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Overview

Catherine A. Marler is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of psychology and behavioral neuroscience, with a substantial body of work exploring neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, as well as social psychology.

Catherine Marler's scholarly output includes numerous publications, particularly emphasizing animal behavior and reproduction, human-animal interaction studies, and evolutionary psychology and human behavior. The main topics of their work include:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Infant Health and Development
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior

Their research has been disseminated across various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 7 publications
  • Hormones and Behavior with 3 publications
  • PLoS ONE with 2 publications
  • UNC Libraries with 2 publications
  • Physiology & Behavior with 1 publication

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Pair-bonding leads to convergence in approach behavior to conspecific vocalizations in California mice (Peromyscus californicus)" (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • "An acute dose of intranasal oxytocin rapidly increases maternal communication and maintains maternal care in primiparous postpartum California mice" (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • "Testosterone-related behavioral and neural mechanisms associated with location preferences: A model for territorial establishment" (2020, Hormones and Behavior)
  • "Intranasal oxytocin reduces pre-courtship aggression and increases paternal response in California mice (Peromyscus californicus)" (2022, Physiology & Behavior)
  • "Paternal Behavior from a Neuroendocrine Perspective" (2020, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Neuroscience)

Catherine A. Marler collaborates frequently with a core group of coauthors including:

  • Patrick K. Monari
  • Caleigh D. Guoynes
  • Nathaniel S. Rieger
  • Candice L. Malone
  • Radmila Petric

Their work spans several subfields within psychology, including:

  • Social Psychology
  • Genetics
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Behavioral Neuroscience

This range of topics and collaborations reflects a comprehensive research agenda that integrates behavioral science with neuroendocrine mechanisms, focusing on both human and animal models to understand complex social and reproductive behaviors.

Best Publications

  • Evolutionary costs of aggression revealed by testosterone manipulations in free-living male lizards

    C. A. Marler;M. C. Moore

  • Winning fights elevates testosterone levels in California mice and enhances future ability to win fights

    Temitayo O. Oyegbile;Catherine A. Marler

  • Species differences in paternal behavior and aggression in peromyscus and their associations with vasopressin immunoreactivity and receptors.

    Janet K. Bester-Meredith;Larry J. Young;Catherine A. Marler

  • Reciprocal changes in corticosterone and testosterone levels following acute and chronic handling stress in the tree lizard, Urosaurus ornatus

    Michael C. Moore;Christopher W. Thompson;Catherine A. Marler

  • Testosterone release and social context: when it occurs and why.

    Erin D. Gleason;Matthew J. Fuxjager;Temitayo O. Oyegbile;Catherine A. Marler

  • Testosterone, Paternal Behavior, and Aggression in the Monogamous California Mouse (Peromyscus californicus)

    Brian C. Trainor;Catherine A. Marler

  • Benefit to male sailfin mollies of mating with heterospecific females

    Ingo Schlupp;Cathy Marler;Michael J. Ryan

  • Winning territorial disputes selectively enhances androgen sensitivity in neural pathways related to motivation and social aggression

    Matthew J. Fuxjager;Robin M. Forbes-Lorman;Dylan J. Coss;Catherine J. Auger

  • Testosterone promotes paternal behaviour in a monogamous mammal via conversion to oestrogen.

    Brian C. Trainor;Catherine A. Marler

  • Increased energy expenditure due to increased territorial defense in male lizards after phenotypic manipulation

    Catherine A. Marler;Glenn Walsberg;Myra L. White;Michael Moore

  • Opposing hormonal mechanisms of aggression revealed through short-lived testosterone manipulations and multiple winning experiences

    Brian C Trainor;Ian M Bird;Catherine A Marler

  • Time and Energy Costs of Aggression in Testosterone-Implanted Free-Living Male Mountain Spiny Lizards (Sceloporus jarrovi)

    Catherine A. Marler;Michael C. Moore

  • Vasopressin and aggression in cross-fostered California mice (Peromyscus californicus) and white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus).

    Janet K Bester-Meredith;Catherine A Marler

  • Estrogenic encounters: how interactions between aromatase and the environment modulate aggression.

    Brian C. Trainor;Helen H. Kyomen;Catherine A. Marler

  • The progesterone challenge: steroid hormone changes following a simulated territorial intrusion in female Peromyscus californicus

    Ellen S Davis;Catherine A Marler

  • Variation in aromatase activity in the medial preoptic area and plasma progesterone is associated with the onset of paternal behavior.

    Brian C. Trainor;Ian M. Bird;Noel A. Alday;Barney A. Schlinger

  • Vasopressin and the Transmission of Paternal Behavior Across Generations in Mated, Cross-Fostered Peromyscus Mice

    Janet K. Bester-Meredith;Catherine A. Marler

  • Paternal behavior influences development of aggression and vasopressin expression in male California mouse offspring

    Cristianne R.M. Frazier;Brian C. Trainor;Catherine J. Cravens;Tina K. Whitney

  • Effects of testosterone manipulations on nonbreeding season territorial aggression in free-living male lizards, Sceloporus jarrovi

    Michael C. Moore;Catherine A. Marler

  • Response to Wingfield's commentary on ''A continuing saga: The role of testosterone in aggression''

    Catherine A. Marler;Temitayo O. Oyegbile;Jessica Plavicki;Brian C. Trainor

  • Supplementary feeding compensates for testosterone-induced costs of aggression in male mountain spiny lizards, Sceloporus jarrovi

    Catherine A. Marler;Michael C. Moore

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian C. Trainor
Brian C. Trainor University of California, Davis
Marc D. Hauser
Marc D. Hauser Harvard University

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