The Four Cs of Modern (Neuro) ethology and Neuroethics: Cognition, Complexity, Conation, and Culture

Authors: Simon Gadbois

Publication/Journal: Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals

Keywords: affective neuroscience, cognition, complexity, conation, culture, social neuroscience

2020

Effects of different levels of environmental enrichment on the sheltering behaviors, brain development and cortisol levels of black rockfish Sebastes schlegelii

Authors: Zonghang Zhang, Xuemei Zhang, Zhenlin Li, Xiumei Zhang

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, brain size, cortisol, environmental enrichment, fish, level

2019

Future Directions for Personality Research: Contributing New Insights to the Understanding of Animal Behavior

Authors: Vanessa Wilson, Anja Guenther, Oyvind Overli, Martin W. Seltmann, Drew Altschul

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, developmental plasticity, endocrinology, fitness, individual differences, longevity, personality, stress coping, wellbeing

2019

Curiosity boosts orang-utan problem-solving ability

Authors: Laura A. Damerius, Sereina M. Graber, Erik P. Willems, Carel P. van Schaik

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: captivity effect, cognitive abilities, curiosity, experience effect, orang-utans, problem solving

2017

Effects of captivity on house mice behaviour in a novel environment: Implications for conservation practices

Authors: Stephanie K. Courtney Jones, Adam J. Munn, Phillip G. Byrne

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, captive breeding, captivity, phenotypic plasticity, reintroduction, transgenerational effects

2017

Effects of maternal cortisol treatment on offspring size, responses to stress, and anxiety-related behavior in wild largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)

Authors: Julia C. Redfern, Steven J. Cooke, Robert J. Lennox, Michael A. Nannini, David H. Wahl, Kathleen M. Gilmour

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aggression, behavior, boldness, cortisol, exploration, intergenerational effects, largemouth bass, maternal stress, stress response, thigmotaxis

2017

Environmental enrichment of young adult rats (Rattus norvegicus) in different sensory modalities has long-lasting effects on their ability to learn via specific sensory channels

Authors: Vassilissa Dolivo, Michael Taborsky

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal learning, *environmental effects, auditory perception, cues, environmental enrichment, genetics, norway rats, olfactory perception, phenotypes, visual perception

2017

Plasticity of thermoregulatory behavior in leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius, Blyth 1954)

Authors: Octavian Craioveanu, Cristina Craioveanu, Vioara Mireşan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: nocturnal lizards, reptile husbandry, thermal gradient

2017

Plasticity of thermoregulatory behaviour in response to the thermal environment by widespread and alpine reptile species

Authors: Amanda J. Caldwell, Geoffrey M. While, Erik Wapstra

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: highland specialist, montane species, phenotypic plasticity, reptile, thermoregulation

2017

Prey behavioural reaction norms: response to threat predicts susceptibility to predation

Authors: Benjamin J. Toscano

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal personality, antipredator behaviour, boldness, oyster reef, predator–prey

2017