Meeting Abstract S11.10  Wednesday, Jan. 7 14:30  Genetic and hormonal basis of limb regeneration across the Pancrustacea DAS, S.; Colorado State University sdas@mail.colostate.edu Regeneration is a developmental process that allows an organism to re-grow a lost body part. Historically, the most studied aspect of limb regeneration across Pancrustacea is its morphological basis and its dependence on successful […]

Meeting Abstract S11.3  Wednesday, Jan. 7 09:00  Evolution of respiratory proteins across the Pancrustacea BURMESTER, T.; Institute of Zoology, University of Hamburg; Germany thorsten.burmester@uni-hamburg.de Respiratory proteins serve for the transport and storage of oxygen. Two types of respiratory proteins occur in the Pancrustacea: hemocyanin and hemoglobin. The copper-containing hemocyanin evolved from phenoloxidases in the arthropod stemline. Hemocyanins […]

Meeting Abstract S11.2  Wednesday, Jan. 7 08:30  Binary patterning of chitin metabolism pathways in a crayfish: a tool for multi gene studies of the molt cycle in arthropods ABEHSERA, S.*; GLAZER, L.; TYNIAKOV, J.; PLASHKE , I.; CASPI , V.; KHALAILA , I.; AFLALO , E. D.; SAGI, A.; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev abehsera@post.bgu.ac.il Crustaceans and […]

Meeting Abstract S11-7  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:00 – 11:30  Using Neural Activation to Understand Nest Building in Birds HEALY, SD; University of St Andrews susan.healy@st-andrews.ac.uk http://cognitioninthewild.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk Nest building is fundamental to successful reproduction for most birds. In spite of its importance, however, rather little is known about the decision making that is involved in building. Indeed, it […]

Meeting Abstract S11-4  Tuesday, Jan. 7 09:00 – 09:30  The Mind of the Bee CHITTKA, L; Queen Mary University of London l.chittka@qmul.ac.uk Bees have a diverse instinctual repertoire that exceeds in complexity that of most vertebrates. This repertoire allows the social organisation of such feats as the construction of precisely hexagonal honeycombs, an exact climate control system […]

Meeting Abstract S11-8  Tuesday, Jan. 7 13:30 – 14:00  The Era of Single-Cell Sequencing: Lessons from Comparative Cognition of Model Organism LIU, Y; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas yuxiang.liu@utsouthwestern.edu Comparing with non-human primates, we evolved unique cognitive abilities which have been attributed to high volume of human brain especially the expansion of prefrontal cortex (PFC). […]

Meeting Abstract S11-6  Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:30 – 11:00  Reptiles: an evolutionarily important link in comparative cognition and neurobiology LADAGE, LD; Penn State Altoona ldl18@psu.edu http://personal.psu.edu/ldl18/ In the 1960’s, MacLean’s concept of the triune brain and its coevolution with cognitive abilities embedded itself into the fabric of psychology and the minds of the general public. For decades, […]

Meeting Abstract S11-1  Tuesday, Jan. 7 08:20 – 08:30  Integrative Comparative Cognition BURMEISTER, SS; University of North Carolina sburmeister@unc.edu A long-standing question in biology is what are the mechanisms that shape the evolution of cognition? One effective way to address this question is to study cognitive abilities in a broad spectrum of animals. While comparative psychologists have […]

Meeting Abstract S11-10  Tuesday, Jan. 7 14:00 – 14:30  Hippocampal transcriptomes are associated with cognitive ability in two species of frog BURMEISTER, SS*; LIU, Y; University of North Carolina; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center sburmeister@unc.edu The complexity of an animal’s interaction with its physical and/or social environment is associated with behavioral flexibility and cognitive complexity. While […]

Meeting Abstract S11-2  Tuesday, Jan. 7 08:30 – 09:00  Dog Diversity as a Natural Experiment in Cognitive Evolution MACLEAN, E*; GNANADESIKAN, G; BRAY, E; SNYDER-MACKLER, N; University of Arizona; University of Arizona; University of Arizona; Arizona State University evanmaclean@email.arizona.edu https://dogs.arizona.edu/ Dogs were once written off as a highly artificial species with little to contribute to the scientific […]