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 […]

Meeting Abstract S11-5  Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:00 – 10:30  Comparative approaches for ecological and neurobiological correlates of innovation AUDET, JN; Rockefeller University Field Research Center, Millbrook, NY jaudet@rockefeller.edu In the wild, particularly in rapidly changing conditions, being capable of solving new problems can increase chances of survival. In the context of climate change, innovativeness is therefore undeniably […]

Meeting Abstract S11-11  Tuesday, Jan. 7 14:30 – 15:00  Avian Spatial Navigation and the Hippocampus: Can Diversity in Behavioral Mechanisms Guide Searches for a Genetics of Cognition? BINGMAN, V P; Bowling Green State University, Ohio vbingma@bgsu.edu Among the various forms of vertebrate cognition, spatial cognition and navigation appear universally dependent on the hippocampus of all tetrapods and […]

Meeting Abstract S10-9  Tuesday, Jan. 7 14:00 – 14:30  What’s in a vein? Using computational tools to explore wing diversity and functional consequences of venation patterns on hemodynamics SALCEDO, MK*; HOFFMANN, J; DONOUGHE, S; COMBES, SA; MAHADEVAN, L; Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; University of California, Davis, CA; Harvard […]

Meeting Abstract S10-10  Tuesday, Jan. 7 14:30 – 15:00  Using uncertainty quantification to infer physical constraints on the evolution of fluid-structure functional systems WALDROP, LD*; MOHAMMADI, S; RADER, JA; HE, Y; Chapman University; Chapman University; UNC Chapel Hill; University of North Texas waldrop@chapman.edu http://waldroplab.com Understanding evolution, in part, requires understanding how variation will change the functional performance […]

Meeting Abstract S10-5  Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:30 – 11:00  Using performance landscapes to understand adaptive diversification within fishes HOLZMAN, R*; OLSSON, K; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv University holzman@tauex.tau.ac.il The complex relationship between form and function provides the foundation for the generation of organismal diversity. Selection acts directly on performance, which is the product of interacting phenotypic […]

Meeting Abstract S10-7  Tuesday, Jan. 7 13:00 – 13:30  The landscape of adaptive landscapes: trade-offs between performance surfaces in space and time POLLY, P.D.; Indiana University pdpolly@indiana.edu https://pollylab.indiana.edu An important component of fitness is the performance of a functional trait in its local environment. But environments vary spatially and temporally, and so too will the performance of […]

Meeting Abstract S10-1  Tuesday, Jan. 7 08:00 – 08:30  Seeing Spirals: Evaluating the hydrodynamic effect of changes in spiraling morphology of ammonoids HEBDON, N*; RITTERBUSH, KA; University of Utah, Salt Lake City; University of Utah, Salt Lake City nicholas.hebdon@gmail.com Ammonoid cephalopods are an extinct group that are notable for their 300 million year history dominated by recurrent […]