[MARMAM] Call for Applications for Kuczaj Memorial Travel Grant to attend the Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL

[Hill, Heather]

Greetings!

Applications are currently being accepted for the Kuczaj Memorial Travel Grant, 
which is given to students attending the Conference on Comparative Cognition. 
The grant is administered in memory of Dr. Stan Kuczaj, who was a leader in the 
study of comparative animal cognition, particularly within marine mammals. Stan 
believed in pursuing challenging topics in human and animal cognition with 
rigor, candor, and the spirit of intellectual adventure. The Kuczaj Memorial 
Travel Grant is administered with the goal of preserving and promoting Stan's 
interests and beliefs in scientific pursuit.

Applicants for the Kuczaj Memorial Travel Grant must: 1) be enrolled in a 
graduate program at the time of the application, 2) have their abstract 
accepted for presentation at the Conference on Comparative Cognition, 3) submit 
their long abstract for evaluation and ranking, and 4) provide evidence of 
graduate enrollment. The Kuczaj Memorial Travel Grant is determined through a 
competitive ranking process based upon the quality of the abstracts submitted.

Grants are for $500 in travel allowances to be applied toward conference fees, 
food and lodging, or travel expenses. Two grants will be awarded and grantees 
will be selected and notified of the award by March 15, 2020. Applications must 
be submitted to Dr. Heather Hill (hhi...@stmarytx.edu) no later than February 
28, 2020.

Kuczaj Memorial Travel Grant Application requirements:
NAME: 
EMAIL: 
ADDRESS: 


UNIVERSITY: _ PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT: 
__

LONG ABSTRACT (a separate page may be used)



THESIS ADVISOR:

_   
 
ADVISOR SIGNATURE   
  DATE
Advisor: By signing this page you verify that the applicant is currently 
enrolled in a graduate program and under your supervision.
Applications must be submitted to Dr. Heather Hill (hhi...@stmarytx.edu) no 
later than February 28, 2020.



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Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Comparative Psychology
St. Mary's University
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210-431-6887
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[MARMAM] new publications in International Journal of Comparative Psychology and Special Issue Announcement - Legacy of Stan Kuczaj

[Hill, Heather]

Dear Readers:



International Journal of Comparative Psychology has just published several new 
papers on 
https://submit.escholarship.org/ojs/index.php/uclapsych_ijcp/issue/view/2274



Of interest to members of this listserv, please note the paper by Marulanda et 
al. and Dudzinski et al.

Other articles may be of interest from a comparative perspective.



We would also like to draw your attention to a final call for submissions to 
our final special issue celebrating the Legacy of Dr. Stan Kuczaj.  As a 
developmental psychologist, Stan turned his creative mind to the comparative 
application of developmental phenomena to marine mammals.  Across his 20+ year 
career studying marine mammals, he conducted both captive and field research on 
a variety of topics from cognitive psychology to the anthropogenic effects on 
free-ranging dolphins with collaborators around the world. We hope that this 
special issue will be of interest to the MARMAM readership and invite your 
submission by June 15, 2019.  Please contact Dr. Heather Hill, with any 
questions.



IJCP is a peer-reviewed, open access, no publication fees journal.



International Journal of Comparative Psychology Vol 32 (2019) Table of Contents



Research Article



Domestication and the role of social play on the development of socio-cognitive 
skills in rats

Sergio M Pellis,  Vivien C Pellis,   Brett T Himmler,   
Klaudia

Modlińska,  Rafał Stryjek, Bryan Kolb, Wojciech Pisula



The role of outcome unit size in the collective foraging strategies of rats

Luis Alfaro,  Federico Sanabria,   Rosalva 
Cabrera



Response-inhibition during problem solving in sheep

Franziska Knolle,  Rita P Goncalves, 
Emma L Davies, Amy R Duff,Jenny A

Morton



Three Levels of Consciousness: A Pattern in Phylogeny and Human Ontogeny

Beat Wechsler



Description of a Bottlenose Dolphin Calf’s Acoustic And Visual Exploratory 
Behavior Towards a Non-Alimentary Complex Object

