Behavioural Processes

Papers
(The median citation count of Behavioural Processes is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Aerial urination suggests undescribed sensory modality and social function in river dolphins29
Cost does not prevent pigeons from investing in the future27
Not just for males: Flehmen as a tool for detection of reproductive status and individual recognition across sexes in four African equid species24
Maternal deprivation effect on morphine-induced CPP is related to changes in opioid receptors in selected rat brain regions (hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and nucleus accumbens)22
Feline faces: Unraveling the social function of domestic cat facial signals19
Landmark use by ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata) during wayfinding in a complex maze17
Food handling shapes the laterality of paw use in the Chinese red panda (Ailurus styani)17
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Sex-based differences, diurnal and seasonal trends in thermoregulatory behaviour of nesting Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)16
The effect of experience on collective decision-making16
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Aroma-dillo or Area-dillo? An examination of armadillos’ sensory modality bias14
TEMPORARY REMOVAL: Dominance style and intersexual hierarchy in wild bonobos from Wamba14
Preterm rat survival is enhanced by gestational environmental enrichment13
Disentangling the “many-eyes”, “dilution effect”, “selfish herd”, and “distracted prey” hypotheses in shaping alert and flight initiation distance in a colonial seabird13
Exploring emotional contagion in zebrafish: A virtual-demonstrator study of positive and negative emotions13
Three methods of behavioural testing to measure anxiety – A review12
SQAB 2022: New directions in learning research11
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Comparison of the exploratory behaviour of wild and laboratory mouse species11
Behavioural responses to separation from human companion in the domestic cat: A survey-based study11
Learning about reward identities and time11
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Daily running trials increase sprint speed in endangered lizards (Gallotia simonyi)10
The effect of adulteration with a bitter tastant, denatonium benzoate, on the reinforcing value of sucrose10
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Individual differences in the perception of cue-outcome contingencies: A signal detection analysis9
Dyadic response facilitation of object play in Balinese long-tailed macaques9
ABA, AAB and ABC renewal with Pavlovian Conditioning of Tentacle Lowering procedure in the snail Cornu aspersum9
Using social network analysis to confirm the ‘gambit of the group’ hypothesis for a small cetacean9
Matching is acquired faster than mismatching by pigeons when salient stimuli are presented manually9
Relationship between acoustic traits of protesting cries of domestic kittens (Felis catus) and their individual chances for survival8
Modeling resurgence with an evolutionary theory of behavior dynamics8
Aging to 24 months increased C57BL/6J mouse social sniffing and hippocampal Neto1 levels, and impaired female spatial learning8
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Paint marking using CO2 anaesthetization does not affect exploratory and recruitment behaviours in the rock ant, Temnothorax rugatulus8
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Social attributes shape antipredator behavior strategies in the ruddy ground-dove7
Male gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) concentration-dependent social responses to diluted mental gland pheromones7
Streamlining boldness measurement in fish: A practical approach to field studies7
Behavioural changes of native freshwater prawn in the presence of a predator fish7
Resurgence during transitions from variable- to fixed-interval schedules7
Exploration of a novel environment is not correlated with object neophobia in wild-caught house sparrows (Passer domesticus)7
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The emergence and early development of socio-sexual behavior in beluga calves (Delphinapterus leucas)7
An introduction to “discrete choice experiments” for behavior analysts7
A standardised ethogram for the Psittaciformes7
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Female control of a novel form of cannibalism during copulation in a South American widow spider7
Distinct acute stressors exert an antagonistic effect on complex grooming during novelty habituation in rats7
1-Back reinforcement matching and mismatching by pigeons: Implicit or explicit learning?7
Habituation: It’s not what you think it is7
Behavioral economic demand modeling chronology, complexities, and considerations: Much ado about zeros7
