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1990
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1162

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  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Thomas R. Zentall is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Psychology and Agricultural and Biological Sciences with a substantial focus on developmental and educational psychology, animal science and zoology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, cognitive neuroscience, and studies related to small animals.

The research topics covered by Zentall include behavioral and psychological studies, animal nutrition and physiology, animal behavior and welfare studies, child and animal learning development, plant and animal studies, primate behavior and ecology, and animal behavior and reproduction.

Recent publications authored by Zentall reflect a focus on animal cognition and behavior. These include:

  • Effect of Environmental Enrichment on the Brain and on Learning and Cognition by Animals, 2021, Animals
  • Mechanisms of Copying, Social Learning, and Imitation in Animals, 2022, Learning and Motivation
  • The Midsession Reversal Task: A Theoretical Analysis, 2020, Learning & Behavior
  • An Animal Model of Human Gambling Behavior, 2023, Current Research in Behavioral Sciences

Other notable research, though not authored by Zentall but relevant in the context of related behavioral studies, includes:

  • Putting the Self in Self-Correction: Findings From the Loss-of-Confidence Project, 2021, Perspectives on Psychological Science

Zentall regularly publishes articles in journals including Learning & Behavior, Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Learning and Cognition, Behavioural Processes, Animal Cognition, and the Journal of Comparative Psychology.

Collaborations are documented with frequent co-authors such as Daniel N. Peng, Peyton M. Mueller, Wilson D. Clayton, Shelby M. Brantley, and Megan Halloran, indicating a network of research partnerships within the field of animal behavior and psychology.

In 1984, Zentall was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • The evolution of self-control

    Evan L. MacLean;Brian Hare;Charles L. Nunn;Elsa Addessi

  • Optimal stimulation: a model of disordered activity and performance in normal and deviant children.

    Sydney S. Zentall;Thomas R. Zentall

  • Social learning : psychological and biological perspectives

    Thomas R. Zentall;Bennett G. Galef

  • Imitation: definitions, evidence, and mechanisms

    Thomas R. Zentall

  • Comparative cognition : experimental explorations of animal intelligence

    Edward A. Wasserman;Thomas R. Zentall

  • Categorization, concept learning, and behavior analysis: An introduction

    Thomas R Zentall;Mark Galizio;Thomas S Critchfied

  • Concept learning in animals.

    Thomas R. Zentall;Edward A. Wasserman;Olga F. Lazareva;Roger K. R. Thompson

  • Identity: The basis for both matching and oddity learning in pigeons.

    Thomas R. Zentall;Charles A. Edwards;Bradley S. Moore;David E. Hogan

  • Episodic-like memory in pigeons.

    Thomas R. Zentall;Tricia S. Clement;Ramesh S. Bhatt;Jessica Allen

  • "Work ethic" in pigeons: reward value is directly related to the effort or time required to obtain the reward.

    Tricia S. Clement;Joann R. Feltus;Daren H. Kaiser;Thomas R. Zentall

  • Imitative learning in male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) using the two-action method.

    Chana K. Akins;Thomas R. Zentall

  • True Imitative Learning in Pigeons

    Thomas R. Zentall;Jennifer E. Sutton;Lou M. Sherburne

  • Abstract concept learning in the pigeon.

    Thomas Zentall;David Hogan

  • Evidence for common coding in many-to-one matching: Retention, intertrial interference, and transfer.

    Peter J. Urcuioli;Thomas R. Zentall;Pamela Jackson-Smith;Janice N. Steirn

  • Suboptimal choice behavior by pigeons.

    Jessica P. Stagner;Thomas R. Zentall

  • Observational Learning and Social Facilitation in the Rat

    Thomas R. Zentall;John M. Levine

  • CHAPTER 11 – An Analysis of Imitative Learning in Animals

    Thomas R. Zentall

  • Same/different concept learning in the pigeon: the effect of negative instances and prior adaptation to transfer stimuli.

    Thomas R. Zentall;E. Hogan

  • IMITATION IN ANIMALS: EVIDENCE, FUNCTION, AND MECHANISMS

    Thomas R. Zentall

  • Acquired equivalence and distinctiveness in matching to sample by pigeons: Mediation by reinforcer-specific expectancies.

    Charles A. Edwards;Joyce A. Jagielo;Thomas R. Zentall;David E. Hogan

  • The Oxford handbook of comparative cognition

    Thomas R. Zentall;Edward A. Wasserman

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Urcuioli
Peter J. Urcuioli Purdue University West Lafayette
Edward A. Wasserman
Edward A. Wasserman University of Iowa
Sydney S. Zentall
Sydney S. Zentall Purdue University West Lafayette
C. Nathan DeWall
C. Nathan DeWall University of Kentucky
Bennett G. Galef
Bennett G. Galef McMaster University
Ramesh S. Bhatt
Ramesh S. Bhatt University of Kentucky
John M. Levine
John M. Levine University of Pittsburgh
Josep Call
Josep Call University of St Andrews
Elisabetta Visalberghi
Elisabetta Visalberghi National Research Council (CNR)
Laurie M. Lawrence
Laurie M. Lawrence University of Kentucky

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