Juliana Lopez Marulanda, Noémie Roynette,   
Torea Blanchard,  Olivier

Adam,   Fabienne Delfour



Aristotelean-Thomistic Approach of Comparative Psychology

Erika A. Brown, Charles I. Abramson





Brief Report



A Facet Theory Analysis of the Structure of Cognitive Performance in New 
Zealand Robins (Petroica longipes)

Paul M W Hackett,   Rachael C Shaw,   
Neeltje J Boogert,Nicola S Clayton



Drinks Like a Fish: Neural Maturation Mitigates the Effects of Ethanol on 
Associative Learning in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Troy Dogulas Fort,   Jacob Negley,Tamara Mcewen



Spatial memory in hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus): Depleting/Replenishing 
environments and pre-choice behaviors in the Radial Arm Maze

Maryed Rojas Leguizamon,  Nataly Yañez, Felipe 
Cabrera





Special Issue on Contact



Methodological Considerations for Comparison of Cross-species Use of Tactile 
Contact

Kathleen M Dudzinski,   Heather M Hill,  Maria Botero


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Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Comparative Psychology
St. Mary’s University
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[MARMAM] Application announcement for Kuczaj Memorial Travel Grant to CO3 meeting

[Hill, Heather]

Applications are currently being accepted for the Kuczaj Memorial Travel Grant, 
which is given to students attending the Conference on Comparative Cognition. 
The grant is administered in memory of Dr. Stan Kuczaj, who was a leader in the 
study of comparative animal cognition, particularly within marine mammals. Stan 
believed in pursuing challenging topics in human and animal cognition with 
rigor, candor, and the spirit of intellectual adventure. The Kuczaj Memorial 
Travel Grant is administered with the goal of preserving and promoting Stan's 
interests and beliefs in scientific pursuit.

Applicants for the Kuczaj Memorial Travel Grant must: 1) be enrolled in a 
graduate program at the time of the application, 2) have their abstract 
accepted for presentation at the Conference on Comparative Cognition, 3) submit 
their abstract for evaluation and ranking, and 4) provide evidence of graduate 
enrollment. The Kuczaj Memorial Travel Grant is determined through a 
competitive ranking process based upon the quality of the abstracts submitted.

Grants are for $500 in travel allowances to be applied toward conference fees, 
food and lodging, or travel expenses. Two grants will be awarded and grantees 
will be selected and notified of the award by March 15, 2019. Applications may 
be obtained from and must be submitted to Dr. Heather Hill 
(hhi...@stmarytx.edu) no later than February 28, 2019.


Heather M. Hill, PhD
Chief Editor, The International Journal of Comparative Psychology
Professor, Psychology
St. Mary's University
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228
hhi...@stmarytx.edu
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[MARMAM] Announcement of travel grant to Comparative Cognition through the Kuczaj Memorial Travel Grant

[Hill, Heather]

Greetings:

Applications are currently being accepted for the Kuczaj Memorial Travel Grant, 
which is given to students attending the Conference on Comparative Cognition. 
The grant is administered in memory of Dr. Stan Kuczaj, who was a leader in the 
study of comparative animal cognition, particularly within marine mammals. Stan 
believed in pursuing challenging topics in human and animal cognition with 
rigor, candor, and the spirit of intellectual adventure. The Kuczaj Memorial 
Travel Grant is administered with the goal of preserving and promoting Stan's 
interests and beliefs in scientific pursuit.

Applicants for the Kuczaj Memorial Travel Grant must: 1) be enrolled in a 
graduate program at the time of the application, 2) have their abstract 
accepted for presentation at the Conference on Comparative Cognition, 3) submit 
their abstract for evaluation and ranking, and 4) provide evidence of graduate 
enrollment. The Kuczaj Memorial Travel Grant is determined through a 
competitive ranking process based upon the quality of the abstracts submitted.

Grants are for $500 in travel allowances to be applied toward conference fees, 
food and lodging, or travel expenses. Two grants will be awarded and grantees 
will be selected and notified of the award by March 15, 2018. Applications must 
be submitted to Dr. Heather Hill (hhi...@stmarytx.edu) no later than February 
28, 2018.

