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Overview

Victoria A. Braithwaite is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Veterinary and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on subfields such as Small Animals, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Cognitive Neuroscience, Immunology, and Genetics.

Their work addresses several main topics, notably:

  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Victoria A. Braithwaite has contributed to multiple scientific publications across a range of recognized venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • Applied Animal Behaviour Science
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Animal Cognition
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Selected recent papers illustrate the scope and interdisciplinary nature of their research:

  • "The welfare and ethics of research involving wild animals: A primer," 2020, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Trace conditioning as a test for animal consciousness: a new approach," 2021, Animal Cognition
  • "A Standardized Protocol for Preference Testing to Assess Fish Welfare," 2020, Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • "Zebrafish (Danio rerio) distinguish between two human caretakers and their associated roles within a captive environment," 2023, Applied Animal Behaviour Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Regular co-authors include:

  • Cairsty DePasquale
  • Jennifer Sturgill
  • Faith Leri
  • Alisha Pushinsky
  • Becca Franks

Best Publications

  • Current issues in fish welfare

    F. A. Huntingford;C. Adams;V. A. Braithwaite;S. Kadri

  • Do Fishes Have Nociceptors? Evidence for the Evolution of a Vertebrate Sensory System

    Lynne U. Sneddon;Victoria A. Braithwaite;Michael J. Gentle

  • Unpacking the exploration–exploitation tradeoff: A synthesis of human and animal literatures.

    Sabine Mehlhorn;Ben R Newell;Peter M Todd;Michael D Lee

  • In situ examination of boldness-shyness traits in the tropical poeciliid, Brachyraphis episcopi

    Culum Brown;Felicity Jones;Victoria Braithwaite

  • The evolution of sex differences in spatial ability.

    Catherine M. Jones;Victoria A. Braithwaite;Susan D. Healy

  • Size matters: a test of boldness in eight populations of the poeciliid Brachyraphis episcopi

    Culum Brown;Victoria A. Braithwaite

  • Environmental enrichment promotes neural plasticity and cognitive ability in fish.

    Anne Gro Vea Salvanes;Olav Moberg;Lars O. E. Ebbesson;Tom Ole Nilsen

  • The long-term benefits of human generosity in indirect reciprocity

    Claus Wedekind;Victoria A Braithwaite

  • Heritable and experiential effects on boldness in a tropical poeciliid

    Culum Brown;Fiona Burgess;Victoria A. Braithwaite

  • Novel Object Test: Examining Nociception and Fear in the Rainbow Trout

    Lynne U Sneddon;Victoria A Braithwaite;Michael J Gentle

  • Environmental variability in the early rearing environment generates behaviourally flexible cod: implications for rehabilitating wild populations

    Victoria A. Braithwaite;Anne Gro Vea Salvanes

  • Indirect fitness consequences of mate choice in sticklebacks: offspring of brighter males grow slowly but resist parasitic infections

    Iain Barber;Stephen A. Arnott;Victoria A. Braithwaite;Jennifer Andrew

  • The role of learning in fish orientation

    Lucy Odling-Smee;Victoria A Braithwaite

  • Effects of predation pressure on the cognitive ability of the poeciliid Brachyraphis episcopi

    Culum L. Brown;Victoria A. Braithwaite

  • The importance of wild populations in studies of animal temperament

    Gabrielle A. Archard;V. A. Braithwaite;V. A. Braithwaite

  • Do Fish Feel Pain

    Victoria Braithwaite

  • Environmental effects on fish neural plasticity and cognition

    L. O. E. Ebbesson;V. A. Braithwaite

  • Correlation between boldness and body mass in natural populations of the poeciliid Brachyrhaphis episcopi

    C. Brown;F. Jones;V. A. Braithwaite

  • Pain perception, aversion and fear in fish

    V. A. Braithwaite;P. Boulcott

  • The influence of habitat stability on landmark use during spatial learning in the three-spined stickleback

    Lucy Odling-Smee;Victoria A. Braithwaite

  • Population variation in lateralized eye use in the poeciliid Brachyraphis episcopi.

    Culum L. Brown;C. Gardner;Victoria A. Braithwaite

  • Fish and welfare: Do fish have the capacity for pain perception and suffering?

    V. A. Braithwaite;F. A. Huntingford

Frequent Co-Authors

Felicity A. Huntingford
Felicity A. Huntingford University of Glasgow
Culum Brown
Culum Brown Macquarie University
Iain Barber
Iain Barber Aberystwyth University
John D. Armstrong
John D. Armstrong Marine Scotland
Susan D. Healy
Susan D. Healy University of St Andrews
Tim Guilford
Tim Guilford University of Oxford
Michael J. Sheriff
Michael J. Sheriff University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Peter Sandøe
Peter Sandøe University of Copenhagen
Claus Wedekind
Claus Wedekind University of Lausanne
Sunil Kadri
Sunil Kadri University of Stirling

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