Lauren Guillette,
B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Research Interests
I received my MA in
psychology, with a concentration in animal behavior, from
Mount Holyoke College in June of
2007.
My thesis, prepared under the direction of
Karen
Hollis, examined the effects of associative learning on the feeding
behavior and fitness of a sit-and-wait predator, the larval antlion (Myrmeleon
crudelis Walker). Utilizing a long-term associative learning paradigm I
assessed the growth rate of antlions both directly and indirectly by
analyzing the feeding efficiencies and pit trap size of individual antlions.
I use wild-caught and lab reared black-capped and mountain chickadees from
several different geographic locations as model species to study vocal
production, perception and development of contact calls. To accomplish this
I use several different techniques, including - operant conditioning,
bioacoustic analysis, behavioural assessment, and cross-fostering. My
research interests also include examining the evolution and maintenance of
individual differences in behaviour, specifically learning and cognitive
differences, in these closely related songbird species.
Recent media
coverage: HERE,
HERE, HERE and
HERE!
New Website for Dr. Lauren
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Publications
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Guillette, L.M.,
Hoeschele,
M.,
Hahn, A.H., & Sturdy, C.B. (In press 8 August 2012). Heterospecific
discrimination of Poecile vocalizations by zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).
To appear in Journal
of Comparative Psychology.
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Hoeschele,
M.,
Guillette, L.M., Sturdy, C.B. (In press). Biological relevance of acoustic
signal affects discrimination performance in a songbird. To appear in
Animal
Cognition.
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Wisniewski, M.G.,
Guillette,
L.M., Radell, M., Sturdy, C.B. &
Mercado, E. (2011). Predicting shifts in
generalization gradients with perceptrons. To appear in
Learning &
Behavior.
doi
10.3758/s13420-011-0050-6
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Guillette, L.M.
Bloomfield, L.L., Batty, E.R.,
Dawson, M.R.W., &
Sturdy, C.B. (2011). Development of a contact call in
black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) hand-reared in different acoustic
environments. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,
130 (4), 2249-2256. doi: 10.1121/1.3628343
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Guillette, L.M. & Sturdy, C.B. (2011). Individual differences and
repeatability in vocal production: Stress-induced calling exposes a songbird’s
personality.
Naturwissenschaften,
98,977–981. doi: 10.1007/s00114-011-0842-8.
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Hollis, K.L., &
Guillette, L.M. (2011). Associative learning in insects: Evolutionary
models, mushroom Bodies, and a neuroscientific conundrum.
Comparative Cognition &
Behavior Reviews, 6, 25-46.
Retrieved from http://psyc.queensu.ca/ccbr/index.html
doi:10.3819/ccbr.2011.60004
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Hoeschele, M., Cook, R.G.,
Guillette, L.M.,
Brooks, D.I., & Sturdy, C.B. (2011). Black-capped
chickadee and human chord discrimination. To appear in
Journal of
Comparative Psychology. Advance online publication. doi:
10.1037/a0024627
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Hollis, K.L., Cogswell, H., Snyder, K.,
Guillette, L.M., & Nowbahari, E. (In press, 21 Feb 2011).
Specialized
Learning in Antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), Pit-digging Predators,
Shortens Vulnerable Larval Stage.
PLoS ONE.
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Wisniewski, M.G.,
Guillette, L.M., Radell, M.L., Sturdy, C.B., &
Mercado, E., III (2011). Simulating the temporal dynamics
of learning-related shifts in generalization gradients with connectionist
models. In L. Carlson, C. Hölscher, & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the
33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive
Science Society.
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Guillette, L.M., Farrell, T.M.,
Hoeschele, M., & Sturdy, C.B. (2010). Acoustic mechanisms of a
species-based discrimination of the chick-a-dee call in sympatric
black-capped (Poecile atricapillus) and mountain chickadees (P.
gambeli). Frontiers in Comparative Psychology,1:229.
doi:
10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00229.