Application is attached or may be requested from Dr. Heather Hill

Heather M. Hill, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Comparative Psychology
Associate Professor
Psychology Department
St. Mary's University
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228
210-431-6887



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[MARMAM] Reminder for Special Issue on Comparative Psychology - Submission due Jan 15, 2018

[Hill, Heather]

Hello Marmam members!

A reminder that the call for papers on Comparative Psychology and similar 
topics to be published in the International Journal of Comparative Psychology 
is coming to a close. Submissions will be accepted until Jan 15, 2018.  Please 
see details below for submission topics.

IJCP Special Issue - What makes Comparative Psychology Comparative? Educating, 
Researching, and Applying the Principles of Comparative Psychology
Special Guest Editor: Dr. Charles Abramson

The field of comparative psychology truly is the intersection of all psychology 
disciplines, offering opportunities to explore almost any aspect of psychology. 
The field compares and contrasts characteristics across different animals, 
ideally with the use of standardized methodologies.  These comparisons should 
be used to solve real-world problems.

We invite researchers to submit papers that reflect one of three major areas 
regarding comparative psychology today.  Submissions may include essays, 
literature reviews, or empirical studies in any of the following topics: (1) 
incorporating comparative psychology into education at all levels, (2) 
empirical research involving comparative approaches, & (3) suggestions and 
methods for reinvigorating and expanding the field of comparative psychology.

Educational Opportunities
1. What are the benefits of studying comparative psychology?
2. What types of outreach programs can be performed to talk about comparative 
psychology?
3. What undergraduate and graduate opportunities are available?
4. Where is comparative psychology occurring?

Empirical Research
1. Comparative methodology
2. Original research that reflects the field of comparative psychology

Reinvigorating interest in Comparative Psychology
1. What problems can utilize the comparative method?
2. How is comparative psychology practiced today?

This special issue will have both invited and open submission options.  All 
articles will go through peer-review. Publication in International Journal of 
Comparative Psychology is online and free. Questions, please contact Dr. 
Charles Abramson 
(charles.abram...@okstate.edu) or Dr. 
Heather Hill (hhi...@stmarytx.edu).


Heather M. Hill, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Comparative Psychology
Associate Professor
Psychology Department
St. Mary's University
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228
210-431-6887

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[MARMAM] International Journal of Comparative Psychology: New Special Issue - Tribute to Dr. Stan Kuczaj - Part 2

[Hill, Heather]

Greetings!

We are pleased to announce the publication of the second half of the special 
issue inspired by Dr. Stan Kuczaj.

Please go to our website: 
http://escholarship.org/uc/search?entity=uclapsych_ijcp;volume=30;issue=0 to 
visit the latest issue.

The table of contents is as follows:

Eskelinen, Hill, Walker, Trone

The Legacy Lives on, a Year Later: Dr. Stan A. Kuczaj A Special Issue - Part 
2

Hanna, Brown, Winship, Cameron, Hill, Kuczaj

A killer whale's (Orcinus orca) response to visual 
media

Moreno, Highfill, Kuczaj II

Does personality similarity in bottlenose dolphin pairs influence dyadic bond 
characteristics?

Zapetis, Samuelson, Botero Acosta, Kuczaj

Evaluation of a developing ecotourism industry: Whale watching in the Gulf of 
Tribugá, 
Colombia

Ames, Zapetis, Witlicki, Wielandt, Cameron, Walker, Kuczaj

Thunks: Evidence for varied harmonic structure in an Atlantic bottlenose 
dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 
sound

Perazio, Kuczaj II

Vocalizations produced by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) during mouth 
actions in aggressive and non-aggressive 
contexts

Makecha, Ghosal

Elephant conservation: Reviewing the need and potential impact of 
cognition-based 
education

Walker, Miller, Kuczaj, Solangi

Seasonal, diel, and age differences in activity budgets of a group of 
bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under professional 
care

Eskelinen, Borger-Turner

Observations of a paternal male with bottlenose dolphin calf (Tursiops 
truncatus): A case 
study

Winship, Poelma, Kuczaj, Eskelinen

Behavioral asymmetries of pectoral fin use during social interactions of 
bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops 
truncatus)

Yeater, Guarino, Lacy, Dees, Hill

Do belugas (Delphinapterus leucas), bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), & 
Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) display lateralized 
processing when presented with familiar or novel 
objects?