Effort-motivated behavior resolves paradoxes in appetitive conditioning7
Stress-related impairment of fear memory acquisition and disruption of risk assessment behavior in female but not in male mice7
Effects of delay sequence in a delay discounting task6
Modulation of dear enemy effects by male dusky warblers (Phylloscopus fuscatus) at different reproductive stages6
Torrent frogs emit acoustic signals of a narrower spectral range in habitats with longer-lasting biotic background noise6
Sample-comparison mapping and joint stimulus control6
Collective behaviour of the European minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) is influenced by signals of differing acoustic complexity6
Binge eating behavior and incentive motivation with a cafeteria diet6
Experimental evidence of aposematic signal in black tadpoles6
Incentive-salience attribution is attenuated in spontaneously hypertensive rats, an animal model of ADHD6
Abbreviated fixed-interval interventions promote self-control in rats6
Acute caffeine enhances sign-tracking in male Sprague-Dawley rats6
Hot crabs with bold choices: Temperature has little impact on behavioural repeatability in Caribbean hermit crabs6
Attention bias and novel object test in rams (Ovis aries) under intensive farming6
Lack of subspecies-recognition in breeding Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica transitiva)6
Behavioural variables influence contact call rate more than characteristics of the vegetation in a group-living passerine species6
Laterality in the Cape mole-rat, Georychus capensis6
Behavioural reactivity testing in sheep indicates the presence of multiple temperament traits6
Innate visual discrimination abilities of zebrafish larvae6
Search image formation for spider prey in a mud dauber wasp.6
Learning performance is associated with social preferences in a group-living fish6
Unpredictable mealtimes rather than social jetlag affects acquisition and retention of hippocampal dependent memory6
Sexual stimulation of captive Iberian ibex bucks (Capra pyrenaica): Effect of male social rank on the response to estrous females6
The consistency of exploration behaviours across life stages in a native Australian rodent, the fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat Melomys cervinipes5
Social investigation and social novelty in zebrafish: Roles of salience and novelty5
Agonistic behaviors of boxer shrimps (Stenopus Species): Insights into the importance of antennae, antennules and tactile contact5
Examining sex disparities in risk/reward trade-offs in Smith's zokors, Eospalax smithii5
The effects of response disequilibrium on social media use: A laboratory analogue5
Boldness and learning in an active foraging lizard5
Higher offspring mortality in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) that spontaneously present with large nest building behaviour5
Behavioral responses to predator and heterospecific alarm calls are habitat-specific in Eurasian tree sparrows5
Assessing the exploratory profile of two zebrafish populations: Influence of anxiety-like phenotypes and independent trials on homebase-related parameters and exploration5
Chronic high-dose testosterone impairs economic decision making, but has no effect on memory in male rats5
How’s my kitty? Acoustic parameters of cat-directed speech in human-cat interactions5
Individual differences in habituation: Innate covariation between habituation, exploration, and body size in naïve chicks (Gallus gallus)5
Irrational behavior in dogs (Canis lupus familiaris): A violation of independence from irrelevant alternatives5
Experimental trials provide insight to climate impacts on condition and over-winter survival in Pacific sand lance, Ammodytes personatus5
Social isolation interaction with the feeding regime differentially affects survival and results in a hump-shaped pattern in movement activity5
Relationship between boldness and exploratory behavior in adult zebrafish5
The role of collective behaviour in fish response to visual cues5
Proximity and preening in captive Humboldt penguins5
Black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) discriminate between naturally-ordered and scramble-ordered chick-a-dee calls and individual preference is related to rate of learning5
Comparing extinction and contrast effects for operant wheel running and lever pressing on a multiple schedule5
The effect of delay and social distance in the dictator and ultimatum games5
Behavioural plasticity of motor personality traits in the common vole under three-day continual observation in a test box5
Effect of feed-time duration on discrimination of vocalizations in a go/no-go operant paradigm5
More complex anti-predator behaviors develop with age in Chinese water deer fawns5
Activity behavior of goitered gazelles in an arid environment5
Ecology of acoustic partitioning in insect assemblages5
Runway extinction in terrestrial toads (Rhinella arenarum): Instrumental or Pavlovian?5
