Selected Recent Publications
(please email Stan Kuczaj for reprint or pdf availability)

Hill, H.M. & Kuczaj, S. A. II (in press). The development of language. In A. Slater & J.G. Bremner (Eds.), Developmental Psychology. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers.

Kuczaj, S.A. II & Walker, R.T. (in press). Dolphin problem solving. In T. Zentall & E. Wasserman (Eds.), Handbook of Comparative Cognition. Oxford University Press.

Miller, L. J., Mellen, J., Greer, T. & Kuczaj II, S. A. (in press), The effects of education programs on Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) behavior.

Animal Welfare. Miller, L. J., Kuczaj II, S. A. & Herzing, D. (in press), Stereotypic behavior in wild marine carnivores? Zoo Biology.

Starkhammar, J, Nilsson,J., Amundin, A., Kuczaj, S.A. II, Almqvist, M. & Perrson, H.W. (in press). Separating overlapping dolphin click trains originating from multiple individuals in echolocation recordings. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

Thieltges, H., Lemasson, A., Kuczaj, S.A . II, Boye, M. & Blois-Heulin. C. (in press). Visual laterality in dolphins when looking at (un)familiar humans. Animal Cognition.

Dudzinski, K.M., Gregg, J.D., Paulos, R.D., & Kuczaj, S.A. II (2010) A comparison of pectoral fin contact behaviour for three distinct dolphin populations. Behavioural Processes, 84, 559–567.

Hernandez, E.N., Solangi, M. & Kuczaj, S.A. II. (2010). Time and frequency parameters of bottlenose dolphin whistlesas predictors of surface behavior in the Mississippi Sound. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127, 3232-3238.

Highfill, L. E. & Kuczaj, S. A. II (2010). How studies of wild and captive dolphins contribute to our understanding of individual differences and personality. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 23, 269-277.

Highfill, L., Hanbury, D., Kristiansen, R., Kuczaj, S.A. II, & Watson, S. (2010). Rating versus coding in animal personality research. Zoo Biology. 29, 509-516.

Kuczaj, S. A. II (2010). Research with Captive Marine Mammals is Important: An Introduction to the Special Issue. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 23, 225-226.

Kuczaj, S.A. II (2010). More Evidence that Research With Captive Marine Mammals Is Important: An Introduction to the Second Special Issue. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 23, 536-537.

Kuczaj, S.A. II, Xitco, M.J. Jr. & Gory, J. D. (2010). Can Dolphins Plan their Behavior? International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 23, 664-670.

Miller, L.J., Mackey, A.D., Hoffland, T., Solangi, M., Kuczaj, S.A. II (2010). Potential Effects of a Major Hurricane on Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Reproduction in the Mississippi Sound. Marine Mammal Science, 26, 707-715.

Miller, L. J., Solangi, M. and Kuczaj, S. A. II (2010), Seasonal and Diurnal Patterns of Behavior Exhibited by Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Mississippi Sound. Ethology, 116: 1127–1137.

Paulos R.D., Trone, M., Kuczaj, S.A. II (2010). Play in wild and captive cetaceans. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 23, 701—722.

Yeater, D. & Kuczaj, S. A. II (2010). Observational learning in wild and captive dolphins. International Journal of Comparative Psychology. 23 (3), 379-385.

Dudzinski, K.M., Gregg, J., Ribic, C. & Kuczaj, S.A. II. (2009) . A comparison of pectoral fin contact between two different wild dolphin populations. Behavioural Processes, 80, 182-190.

Kuczaj, S.A. II, Gory, J.D. & Xitco, M.J. Jr. (2009). How intelligent are dolphins? A partial answer based on their ability to plan their behavior when confronted with novel problems. Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology, 59, 99-115.

Kuczaj, S.A.II & Starkhammar, J. (2009). Review of Beautiful Minds: The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins. Animal Welfare, 18, 105 – 107.

Miller, L. & Kuczaj, S.A.II (2009). Bottlenose dolphin education programs: Benefits for conservation education and enrichment programs? Connect, November, 18-19.

Kuczaj, S.A. II & Makecha, R. (2008). The role of play in the evolution and ontogeny of contextually flexible communication. In U. Griebel & K. Oller (Eds.), Evolution of Communicative Flexibility: Complexity, Creativity, and Adaptability in Human and Animal Communication. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp 253-277. 

Kuczaj, S. A. II, Solangi, M., Hoffland, T. & Romagnoli, M. (2008). Recognition and discrimination of human actions across the senses of echolocation and vision in the bottlenose dolphin: evidence for dolphin cross-modal integration of dynamic information. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 21, 84-95. 

Miller, L., Solangi, M., & Kuczaj, S.A. II. (2008). Immediate response of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins to high-speed personal watercraft in the Mississippi Sound. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 88, 1139-1143.

Paulos, R. D., Dudzinski, K. M., & Kuczaj, S. A. II (2008) The role of touch in select social interactions of Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis ) and Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus ). Journal of Ethology. 26, 153-164. 

Hernandez, E. N., Kuczaj, S.A. II, Houser, D.A., & Finneran, J.J. (2007). Middle-and long-latency auditory evoked potentials in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) resulting from frequent and oddball stimuli. Aquatic Mammals, 33, 34-42. 

Highfill, L. & Kuczaj, S. II (2007). Do bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) have distinct and stable personalities? Aquatic Mammals, 33, 380-389. 

Highfill, L. E., Schwammer, H., & Kuczaj, S. A. (2007). A brief report: The use of experimenter-given cues by South American sea lions. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 20(4), 368-373.

Hill, H.M., Greer, T., Solangi, M., & Kuczaj, S. A. II (2007). All mothers are not the same: Maternal styles in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 20, 34-53.

Kuczaj, S.A. II & Yeater, D. (2007). Observations of Rough-Toothed Dolphins (Steno bredanensis) off the Coast of Utila, Honduras. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 87, 141-148. 

Wright, A. J & Kuczaj, S. A. II. (2007). Noise-related stress and marine mammals: an introduction. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 20, III-VIII. 

Kuczaj, S.A. II, Makecha, R.N., Trone, M., Paulos, R.D., & Ramos, J.A. (2006). The role of peers in cultural transmission and cultural innovation: Evidence from dolphin calves. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 19, 223-240. 

Kuczaj, S.A. II & Walker, R. (2006). Problem solving in dolphins. In T. Zentall & E. Wasserman (Eds.), Comparative Cognition: Experimental Explorations of Animal Intelligence. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Pp. 580-601. 

Kuczaj, S.A. II & Yeater, D. (2006). Dolphin imitation: Who, what, when and why? Aquatic Mammals, 32, 413-422. 

Kuczaj, S.A. II & Highfill, L.E. (2005). Dolphin play: Evidence for cooperation and culture? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28, 31-32. 

Kuczaj, S.A. II, Paulos, R. D. & Ramos, J. A. (2005). Imitation in apes, children and dolphins: Implications for the ontogeny and phylogeny of symbolic representation. In L. Namy (Ed.), Symbol Use and Symbolic Development. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Pp. 221-243. 

Trone, M., Kuczaj, S.A. II, & Solangi, M. (2005). Does participation in dolphin-human interaction programs affect bottlenose dolphin behaviour? Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 93, 363-374.

 

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