Thanks.

Heather M. Hill, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Comparative Psychology
Associate Professor
Psychology Department
St. Mary's University
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228
210-431-6887


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[MARMAM] New paper on lateralized swim positions in belugas

[Hill, Heather]

We are happy to announce the publication of our latest paper on lateralized 
swim positions during mother-calf swims for belugas in two different settings 
in Behavioural Processes.

Abstract
Research with wild belugas has indicated that, during mother-calf swims, calves 
spend more time on their mothers' right side, which enables the calves to 
maintain visual contact with their mothers using their left eye. This bias may 
facilitate processing of social information by the right hemisphere, much like 
human and non-human primates and other animals. The current study explored the 
social laterality of the Cook Inlet, AK beluga population in comparison to a 
beluga population in managed care. As expected, the results indicated that the 
calves spent more time on the mothers' right side than the left for both 
populations. We also examined the developmental trend for the belugas in 
managed care and found that the calves generally preferred to swim on their 
mother's right side across most months, although there was an inversion during 
the third quarter when a left-side preference appeared. Individual differences 
were present. The results corroborate previous research conducted with two wild 
beluga populations from the White Sea and from the Sea of Okhotsk in which a 
left-eye bias was displayed by calves when swimming with their mothers. In 
conclusion, a preference for a lateralized swim position appears to be 
conserved across wild and managed care settings, and this lateralized swim 
position may facilitate the processing of social information or familiar 
stimuli for the calves.




Interested folks may download the paper for free until April 11, 2017 at 
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1Ub2G1LenM57O3



Or, please contact me directly at 
hhi...@stmarytx.edu.



Thank you.



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Psychology Department
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[MARMAM] Travel Award Announcement

[Hill, Heather]

Apologies for cross-postings:

We would like to announce the following travel award opportunity to attend the 
2017 Conference on Comparative Cognition to be held in Melbourne, FL April 
19-23:

Applications are currently being accepted for the Kuczaj Memorial Travel Grant, 
which is given to students attending the Conference on Comparative Cognition. 
The grant is administered in memory of Dr. Stan Kuczaj, who was a leader in the 
study of comparative animal cognition, particularly within marine mammals. Stan 
believed in pursuing challenging topics in human and animal cognition with 
rigor, candor, and the spirit of intellectual adventure. The Kuczaj Memorial 
Travel Grant is administered with the goal of preserving and promoting Stan's 
interests and beliefs in scientific pursuit.

Applicants for the Kuczaj Memorial Travel Grant must: 1) be enrolled in a 
graduate program at the time of the application, 2) have their abstract 
accepted for presentation at the Conference on Comparative Cognition, 3) submit 
their abstract for evaluation and ranking, and 4) provide evidence of graduate 
enrollment. The Kuczaj Memorial Travel Grant is determined through a 
competitive ranking process based upon the quality of the abstracts submitted.

Grants are for $500 in travel allowances to be applied toward conference fees, 
food and lodging, or travel expenses. Two grants will be awarded and grantees 
will be selected and notified of the award by March 15, 2017. Applications must 
be submitted to Dr. Heather Hill 
(hhi...@stmarytx.edu) no later than February 28, 
2017.

For more information on the Kuczaj Memorial Fund, or to make a donation, please 
visit http://www.nmmf.org/kuczaj-memorial-fund.html.



Heather M. Hill, PhD
Associate Professor
Psychology Department
St. Mary's University
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228
210-431-6887

Heather M. Hill, PhD
Associate Professor
Psychology Department
St. Mary's University
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228
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[MARMAM] Special Issue Published - Animal Behavior & Cognition

[Hill, Heather]

On behalf of the Editors and Special Editors of Animal Behavior & Cognition,

Greetings!
We are excited to announce a special issue of Animal Behavior & Cognition 
devoted to papers that explore new models and methods for addressing 
communication and social cognition in dolphins. These papers are based, in 
part, on a workshop on this topic, organized by Denise Herzing and Christine 
Johnson, at the 21st Biennial Marine Mammal Society Conference in San Francisco 
last December.

