ProfessorXimena Nelson
Animal Behaviour
Julius von Haast 336
Phone: +6433695198
Internal Phone: 95198
Qualifications & Memberships
Research Interests
My primary research interests lie in animal behaviour and physiology. I am particularly interested in animal communication and animal cognition, as well as the manner in which animal sensory systems interact with behaviour to form the neuroethology of information processing and decision-making.
For more information, please visit my personal webpage:
http://ximenanelson.weebly.com/index.html
Recent Publications
- Nelson XJ., Taylor AH., Cartmill EA., Lyn H., Robinson LM., Janik V. and Allen C. (2023) Joyful by nature: approaches to investigate the evolution and function of joy in non-human animals. Biological Reviews http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.12965.
- Aguilar-Arguello S., Taylor AH. and Nelson XJ. (2022) Jumping spiders do not seem fooled by texture gradient illusions. Behavioural Processes 196 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2022.104603.
- Bastos AP., Nelson XJ. and Taylor AH. (2022) From the lab to the wild: how can captive studies aid the conservation of kea (Nestor notabilis)? Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 45 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2022.101131.
- Bedoya CL., Nelson XJ., Brockerhoff EG., Pawson S. and Hayes M. (2022) Experimental characterization and automatic identification of stridulatory sounds inside wood. Royal Society Open Science 9(7) http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220217.
- McLean LRW., Nichols MM., Taylor AH. and Nelson XJ. (2022) Memory retention of conditioned aversion training in New Zealand's alpine parrot, the kea. Journal of Wildlife Management 86(5) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22221.