Technical and conceptual considerations for using animated stimuli in studies of animal behavior

Cross-modal integration of multimodal courtship signals in a wolf spider

(2016) Elizabeth C. Kozak et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Social interactivity in pigeon courtship behavior

(2016) Emma L.R. Ware et al.   Current Zoology

The dynamics of color signals in male threespine sticklebacksGasterosteus aculeatus

(2016) Meike Hiermes et al.   Current Zoology

The virtual lover: variable and easily guided 3D fish animations as an innovative tool in mate-choice experiments with sailfin mollies-II. Validation

(2016) Stefanie Gierszewski et al.   Current Zoology

The virtual lover: variable and easily guided 3D fish animations as an innovative tool in mate-choice experiments with sailfin mollies-I. Design and implementation

(2016) Klaus Müller et al.   Current Zoology

What artifice can and cannot tell us about animal behavior

(2016) Daniel L. Powell et al.   Current Zoology

Social interactivity in pigeon courtship behavior

(2016) Emma L.R. Ware et al.   Current Zoology

The dynamics of color signals in male threespine sticklebacksGasterosteus aculeatus

(2016) Meike Hiermes et al.   Current Zoology

The virtual lover: variable and easily guided 3D fish animations as an innovative tool in mate-choice experiments with sailfin mollies-II. Validation

(2016) Stefanie Gierszewski et al.   Current Zoology

The virtual lover: variable and easily guided 3D fish animations as an innovative tool in mate-choice experiments with sailfin mollies-I. Design and implementation

(2016) Klaus Müller et al.   Current Zoology

What artifice can and cannot tell us about animal behavior

(2016) Daniel L. Powell et al.   Current Zoology

A virtual reality paradigm for the study of visually mediated behaviour and cognition in spiders

(2015) Tina Peckmezian et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The butterflyPapilio xuthusdetects visual motion using chromatic contrast

(2015) Finlay J. Stewart et al.   Biology Letters

Multimodal communication in wolf spiders: Playback studies with visual and vibratory signals

(2015) George W. Uetz et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

The influence of motion quality on responses towards video playback stimuli

(2015) E. Ware et al.   Biology Open

The importance of syntax in a dynamic visual signal: recognition of jacky dragon displays depends upon sequence

(2014) Kevin L. Woo et al.   ACTA ETHOLOGICA

Using virtual reality to investigate comparative spatial cognitive abilities in chimpanzees and humans

(2014) Francine L. Dolins et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Guidelines for the treatment of animals in behavioural research and teaching

(2014)   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Visual mutual assessment of size in male Lyssomanes viridis jumping spider contests

(2014) Cynthia Tedore et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Mirror, mirror on the wall: the predictive value of mirror tests for measuring aggression in fish

(2014) Valentina Balzarini et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Animated images as a tool to study visual communication: a case study in a cooperatively breeding cichlid

(2014) Stefan Fischer et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Mongolian gerbils learn to navigate in complex virtual spaces

(2014) Kay Thurley et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Reverse Engineering Animal Vision with Virtual Reality and Genetics

(2014) John R. Stowers et al.   COMPUTER

A Different Form of Color Vision in Mantis Shrimp

(2014) H. H. Thoen et al.   SCIENCE

Induction of Social Behavior in Zebrafish: Live Versus Computer Animated Fish as Stimuli

(2014) Meiying Qin et al.   Zebrafish

Sensory exploitation and plasticity in female mate choice in the swordtail characin

(2013) Mirjam Amcoff et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Metabolic rate and body size are linked with perception of temporal information

(2013) Kevin Healy et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Biological motion stimuli are attractive to medaka fish

(2013) Tomohiro Nakayasu et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Mating preferences do not maintain the tailspot polymorphism in the platyfish, Xiphophorus variatus

(2013) Z. W. Culumber et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

“Armpit effect” in an African cichlid fish: self-referent kin recognition in mating decisions of male Pelvicachromis taeniatus

(2013) Timo Thünken et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Pheromones exert top-down effects on visual recognition in the jumping spider Lyssomanes viridis

(2013) C. Tedore et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) responds to images animated by mathematical models of animal grouping

(2012) Nicole Abaid et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Predatory Fish Select for Coordinated Collective Motion in Virtual Prey

(2012) C. C. Ioannou et al.   SCIENCE

Female nuptial coloration and its adaptive significance in a mutual mate choice system

(2011) Sebastian A. Baldauf et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Aggressive Signal Design in the Jacky Dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus): Display Duration Affects Efficiency

(2011) Kevin L. Woo et al.   ETHOLOGY

A Sensory Bias Has Triggered the Evolution of Egg-Spots in Cichlid Fishes

(2011) Bernd Egger et al.   PLoS One

Receiver psychology and the design of the deceptive caudal luring signal of the death adder

(2010) Ximena J. Nelson et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Unraveling the complexities of variation in female mate preference for vertical bars in the swordtail, Xiphophorus cortezi

(2010) Donelle M. Robinson et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Using video playback to study the effect of an audience on male mating behavior in the Sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna)

(2010) A.M. Makowicz et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Transfer of stimulus control from a TFT to CRT screen

(2010) Renee Caron Richards Railton et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

What do fish make of mirror images?

(2010) J. K. Desjardins et al.   Biology Letters

Male mate choice scales female ornament allometry in a cichlid fish

(2010) Sebastian A Baldauf et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Multi-camera real-time three-dimensional tracking of multiple flying animals

(2010) A. D. Straw et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) responds to the animated image of a predator: Towards the development of an automated aversive task

(2009) Robert Gerlai et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Computer animation as a tool to study preferences in the cichlidPelvicachromis taeniatus

(2009) S.A. Baldauf et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Monkey visual behavior falls into the uncanny valley

(2009) S. A. Steckenfinger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Computer animations stimulate contagious yawning in chimpanzees

(2009) M. W. Campbell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Smells like sib spirit: kin recognition in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) is mediated by olfactory cues

(2008) Marion Mehlis et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Opponent assessment in lizards: examining the effect of aggressive and submissive signals

(2008) Daniel A. Van Dyk et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Shuttle box learning in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

(2008) Shalini Pather et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Considerations in video playback design: Using optic flow analysis to examine motion characteristics of live and computer-generated animation sequences

(2008) Kevin L. Woo et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Circular Polarization Vision in a Stomatopod Crustacean

(2008) Tsyr-Huei Chiou et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Technical Restrictions of Computer-Manipulated Visual Stimuli and Display Units for Studying Animal Behaviour

(2008) Sebastian A. Baldauf et al.   ETHOLOGY

TrackFly: Virtual reality for a behavioral system analysis in free-flying fruit flies

(2008) Steven N. Fry et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS

Discrimination of flicker frequency rates in the reptile tuatara (Sphenodon )

(2008) Kevin L. Woo et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN