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Thomas S. Collett
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

Faculty Member: NEUROSCIENCE > Behavioural neuroscience [ since 11 July 2001 ]
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Biography

Research interests:

Analysis of mechanisms underlying insect navigation and visual learning, using behavioural techniques.

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http://www.biols.susx.ac.uk/faculty/biology/collettt.htm

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Evaluations

Contrasting responses of bumble bees to feeding conspecifics on their familiar and unfamiliar flowers.
Kawaguchi LG, Ohashi K, Toquenaga Y
Proc Biol Sci 2007 Nov 7 274(1626):2661-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 11 Mar 2008

Category learning induces position invariance of pattern recognition across the visual field.
Jüttner M, Rentschler I
Proc Biol Sci 2008 Feb 22 275(1633):403-10 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 6 Mar 2008

Food stealing in birds:brain or brawn?
Morand-Ferron J, Sol D, Lefebvre L
Anim Behav 2007 74:1725-1754 [full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 23 Jan 2008

Different processing phases for features, figures, and selective attention in the primary visual cortex.
Roelfsema PR, Tolboom M, Khayat PS
Neuron 2007 Dec 6 56(5):785-92 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Kathleen Rockland / Thomas S. Collett / Matteo Carandini
Evaluated 19 Dec 2007

Cultural recycling of cortical maps.
Dehaene S, Cohen L
Neuron 2007 Oct 25 56(2):384-98 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 3 Dec 2007

Eye structure correlates with distinct foraging-bout timing in primitive ants.
Greiner B, Narendra A, …, Ribi WA, Zeil J
Curr Biol 2007 Oct 23 17(20):R879-80 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 30 Oct 2007

Amusia is associated with deficits in spatial processing.
Douglas KM, Bilkey DK
Nat Neurosci 2007 Jul 10(7):915-21 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 10 Sep 2007

Genetic diversity in honey bee colonies enhances productivity and fitness.
Mattila HR, Seeley TD
Science 2007 Jul 20 317(5836):362-4 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 15 Aug 2007

Linguistic tone is related to the population frequency of the adaptive haplogroups of two brain size genes, ASPM and Microcephalin.
Dediu D, Ladd DR
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Jun 26 104:10944-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article]
Selected by | Peter Hagoort / Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 19 Jul 2007

A labeled-line code for small and large numerosities in the monkey prefrontal cortex.
Nieder A, Merten K
J Neurosci 2007 May 30 27(22):5986-93 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 4 Jun 2007

Species-specific acquisition and consolidation of long-term memory in parasitic wasps.
Smid HM, Wang G, …, van Loon JJ, Vet LE
Proc Biol Sci 2007 Jun 22 274(1617):1539-46 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 10 May 2007

Evidence that pigeons orient to geomagnetic intensity during homing.
Dennis TE, Rayner MJ, Walker MM
Proc Biol Sci 2007 May 7 274(1614):1153-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 5 Apr 2007

Metacognition in the rat.
Foote AL, Crystal JD
Curr Biol 2007 Mar 20 17(6):551-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 22 Mar 2007

A simple connectivity scheme for sparse coding in an olfactory system.
Jortner RA, Farivar SS, Laurent G
J Neurosci 2007 Feb 14 27(7):1659-69 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 2 Mar 2007

Spatial reference frames of visual, vestibular, and multimodal heading signals in the dorsal subdivision of the medial superior temporal area.
Fetsch CR, Wang S, …, Deangelis GC, Angelaki DE
J Neurosci 2007 Jan 17 27(3):700-12 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 30 Jan 2007

Sensory integration does not lead to sensory calibration.
Smeets JB, van den Dobbelsteen JJ, …, van Beers RJ, Brenner E
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Dec 5 103(49):18781-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 5 Jan 2007

The variable colours of the fiddler crab Uca vomeris and their relation to background and predation.
Hemmi JM, Marshall J, …, Vorobyev M, Zeil J
J Exp Biol 2006 Oct 209(Pt 20):4140-53 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 15 Nov 2006

Neonatal imitation in rhesus macaques.
Ferrari PF, Visalberghi E, …, Ruggiero A, Suomi SJ
PLoS Biol 2006 Sep 4(9):e302 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 1 Nov 2006

Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the visual cortex induces somatotopically organized qualia in blind subjects.
Kupers R, Fumal A, …, Schoenen J, Ptito M
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Aug 29 103(35):13256-60 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 27 Sep 2006

Assessment of nectar flow rate and memory for patch quality in the ant, Camponotus rufipes
Schilman P E, Roces F
Animal Behaviour 2003 66:687-693 [full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 7 Sep 2006

