2008. - 2013.

PhD

Eksperimentalna psihologija

Sveučilište u Cambridgeu, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo

2000. - 2007.

MSc

Psihologija

Sveučilište u Beču, Austrija

2022.

Docent

Katedra za kognitivne znanosti, Filozofsko fakultet, Sveučilište u Rijeci

2020.

Docent

Odsjek za Psihologiju, Filozofski Fakultet, Sveučilište u Rijeci

2013. - 2019.

Poslijedoktorand

Odsjek za Psihologiju, Sveučilište u Cambridgeu, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo

2024. -

Professional Development

Diplomski sveučilišni studij kognitivnih znanosti: Kognicija i um (Masters in Cognitive Sciences: Cognition and the Mind)

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Nositelj kolegija

2024.

Science Communication 1 and 2

Diplomski sveučilišni studij kognitivnih znanosti: Kognicija i um (Masters in Cognitive Sciences: Cognition and the Mind)

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Nositelj kolegija

2023. -

Aktualna problematika u empirijskom radu u kognitivnim znanostima

Diplomski sveučilišni studij kognitivnih znanosti: Kognicija i um (Masters in Cognitive Sciences: Cognition and the Mind)

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Nositelj kolegija

2023. -

Etika (Ethics)

Diplomski sveučilišni studij kognitivnih znanosti: Kognicija i um (Masters in Cognitive Sciences: Cognition and the Mind)

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Nositelj kolegija

2023. -

Interdisciplinarni moduli iz kognitivnih znanosti 2 (Interdisciplinary modules in Cognitive Sciences 2)

Diplomski sveučilišni studij kognitivnih znanosti: Kognicija i um (Masters in Cognitive Sciences: Cognition and the Mind)

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Suradnik na kolegiju

2023. -

Rotacijski projekt 2 (Rotation project 2)

Diplomski sveučilišni studij kognitivnih znanosti: Kognicija i um (Masters in Cognitive Sciences: Cognition and the Mind)

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Nositelj kolegija

2023. -

Rotacijski projekt 1 (Rotation project 1)

Diplomski sveučilišni studij kognitivnih znanosti: Kognicija i um (Masters in Cognitive Sciences: Cognition and the Mind)

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Nositelj kolegija

2023. -

Znanje o umu drugih (Social Cognition: What do we know about others' minds)

Diplomski sveučilišni studij kognitivnih znanosti: Kognicija i um (Masters in Cognitive Sciences: Cognition and the Mind)

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Nositelj kolegija

2023. -

Otvorena znanost i njeni alati (Open Science and its Tools)

Sveučilišni diplomski studij kognitivnih znanosti: Kognicija i um (Masters in Cognitive Sciences: Cognition andt the Mind)

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Nositelj kolegija

2023. -

Uvod u rad i discipline kognitivnih znanosti (Introduction to the Work and Disciplines of Cognitive Sciences)

Diplomski sveučilišni studij kognitivnih znanosti: kognicija i um (Masters in Cognitive Sciences: Cognition and the Mind)

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Suradnik na kolegiju

2021. - 2023.

Praktikum iz eksperimentalne psihologije 1

Sveučilišni prijediplomski studij psihologije

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Suradnik na kolegiju

2021. - 2022.

Praktikum iz eksperimentalne psihologije 2

Sveučilišni prijediplomski studij psihologije

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Suradnik na kolegiju

2021. -

Motivacijski praktikum

Sveučilišni prijediplomski studij psihologije

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Suradnik na kolegiju

2020. -

Science in Crisis?

Sveučilišni prijediplomski studij psihologije

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Nositelj kolegija

2020. -

Behaviour - a door to the mind?

Sveučilišni prijediplomski studij psihologije

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Nositelj kolegija

2020. -

Komparativna psihologija i kognicija životinja

Sveučilišni prijediplomski studij psihologije

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Nositelj kolegija

2020.

Biološke osnove ponašanja i doživljavanja

Sveučilišni prijediplomski studij psihologije

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Nositelj kolegija

2014. - 2019.

Comparative Cognition

Psychology

University of Cambridge

Suradnik na kolegiju

2014. - 2019.

1A Evolution and Behaviour

Natural Sciences Tripos

University of Cambridge

Suradnik na kolegiju

2009. - 2014.

1A Evolution and Behaviour

Natural Sciences Tripos

University of Cambridge

Suradnik na kolegiju

2024.

Anticipativno gledanje kao bihevioralna mjera teorije uma

Petra Šarić

Diplomski sveučilišni jednopredmetni studij psihologije

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

2024.

