Slide 1:The Evolution of Brain, Cognition and Social Intelligence.Simon Reader & Johan Bolhuis Jim Frazier New Scientist 17 July 2004


Slide 2:The Evolution of Brain, Cognition and Social Intelligence. A three day meeting: A day of academic lectures open to all A day of discussion A day of intensive workshops What did we do with the money? Jim Frazier New Scientist 17 July 2004


Slide 3:10 international speakers 120 attendees, from a variety of fields and institutions Free attendance at a centrally located venue


Slide 4:The morning programme: 9.15 Introduction to the meeting (Johan Bolhuis, Behavioural Biology, Utrecht University and Edward de Haan, Helmholtz Research School, Utrecht University) 9.30 Nicola Clayton (Experimental Psychology, Cambridge University, UK): 'The cognition of caching in western scrub-jays'. 10.00 Anders Brodin (Theoretical Ecology, Lund University, Sweden): 'Does spatial memory storage affect hippocampus morphology? Evidence from food hoarding birds'. 10.30 David Sherry (Psychology, University of Western Ontario, Canada): 'Time, place, and neurogenesis in the avian brain'. 11.30 Tecumseh Fitch (Psychology, St. Andrews University, UK): 'The evolution of speech: A comparative approach'. 12.00 Kazuo Okanoya (Chiba University, Japan): 'Sexual selection of syntactical behaviour and the origin of language'.


Slide 5:The afternoon programme: 13.30 Introduction to the afternoon session (Simon Reader, Behavioural Biology, Utrecht University) 13.45 Josep Call (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany): 'Social cognition in chimpanzees'. 14.15 Celia Heyes (Psychology, UCL, UK): 'Imitation as a product and a process of cultural evolution'. 14.45 Kevin Laland (Biology, St. Andrews University, UK): 'Social learning strategies'. 15.45 Peter Richerson (Environmental Science, University of California, Davis, USA): 'Laboratory models of human cultural evolution: Some preliminary results'. 16.15 Robert Boyd (Anthropology, UCLA, USA): 'Modelling the evolution of social learning'. 17.00-18.00 Drinks


Slide 6:The Evolution of Brain, Cognition and Social Intelligence. 26 participants in a closed session Morning: Speech, theory of mind and language evolution Afternoon: Evolution and learning strategies Thursday October 28th: A day of discussion Jim Frazier New Scientist 17 July 2004


Slide 7:The Evolution of Brain, Cognition and Social Intelligence. Three teams: Boyd, Heyes, Reader, Richerson. Evolution and learning strategies Call, Goossens, Sterck. Primate social cognition Bolhuis, Gobes, Sherry. Evolution of brain, learning and memory Friday October 29th: Intensive workshops Jim Frazier New Scientist 17 July 2004


Slide 8:The Evolution of Brain, Cognition and Social Intelligence. New collaborations Review papers Evolution of spatial memory and the hippocampus (Bolhuis, Brodin) Proposals in preparation Bolhuis, Brodin, Sherry: proposal intended for Human Frontiers Submitted proposal to the NWO Evolution and Behaviour programme Delivered results Jim Frazier New Scientist 17 July 2004


Slide 9:The Evolution of Brain, Cognition and Social Intelligence. Project team: Reader (PI), Boyd (UCLA), Donders (UU), Heyes (UCL), Laland (St. Andrews), Lefebvre (McGill), Meeus (UU), Richerson (UC Davis). ‘Living in an uncertain world: innovate or imitate?’ Jim Frazier New Scientist 17 July 2004


Slide 10:The Evolution of Brain, Cognition and Social Intelligence. New collaborations Review papers Proposals in preparation Submitted proposal to the NWO Evolution and Behaviour programme Delivered results Jim Frazier New Scientist 17 July 2004