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Having a meltdown? Do your ears need to hear something funny that will make you laugh, snort or spit your beverage out your mouth? You’ve come to the right place. Welcome to The Twitches Podcast, where we chat about anything and everything in our lives that can make your lives feel a little bit better. We'll discuss our loves lives, work lives, and other peoples issues. Sit back, relax and lets put it all on the table! INSTAGRAM: TheTwitchesPodcast EMAIL:thetwitchespodcast@gmail.com
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A podcast where scientists who study animal cognition talk about their research.
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Scientist and metal drummer Marisa Hoeschele received an honours B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Philosophy at the University of Guelph, Canada in 2006. After that she completed an M.Sc. and PhD in Psychology with a specialization in Comparative Cognition and Behaviour at the University of Alberta, Canada. In 2013 she moved to Vienna as a post-d…
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Woo hoo! This one should be fun. Partly because I'm talking to.a friend and colleague from Algoma University. Also because it will be only the second episode I've done face to face. Jenn Foote came by my podcast studio (OK, look, I have two podcasting studios in my house, because I'm me, so to be clear, she came to Studio B). and we talked about he…
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OK, look, I won't lie, I do love talking to all of the people who have come on the podcast. But, there is one person I've been hoping to talk to since way back in Season 1. It's FIONA CROSS! Fiona got her BSc (Hons) in Psychology in 2001 before she began working with spiders and then she got her MSc (with Distinction) in Zoology in 2003 and her PhD…
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Michael J. Beran is Professor of Psychology and Co-Director of the Language Research Center at Georgia State University. He received his B.A. in Psychology from Oglethorpe University in 1995, his M.A. in 1997, and his Ph.D. in 2002, both from Georgia State University. His research is conducted with human and nonhuman primates, including chimpanzees…
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On today's edition of Spit and Twitches: The Animal Cognition Podcast, I'm joined by Aimee Sue Dunlap. She is an associate professor of biology at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. Aimee got her undergraduate degree in biology, history and English in 2000 from the University of Memphis and then her MS in biology from Northern Arizona Univers…
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Today on the podcast I'm joined by Caroline Strang. Caroline is known for her work with bees, horses, dogs, and scarves. She received her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Toronto where she worked closely with someone you have have heard of, Sara Shettleworth. She then went on to work at the University of Western Ontario wit…
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Only guest with a baseball scholarship Jeff Martin joins me on the podcast this week. He's actually the first non psychologist on the show. He's a biologist or something... Jeff attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU) from 2011-2015 on a baseball scholarship. He earned both a BSc in Health and Sports Science and a second BSc in Biol…
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Jenna was wearing PPE before it was coolYES THE PODCAST IS BACK! I'm really happy to be back doing these. They take some time, so I waited until my next sabbatical. Well, my next sabbatical is NOW. Look, OK, I'm pretty psyched for this, but let's not make this all about me. We open up season 2 with Jenna Congdon, who is a postdoc at York University…
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Episode 5: Dear Valentines Day, you blow!
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Valentines Day hate edition! Just Kidding! We discuss how holidays like these get people all weird and stupid. We also update you on Saša’s love life or lack there of. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/TheTwitches/message
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That one time when we got together and talked about things! Let the holidays and tipsy season begin.Hooker number two was finally introduced….because in Episode 3 we decided to bypass that part, because podcasting is too much fun. And we're random. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/TheTwitches/message…
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Episode 3: Must love dogs!!!
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That one time when the bestie speaks about ‘old school’ dating. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/TheTwitches/message
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Episode 2: Dates, disasters and more!!!!
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Lets be real here for a moment, nothing EVER goes the way we want to when it comes to our dating lives!! So, instead of getting mad over it, lets talk about it. On today's episode Angie and I discuss a few of our dating disasters and not so many disasters. So sit back, relax and sip your coffee, beer or wine as we discuss our dating lives. #HD --- …
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Episode 1: Who are you? Who am I? What the twitch?
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We talk about ourselves. What’s better than that? But for real, you’ll get to know us this way! BBYYYEEEEEEE--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/TheTwitches/message
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Kristy's subjects seem to like her a lot Kristy Biolsi is an Associate Professor of Psychology atSt. Francis College in Brooklyn NY, where she also serves as the Director ofthe BA/MA Program in Applied Psychology. She is a co-editor for the journal AquaticMammals, serves on the editorial board for the Journal of the Associationfor the Study of Ethi…
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Emma Tecwyn is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Daphna Buchsbaum’s Computational Cognitive Development Lab in the department of psychology at the University of Toronto (which is the school I went to, thus making Emma the coolest guest so far on the show). She does research in the overlapping areas of comparative cognition and cognitive development to answe…
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Reggie Gazes is an assistant professor of psychology and animal behaviour at Bucknell University in Lewisburg Pennsylvania. Reggie and a pal, wondering why Hampton won't do the podcastReggie has a BS from Bucknell in Animal Behaviour and a PhD from Emory University where she worked under the supervision of Rob Hampton. I first met Reggie at CO3 a f…
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Hey look, it's Eric's Facebook pic!Eric Legge is a part time instructor at the University of Alberta and at McEwan University, both in Edmonton Alberta. Look, I've known Eric since he was 17. I taught him intro psych at the Memorial University of Newfoundland's Genfell campus in Corner Brook, and he worked in my lab while there. Indeed, I am pretty…
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Thomas Zentall is a professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky. Tom, the pigeon whispererTom's research interests focus on cognitive behaviours in animals including memory strategies, concept learning, and social learning. The approach Tom and his students use is to define a cognitive behaviour that is characteristic of humans in a way t…
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Edward A. Wasserman is a professor of psychology at the University of Iowa. Work in Ed's lab focusses on animal cognition and perception and the similarities and differences between humans and non humans in categorization, perception and memory. He's picking out the next story for the CO3 Facebook groupI could write this great long biography of Ed,…
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She once drew on the back of my neck for no reason Suzanne E.MacDonald is a professor in the Department of Psychology at YorkUniversity, appointed to the graduate programs in both Psychology andBiology. She received her PhD in animallearning and behavior from the University of Alberta, and then did postdoctoralwork at the University of British Colu…
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Brett Gibson is an associate professor of psychology at the University of New Hampshire. Brett imagining a better year for Thomas VanekWhile he may live in Bruin territory he is a Minnesota Wild fan, and he received his BA in psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1991, followed by his MS from Bucknell 1995 and his PhD at the University of …
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Mike, the pole box, and a ratMichael Brown is a professor of psychology at Villanova University in Villanova, PA, which is just outside of the home of the evil Philadelphia Flyers..... Mike got his BA in psychology and philosophy at the University of Michigan and then went on to UC Berkley where he got his PhD in psychology. Mike's interests are in…
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Jennifer gets 2 pics because BATSJennifer Vonk is a comparative/cognitive psychologist with primary research interests in two overlapping areas: (1) animal cognition, and (2) cognitive development. Dr. Vonk only likes animals that rhymeShe completed her undergraduate degree at McMaster University in Hamilton ON, conducting an honors thesis in behav…
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Jon thinking about thinkingJonathon Crystal is a professor of psychology and director of the program in neuroscience at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Jon received his BSc in psychology at the University of Toronto in 1992 where he worked in Sara Shettleworth's lab. He also spent a lot of time working with Ken Cheng as an undergrad. He then w…
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Leslie, thinking about gene expressionLeslie Phillmore (follow her on twitter) is an associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Leslie received her BA (Hons) from Huron College at UWO working with Mark Cole. (She also worked the summer between undergrad and grad school on some great stuff, an…
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Valerie Kuhlmeieris an Associate Professor at Queen’s University in Kingston, ON, Canada. She is the director of The Infant CognitionGroup, a laboratory studying cognitive development in the first few years oflife. Val is happy about her book Valerie grew upoutside of Los Angeles, CA, but moved south to the University of California,San Diego, to pu…
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Laurie Bloomfield is an associate professor of psychology at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada. Laurie grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, and didher BA at Algoma University College (1996-2000). Based on some fascinatingresearch she had learned about during several classes with one particularprofessor (Laurie claims this was me), she was t…
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Aaron Blaisdell is a Professor in Learning & Behavior and Behavioral Neuroscience in the UCLA Psychology Department. He presides over the Comparative Cognition Lab, studying cognitive processes in rats, pigeons, hermit crabs, and humans. Aaron knows the best way to carry a rat is on your shoulder After receiving his BA and MA in Biological Anthropo…
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Noam Miller is an assistant professor of psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada where he runs the collective cognition lab. He's probably modelling something right nowNoam has a B.Sc. in Biology from Tel-Aviv University and – for some reason – also a degree in music (I suspect that reason is because he is a pretty goo…
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Happy MattMatthew Murphy is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Salem State University in Massachusetts, and will be a Visiting Assistant Professor at UMass Lowell this upcoming fall, teaching statistics and research methods. He earned his B.S. in Interdisciplinary Psychology/Biology in 2005 from Southampton College of Long Island University, mentore…
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