The evolution of sex roles by sexual selection, sexual conflict and parental cooperation. Parents as models in social transition of parental care and faithfulness.

Using a special training method based on social learning, the do as I do method, we investigate episodic and long-term memory of dogs.

Using cognitive enrichment devices, we investigate how these devices facilitate cooperation, social interactions and animal welfare in a group of captive bottlenose dolphins.

Previous studies suggest valproate administered at a given ontogenic developmental stage induce autism-like syndromes. The aim of this project is to compare various behaviours and communication of valproate-treated and contol zebra finches in various social contexts to investigate the potential role of this species as a model for autism research.

As a result of the digital expansion of recent decades, a significant portion of our activities now takes place online, while our personal and physical interactions are steadily decreasing. Young children are beginning to use new technology at increasingly early ages and to a growing extent. It is reasonable to assume that, beyond their own direct use, the device use of parents and older siblings may also alter early childhood social experiences, both as role models and through indirect effects (e.g., technoference). Our previous findings suggest that intensive digital device use may be associated with weaker social skills in preschoolers. In our research, we focus on this age group, which is particularly sensitive from a developmental perspective: our goal is to use innovative methods to assess the relationship between preschool children’s digital device use and the development of their social and linguistic skills.