Interval timing by an invertebrate, the bumble bee Bombus impatiens.
Boisvert MJ, Sherry DF
Curr Biol 2006 Aug 22 16(16):1636-40 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 7 Sep 2006

The ant odometer: stepping on stilts and stumps.
Wittlinger M, Wehner R, Wolf H
Science 2006 Jun 30 312(5782):1965-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett / James Knierim
Evaluated 30 Jun 2006

Microstimulation of frontal cortex can reorder a remembered spatial sequence.
Histed MH, Miller EK
PLoS Biol 2006 May 4(5):e134 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett / John Lisman
Evaluated 23 May 2006

Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) numerical abilities: addition and further experiments on a zero-like concept.
Pepperberg IM
J Comp Psychol 2006 Feb 120(1):1-11 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett / Kent Berridge
Evaluated 24 Apr 2006

Male monkeys remember which group members have given alarm calls.
Wich SA, de Vries H
Proc Biol Sci 2006 Mar 22 273(1587):735-40 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 10 Mar 2006

Distinct memory traces for two visual features in the Drosophila brain.
Liu G, Seiler H, …, Heisenberg M, Liu L
Nature 2006 Feb 2 439(7076):551-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett / Martin Giurfa / Randolf Menzel / David P. Wolfer / William Kristan
Evaluated 7 Feb 2006

Category-specific cortical activity precedes retrieval during memory search.
Polyn SM, Natu VS, Cohen JD, Norman KA
Science 2005 Dec 23 310(5756):1963-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Edvard I. Moser / Russell Poldrack / Thomas S. Collett / Mark D'Esposito
Evaluated 23 Jan 2006

Vector navigation in desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis: celestial compass cues are essential for the proper use of distance information.
Sommer S, Wehner R
Naturwissenschaften 2005 Oct 92(10):468-71 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 21 Dec 2005

Moving observers, relative retinal motion and the detection of object movement.
Rushton SK, Warren PA
Curr Biol 2005 Jul 26 15(14):R542-3 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 14 Nov 2005

Eye-hand coordination during learning of a novel visuomotor task.
Sailer U, Flanagan JR, Johansson RS
J Neurosci 2005 Sep 28 25(39):8833-42 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 24 Oct 2005

Causal knowledge and imitation/emulation switching in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and children (Homo sapiens).
Horner V, Whiten A
Anim Cogn 2005 Jul 8(3):164-81 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett / Nicola Clayton
Evaluated 8 Sep 2005

Ion-channel noise places limits on the miniaturization of the brain's wiring.
Faisal AA, White JA, Laughlin SB
Curr Biol 2005 Jun 21 15(12):1143-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 19 Aug 2005

Age-associated alterations of hippocampal place cells are subregion specific.
Wilson IA, Ikonen S, …, Eichenbaum H, Tanila H
J Neurosci 2005 Jul 20 25(29):6877-86 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett / James Knierim
Evaluated 27 Jul 2005

Monkeys match the number of voices they hear to the number of faces they see.
Jordan KE, Brannon EM, Logothetis NK, Ghazanfar AA
Curr Biol 2005 Jun 7 15(11):1034-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 15 Jun 2005

Parallel and serial neural mechanisms for visual search in macaque area V4.
Bichot NP, Rossi AF, Desimone R
Science 2005 Apr 22 308(5721):529-34 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett / John Duncan / Earl Miller
Evaluated 9 May 2005

Monkeys pay per view: adaptive valuation of social images by rhesus macaques.
Deaner RO, Khera AV, Platt ML
Curr Biol 2005 Mar 29 15(6):543-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 5 Apr 2005

The emergence of grammar: systematic structure in a new language.
Sandler W, Meir I, Padden C, Aronoff M
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 Feb 15 102(7):2661-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 1 Apr 2005

Image segmentation and lightness perception.
Anderson BL, Winawer J
Nature 2005 Mar 3 434(7029):79-83 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 10 Mar 2005

Her odours make him deaf: crossmodal modulation of olfaction and hearing in a male moth.
Skals N, Anderson P, …, Löfstedt C, Surlykke A
J Exp Biol 2005 Feb 208(Pt 4):595-601 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 14 Feb 2005

New insights into chimpanzees, tools, and termites from the Congo Basin.
Sanz C, Morgan D, Gulick S
Am Nat 2004 Nov 164(5):567-81 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 14 Jan 2005

Magnetoreception and its trigeminal mediation in the homing pigeon.
Mora CV, Davison M, Wild JM, Walker MM
Nature 2004 Nov 25 432(7016):508-11 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 8 Dec 2004

Associative learning shapes the neural code for stimulus magnitude in primary auditory cortex.
Polley DB, Heiser MA, …, Schreiner CE, Merzenich MM
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 Nov 16 101(46):16351-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 26 Nov 2004