Ispitivanje socijalne kognicije kod pripitomljenih konja: razumijevanje geste pokazivanja i fizičkog markera

Ivana Dumičić

Diplomski sveučilišni jednopredmetni studij psihologije

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

2024.

Uspoređivanje obilježja teorije uma kod osoba s bihevioralnom varijantom frontotemporalne demencije i osoba s Alzheimerovom bolesti

Vivien Gudlin

Diplomski sveučilišni jednopredmetni studij psihologije

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

2017.

Uloga projekcije iskustva u implicitnoh percepciji tuđih uvjerenja

Yvette Kalaba

Sveučilišni prijediplomski studij psihologije

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

2017.

Social distance modulates egocentric biases when reasoning about false beliefs

Benjamin G. Farrar

Natural Sciences Tripos

University of Cambridge

2014.

Male Eurasian jays' (Garrulus glandarius) attribution of specific satiety to their partner due to experimenter induced effects

Arne Dits

Biology

Utrecht University

2014.

Am I really fair? Testing behavioural criteria in humans' reactions to inequity

Sioned French

Natural Sciences Tripos

University of Cambridge

2014.

Am I really fair? Testing behavioural criteria in humans' reactions to inequity

Oliver Berry

Natural Sciences Tripos

University of Cambridge

2011.

What women want: do male rooks respond to the motivational state of their female partner?

Michelle Spierings

Biology

Utrecht University

2011.

Is an animal model useful in assessing spiteful behaviour in humans?

Joanna Shahvisi

Natural Sciences Tripos

University of Cambridge

2011.

Spite, frustration and reputation: a behavioural study on humans using animal methodology

Emily Curtis-Harper

Natural Sciences Tripos

University of Cambridge

2010.

Individual differences and social context influences string-pulling performance in rooks (Corvus frugilegus)

Jolle Jolles

Biology

Utrecht University

2010.

Quantity assessment in Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius)

Anna Hughes

Natural Sciences Tripos

University of Cambridge

2009. - 2014.

A comparison of behaviour of three species of corvid approaching the breeding season

Jennifer Mittens-Berry

Natural Sciences Tripos

University of Cambridge

2025.

Horses (Equus caballus) successfully solve an object choice task using a human pointing gesture and a physical marker: A partial replication of Proops et al. (2010).

Dumičić, I. & Ostojić, L.

Journal of Comparative Psychology,

Q3

2023.

Reporting and interpreting non-significant results in animal cognition research

Farrar, B. G., Vernouillet, A., Garcia-Pelegrin, E., Legg, E. W., Brecht, K. F., Lambert, P., Elsherif, M., Francis, S., O’Neill, L., Clayton, N. S. & Ostojić, L.

PeerJ - 11 e14963

https://peerj.com/articles/14963/

Q1

2023.

ManyDogs 1: A multi-lab replication study of dogs’ pointing comprehension

ManyDogs Project, Espinosa, J., Stevens, J.R., Alberghina, D., Alway, H.E.E., Barela, J.D., Bogese, M., Bray, E.E., Buchsbaum, D. Byosiere, S.-E., Byrne, M., Cavalli, C. M., Chaudoir, L. M., Collins-Pisano, C., DeBoer, H.J., Douglas L.E.L.C., Dror, S., Dzik, M.V., Ferguson, B., Fisher, L., Fitzpatrick, H.C., Freeman, M.S., Frinton, S.N., Glover, M.K., Gnanadesikan, G.E., Goacher, J.E.P., Golańska, M., Guran, C.-N.A., Hare, E., Hare, B. Hickey, M., Horschler, D.J., Huber, L., Jim, H.-L., Johnston, A.M., Kaminski, J. Kelly, D.M., Kuhlmeier, V.A., Lassiter, L., Lazarowski, L., Leighton-Birch, J., MacLean, E.L., Maliszewska, K., Marra, V., Montgomery, L.I., Murray, M.S., Nelson, E.K., Ostojić, L., Palermo, S.G., Parks Russell, A.E., Pelgrim, M.H., Pellowe, S.D., Reinholz, A., Rial, L.A., Richards, E.M., Ross, M.A., Rothkoff, L.G., Salomons, H., Sanger, J.K., Santos, L., Shirle, A.R., Shearer, S.J., Silver, Z.A., Silverman, J.M., Sommese, A., Srdoc, T., St. John-Mosse, H., Vega, A.C., Vékony, K., Völter, C.J., Walsh C.J., Worth, Y.A., Zipperling, L.M.I., Żołędziewska, B., & Zylberfuden, S.G.

