Fast life‐histories are associated with larger brain size in killifishes

Long life evolves in large‐brained bird lineages

(2020) Dante Jiménez‐Ortega et al.   EVOLUTION

If a fish can pass the mark test, what are the implications for consciousness and self-awareness testing in animals?

(2019) Masanori Kohda et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Large brains, short life: selection on brain size impacts intrinsic lifespan

(2019) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   Biology Letters

No gains for bigger brains: Functional and neuroanatomical consequences of relative brain size in a parasitic wasp

(2019) Emma Woude et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Rapid growth and large body size in annual fish populations are compromised by density‐dependent regulation

(2019) M. Vrtílek et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Long‐term memory retention in a wild fish species Labroides dimidiatus eleven months after an aversive event

(2019) Zegni Triki et al.   ETHOLOGY

Macroevolutionary evidence suggests trait‐dependent coevolution between behavior and life‐history

(2019) Simon Eckerström‐Liedholm et al.   EVOLUTION

Predation drives the evolution of brain cell proliferation and brain allometry in male Trinidadian killifish, Rivulus hartii

(2019) Kent D. Dunlap et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Large-brained frogs mature later and live longer

(2018) Xin Yu et al.   EVOLUTION

Widespread use of emersion and cutaneous ammonia excretion in Aplocheiloid killifishes

(2018) Michael D. Livingston et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Breakdown of brain–body allometry and the encephalization of birds and mammals

(2018) Masahito Tsuboi et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Intraspecific brain size variation between coexisting sunfish ecotypes

(2018) Caleb J. Axelrod et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Time-limited environments affect the evolution of egg-body size allometry

(2017) Simon Eckerström-Liedholm et al.   EVOLUTION

Predation pressure shapes brain anatomy in the wild

(2017) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Appropriate rearing density in domesticated zebrafish to avoid masculinization: links with the stress response

(2017) Laia Ribas et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Female brain size affects the assessment of male attractiveness during mate choice

(2017) Alberto Corral-López et al.   Science Advances

Large Brains, Small Guts: The Expensive Tissue Hypothesis Supported within Anurans

(2016) Wen Bo Liao et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Larger brain size indirectly increases vulnerability to extinction in mammals

(2016) Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer et al.   EVOLUTION

The life-history basis of behavioural innovations

(2016) Daniel Sol et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Brain size predicts problem-solving ability in mammalian carnivores

(2016) Sarah Benson-Amram et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Selection for brain size impairs innate, but not adaptive immune responses

(2016) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Environmental variation and the evolution of large brains in birds

(2016) Ferran Sayol et al.   Nature Communications

Manipulation complexity in primates coevolved with brain size and terrestriality

(2016) Sandra A. Heldstab et al.   Scientific Reports

The evolution of an annual life cycle in killifish: adaptation to ephemeral aquatic environments through embryonic diapause

(2015) Andrew I. Furness   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Microhabitat Use Affects Brain Size and Structure in Intertidal Gobies

(2015) Gemma E. White et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Brain size affects female but not male survival under predation threat

(2015) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Convergent evolution of alternative developmental trajectories associated with diapause in African and South American killifish

(2015) A. I. Furness et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Brain size affects the behavioural response to predators in female guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

(2015) Wouter van der Bijl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A larger brain confers a benefit in a spatial mate search learning task in male guppies

(2014) A. Kotrschal et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

A comparison of spatial learning and memory capabilities in intertidal gobies

(2014) Gemma E. White et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

The strange case of East African annual fishes: aridification correlates with diversification for a savannah aquatic group?

(2014) Alexander Dorn et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Fish choose appropriately when and with whom to collaborate

(2014) Alexander L. Vail et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Metabolic costs and evolutionary implications of human brain development

(2014) C. W. Kuzawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The evolution of self-control

(2014) E. L. MacLean et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ARTIFICIAL SELECTION ON RELATIVE BRAIN SIZE REVEALS A POSITIVE GENETIC CORRELATION BETWEEN BRAIN SIZE AND PROACTIVE PERSONALITY IN THE GUPPY

(2013) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   EVOLUTION

Rapid growth, early maturation and short generation time in African annual fishes

(2013) Radim Blažek et al.   EvoDevo

Early enrichment effects on brain development in hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): no evidence for a critical period

(2012) Joacim Näslund et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Genetically modified growth affects allometry of eye and brain in salmonids

(2012) R.H. Devlin et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Inside the heads of David and Goliath: environmental effects on brain morphology among wild and growth-enhanced coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch

(2012) A. Kotrschal et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis

(2012) Caroline A Schneider et al.   NATURE METHODS

Comparative analyses of evolutionary rates reveal different pathways to encephalization in bats, carnivorans, and primates

(2012) J. B. Smaers et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Brains and the city: big-brained passerine birds succeed in urban environments

(2011) A. A. Maklakov et al.   Biology Letters

Population variation in brain size of nine-spined sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius) - local adaptation or environmentally induced variation?

(2011) Abigél Gonda et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

LARGE BRAINS BUFFER ENERGETIC EFFECTS OF SEASONAL HABITATS IN CATARRHINE PRIMATES

(2011) Janneke T. van Woerden et al.   EVOLUTION

Tool use in fishes

(2011) Culum Brown   FISH AND FISHERIES

Maternal investment, life histories, and the costs of brain growth in mammals

(2011) R. A. Barton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Large-brained mammals live longer

(2010) C. GONZÁLEZ-LAGOS et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Evolutionary Divergence in Brain Size between Migratory and Resident Birds

(2010) Daniel Sol et al.   PLoS One

Learning capabilities enhanced in harsh environments: a common garden approach

(2010) T. C. Roth et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Tool-like behavior in the sixbar wrasse, Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett, 1830)

(2010) Łukasz Paśko   ZOO BIOLOGY

Brain structure evolution in a basal vertebrate clade: evidence from phylogenetic comparative analysis of cichlid fishes

(2009) Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Climatic Patterns Predict the Elaboration of Song Displays in Mockingbirds

(2009) Carlos A. Botero et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

PHENOTYPIC DIVERSIFICATION ACROSS AN ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT: A ROLE FOR PREDATORS AND RESOURCE AVAILABILITY ON THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE HISTORIES

(2009) Matthew R. Walsh et al.   EVOLUTION

The Expensive Brain: A framework for explaining evolutionary changes in brain size

(2009) Karin Isler et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

Re-evaluating the costs and limits of adaptive phenotypic plasticity

(2009) J. R. Auld et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Brain Size Predicts the Success of Mammal Species Introduced into Novel Environments

(2008) Daniel Sol et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Why are there so few smart mammals (but so many smart birds)?

(2008) K. Isler et al.   Biology Letters

Social fishes and single mothers: brain evolution in African cichlids

(2008) A. Gonzalez-Voyer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Life history costs and benefits of encephalization: a comparative test using data from long-term studies of primates in the wild

(2007) Nancy L. Barrickman et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION