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Doctoral students
Asaf Moran
May 2015 - present
The social dynamics of individual and social learning.
e-mail: asafmoran@yahoo.com
Na'ama Aljadeff
August 2016 - present
Frequency-dependent learning and the skill pool effect
e-mail: naama.aljadeff@gmail.com
Djordje Markovic January 2020 - Present Cognitive and ecological determinants of social learning e-mail: djordje.markovic@zoho.com |
M.Sc students
Noam Zurek
October 2019 - present
Measuring the relative difficulty of learning to solve tasks through social versus asocial learning in house sparrows.
e-mail: noamzurek@gmail.com
Ehud Cappon
October 2019 - present
Training methods for improving the work of explosive detection canine
e-mail: oudoulcappon@gmail.com
Bella Beizerman
October 2020 - present
The conditions for configurational learning success in birds
e-mail: bellabei@yahoo.com
Omri Meir
October 2021 - present
The interplay between social learning and social networks in house sparrows
e-mail: omrimeir1@gmail.com
Rom Manor
October 2021 - present
The effect of context and stress on social learning in house sparrows
e-mail: rommanor20@gmail.com
Ben Flickstein
October 2021 - present
Modeling learning and decision-making in sparrows, humans and other animals.
e-mail: benyflick@gmail.com
Research Associates
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Roy Ben-Bezalel (lab technician) e-mail: benbezalelroy@gmail.com |
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Dr. Oded Keynan
The Arabian Babbler research project, Hazeva Dead Sea & Arava Science Centre Tel: +972(0)533405863 e-mail: oded@adssc.org |
Past students and post-doc's
Ph.D students
1996-2003: Hilla Kedar,
The role of learning in the communication between bird nestlings and their parents.
1999-2006: Noam Werner,
Social behavior and communication in Astatotilapia cichlids
2003-2008: Roi Dor,
Parental responsiveness to nestling begging: genetic versus learned components. e-mail: rd324@cornell.edu
2003-2008: Uri Grodzinski,
Adaptive and process-based explanations in the study of parent-offspring communication.. e-mail: ug205@cam.ac.uk
2005-2010: Edith Katsnelson,
Social and individual learning of foraging strategies. e-mail: edith.katsnelson@gmail.com
2006-2010: Michal Arbilly,
Evolution of individual and social learning in a social foraging game: A theoretical analysis. e-mail: michalarbilly@gmail.com
2004-2011: Inbar Yoeli-Biran,
Modeling the evolution of behavioral strategies and learning rules in the communication between bird nestling and their parents.
2006-2017: Yoni Vortman (webpage),
The evolution of multiple sexual signals in the East-Mediterranean barn swallow (Hirundo rustica transitiva).
e-mail: vortmany@post.tau.ac.il
2010 - 2014: Oren Kolodny,
Models for learning structured data: from animal behavior to language acquisition. e-mail: orenkolodny@gmail.com
2010 - 2015: Oded Keynan
Effect of group size and composition on individual behavior, group dynamics and population regulation in the Arabian babbler (Turdoides squamiceps). e-mail: odedkeynan@yahoo.com
2011-2017: Noa Truskanov
Social learning mechanisms in an avian model species, the house sparrow (Passer domesticus).
e-mail: noatrs@gmail.com https://noatruskanov.weebly.com/
2011 - 2017: Yosef Prat
(co-supervised with Dr. Yossi Yovel)
Function and acquisition of vocal communication in bats
M.Sc students
Sharon Delman, October 1995 - June 1998.
Title of thesis: Begging vocalizations in house sparrow (Passer domesticus) nestlings.
Shmuel Yedvab, October 1995 - July 1999.
Title of thesis: Begging strategies in house sparrow nestlings.
Noam Werner, October 1996 - May 1999.
Title of thesis: The evolution of helping behavior in cooperative breeding Neolamprolugus cichlids.
Adi Keinan, October 1997 - October 2001.
Title of thesis: Experimental manipulation of helping behaviour in cooperative breeding cichlids.
Oded Ovadia, October 1998- January 2001.
Title of thesis: Using thermal imaging to study the development of thermoregulation in house sparrow (Passer domesticus) nestlings.
Ruti Brandt, October 1999 - September 2003
Title of thesis: Begging vocalizations and parental response in house sparrows
Inbar Biran,October 2002 - September 2004
Nestling begging strategies and learning rules in virtual nests: a computer simulation study.
Einat Shavit, October 2003 - June 2006 (with Dr. Anat Barnea, The Open University)
Neuronal replacement and social exposure in the zebra finch.
Avigail Ben-dov, October 2003 - May 2006
The role of experience in parental responsiveness to nestling begging.
Amos Belmaker October 2005 - December 2007
Social foraging behavior in the house sparrow
Meital Yogev October 2004 - January 2008 (with Dr. Anat Barnea, The Open University)
A possible relation between neuronal recruitment and hormonal profile in birds during a reproductive cycle.
Tali Reiner January 2008 - March 2010
Sexual Signals and Species Recognition in the East-Mediterranean Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica transitiva).
Tomer Ilan, April 2009 - February 2011
Aspects of learning in social foraging of house sparrows (Passer domesticus)
Rony Atidia, October 2009 – December 2011
Learning and segmentation of complex patterns by socially foraging house sparrows.
Yafit Brenner, October 2011 - December 2013
Learning and decision making by house sparrows in a patchy environment
Asaf Moran, October 2012 - March 2015
Learning of Complex Food Related Cues By Socially Foraging House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)
Shachar Matt, October 2013 - October 2018
The effect of food distribution and social foraging strategies on social learning success in House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)
Oren Chen, October 2015 - October 2018
Attaining fast learning and long lasting memories of olfactory stimuli in dogs: encounters with snakes as a model for natural and effective processes for enhancing learning and memory
Sean Zimin, October 2017 - December 2019
Individual differences in foraging behavior and cognitive abilities in wild Arabian babblers (Argya squamiceps)
Yotam Ben-Oren, January 2018 - October 2020
Selective use of learned information according to reward visibility: a crossroad for Signal Detection and Prey Choice models
Noam Zurek, October 2019- December 2021
Learning successfully from others: the effect of different types of social demonstration on solving different components of a foraging task
Post-doc's
1995-1996: Dr. Sigal Balshine-Earn (currently at the Dept. of Psychology, Macmaster Univ. Canada).
1995-1997: Dr. Miguel Rodriguez Girones (currently at Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas, CSICSpain).
Fall 2008 (Amos, Arnon, Michal, Edith, Roi, Tali, Avigail, Yoni, Uri)
