Lincoln School of Psychology News
Wildlife tourists frequently fail to identify aggressive and distressed emotional states in wild monkeys – mistaking animals’ warnings of aggression for ‘smiles’ and ‘kisses’. This can lead to welfare problems for primates and risk of injury for people, according to new research published by members of the School of Psychology. A new study by a team of…
New seminar by Professor Professor Aubrey Fine on Animal-Assisted Interventions at the Crossroads. All welcome! 3-4pm, Co-op Lecture Theatre, Minerva Building. Refreshments from 2.45pm Professor Aubrey Fine, Education professor at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, and practitioner in Claremont, California is currently this side of the Atlantic on sabbatical. Professor Fine is a distinguished professor…
Lamine Mohamed Benrabah, a MRes student working on a joint project run by the Schools of Psychology and of Life Sciences, has been awarded a prestigious conservation grant from the Primate Society of Great Britain. This grant will fund a second season of data collection to estimate the size of the population of Barbary macaques…
Male Barbary macaques form social bonds similar to human friendships to protect against disease and death, an international study has revealed. Researchers studying wild Barbary macaque males living in their natural habitat in the Middle Atlas Mountains in Morocco discovered that keeping a few close male associates buffered against day-to-day stressors, decreasing the levels of…
The November issue of National Geographic features research conducted in Morocco by members of the School of Psychology and fantastic pictures of the monkeys taken by Francisco Mingorance. Francisco is a Spanish photographer who has spent long hours with the monkeys to get the right picture!