How to perceive the insecticide? The Neotropical termite Nasutitermes corniger (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) triggers alert behavior after exposure to imidacloprid4
Adulteration of sucrose with citric acid: Effect on reinforcing value, examined using an adjusting-magnitude schedule of reinforcement4
The role of contingency discriminability in suboptimal choice4
Reproductive success diminished following mate loss for females but not males in a monogamous rodent4
The influence of guided tours on the welfare of white-handed gibbons and capuchin monkeys at Maia Zoo4
Individual vocal identity may be obscured following colony assembly in captive black-capped chickadees4
Previous experience alters individual vulnerability to angling of crucian carp (Carassius auratus)4
Variation-set structure: Extraction of important segments in pigeon learning4
Sexual maturity, lack of partner choice and sperm precedence in the promiscuous ladybird beetle Eriopis connexa (Germar): Who is my father?4
Horses can learn to identify joy and sadness against other basic emotions from human facial expressions4
Evolution of cooperation in an n-player game with opting out4
The presence of informed conspecifics improves individual foraging efficiency in naïve sheep4
Motivating operations as contexts for operant discrimination training and testing4
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Memory for surface objects in an arena by the horse (Equus ferus caballus) under saddle: Evidence for dual process theory of spatial representation4
The role of auditory and vibration stimuli in zebrafish neurobehavioral models4
Rich-lean transitions produced by stimuli associated with accurate and inaccurate responding by pigeons4
Using the ‘stranger test’ to assess social competency in adult female Long Evans rats reared with a Fischer 344 partner4
Threespine stickleback do not use social cues to learn about predation risk4
Evaluating effects of context changes on resurgence in humans4
Rats’ use of hierarchical organization in serial pattern learning4
Effects of water restriction and dirt on grooming behavior in neotropical rodents (Trinomys setosus and T. yonenagae) (Echimyidae)4
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Taste-induced facial responses in black-handed spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)4
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Individual variation in activity budgets of a stable population of killer whales in managed care across a year4
Translating quantitative theories of behavior into improved clinical treatments for problem behavior4
Hand preference for a bimanual coordinated task in captive hatinh langurs (Trachypithecus hatinhensis) and grey-shanked douc langurs (Pygathrix cinerea)4
Theoretical note: Quantity and concentration as co-determinants of the reinforcing value of sucrose: A re-analysis of some previously published data4
Social isolation of unfamiliar cattle by groups of familiar cattle4
Female pond frog vocalisation deters sexual coercion by males3
Models of conditioned reinforcement and abnormal behaviour in captive animals3
The role of stimulus combinations in the repeated assessment of resurgence3
A single brief stressful event time-dependently affects object recognition memory and promotes familiarity preference in marmoset monkeys3
Exposure to humans after weaning does not reduce the behavioural reactivity of extensively reared Merino lambs3
3D-printed operant chambers for rats: Design, assembly, and innovations3
Is collective nest site selection in ants influenced by the anchoring effect?3
Non-individualistic ultrasonic and audible isolation calls throughout ontogeny in a rodent, Eolagurus luteus3
Does the sound environment influence the behaviour of zoo-housed birds? A preliminary investigation of ten species across two zoos3
Effect of different experiences with humans in dogs’ visual communication3
Negative reinforcement of behavioral variability without previous training with positive reinforcement3
Non-stereotyped amplitude modulation across signature whistle contours3
An evaluation of hedonic responses in taste-potentiated odor aversion using the analysis of licking microstructure and orofacial reactivity3
Third-party conflict interventions are kin biased in captive white-lipped peccaries (Mammalia, Tayassuidae)3
Female preference for song frequency in the cicada Mogannia formosana Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)3
The strain of unfamiliar conspecifics affects stress identification in rats3
Influence of web traits, height, and daily periods of exposition on prey captured by orb-weaver spiders3
Activity vs exploration: Locomotion in a known and unknown environment differs in Atlantic cod juveniles (Gadus morhua)3
A mixed-species shoal including fewer heterospecifics is preferred by jack mackerel Trachurus japonicus juveniles3
