University of Missouri St. Louis, 1998 PhD
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Dr. Paz-y-Miño C. has broad interests in evolution, animal behavior, and conservation biology. His research focuses in three areas:
- evolutionary social cognition, an area of the biological sciences which purpose is to understand the origin and evolution of complex forms of reasoning by comparing cognitive abilities across animals, particularly birds;
- the association between socio-sexual behaviors and the communication of signals for the recognition of kin (role of memory in kin recognition);
- the application of behavioral paradigms in conservation biology.
Dr. Paz-y-Miño C. is also interested in science education, particularly the communication of evolutionary theory to the public and the conservation of biological diversity. He participates in public lectures on human evolution, the controversy science versus pseudo-science, and the protection and management of natural environments.
Selected Publications
Paz-y-Miño C., G. (2007) Conservation behavior in the Galapagos, The Conservation Behaviorist, 5 (1), 4-5
Paz-y-Miño C., G. (2006) Transitive Reasoning in Animals, Mente y Cerebro (Mind and Brain) / Investigación y Ciencia - Scientific American) ISSN 1695-0887, 19, 40-45
Paz-y-Miño C., G. (2005) Animal Cognition and its role in Conservation Behavior, The Conservation Behaviorist, 3 (1), 4-5,9
Paz-y-Miño C., G., Bond, A. B., Kamil, A. C. & Balda, R. P. (2004) Pinyon Jays use transitive inference to predict social dominance, Nature, 430, 778-781
Paz-y-Miño C., G. (2003) Behavioral unknowns: an emerging challenge for conservation, The Conservation Behaviorist, 1 (2), 2
Paz-y-Miño C., G., Leonard, S. T. & Trimble, J. F. (2002) Self-grooming and sibling recognition in meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) and prairie voles, Animal Behaviour, 63, 331-338
L. Salkoff, A. Butler, G. Fawcett, M. Kunkel, C. McArdle, G. Paz-y-Miño C., M. Nonet, N. Walton, Z.-w. Wang, A. Yuan, A. Wei (2001) Evolution tunes the excitability of individual neurons, Neuroscience, 103, 853-859
Paz-y-Miño C., G. & Tang-Martinez, Z. (1999) Social interactions, cross-fostering, and sibling recognition in prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster, Canadian Journal of Zoology, 77, 1631-1636
Paz-y-Miño C., G. & Tang-Martinez, Z. (1999) Effects of exposures tosiblings or sibling odors on sibling recognition in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster), Canadian Journal of Zoology, 77, 118-123
Paz-y-Miño, G. & Tang-Martinez, Z. (1999) Effects of isolation on sibling recognition in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster), Animal Behavior, 57, 1091-1098
Courses Taught
- Biology of Organisms (BIO 121, 122)
- Evolution on Islands: A Case Study the Galapagos Arichipelago
- Expedition to Galapagos: Natural History and Evolution
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