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Research basis for this module:
Spencer Lynn's home page
other links

Signal detection and cognition links
Bumblebee links
References

Links: Signal detection, generalization and peak shift, cognition.

Signal Detection module from Mississippi State
Very nice module on signal detection, with a *great* game to play.

Signal Detection Theory Handout (Psych 30) by Professor David Heeger, Stanford University.
Good, in-depth, yet easy to understand.

Stimulus Control (Learning Theories Lecture Eleven) by Donald F, Kendrick, Middle Tennessee State University.
Lively, engaging lecture.

"Modern Reinforcement-Related Learning Theories" by Leland C. Swenson, Professor of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles California.
Lengthy, detailed, and technical.

A Tax on Stupidity? from CriticalThinking--Philosophy 158d 2000 by John Upper of Queen's University, Canada.
Lecture notes related to the concept of "expected utility."

Stimulus Generalization of operant behavior, by David A. Eckerman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Good explanation of the peak shift phenomenon.

Studies in Animal Behaviour, by Dr. Ken Cheng, MacQuarie University.
Spatial generalization in bees.

Learning and Behaviour: Operant Behaviour and Discrimination, by Dr. Ken Cheng, MacQuarie University.
Page down to the "peak shift and generalisation" section.

Cognition and Instructional Technologies Laboratories Glossary from Texas A&M University.
Definition of such terms as "peak shift" and "generalization."

Stochastic Resonance and Signal Detection, University of New Mexico.
Includes a simulation exercise.

Avian Visual Cognition, the home page of Dr. Robert Cook, Tufts.
Large collection of content and links related to animal cognition.

Robert Cook at Tufts: Huge list of links to courses on animal cognition, learning and conditioning, and animal behavior.

"Complex Stimuli & Concepts" from Northumbria University (U.K.) author uncertain; no coherent filing structure
Animation of training versus test phase, and of peak shift.

Links: Bumblebees

List of World Bumblebees, The Natural History Museum, London.

Biology of Bumble Bees Discussion Group (BOMBUS-L Listserv list)

Bumblebees, Humble bees, Cuckoo bumblebees, from the "Discover Life" project; by John Pickering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Bumblebee biology, by John T. Longino, from "Identification tools and natural history accounts of the biota of The Evergreen State College" (Olympia, Washington)

References

An arbitrary selection of recent research related to signal detection theory in animal behavior.

Cheng, K., Spetch, M.L., and Johnston, M. 1997. Spatial peak shift and generalization in pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Behavior Processes 23 (4): 469-481.

Gamberale-Stille, G., and Tullberg, B. S. 1999.
Experienced chicks show biased avoidance of stronger signals: an experiment with natural colour variation in live aposematic prey. Evolutionary Ecology 13 (6): 579-589.

Gerhardt, H. C. 1994. The evolution of vocalization in frogs and toads. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 25: 293-324.

Greenfield, M. D. 1994. Cooperation and conflict in the evolution of signal interactions. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 25: 97-126.

Weary, D.M., Guilford, T. and Weisman, R.G. 1993. Peak shift as a mechanism for the development of female preference of elaborate secondary sexual characters. Evolution, 47, 333-336.

Wiley, R. H. 1994. Errors, exaggeration, and deception in animal communication. In L. Real (ed.), Behavioral mechanisms in ecology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.