• Research Reports
• Killer Whales
  • Call types associated with aggression in the killer whale
  • Timing of killer whale calls
  • Echelon swimming as reconciliation in killer whales
  • Mother-calf separation during aggressive interactions
  • Swimming speed in neonatal killer whale
  • Anticipatory movements in captive orcas
  • Long-Term Stability in Orca Vocalizations
  • Visual acuity in two species of delphinid
  • Gull Baiting in Captive Orcas
  • Seasonal variation in vocalization in killer whales
  • Orca Vocalizations: Infradian, Circadian, And Ultradian Patterns
  • Circadian Aggression Patterns in Captive Killer Whales
  • Discrimination of Quantity in Captive Killer Whales
  • Vocal development in a neonatal orca whale
  • Family reunions in captive orca whales
  • Indices of affiliation in captive orca whales
• Beluga Whales
  • Parallel Swimming in Maternal Belugas
  • Development of Neonatal Beluga Whales
  • Body posture and behavior in neonatal beluga whales
  • Synchrony in beluga calf nursing
  • Circadian occurrence of beluga whale vocalizations
• Sea Lions
  • Consistent Motor Laterality
  • Consistency in the Food Preferences
  • The reactions of captive sea lions to live fish
  • Discrimination of quantity
  • Food preferences communicated via symbols
• Giraffes
  • Maternal behavior in the reticulated giraffe
  • Sleep in captive giraffe
  • Parturition in a reticulated giraffe
• Caiman
  • Crepuscular Activity Cycle in Dwarf Caiman
• Rats
  • Sex differences in anterior commissure size
  • Commissure size increases with advancing age
  • Subcortical neural asymmetry and turning bias
  • Mapping the midsagittal corpus callosum
  • Septal lesions and spatial navigation
  • Preference of laboratory rats for enriching stimuli
  • Hemidecortication and reversal learning
  • Hemidecortication, prior training, and LRRD
  • Asymmetrical effects of Fr2 lesions
  • Partial callosotomy and left-right response differentiation
  • Improved acquisition of LRRD following section of corpus callosum
  • Induced asymmetries and LRRD
  • Stability of lateral postural-motor biases
  • Behavioral bias and LRRD
  • Medial preoptic lesions and placentophagia
  • Lateral hypothalamic lesions and placentophagia
  • Learning and reproductive condition
• Humans
  • Direction and reliability of head tilt in humans
  • Visuospatial orientational shifts
  • Earedness (Ear choice in monaural tasks)
  • The laterality of psychogenic symptoms
  • Classification of forms and distortions
• Miscellaneous
  • A University/Aquarium Collaboration to Promote the Conservation of Marine Mammals
  • Placentophagia in zoological parks and aquaria
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Korzeniewski, K., Paolucci, P., &  Noonan, M.  Circadian rhythms in rates of occurrence of beluga whale vocalizations (Delphinapterus leucas) in captivity.  Animal Behavior Society, Boise, Idaho, July, 2003.

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