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR & COGNITION Vol 3, Issue 4, November 2016
http://animalbehaviorandcognition.org/current-issue.html

Out of the Mouth of Babes: Lessons from Research on Human Infants
Stan A. Kuczaj II and Malin K. Lilley

Exploring Social Markets, Partner Debt, and Mimetic Currency in Dolphins
Christine M. Johnson

Interfaces and Keyboards For Human-Dolphin Communication: What Have We
Learned?
Denise L. Herzing

Automated Video Surveillance for the Study of Marine Mammal Behavior and
Cognition
Jeremy Karnowski, Christine Johnson, and Edwin Hutchins

Methods for Discovering Models of Behavior: A Case Study with Wild
Atlantic Spotted Dolphins
Daniel Kohlsdorf, Denise Herzing, and Thad Starner

Whose Line Sound is it Anyway? Identifying the Vocalizer on Underwater
Video by Localizing with a Hydrophone Array
Matthias Hoffmann-Kuhnt, Denise Herzing, Abel Ho, and Mandar A. Chitre

Best
Chris

Christine M. Johnson, PhD
Department of Cognitive Science
University of California, San Diego
Ph: 858-534-9854
FAX  858-534-1128
www.cogsi.ucsd.edu/~johnson/



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[MARMAM] Special Issue Announcement - International Journal of Comparative Psychology

[Hill, Heather]

Thank you for posting.

(Apologies for double posting - Please share)

Stanley (Stan) A. Kuczaj II (1950-2016)

On 14 April 2016, the scientific community lost Dr. Stan Kuczaj, professor at 
the University of Southern Mississippi and Director of the Marine Mammal 
Behavior and Cognition Laboratory. He was a beloved teacher, researcher, 
friend, mentor, and colleague. By age 65, this well-liked, respected professor 
had achieved world-renowned status in multiple disciplines-comparative 
psychology, behavioral sciences, and developmental psychology. His tremendous 
success in these areas resulted in a legacy of more than 50 master's- and 
doctoral-level students working in a variety of fields; he also had hundreds of 
collaborators from around the world. Stan significantly contributed to and 
influenced the current direction of these fields and had many plans and 
research projects still to accomplish.

(Extracted from Memories: Stanley (Stan) A. Kuczaj II (1950-2016), by Heather 
Hill - IJCP, 29, 2016)

http://escholarship.org/uc/uclapsych_ijcp


 Special Issue for the International Journal of Comparative Psychology
To commemorate the contributions of Dr. Stan A. Kuczaj, II to the field of 
comparative psychology, the International Journal of Comparative Psychology is 
sponsoring a special issue on research reflecting Stan's mission to understand 
the behavior, cognition, and communication of complex social animals, with a 
special emphasis on marine mammals. Stan believed in the importance of 
conducting both observational and experimental studies with animals in human 
care or in their natural habitats. We are seeking manuscripts for this special 
issue from researchers who were influenced by Stan and his font of ideas.  
Interested contributors should submit an abstract of 250-300 words to Dr. 
Heather Hill at hdolphi...@gmail.com no later than 
May 31st, 2016. Manuscripts for the special issue will be due August 15, 2016 
for peer review. Expected publication of this special issue will be November 
15th 2016.

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[MARMAM] Stanley "Stan" A. Kuczaj (1950-2016)

[Hill, Heather]

Dear Listserv Members,

On behalf of Stan's surviving family and the Marine Mammal Behavior and 
Cognition lab of the University of Southern Mississippi, it is with heavy 
hearts that the former and current students of Dr. Stan Kuczaj inform the 
marine mammal community of Stan's passing, April 14, 2016. Stan's openness and 
love of all animals and people created an extended family that spreads across 
nations and oceans. We mourn the loss of this intrepid spirit. As soon as we 
have more specific details about how we will celebrate his life and the vast 
legacy he left behind, we will post another announcement.  Please direct any 
questions or comments to Dr. Heather Hill at 
hdolphi...@gmail.com.

Respectfully,
Stan's students, colleagues, friends, and family
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