BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:EventsCalendar PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T053451Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Arts and Sciences,Lectures and Seminars DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Animal behavior begins with sensory input that is use d to create a perceptual representation upon which the behavior is based, and can have important fitness consequences. Thus, links exist between sen sory systems, perception, behavior, and evolution. My research explores th ese links, asking: How do sensory and perceptual experiences mediate anima l interactions? How does sensory perception play out in the natural world, and what are its evolutionary consequences? Perception is the result of f actors including the form of a stimulus, the environment in which the stim ulus is transmitted, the physiology of sensory organs, and perceptual proc essing that occurs in the brain or other higherorder centers. Increasing r esearch shows that to understand perception, we must account for each of t hese factors, and that assumptions about perception based on the propertie s of physical stimuli and/or sensory physiology alone provide an incomplet e picture. In this talk, I will cover three vignettes: size perception dur ing mate choice in swordtail fish, color perception during mate choice in zebra finches, and partner perception during cleaning mutualisms in tropic al shrimp and fish. In each, I discuss how behavioral responses to visual signals cannot be explained solely by sensory physiology and stimulus form . I hope to show how taking an integrative approach, and bringing together contributions and viewpoints from numerous fields, including both field a nd laboratory perspectives, can uniquely enable contributions to our under standing of how sensory perception influences behavior, ecology, and evolu tion. Abstract: Animal behavior begins with sensory input that is used to create a perceptual representation upon which the behavior is based, and c an have important fitness consequences. Thus, links exist between sensory systems, perception, behavior, and evolution. My research explores these l inks, asking: How do sensory and perceptual experiences mediate animal int eractions? How does sensory perception play out in the natural world, and what are its evolutionary consequences? Perception is the result of factor s including the form of a stimulus, the environment in which the stimulus is transmitted, the physiology of sensory organs, and perceptual processin g that occurs in the brain or other higherorder centers. Increasing resear ch shows that to understand perception, we must account for each of these factors, and that assumptions about perception based on the properties of physical stimuli and/or sensory physiology alone provide an incomplete pic ture. In this talk, I will cover three vignettes: size perception during m ate choice in swordtail fish, color perception during mate choice in zebra finches, and partner perception during cleaning mutualisms in tropical sh rimp and fish. In each, I discuss how behavioral responses to visual signa ls cannot be explained solely by sensory physiology and stimulus form. I h ope to show how taking an integrative approach, and bringing together cont ributions and viewpoints from numerous fields, including both field and la boratory perspectives, can uniquely enable contributions to our understand ing of how sensory perception influences behavior, ecology, and evolution.  \nEvent page: /events/cms/taking-an-integrative-ap proach-to-study-animal-visual-perception-lessons-from-mate-choice-to-mutua lism.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Animal behavior begins with sensory input that is used to create a per ceptual representation upon which the behavior is based\, and can have imp ortant fitness consequences. Thus\, links exist between sensory systems\, perception\, behavior\, and evolution. My research explores these links\, asking: How do sensory and perceptual experiences mediate animal interacti ons? How does sensory perception play out in the natural world\, and what are its evolutionary consequences? Perception is the result of factors inc luding the form of a stimulus\, the environment in which the stimulus is t ransmitted\, the physiology of sensory organs\, and perceptual processing that occurs in the brain or other higherorder centers. Increasing research shows that to understand perception\, we must account for each of these f actors\, and that assumptions about perception based on the properties of physical stimuli and/or sensory physiology alone provide an incomplete pic ture. In this talk\, I will cover three vignettes: size perception during mate choice in swordtail fish\, color perception during mate choice in zeb ra finches\, and partner perception during cleaning mutualisms in tropical shrimp and fish. In each\, I discuss how behavioral responses to visual s ignals cannot be explained solely by sensory physiology and stimulus form. I hope to show how taking an integrative approach\, and bringing together contributions and viewpoints from numerous fields\, including both field and laboratory perspectives\, can uniquely enable contributions to our und erstanding of how sensory perception influences behavior\, ecology\, and e volution. Abstract: Animal behavior begins with sensory input that is used to create a perceptual representation upon which the behavior is based\, and can have important fitness consequences. Thus\, links exist between se nsory systems\, perception\, behavior\, and evolution. My research explore s these links\, asking: How do sensory and perceptual experiences mediate animal interactions? How does sensory perception play out in the natural w orld\, and what are its evolutionary consequences? Perception is the resul t of factors including the form of a stimulus\, the environment in which t he stimulus is transmitted\, the physiology of sensory organs\, and percep tual processing that occurs in the brain or other higherorder centers. Inc reasing research shows that to understand perception\, we must account for each of these factors\, and that assumptions about perception based on th e properties of physical stimuli and/or sensory physiology alone provide a n incomplete picture. In this talk\, I will cover three vignettes: size pe rception during mate choice in swordtail fish\, color perception during ma te choice in zebra finches\, and partner perception during cleaning mutual isms in tropical shrimp and fish. In each\, I discuss how behavioral respo nses to visual signals cannot be explained solely by sensory physiology an d stimulus form. I hope to show how taking an integrative approach\, and b ringing together contributions and viewpoints from numerous fields\, inclu ding both field and laboratory perspectives\, can uniquely enable contribu tions to our understanding of how sensory perception influences behavior\, ecology\, and evolution. 

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DTSTAMP:20260214T030412 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T130000 LOCATION:SENG Bldg. Room# 305 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Taking an integrative approach to study animal visua l perception: lessons from mate choice to mutualism UID:555486486a754b6017c5f606f920b9a5@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR