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Verner P. Bingman is affiliated with Bowling Green State University in the United States. Their scholarly work spans across several interrelated fields, with a particular focus on neuroscience, agricultural and biological sciences, and psychology. Bingman has made contributions to both main fields and subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, social psychology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's research extensively covers topics such as primate behavior and ecology, animal behavior and reproduction, memory and neural mechanisms, neurobiology and insect physiology research, zebrafish biomedical research applications, hemispheric asymmetry in neuroscience, and olfactory and sensory function studies.

Bingman has published research articles in several recognized academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Behavioural Brain Research
  • Learning & Behavior
  • Ethology Ecology & Evolution
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Journal of Comparative Physiology A

Among recent papers, notable works include:

  • Importance of the hippocampus for the learning of route fidelity in homing pigeons (2020, Biology Letters)
  • Neuronal circuits within the homing pigeon hippocampal formation (2023, The Journal of Comparative Neurology)
  • Unpacking the navigation toolbox: insights from comparative cognition (2024, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • Drawing on the brain: An ALE meta-analysis of functional brain activation during drawing (2020, The Arts in Psychotherapy)
  • GPS-profiling of retrograde navigational impairments associated with hippocampal lesion in homing pigeons (2021, Behavioural Brain Research)

Bingman frequently collaborates with other researchers, with prominent co-authors including:

  • Anna Gagliardo
  • Enrica Pollonara
  • Eileen A. Hebets
  • Daniel D. Wiegmann
  • G. Casini

Best Publications

  • Connections of the pigeon dorsomedial forebrain studied with WGA-HRP and 3H-proline.

    Giovanni Casini;Verner P. Bingman;Paola Bagnoli

  • Large-scale network organization in the avian forebrain: a connectivity matrix and theoretical analysis.

    Murray Shanahan;Verner P. Bingman;Toru Shimizu;Martin Wild

  • Homing in Pigeons: The Role of the Hippocampal Formation in the Representation of Landmarks Used for Navigation

    Anna Gagliardo;Paolo Ioalé;Verner P. Bingman

  • The distribution of neuropeptides in the dorsomedial telencephalon of the pigeon (Columba livia): A basis for regional subdivisions

    Jonathan T. Erichsen;Verner P. Bingman;John R. Krebs

  • Homing behavior of pigeons after telencephalic ablations.

    Vp Bingman;Paola Bagnoli;P Ioalè;Giovanni Casini

  • The distribution of neurotransmitters and neurotransmitter-related enzymes in the dorsomedial telencephalon of the pigeon (Columba livia).

    John R. Krebs;Jonathan T. Erichsen;Verner P. Bingman

  • The importance of comparative studies and ecological validity for understanding hippocampal structure and cognitive function.

    Verner P. Bingman

  • Homing behavior of hippocampus and parahippocampus lesioned pigeons following short-distance releases.

    Verner P. Bingman;Joy A. Mench

  • The avian hippocampus: evidence for a role in the development of the homing pigeon navigational map.

    Vp Bingman;P Ioalé;Giovanni Casini;Paola Bagnoli

  • The homing pigeon hippocampus and space: in search of adaptive specialization.

    Verner P. Bingman;Gerald E. Hough;Meghan C. Kahn;Jennifer J. Siegel

  • Hippocampal formation is required for geometric navigation in pigeons.

    Juan Pedro Vargas;Edward J. Petruso;Verner P. Bingman

  • Unimpaired acquisition of spatial reference memory, but impaired homing performance in hippocampal-ablated pigeons

    Verner P. Bingman;Paolo Ioalé;Giovanni Casini;Paola Bagnoli

  • The Avian Hippocampus, Homing in Pigeons and the Memory Representation of Large-Scale Space

    Verner P. Bingman;Anna Gagliardo;Gerald E. Hough;Paolo Ioalé

  • Sun compass-based spatial learning impaired in homing pigeons with hippocampal lesions

    Verner Peter Bingman;T J Jones

  • Internal connectivity of the homing pigeon (Columba livia) hippocampal formation: an anterograde and retrograde tracer study.

    Meghan C. Kahn;Gerald E. Hough;Gary R. Ten Eyck;Verner P. Bingman

  • Dissociation of place and cue learning by telencephalic ablation in goldfish.

    J. C. López;V. P. Bingman;F. Rodríguez;Y. Gómez

  • Daytime naps in night-migrating birds: behavioural adaptation to seasonal sleep deprivation in the Swainson's thrush, Catharus ustulatus

    T. Fuchs;A. Haney;T. J. Jechura;Frank R. Moore

  • Lateralization of spatial learning in the avian hippocampal formation.

    Meghan C Kahn;Verner P Bingman

  • Distribution of neurotransmitter receptors and zinc in the pigeon (Columba livia) hippocampal formation: A basis for further comparison with the mammalian hippocampus

    Christina Herold;Verner P. Bingman;Felix Ströckens;Sara Letzner

  • The maturation of research into the avian hippocampal formation: Recent discoveries from one of the nature's foremost navigators

    Christina Herold;Vincent J. Coppola;Verner P. Bingman

  • What does a pigeon (Columba livia) brain look like during homing? selective examination of ZENK expression.

    Toru Shimizu;Alexia N. Bowers;Cheri A. Budzynski;Meghan C. Kahn

Frequent Co-Authors

Paola Bagnoli
Paola Bagnoli University of Pisa
Jonathan T. Erichsen
Jonathan T. Erichsen Cardiff University
Douglas A. Nitz
Douglas A. Nitz University of California, San Diego
Giorgio Vallortigara
Giorgio Vallortigara University of Trento
Onur Güntürkün
Onur Güntürkün Ruhr University Bochum
Stefan Leutgeb
Stefan Leutgeb University of California, San Diego
Karl Zilles
Karl Zilles Forschungszentrum Jülich
Cosme Salas
Cosme Salas University of Seville
Jeffrey Burgdorf
Jeffrey Burgdorf Northwestern University
John M. Pearce
John M. Pearce Cardiff University

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