Selected Recent Publications (please email Stan Kuczaj for reprint or pdf availability)
Highfill, L., Hanbury, D., Kristiansen, R., Kuczaj, S. A. II, & Watson, S. (in press). Rating versus coding in animal personality research. Zoo Biology.
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.
Ioup, G.E., Ioup, J.W., Pflug, L.A., Tashmukhambetov, A.M., Sidoroskaia, N.A. Schexnayder, P., Tiemann, C.O., Bernstein, A, Kuczaj, S.A.II, Rayborn, G.H., Newcomb, J.J., Carlson, R., & Ekimov, A. (in press). EARS Buoy Applications by LADC: I. Marine Mammals. Proceedings of IEEE/MTS OCEANS09.
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., Mackey, A.D., Hoffland, T., Solangi, M., Kuczaj, S.A. II (in press). Potential Effects of a Major Hurricane on Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Reproduction in the Mississippi Sound.  Marine Mammal Science.
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.

Hernandez, E., Solangi, M. & Kuczaj, S. A. II. (in press).  Time and frequency parameters of bottlenose dolphin whistles as predictors of surface behavior in the Mississippi Sound,  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  

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. 

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 & 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.

Kuczaj, S.A. II & Hill, H.M. (2004).  How animals care for their young. In M. Bekoff (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Vol. 1. Phoenix, AZ: Greenwood Publishing. Pp. 185-191. 
Xitco, M.J. Jr., Gory, J.D. & Kuczaj, S.A. II. (2004). Audience effects on dolphin pointing.  Animal Cognition, 7, 231-238. 
Kuczaj, S.A. II & Hendry, J. L. (2003). Does language help animals think? In D. Gentner & S. Goldin-Meadow (Eds.), Language in Mind: Advances in the Study of Language and Thought. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 237-275. 
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