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Guillette, L.M.,
Reddon, A.R., Hoeschele,
M., & Sturdy, C.B. (In press, 9 August 2010). Sometimes slower is
better: Slow-exploring birds are more sensitive to changes in a vocal
discrimination task.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
Guillette, L.M.,
&
Hollis, K.L. (2010). Learning in insects, with special emphasis on
pit-digging larval antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Proceedings of
the Tenth International Symposium on Neuropterology. Piran, Slovenia,
2008. Devetak, D., Lipovsek, S. & Arnett, A.E. (eds). Maribor, Slovenia,
2010. Pp. 159-170.
Guillette, L.M., Bailey, A.A.,
Reddon, A.R., Hurd, P.L.,
& Sturdy, C.B. (2010). Capture order is repeatable in
chickadees.
International Journal of Comparative
Psychology, 23, 216-224.
Guillette, L.M.,
Bloomfield, L.L., Batty, E.R.,
Dawson, M.R.W., & Sturdy, C.B. (2010).
Black-capped (Poecile atricapillus) and mountain chickadee (Poecile
gambeli) contact call contains species, sex, and individual identity
features. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,127(2),
1116-1123.
Guillette,
L.M., Farrell, T.M.,
Hoeschele, M., Nickerson, C.M.,
Dawson, M.R.W., &
Sturdy, C.B. (In press, 1 September 2009). Mechanisms of call note type
perception: Peak Shift in a note type continuum.
Journal of
Comparative Psychology,124(1), 109-115.
Guillette, L.M.,
Reddon, A.R.,
Hurd, P.L., & Sturdy,
C.B. (2009). Exploration of a novel space is associated
with individual differences in learning speed in black-capped chickadees,
Poecile atricapillus.
Behavioural Processes,
82, 265–270.
Guillette, L.M.,
Hollis, K.L.,
& Markarian, A. (2009). Learning in a sedentary
insect predator: Antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) anticipate a
long wait. Behavioural Processes, 80, 224–232.
Presentations
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Guillette, L.M., Hoeschele, M., Hahn, A.H., & Sturdy, C. B. (2012).
Long-term memory for an auditory discrimination in chickadees. 19th Annual
Conference on Comparative Cognition (Melbourne Beach, FL).
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Hoeschele, M., Cook, R.G. Guillette, L.M., & Sturdy, C B. (2012)
Timber alters how black-capped chickadees but not humans perceive chords.
19th Annual Conference on Comparative Cognition (Melbourne Beach, FL).
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Hahn,
A.H., Hoeschele, M., Guillette, L.M., Mennill, D., Otter, K., &
Sturdy, C. B. (2012). Geographic song discrimination by black-capped
chickadees. 19th Annual Conference on Comparative Cognition (Melbourne
Beach, FL).
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Sturdy,
C.B., Avey, M. T., Bloomfield, L. L., Elie, J.E., Freeberg, T. M.,
Guillette, L.M., Hoeschele, M., Lee, H., Moscicki, M. M., & Owens, J.
L. (2012). Phylogenetic relatedness and immediate early gene expression in
black-capped chickadees. 19th Annual Conference on Comparative Cognition
(Melbourne Beach, FL).
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Guillette, L.M., Hoeschele, M., Hahn, A.H., & Sturdy, C. B. (2011) A
comparative account of stimulus control in acoustic species-based
discriminations. 4th Annual Fall Meeting of the Comparative Cognition
Society (Seattle, WA).
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Hoeschele, M., Cook, R.G. Guillette, L.M., Hahn, A.H., & Sturdy, C.
B. (2011) Abstract concept learning in black-capped chickadees. 4th Annual
Fall Meeting of the Comparative Cognition Society (Seattle, WA).
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Guillette, L.M., Reddon, A.R.,
Hoeschele, M., Hurd, P., & Sturdy, C.B. (2011) Behavioural profiles in
black-capped chickadees: Cognition and exploration of a novel environment.
Joint meeting of the International Ethological Conference and the Animal
Behavior Society (Bloomington, IN).
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Hoeschele, M., Weisman, R.G.,
Guillette, L.M., Hahn, A.H., & Sturdy , C.B. (2011) Pitch chroma and
height perception in humans and black-capped chickadees. Joint meeting of
the International Ethological Conference and the Animal Behavior Society
(Bloomington, IN) .
