Ep. 56- Creating effective Cooperative and Cognitive Enrichment with Dr. Eszter Matrai

Update: 2024-04-23

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In this episode, I am joined by DR. Eszter Matrai, who is a senior research fellow at Ocean Park, Hong Kong. Dr. Matrai runs a lab at Ocean Park currently working with multiple marine and terrestrial species, focusing on activity monitoring, behavioural pattern analysis and the use of cognitive enrichments. In this episode, we talked about assessing, creating and implementing cognitive and cooperative enrichment and much more! Enjoy!

Resources:

https://www.esztermatrailab.com/our-work

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358520451_Testing_use_of_the_first_multi-partner_cognitive_enrichment_devices_by_a_group_of_male_bottlenose_dolphins

https://www.facebook.com/hkoceanpark/videos/495496558474202

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/8/1370

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Ep. 56- Creating effective Cooperative and Cognitive Enrichment with Dr. Eszter Matrai

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