Episode 319 - Maria Diehl, PhD

On November 13, 2025, we met with Dr. Maria Diehl, to learn about her experiments on avoidance learning in rats. The conversation focused on learning in a social context, in which one animal benefits from watching another learn the task.We had to relocate this week, because of a noisy construction project in the hallway outside our usual room. Guest:Maria Diehl, Associate Professor in Psychological Science, Kansas State University.Participating:Tony Burgos-Robles, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSAItamar Lerner, Department of Psychology, UTSAHost:Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSAThanks to Jim Tepper for original music