Comparative Cognition Society

The Comparative Cognition Society (CCS) is one of the primary scientific societies for the study of animal cognition and comparative psychology. The society is focussed on gaining a greater understanding on the evolution of cognition in human and non human animals.[1] The CCS sponsors the annual Conference on Comparative Cognition (CO3) in Melbourne, Florida

Membership

The CCS has about 220 members,[2] including university professors, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. Members come from many different disciplines including psychology, biology, anthropology and applied animal behaviour.

History

The society was formed in 1999 in Melbourne, Florida by 100 or so active researchers in the area of comparative cognition.[3]

Meetings

One of the primary functions of the society is sponsorship of the annual Conference on Comparative Cognition.[4] This conference brings together researchers from across the world who present talks and posters about their work. Each year at CO3 an eminent researcher in the field is honoured and asked to give a master lecture. Past honourees include Sara Shettleworth, Alex Kacelnik, Alan Kamil, Thomas Zentall, Edward Wasserman, Karen Hollis and Ron Weisman.[5] A special paper session is held discussing the impact of the honouree each year, and an issue of the journal Behavioural Processes including articles related to the talks at the special session is published.[6]

Beginning in 2008 CCS has sponsored a fall meeting in cooperation with the Psychonomic society.[7] The fall meeting coincides with the annual meeting of the Psychonomic society.

On-Line Journal

CCS publishes the online journal, Comparative Cognition and Behavior Reviews[8] Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews is an open-access, peer-reviewed electronic journal of substantive reviews and constructive critiques in the area of animal cognition. The topics for these reviews and critiques include all aspects of research on cognition, perception, learning, memory and behavior in animals.

E-Books

The society has also published two electronic books.[9][10]

Proceedings

Beginning with the ninth annual CO3 conference, the society publishes the proceedings of the conference online.[11]

External links

References

  1. ↑ CCS | CCS Home Page
  2. ↑ CCS | CCS Membership List
  3. ↑ CCS | Founding Members
  4. ↑ CCS | CO3 2013
  5. ↑ CCS | CCS Research Award
  6. ↑ Behavioural Processes | Vol 93, Pgs 1-166, (February, 2013) | ScienceDirect.com
  7. ↑ CCS | CCS Fall Meeting 2013
  8. ↑ CCBR Main Page
  9. ↑ Avian Visual Cognition
  10. ↑ Animal Spatial Cognition
  11. ↑ co3 - comparativecognition
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