Animal Behavior & Cognition - 10 232-286

https://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/uploads/journals/53/3%20ManyDogs_ABC_10(3).pdf

2021.

Testing two competing hypotheses for Eurasian jays’ caching for the future: planning versus compensatory caching.

Amodio, P., Brea, J., Farrar, B.G., Ostojić, L., & Clayton, N. (2021).

Scientific Reports - 11 b35

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-80515-7

Q1

2021.

The hidden side of animal cognition research: Scientists’ attitudes toward bias, replicability and scientific practice.

Farrar, B.G., Ostojić, L. & Clayton, N.S.

PLOS ONE - 16 e0256607

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0256607

Q1

2021.

Little evidence that Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius) protect their caches by responding to cues about a conspecifics desire and visual perspective.

Amodio, P., Farrar, B.G., Krupenye, C., Ostojić, L. & Clayton, N.S.

eLife - 10 e69647

https://elifesciences.org/articles/69647

Q1

2020.

Kritički osvrt na konceptualne i metodološke probleme u istraživanjima evolucije socijalne kognicije na primjeru kooperativnog rješavanja problema.

Ostojić, L.

Psihologijske teme - 29 607-629

https://pt.ffri.hr/pt/article/view/578

2020.

Trialling meta-research in comparative cognition: claims and statistical inference in animal physical cognition.

Farrar, B. G., Altschul, D., Fischer, J., van der Mescht, J., Placì, S., Troisi, C. A., Vernouillet, A., Clayton, N.S. & Ostojić, L.

Animal Behavior and Cognition - 7 419-444

https://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/uploads/journals/28/AB_C_2020_Vol7(3)_Farrar_et_al.pdf

2020.

How flexible is tool use in Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius)?

Amodio, P., Boeckle, M., Jelbert, S.A., Ostojić, L. & Clayton, N.S.

Animal Behavior and Cognition - 7 270-287

https://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/uploads/journals/28/AB_C_2020_Vol7(3)_Amodio_et_al.pdf

2019.

Grow smart and die young: why did cephalopods evolve intelligence?

Amodio, P., Boeckle, M., Schnell, A.K., Ostojić, L., Fiorito, G. & Clayton, N.S.

Trends in Ecology and Evolution - 34 45-56

https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(18)30267-2?fbclid=IwAR2OSoGUZmGG1ypRMvBeAXTJP3_5R7kmFHiJdHiOX7QJpClF3n1J_xjxhZQ

Q1

2019.

Commentary: a conserved role for serotonergic neurotransmission in mediating social behavior in octopus.

Amodio, P., Fiorito, G., Clayton, N. S., & Ostojić, L.

. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience - 13 185

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00185/full

2018.

Difficulties when using video playback to investigate social cognition in California scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica).

Brecht, K.F., Ostojić, L., Legg, E.W. & Clayton, N.S.

PeerJ - 6 e4451

https://peerj.com/articles/4451/

Q1

2018.

Does social distance modulate adults’ egocentric biases when reasoning about false beliefs?

Farrar, B.G. & Ostojić, L.

PloS One - 3 e0198616

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0198616

Q1

2017.

Current desires of conspecific observers affect cache-protection strategies in California scrub-jays and Eurasian jays

Ostojić, L., Legg, E.W., Brecht, K.F., Lange, F., Deininger, C., Mendl, M. & Clayton, N.S.

Current Biology - 27 R51-R53

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(16)31345-8.pdf

Q1

2017.

Comparing the face inversion effect in crows and humans

Brecht, K.F., Wagener, L., Ostojić, L., Clayton, N.S. & Nieder, A.

Journal of Comparative Physiology A - 203 1017-1027

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-017-1211-7

Q1

2016.

Caching at a distance: a cache-protection strategy in Eurasian jays

Legg, E.W., Ostojić, L. & Clayton, N.S.

Animal Cognition - 19 753-758

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-016-0972-7

Q1

2016.

Experimenter expectancy bias does not explain Eurasian jays’ performance in a desire-state attribution task.

Ostojić, L, Legg, E.W., Dits, A., Williams, N., Brecht, K.F., Mendl, M. & Clayton, N.S.

Journal of Comparative Psychology - 130 407-410

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2016-47721-001

Q1

2015.

Are owners’ reports of their dogs’ “guilty look” influenced by the dogs’ action and evidence of the misdeed?

Ostojić, L, Tkalčić, M. & Clayton, N.S.

