Teresa Dzieweczynski publishes article in 'Acta Ethologica' journal

Teresa Dzieweczynski, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Psychology, published an article in the current issue of the journal Acta Ethologica. The article, "Reproductive state but not recent aggressive experience influences behavioral consistency in male Siamese fighting fish," has a student co-author, Lindsay Forrette (’13), an animal behavior major.

The article is a component of Dzieweczynski's main research line addressing the causes, mechanisms and consequences of individual variation in behavior in male Siamese fighting fish. The current study found that recent, short-term aggressive altercations did not affect behavioral consistency and demonstrates that these behavioral differences may be innate in this species.
 

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