Pigeon leadership hierarchies are not dependent on environmental contexts or individual phenotypes3
An investigation of population variation in maze exploration and its predictors in wild Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata)3
Measuring behavioral coping style and stress reactivity experimentally in wild olive baboons3
Overmatching under food uncertainty in foraging pigeons3
A quantitative analysis of the effects of alternative reinforcement rate and magnitude on resurgence3
Reproductive advantage of the winners of male-male competition in Drosophila prolongata3
“How not to judge a deer by its cover”: A personality assessment study on captive adult red deer males (Cervus elaphus)3
The effect of interstimulus interval on sustained attention3
Dogs fail to recognize a human pointing gesture in two-dimensional depictions of motion cues3
Exploring innovative problem-solving in African lions (Panthera leo) and snow leopards (Panthera uncia)3
Prevention of self-grooming in rats: Evidence for a rebound effect3
Time, uncertainty, and suboptimal choice3
Patrolling the area, not ousting intruders, relates to reproductive success for territorial male Leon Springs pupfish, Cyprinodon bovinus3
Context-dependent use of visual cues in the shell selection behaviour of the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus3
Sounds in common: Time-frequency as the classification parameters for pulsed sounds produced by Delphinus delphis3
Analixity: An open source, low-cost analysis system for the elevated plus maze test, based on computer vision techniques3
Delayed monetary losses: Do different procedures and discounting measures assess the same construct?3
The effect of observing trained conspecifics on the performance and motivation of goldfish, Carassius auratus, in a spatial task3
Can a traditional partner preference test quantify monogamous behavior in captive coyotes?3
Prepulse inhibition deficits in inbred and outbred rats and between-strain differences in startle habituation do not depend on startle reactivity levels3
Domestication effects on aggressiveness: Comparison of biting motivation and bite force between wild and domesticated finches3
Responses to environmental enrichment are associated with personality characteristics in chestnut-bellied seed finches (Sporophila angolensis)3
Relationship between reinforcement rate and response rate in Pavlovian and operant conditioning with compound stimuli in rats3
Mechanisms of expression of object play: A comparative study of stone handling in two captive groups of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis fascicularis)3
Similar attention and performance in female and male CD1 mice in the peak procedure3
Inter-annual fluctuations of sociability in the common shrew (Sorex araneus L.) as determined by a preference test: A case of balancing selection?3
A test of the role of stimulus-response and stimulus-outcome associations in the effects of intermittent-access training3
Choice and rate-amount independence in a titration procedure3
Reducing impulsive choice: VIII. Effects of delay-exposure training in female rats2
A review of the behavioral effects of response force: Perspectives on measurement and functions2
Captive Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) show facial indicators of positive affect when reunited with their caregiver2
Do dominant monkeys gain more warmth? Number of physical contacts and spatial positions in huddles for male Japanese macaques in relation to dominance rank2
SQAB 2019: Perspectives on reinforcer efficacy2
Identifying facial expressions in dogs: A replication and extension study2
Variation in predator response to short-wavelength warning coloration2
The formal foundation of an evolutionary theory of reinforcement2
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Collective movement decision-making in primates in crop-raiding contexts2
SQAB 2021: Translational research using computation approaches2
Equivalent learning, but unequal participation: Male bumble bees learn comparably to females, but participate in cognitive assessments at lower rates2
The effects of noncontingent reinforcement on an arbitrary response in domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)2
Investigating the role of environmental enrichment initiated in adolescence against the detrimental effects of chronic unpredictable stress in adulthood: Sex-specific differences in behavioral and neu2
Midsession reversal task with starlings: A quantitative test of the timing hypothesis2
Stimulus characteristics, learning bias and visual discrimination in zebrafish (Danio rerio)2
Assessing the spontaneous use of human-given cues in ground-hornbills2
Advertisement call of two Liuixalus species (Anura: Rhacophoridae) endemic to Hainan Island, China2
Organization of exploratory behavior under dark conditions in female and male rats2
