Animal Cognition September 2007 articles

September 2007

"Alex the African Grey parrot and subject of landmark studies of bird intelligence dies at 31" on September 6, 2007. The Alex Foundation Home

Science Special issue: Living in Societies featuring Dunbar & Shultz 2007, and Wood et al. 2007

Animal Behaviour September 2007 issue!

Bester-Meredith, J.K. & Marler, C.A. 2007. Social experience during development and female offspring aggression in Peromyscus mice. Ethology 113: 889-900.

Bryson, J.J., Ando, Y. & Lehmann, H. 2007. Agent-based modelling as scientific method: a case study analysing primate social behaviour. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 362: 1685- 1698. Group-dynamics
Science Daily News about Bryson et al. 2007.

Byrne, R.W. 2007. Ape society: trading favours. Current Biology 17: R775-R776. Group-dynamics Altruism

Conradt, L. & Roper, T.J. 2007. Democracy in animals: the evolution of shared group decisions. Proc. R. Soc. B. 274: 2317- 2326 Group-dynamics Decision-making

Dochtermann, N.A. & Jenkins, S.H. 2007. Behavioural syndromes in Merriam's kangaroo rats (Dipodomys merriami): a test of competing hypotheses. Proc. R. Soc.B 274: 2343-2349. Personality & behavioral syndromes

Dunbar, R.I.M. & Shultz, S. 2007. Evolution in the social brain. Science 317: 1344-1347. Neuroethology
Also see Proc. R. Soc. B. article

Animal Cognition

Gardner, A. & West, S.A. 2007. Social evolution: the decline and fall of genetic kin recognition. Current Biology 17: R810-R812. Recognition

Gomez-Laplaza, L.M. & Fuente, A. 2007. Shoaling decisions in angelfish: the roles of social status and familiarity. Ethology 113: 847-855. Group-dynamics Decision-making

Graw, B. & Manser, M.B. 2007. The function of mobbing in cooperative meerkats. Animal Behavior 74: 507-517. Group-dynamics
Science News about Graw & Manser 2007.

Hattori, D., Demir, E., Kim, H.W., Viragh, E., Zipursky, S.L. & Dickson, B.J. 2007. Dscam diversity is essential for neuronal wiring and self-recognition. Nature 449: 223-227. Self-recognition Neuroethology

Hockings, K.J., Humle, T., Anderson, J.R., Biro, D., Sousa, C., Ohashi, G. & Matsuzawa, T. 2007. Chimpanzees share forbidden fruit. PLoS Biology 2: 886.
New Scientist Article about Hockings et al. 2007.

Animal Cognition

Houston, A.I., McNamara, J.M. & Steer, M.D. 2007. Do we expect natural selection to produce rational behaviour? Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 362: 1531-1543. Decision-making

Kreiman, G. 2007. Brain science: from the very small to the very large. Current Biology 17: R768-R770. Neuroethology

Leavens, D.A. 2007. Animal cognition: multimodal tactics of orangutan communication. Current Biology 17: R762-R764. Communication Signals & signal detection

Magrath, R.D., Pitcher, B.J. & Gardner, J.L. 2007. A mutual understanding? Interspecific responses by birds to each other's aerial alarm calls. Behavioral Ecology 18: 944-951. Communication

Murphy, J. & Arkins, S. 2007. Equine learning behaviour. Behavioural Processes 76: 1-13. Learning & memory
Commentaries about equine learning behavior.

Richardson, T.O., Sleeman, P.A., McNamara, J.M., Houston, A.I. & Franks, N.R. 2007. Teaching with evaluation in ants. Current Biology 17: 1520-1526. Learning & memory Decision-making

Rundus, A.S., Owings, D.H., Joshi, S.S., Chinn, E. & Giannini, N. 2007. Ground squirrels use an infrared signal to deter rattlesnake predation. PNAS 104: 14372-14376 Signals & signal detection
PNAS Commentary on Rundus et al. 2007

Sellers, W.I., Hill, R.A. & Logan, B.S. 2007. An agent-based model of group decision making in baboons. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 362: 1699-1710. Group-dynamics Decision-making

Taylor, A.H., Hunt, G.R., Holzhaider, J.C. & Gray, R.D. 2007. Spontaneous metatool use by New Caledonian Crows. Current Biology 17: 1504-1507 Tool-use
Science Daily article about Taylor et al. 2007

Thom, C., Gilley, D.C., Hooper, J. & Esch, H.E. 2007. The scent of the waggle dance. PLoS Biology 5:e228. Communication Signals & signal detection Group-dynamics
PLoS Biology about Thom et al. 2007.

Vehrencamp, S.L., Hall, M.L., Bohman, E.R., Depeine, C.D. & Dalziell, A.H. 2007. Song matching, overlapping, and switching in the banded wren: the sender's perspective. Behavioral Ecology 18: 849-859. Communication Signals & signal detection

Animal Cognition

Vislay-Meltzer, R.L. & Stopfer, M. 2007. Olfactory Coding: A plastic approach to timing precision. Current Biology 17: R797-R799. Signals & signal detection

Whitham, J.C., Gerald, M.S. & Maestripieri D. 2007. Intended receivers and functional significance of grunt and girney vocalizations in free-ranging female rhesus macaques. Ethology 113: 862-874. Communication Group-dynamics
Science News article about Whitham et al. 2007
Science Daily article about Whitham et al. 2007
National Geographic News article about Whitham et al. 2007.

Wood, J.N., Glynn, D.D., Phillips, B.C. & Hauser, M.D. 2007 The perception of rational, goal-directed action in nonhuman primates. Science 317:1402-1405. Decision-making Theory of mind
Science Article about Wood et al. 2007 Science Daily Article about Wood et al. 2007

Woodman, G.F., Kang, M., Rossi, A.F. & Schall, J.D. 2007. Nonhuman primate event-related potentials indexing covert shifts of attention. PNAS 104: 15111-15116. Signals & signal detection

Zanker, J.M. 2007. Animal communication: Reading lizards' body language in context. Current Biology 17: R806-R808. Signals & signal detection Communication

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