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April 2008


 Animal Cognition April Issue

* Ashwell, K.W.S., Marotte, L.R. & Cheng, G. 2008. Development of the olfactory system in a wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Brain, Behavior and Evolution 71: 216-230.    

* Blumstein, D.T. & Moller, A.P. 2008. Is sociality associated with high longevity in North American birds? Biology Letters 4:146-148.

* Chesler, A. & Firestein, S. 2008. Neuroscience: current views on odour receptors. Nature 452: 944.        Signals & signal detection          

* Clark, C.J. & Feo, T.J. 2008. The Anna's hummingbird chirps with its tail: a new mechanism of sonation in birds. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 955-962.        Signals & signal detection           Communication       

 * Clucas, B., Owings, D.H. & Rowe, M.P. 2008. Donning your enemy's cloak: ground squirrels exploit rattlesnake scent to reduce predation risk. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 847-852.       Signals & signal detection     Recognition     

* Egelhaaf, M. 2008. Fly vision: neural mechanisms of motion computation. Current Biology 18: R339-R341.         Signals & signal detection       NEW!

* Fitzpatrick, J.L., Desjardins, J.K., Milligan, N., Stiver, K.A., Montgomerie, R. & Balshine, S. 2008. Female-mediated causes and consequences of status change in a social fish. Proc. R. Soc. B.  275: 929-936.

* Gilbert, C. & Kuenen, L.P.S. 2008. Multimodal integration: visual cues help odor-seeking fruit flies. Current Biology 18: R295-R297.    Signals & signal detection  

* Hadj-Bouziane, F., Bell, A.H., Knusten, T.A., Ungerleider, L.G. & Tootell, R.B.H. 2008. Perception of emotional expressions is independent of face selectivity in monkey inferior temporal cortex. PNAS 105: 5591-5596.     Emotions        Neuroethology       Signals & signal detection    

* Haun, D.B.M. & Call, J. 2008. Imitation recognition in great apes. Current Biology 18: R288-R290.

* He, J., Ma, L., Kim, S., Nakai, J. & Yu, C.R. 2008. Encoding gender and individual information in the mouse vomeronasal organ. Science 320: 535-538.          Signals & signal detection             

* Hollen, L. I., Bell, M.B.V. & Radford, A.N. 2008. Cooperative sentinel calling? Foragers gain increased biomass intake. Current Biology 18: 576-579.     Communication      Group-dynamics

* Hopper, L.M., Lambeth, S.P., Schapiro, S.J. & Whiten, A. 2008. Observational learning in chimpanzees and children studied through "ghost" conditions. Proc.R. Soc. B. 275: 835-840.    Learning & memory     

* Huddleston, W.E. & Hoffman, K.L. 2008. Social cognition: LIP activity follows the leader. Current Biology 18: R344-R345.       Neuroethology       NEW!

* Hughes, W.O.H. & Boomsma, J. J. 2008. Genetic royal cheats in leaf-cutting ant societies. PNAS 105: 5150-5153.    

* Koshitaka, H., Kinoshita, M., Vorobyev, M. & Arikawa, K. 2008. Tetrachromacy in a butterfly that has eight varieties of spectral receptors. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 947-954.        Signals & signal detection   

* Kulahci, I.G., Dornhaus, A. & Papaj, D.R. 2008. Multimodal signals enhance decision making in foraging bumblebees. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 797-802.      Learning & memory          Decision-making         Signals & signal detection  

* Mattila, H.R., Burke, K.M. & Seeley, T.D. 2008. Genetic diversity within honeybee colonies increases signal production by waggle-dancing foragers. Proc. R. Soc. B.  275: 809-816.    Communication         Signals & signal detection    

* Munoz, A. & Bonal, R. 2007. Seed choice by rodents: learning or inheritance? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology  62: 913-922.        Learning & memory        

* Nadler, J.W., Angelaki, D.E. & DeAngelis, G.C. 2008. A neural representation of depth from motion parallax in macaque visual cortex. Nature 452: 642-645.            Signals & signal detection                   Neuroethology       

* Raine, N.E. & Chittka, L. 2008. The correlation of learning speed and natural foraging success in bumblebees. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 803-808.      Learning & memory     

* Roberts, W.A., Feeney, M.C., MacPherson, K., Petter, M., McMillan, N. & Musolino, E. 2008. Episodic-like memory in rats: is it based on when or how long ago? Science 320: 113-115.         Learning & memory       

* Schuck-Paim, C., Alonso, W.J. & Ottoni, E.B. 2008. Cognition in an ever-changing world: climatic variability is associated with brain size in Neotropical parrots. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 71: 200-215.

* Schultz, T.R. & Brady, S.G. 2008. Major evolutionary transitions in ant agriculture. PNAS 105: 5435-5440.     
Commentary about Schultz & Brady.

* Stapput, K., Thalau, P., Wiltschko, R. & Wiltschko, W. 2008. Orientation of birds in total darkness. Current Biology 18: 602-606. Orientation & navigation   

* Surlykke, A. & Kalko, E. K. V. 2008. Echolocating bats cry out loud to detect their prey. PLoS ONE. 3: e2036.     Signals & signal detection      
Science Daily article about Surlykke & Kalko 2008.
National Geographic article about Surlykke & Kalko 2008.
Science Shots

* Wessnitzer, J., Mangan, M. & Webb, B. 2008. Place memory in crickets. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 915-921.      Learning & memory          Decision-making           Orientation & Navigation          Signals & signal detection   

* Wesson, D.W., Carey, R.M., Verhagen, J.V. & Wachowiak, M. 2008. Rapid encoding and perception of novel odors in the rat. PLoS Biology 6: e82.           Signals & signal detection         NEW!
PLoS Biology article about Wesson et al. 2008.

* Yu, J.Y. & Dickson, B.J. 2008. Neuroscience: hidden female talent. Nature 453: 41-42.       Neuroethology          

* Zeil, J., Boeddeker, N. & Hemmi, J.M. 2008. Vision and the organization of behaviour. Current Biology 18: R320-R323.        Neuroethology         Signals & signal detection         NEW!

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