Behavioural Processes - 111 97-100

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376635714003210

Q1

2014.

The evolution of self-control

MacLean, E.L., Hare, B., Nunn, C.L., Addessi, E., Amici, F., Anderson, R.C., Aureli, F., Bakrer, J.M., Bania, A.E., Barnard, A.M., Boogert, N.J., Brannon, E.M., Bray, J., Brent, L.J.N., Burkart, J.M., Call, J., Cantlon, J.F., Cheke, L.G., Clayton, N.S., Delgado, M.M., DiVincenti, L.J., Fujita, K., Herrmann, E., Hiramatsu, C., Jacobs, L.F., Jordan, K.E., Laude, J.R., Leimgruber, K.L., Messer, E.J.E., de A. Moura, A.C., Ostojić, L., Picard, A., Platt, M.L., Plotnik, J.M., Range, F.R., Reader, S.M., Reddy, R.B., Sandel, A.A., Santos, L.R., Schumann, K., Seed, A.M., Sewall, K.B., Shaw, R.C., Slocombe, K.E., Su, Y., Takimoto, A., Tan, J., Tao, R., van Schaik, C.P., Virányi, Z., Visalberghi, E., Wade, J.C., Watanabe, A., Widness, J., Young, J., Zentall, T.R. & Zhao, Y.

PNAS - 111 E2140-E2148

2014.

Can male Eurasian jays disengage from their own current desire to feed the female what she wants?

Ostojić, L, Legg, E.W., Shaw, R.C., Cheke, L.G., Mendl, M. & Clayton, N.S.

Biology Letters - 10 20140042

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0042

Q1

2014.

Food sharing and social cognition

Legg, E.W, Ostojić, L. & Clayton, N.S.

WIRES Cognitive Science - 6 119-129

https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wcs.1329?casa_token=LEmu41KUHaMAAAAA%3A41ljf4CTIYThW3HpsGK8J0VjMRtsC5MfYqkbvX399fH4A4DqveT4sdewsvppqde-JkSsN2Endrnu

2013.

Dominance, pair bonds and boldness determine social foraging tactics in rooks (Corvus frugilegus).

Jolles, J.W., Ostojić, L. & Clayton, N.S.

Animal Behaviour - 85 1261-1269

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347213001346

Q1

2013.

Rook, but not jackdaw, post-conflict third-party affiliation reduces aggression for aggressors

Logan, C.J., Ostojić, L. & Clayton, N.S.

Ethology - 119 1-9

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eth.12078?casa_token=pn19VE-_XsgAAAAA%3ABPbfegcscBt4VV8UYGehg_oZzNPt5OFzL4--A-tWm3_dxYfoLESbSEQQFcEPAE8jU5anSjJvnO-l

2013.

Inequity aversion in humans: testing behavioural criteria from comparative cognition

Ostojić, L. & Clayton, N.S.

Animal Cognition - 16 765-772

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-013-0610-6

Q1

2013.

Behavioural coordination of dogs in a cooperative problem-solving task with a conspecific and a human partner

Ostojić, L. & Clayton, N.S.

Animal Cognition - 17 445-459

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-013-0676-1

Q1

2013.

Evidence suggesting that desire-state attribution may govern food sharing behavior in Eurasian Jays

Ostojić, L., Shaw, R.C., Cheke, L.G. & Clayton, N.S.

PNAS - 110 4123-4128.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1209926110

Q1

2025.

Horses use a human pointing gesture and a physical marker to solve an object-choice task: A partial replication of Proops et al. (2010).

Dumičić, I. & Ostojić, L

Poster

Animal Behaviour Live 2025 online

2025.

Statistical errors outside of Western published literature: a case study of Croatian psychology journals

Devčić, K. & Ostojić, L.

Poster

16th Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science ‘Understanding the Self and the Other’ Dubrovnik

2025.

Role of joint attention in working memory and feature binding

Shivakumar, V., Ostojić, L., & Legg, E.W.

Poster

16th Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science ‘Understanding the Self and the Other’ Dubrovnik

2025.

What's attention got to do with it?

Šarić., P., Ostojić, L., & Legg, E. W.

Poster

16th Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science ‘Understanding the Self and the Other’ Dubrovnik

2024.

Reporting and interpreting non-significant results: the example of comparative cognition.

Ostojić, L., Vernoillet, A., Garcia-Pelegrin, E., Legg, E.W., Brecht, K. F., Lambert, P. J., Elsherif, M., Francis, S., O'Nerill, L., Clayton, N.S., & Farrar, B. G.