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Guillette, L.M., Reddon, A.R.,
Hoeschele, M., & Sturdy, C.B. (2011) Proactive and reactive birds’
performance varies according to learning task demands. 18th Annual
Conference on Comparative Cognition (Melbourne Beach, FL) .
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Wisniewski, M.G., Guillette, L.M.,
Radell, M., Sturdy, C.B., & Mercado, E. (2011) Simulating the temporal
dynamics of learning-related shifts in generalization gradients with
connectionist models. 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
(Boston, MA) .
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Hahn, A.M., Hoeschele, M.,
Guillette, L.M., Mennil, D, Otter, K., Grava, T., & Sturdy, C. B.
(2011) Dominance and geographic cues in black-capped chickadee songs. 18th
Annual Conference on Comparative Cognition (Melbourne Beach, FL) .
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Guillette, L.M., Hoeschele, M.,
Farrell, T.M., Bloomfield, L.L., & Sturdy, C.B. (2010). Note-type based
species classification by black capped and mountain chickadees. 17th Annual
Conference on Comparative Cognition (Melbourne Beach, FL).
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Hoeschele, M., Guillette, L.M.,
Brooks, D.I., Cook, R.G., & Sturdy, C.B. (2010). Chord perception by
songbirds and humans. 17th Annual Conference on Comparative Cognition
(Melbourne Beach, FL).
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Sturdy, C.B., Dawson, M.W.R., Guillette, L.M.,
Nickerson, C.M., Farrell, T. M., Hoeschele, M, Bloomfield, L.L., &
Charrier, I. (2009). Birds and models: not as different as you might think.
158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, (San Antonio, TX)
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Guillette, L.M.,
Bloomfield, L.L., Batty, E.R., Dawson, M.R.W., & Sturdy, C.B. (2009).
Black-capped and mountain chickadee contact calls contain species, sex, and
individual features. 2nd Annual Fall Meeting of the Comparative
Cognition Society (Boston, MA)
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Sturdy, C.B., Guillette, L.M., Farrell, T.M., Hoeschele, M., Nickerson, C.M. & Dawson, M.R.W. (2009). Peak shift in a
multidimensional note-type continuum. 2nd Annual Fall Meeting of
the Comparative Cognition Society (Boston, MA)
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Guillette, L.M.,
Reddon, A.R., Hurd, P.L., & Sturdy, C.B. (2009). Bold birds learn faster:
Environmental exploration and acquisition of an instrumental discrimination.
16th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition (Melbourne
Beach, FL)
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Hoeschele, M., Guillette, L.M.,
Farrell, T.M., & Sturdy, C.B. (2009). Biologically relevant stimuli and
operant discriminations in black-capped and mountain chickadees. 16th Annual
Conference on Comparative Cognition (Melbourne Beach, FL)
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Hollis, K.L., Cogswell, H., Snyder, K., & Guillette, L.M.
(2009). Further Studies of Learning in Pit-building Antlions (Neuroptera:
Myrmeleontidae). 16th Annual Conference on Comparative Cognition (Melbourne
Beach, FL)
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Guillette, L.M.,
& Hollis, K.L. (2008). Associative Learning in a Sit-and-wait Predator. 22nd
Annual Joseph R. Royce Research Conference (Edmonton, AB)
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Guillette, L.M.,
Farrell, T.M., Hoeschele, M., Charrier, I., Dawson, M.R.W., & Sturdy, C.B.
(2008). Mechanisms of Call Note Classification. 15th Annual International
Conference on Comparative Cognition (Melbourne Beach, FL)
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Hollis, K.L., & Guillette, L.M. (2008). Learning in
Antlions: Anticipating a Long Wait. 15th Annual International Conference on
Comparative Cognition (Melbourne Beach, FL)
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Hollis, K.L., & Guillette, L.M. (2008). Learning in Antlions:
Anticipating a Long Wait. The 10th International Symposium on Neuropterology
(Piran, Slovenia)
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Hollis, K.L., Guillette, L.M., & Markarian, A. (2007). Learning in
Antlions: Anticipating a Long Wait. Pavlovian Society (Austin, TX)
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