We are looking for a field research assistant to help collect observational behavioral data for my Ph.D. project on curiosity  and cognition in wild orangutans at the Development and  Evolution of Cognition Research group at the Max Planck Institute  of Animal Behavior. The data will be collected on wild orangutans  from October 2024 - October 2025 (12-month field stay). There is  an option of combining this position with a Master's project, given  that the student is enrolled and officially supervised at a  University. The Project Curiosity plays a key role in learning and innovation. However, the interplay between curiosity and cognitive performance remains poorly understood. With this project, we aim to investigate the factors that affect curiosity a

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