Poster

15th Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science 'Memory, space, language' Dubrovnik

2024.

Theory of Mind and memory in persons with neurodegenerative diseases.

Gudlin, V., Klepac, N., & Ostojić, L.

Poster

15th Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science 'Memory, space, language' Dubrovnik

2024.

Historic diversity and representation in publications in Animal Behaviour.

Legg, E.W. & Ostojić, L.

Poster

ASAB Winter Meeting 2024, 'Addressing Biases in the Field of Animal Behaviour' Edinburg, Škotska

2024.

So horses use human pointing and a wooden marker as discriminative cues? A replication of Proops et al. (2010).

Dumičić, I. & Ostojić L.

Poster

ASAB Winter Meeting 2024, 'Addressing Biases in the Field of Animal Behaviour' Edinburg, Škotska

2024.

ManyDogs Project: A big team science approach to addressing biases in canine research.

ManyDogs Project, Srdoc, T., & Ostojić, L.

Poster

ASAB Winter Meeting 2024, 'Addressing Biases in the Field of Animal Behaviour' Edinburg, Škotska

2024.

The illusion of science in animal cognition

Farrar, B.G. & Ostojić, L

Usmeno izlaganje

ASAB Winter Meeting 2024, 'Addressing Biases in the Field of Animal Behaviour' Edinburg, Škotska

2024.

Barriers to Open Data re-use: a mapping review.

Šarić, P., Čulina, A., Anić, P., & Ostojić, L.

Poster

ASAB Winter Meeting 2024, 'Addressing Biases in the Field of Animal Behaviour' Edinburg, Škotska

2023.

Bias in animal cognition research: the researchers’ perspective.

Ostojić, L., Farrar, B.G., & Clayton, N.S

Usmeno izlaganje

Behaviour 2023 Bielefeld, Njemačka

2023.

Can we explain why corvids cache for the future?

Ostojić, L., Farrar, B.G., & Clayton, N.S

Poster

Animal Behaviour Live 2023 online

2023.

ManyDogs1: A multi-lab replication study of dogs’ pointing comprehension.

Srdoc, T., Ostojić, L., & ManyDogs Project

Poster

Animal Behaviour Live 2023 online

2023.

How are non-significant results presented in the animal cognition literature?

Legg, E.W., Farrar, B.G., Vernouillet, A., Garcia-Pelegrin, E., Brecht, K.F., Lambert, P.J., Elsherif, M., Francis, S., O'Neill, L., Clayton, N.S., & Ostojić, L.

Poster

Animal Behaviour Live 2023 online

2017. - 2021.

Replication, bias, and meta-research in animal cognition research

Benjamin G. Farrar Doctorate

Psychology

University of Cambridge

Date of degree: 2021.

2017. - 2020.

Convergent cognitive evolution: what can be learnt from comparisons with corvids and cephalopods?

Piero Amodio Doctorate

Psychology

University of Cambridge

Date of degree: 2020.

2015. - 2019.

A comparative investigation of the attribution of desires and preferences

Rachel M. Crosby Doctorate

Psychology

University of Cambridge

Date of degree: 2019.

2014. - 2017.

A multi-facetted approach to investigating theory of mind in corvids

Katharina Brecht Doctorate

Experimental Psychology

University of Cambridge

Date of degree: 2017.

2022.

PeerJ

2021.

Peer Community In Registred Reports

2021.

Animal Behavior and Cognition

2021.

Psihologijske teme

2025.

Tracking movement trajectories as an implicit measure of Theory of Mind (ImpToM)

Voditelj

Next Generation EU

https://portal.uniri.hr/ProjektiPU2025/Details/0254?up=true

2025.

Representations of Self and Other Perspectives

Suradnik

Next Generation EU

https://portal.uniri.hr/ProjektiPU2025/Details/0335?up=true

2024.

Empowering Ecological Research Via Open Data and Meta-Research (EcoOpen)

Suradnik

HRZZ

2023.

Open Science and statistical inference

Voditelj

Sveučilište u Rijeci

2018.

ASAB Research Grant

Voditelj

Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour

2017.

Postdoctoral Grant in Comparative Cognition

Voditelj

Max Planck Institute for Ornithoogy, Seewiesen, Germany

2017.

Returning Carers Scheme 9th Round

Voditelj

University of Cambridge

2016.

Returning Carers Scheme 8th Round

Voditelj

University of Cambridge

2015.

ASAB Research Grant

Voditelj

Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour

2020.

Becoming Peers Shorts

Financing: Association of the Society for Animal Behaviour (ASAB), Education Grant