Harmonics and frequency-modulated calls indicate different motivational states in rats2
Size matters: Antagonistic effects of body size on courtship and digging in a wolf spider with non-traditional sex roles2
First description of nest-decoration behaviour in a wild sub-Antarctic shorebird2
Children's emergent relations of equivalence using stimuli with opposite verbal labels: Exclusion and minimal training conditions2
Uncertainty in foraging success and its consequences on fitness2
Tone deaf: Association of an auditory stimulus with predation risk by zebrafish Danio rerio does not generalize to another auditory stimulus2
Female lined seahorses (Hippocampus erectus) recognize their mates based on olfactory cues2
An evolutionary view of self-awareness2
Individual consistency of hissing displays across night and day in a free-living female songbird2
Shelter cleaning of frillfin goby as non-reproductive behaviour2
Non-invasive, real-time stress measurement: Vocalization compared with thermal imaging in kittens of the domestic cat in response to social separation2
Individual differences in degree of discounting: Do different procedures and measures assess the same construct?2
May unpredictable events affect monkey welfare under human care?2
Generalisation of early learned tutor song preferences in female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)2
Effects of methamphetamine on probability discounting in rats using concurrent chains2
A single episode of stress during adolescence impairs short-term memory and increases risk behaviour in an animal model of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder2
Persistence and gazing at humans during an unsolvable task in dogs: The influence of ownership duration, living situation, and prior experience with humans2
Reversing the relationship between a nontarget cue and the outcome facilitates subsequent human predictive learning2
The elusive nature of forward blocking effect on running-based taste aversion learning in laboratory rats2
Personality and plasticity of defensive behavior in collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu)2
Interference of same/different learning by a spatial discrimination2
Effects of brief post-sample cues signaling presence or absence of reinforcers in delayed matching-to-sample2
Individual and group behavioral responses to nutritional state and context in a social fish2
Male attention allocation depends on social context2
Sex-dependent risk-taking behaviour towards different predatory stimuli in the collared flycatcher2
Intra- and interspecific interactions in the two coexisting Locustella warblers revealed by song playback experiments2
Traveling through light clutter: Path integration and panorama guided navigation in the Sonoran Desert ant, Novomessor cockerelli2
Climatic factors impacting thermoregulatory behaviours of coastal and inland rattlesnakes2
Multimodal cues facilitate ripe-fruit localization and extraction in free-ranging pteropodid bats2
Effects of individual or common resources availability in choosing individual or shared contingencies2
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Alcohol conditioned contexts enhance positive subjective alcohol effects and consumption2
Prosociality and reciprocity according to parental status, communication, and personality in domestic canaries (Serinus canaria)2
The effects of allogrooming and social network position on behavioural indicators of stress in female lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus)2
Resource limitations: A taxonomy2
Exposure to a hypercaloric diet produces long lasting changes in motivation2
Choosing a future from a murky past: A generalization-based model of behavior2
Limited influence of hunting on the activity patterns and habitat use of Pampas fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus) in agroecosystems of central Argentina2
Investigating individual learning behaviour of dogs during a yes/no detection task2
Open field activity is linked to, but is not affected by, the rate of recovery from reward downshift in female Wistar rats2
Same-sex love triangles in female monkeys: Intra-sexual mate competition between female Japanese macaques for female sexual partners2
Collective response of fish to combined manipulations of illumination and flow2
Blackouts can serve as a contextual feature and enhance resurgence2
Tactile cues compensate for unbalanced vestibular cues during progression on inclined surfaces1
Termites can learn1
Fins of Fury or Fainéant: Fluoxetine impacts the aggressive behavior of fighting fish (Betta splendens)1
Training primates to forage in virtual 3D environments1
Spatial memory in Vespula germanica wasps: A pilot study using a Y-maze assay1
The temporal copulatory patterns of female rat sexual behavior1
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