>@ualbertaScience<\/a>@UofA_Arts<\/a> as a new MSc student September 2019!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
28 March 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congrats to Katelyn Fox and Thomas Benowicz who won @UAlberta<\/a> Undergraduate Research Initiative Stipends to work in the Songbird Neuroethology Lab @Psych_UAlberta<\/a>! Thomas also won an @NSERC_CRSNG<\/a> USRA! Thank you @NSERC_CRSNG<\/a> and @UAlberta<\/a> for training our future scientists!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4 March 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Chris Sturdy and Jenna Congdon for a new publication!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sturdy, C.B.<\/strong> & Congdon, J.V. (accepted 4 March 2019). Sometimes a stick is just a stick. Manuscript to appear in Learning & Behavior.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
2018<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
October 22 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Kim Campbell and the rest of the SNL members and collaborators on a brand new publication in the SI in honour of the contributions of Dr. Marcia Spetch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Campbell, K. A., Proppe, D. S., Congdon, J. V., Scully, E. N., Mischler, S. K., & Sturdy, C. B. (Accepted 22 October 2018). The effects of anthropogenic noise on feeding behaviour in black-capped chickdaees (Poecile atricapillus<\/em>). Manuscript to appear in Behavioural Processes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
October 19 2018
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Graduate Student Opportunities, Songbird Neuroethology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Fall 2019<\/strong>
I have an opening in my laboratory for one or possibly two excellent graduate students beginning in September 2019 for students  interested in pursuing graduate studies in comparative cognition and behaviour, including the neurobiological and developmental correlates of perception and cognition. The official application deadline is 15 January 2019 to be considered for admission beginning in September 2019, however, applications will be reviewed as soon as they are complete. Please refer to our departmental web pages<\/a> for information about our department and our graduate program<\/a>, and to my own<\/a> and our laboratory web pages<\/a> for information about current research in my laboratory.
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I work hard to ensure that my graduate students have all the necessary resources at their disposal to complete their research and enhance their graduate training experience. My laboratory has recently undergone a complete update to my operant conditioning setup, and continues to maintain excellent facilities for investigating all aspects of brain, behaviour, and cognition in songbirds and humans. Moreover, my graduate students routinely attend local, national, and international conferences to disseminate their research findings as well as to network and establish contacts with like-minded scientists from other institutions. Importantly, my students and I publish their research in top journals, with many of my graduate students finishing with several publications from their time in my laboratory and move onto successful careers after finishing their time in my laboratory. See “SNL Alumni” section of “Lab Members Page”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7 June 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to the SNL and collaborators on a great new publication!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scully, E.Nwww.psych.ualberta.ca\/info\/scshowperson.php?id=413<\/a>., Schuldhaus, B.C., Congdon, J.V.<\/a>, Hahn, A.H.<\/a>, Campbell, K.A.<\/a>, Wilson, D.R.<\/a>, & Sturdy, C.B.<\/strong> (In press 7 June 2018). ZENK expression in the auditory pathway of black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus<\/em>) as a function of D note number and duty cycle of chick-a-dee<\/em> calls. Manuscript to appear in Behavioural Brain Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b18 April 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to Will Service who was just awarded an NSERC CGS-M<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5-6 April 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Juliana Montoya-Sanchez won Best Undergraduate Poster at the Royce-Harder Research Conference (photos above)! Congratulations!
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3 April – 8 April 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kim Campbell, Jenna Congdon, Erin Scully, and Chris Sturdy traveled to Melbourne Beach Florida and presented research from the SNL at the 25 International Conference on Comparative Cognition<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2017
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16 October 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to the SNL and collaborators on an excellent new publication!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sturdy, C.B.<\/strong>, & Nicoladis, E.N.<\/a> (Accepted 16 October 2017). How much of language acquisition does operant conditioning explain?<\/a> To appear in Frontiers in Psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7 October 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to the SNL and collaborators on an excellent new publication!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200bApol, C.A., Sturdy, C.B.<\/strong>, &, Proppe, D.S. (Published online 14 October 2017). Lack of seasonal variation in habitat may have facilitated the loss of a song in the boreal chickadee.<\/a> Evolutionary Ecology. DOI: 10.1007\/s10682-017-9921-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
30 August 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Welcome our new lab members!<\/p>\n\n\n\n