PhD student: network theory & modelling in animal behaviour & welfare, ASAB certificated clinical animal behaviourist (CCAB). @TomRowland@mastodon.social
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Looking forward to giving the talk below at 8pm on 15th November as part of the applying ethology webinar series.
I'll also be giving a short talk on 13/12 at the @AnimalWelfareRN workshop on social network analysis explaining how these networks are different to social networks
Have you ever thought of animal welfare as a network system?
Find out more in our next webinar when @ThomasRowland90 will share the basics of statistical network modelling applied to animal welfare.
Date: November 15th
Time: 8 pm CET
Register here:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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PNAS recently contributed to the emerging alphabet soup in psychological science with yet another alphabet paper; this time authors found the 'i factor' for impulsivity.
Here a rebuttal by @OrestisZavlis and yours truly.
eiko-fried.com/no-evidence-f…
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My book The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI is out 15 August. Sign up at edgeofsentience.com for a free PDF - and use code AAFLYG6 to get 30% off a printed copy at global.oup.com/academic/prod…
I will add that the majority of vets are amazing, and we all respect each others expertise and work together all for the benefit of the patient. But man when I encounter these sorts of situations it’s soul destroying
I’ve had vets say to clients your dog isn’t in pain because they’ve seen very painful lame dogs not be ‘reactive’ to dogs as a reason this individual isn’t in pain, despite sudden adult onset agg beh with no other explanation and abnormal gaits!!!!how!!!how!!!
It’s scenarios like these which push me further and further away from being able to tolerate clinical behaviour practice and to instead focus on research
In todays day and age clinical behaviourists still encounter referring vets who can’t possibly fathom a dog might be in pain and not show it on routine exam and tell clients to be the alpha to their dog despite knowing they are under the care of an appropriately qualified CAB
Life skills for puppies book by Helen zulch is useful for puppy raising. And classes by someone on ABTC register or a CCAB. Enjoy your pup, we’re getting a new arrival soon as well.
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If you'd like a print copy of The Edge of Sentience, you can pre-order one now for £30 (amzn.eu/d/dIb1AuN). And if you're satisfied with a free PDF copy, you can sign up to get one now at (edgeofsentience.com).
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A preview of the contents page of my book The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI - out 15 August, open access online and in print (edgeofsentience.com).
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Thomas Szasz's argument: simple, popular, superficial, and wrong. But why?
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Antipsychiatrist: "Psychiatry has claimed that mental disorders are 'dysfunctions' & it has used convoluted reasoning in an attempt to support this claim"
Response: Dysfunction is already found...
Psychiatry has tied itself into a Gordian knot as complex as brain anatomy. It has long claimed that mental disorder is a "dysfunction in" people to be corrected, and it has used convoluted reasoning in an attempt to support this claim. But, if the dysfunction is ever found, why would the problem still be a mental disorder and something for psychiatry? Wouldn't it then be a neurological disorder (for brain dysfunction), an endocrinological disorder (for hormone dysfunction), a nutritional disorder (for nutrient dysfunction), etc.? If psychiatry ever comes up with this promised evidence of dysfunction, it would run itself out of business as a medical profession. Let's help it along!
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🐇 Let’s Talk Welfare of Pets in Schools
📆 24 April, 7-8pm, Online
Join BVNA, David Allen (RSPCA), Gaynor Davies (British Hen Welfare Trust) & Chris Bennett (Woodgreen Pets Charity) to discuss the welfare of pets being kept in the classroom. More here; members.bvna.org.uk/events/6…
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A Dynamical Systems View of Psychiatric Disorders—Practical Implications jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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When you're so hooked on dog-shows that you drag your old lame dog to @Crufts ...
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We need to retune our empathy to fit the evidence, in relation to both animals and AI. (A clip from an event at Princeton with @jeffrsebo and @KristinAndrewz. The camera angle is weird because it's academia.)
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Presenting next on @AWGN14 is
Dr @LindaGreening4 on the topic ‘On the importance of sleep for animal welfare’.
Date: February 21, 2024, and Time: 1-2 p.m. Nigerian time. Register via docs.google.com/forms/d/14Gc… @UFAW_1926 @appliedethology
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🚨PhD alert!🚨
Are you experienced in data science, machine learning, or related fields? Intrigued by farm animal behaviour and welfare?
We're offering a PhD position focusing on the automatisation of cognitive bias paradigms. 🐷🐐
Apply now!
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2 lessons here.
(1) Verbal theories are tied to researchers, so rejection of theories feels like researcher rejection.
Formal theories help: our theory is online, fully transparent (no hidden moderators in a computational model), & false by definition (bc incomplete).
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My new book The EDGE of SENTIENCE: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI will be coming out later this year. There will be a print book and a FREE Open Access PDF. If you'd like a free PDF on release day, you can sign up for updates now: sites.google.com/view/edgeof…
ALT Illustration of a crab by (Anat) Anna Zeligowski.
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Abstract submission for #UFAW2024 closes in one week!
We welcome contributions exploring one or more of the disciplines that inform our understanding of animals and their welfare, including applied ethology, veterinary science, physiology and policy ➡️ ufaw.org.uk/porto2024
ALT A graphic with a blue background and an image of the Douro River, Porto. The text reads: Abstract submission now open. 10-11 July 2024, Porto, Portugal. ufaw.org.uk/porto2024