Exact and approximate arithmetic in an Amazonian indigene group.
Pica P, Lemer C, Izard V, Dehaene S
Science 2004 Oct 15 306(5695):499-503 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 26 Oct 2004

Numerical cognition without words: evidence from Amazonia.
Gordon P
Science 2004 Oct 15 306(5695):496-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 26 Oct 2004

The neural basis of altruistic punishment.
de Quervain DJ, Fischbacher U, …, Buck A, Fehr E
Science 2004 Aug 27 305(5688):1254-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett / Karen Berman / Lee Dugatkin
Evaluated 22 Sep 2004

Synchrony and covariation of firing rates in the primary visual cortex during contour grouping.
Roelfsema PR, Lamme VA, Spekreijse H
Nat Neurosci 2004 Sep 7(9):982-91 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 13 Sep 2004

Conceptual precursors to language.
Hespos SJ, Spelke ES
Nature 2004 Jul 22 430(6998):453-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 27 Aug 2004

Path integration in desert ants controls aggressiveness.
Knaden M, Wehner R
Science 2004 Jul 2 305(5680):60 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 9 Jul 2004

Odorant receptors on axon termini in the brain.
Barnea G, O'Donnell S, …, Mendelsohn M, Axel R
Science 2004 Jun 4 304(5676):1468 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Brett Adams / Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 28 Jun 2004

Plasticity and tuning by visual feedback of the stability of a neural integrator.
Major G, Baker R, …, Seung HS, Tank DW
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 May 18 101(20):7739-44 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett / James Knierim
Evaluated 7 Jun 2004

Increased attention to spatial context increases both place field stability and spatial memory.
Kentros CG, Agnihotri NT, …, Hawkins RD, Kandel ER
Neuron 2004 Apr 22 42(2):283-95 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett / James Knierim / Mark Mayford
Evaluated 14 May 2004

Resetting the path integrator: a basic condition for route-based navigation.
Etienne AS, Maurer R, …, Levy A, Rowe T
J Exp Biol 2004 Apr 207(Pt 9):1491-508 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 22 Apr 2004

Perceiving distance accurately by a directional process of integrating ground information.
Wu B, Ooi TL, He ZJ
Nature 2004 Mar 4 428(6978):73-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 15 Mar 2004

The crafting of hook tools by wild New Caledonian crows.
Hunt GR, Gray RD
Proc Biol Sci 2004 Feb 7 271 Suppl 3:S88-90 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 2 Feb 2004

A strong correlation exists between the distribution of retinal ganglion cells and nose length in the dog.
McGreevy P, Grassi TD, Harman AM
Brain Behav Evol 2004 63(1):13-22 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 17 Dec 2003

Action plans used in action observation.
Flanagan JR, Johansson RS
Nature 2003 Aug 14 424(6950):769-71 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 13 Nov 2003

Choosing a home: how the scouts in a honey bee swarm perceive the completion of their group decision making.
Seeley TD, Visscher PK
Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2003 54:511-520 [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 27 Oct 2003

End-stopping and the aperture problem: two-dimensional motion signals in macaque V1.
Pack CC, Livingstone MS, Duffy KR, Born RT
Neuron 2003 Aug 14 39(4):671-80 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 3 Oct 2003

Broca's area and the language instinct.
Musso M, Moro A, …, Büchel C, Weiller C
Nat Neurosci 2003 Jul 6(7):774-81 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 8 Aug 2003

Is hippocampal volume affected by specialization for food hoarding in birds?
Brodin A, Lundborg K
Proc Biol Sci 2003 Aug 7 270(1524):1555-63 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 8 Aug 2003

Reversal and stabilization of synaptic modifications in a developing visual system.
Zhou Q, Tao HW, Poo MM
Science 2003 Jun 20 300(5627):1953-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 7 Jul 2003

A simple reason for a big difference: wolves do not look back at humans, but dogs do.
Miklósi A, Kubinyi E, …, Virányi Z, Csányi V
Curr Biol 2003 Apr 29 13(9):763-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 10 Jun 2003

Subtask sequencing in the primary visual cortex.
Roelfsema PR, Khayat PS, Spekreijse H
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 Apr 29 100(9):5467-72 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 3 Jun 2003

Kinship influences cannibalism in the wolf spider, Pardosa milvina.
Anthony CD
J Insect Behav 2003 16:23-36 [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 6 May 2003

Social insects: Cuticular hydrocarbons inform task decisions.
Greene MJ, Gordon DM
Nature 2003 May 1 423(6935):32 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 6 May 2003

Consensus building during nest-site selection in honey bee swarms: the expiration of dissent.
Seeley TD
Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2003 53:417-424 [order article]
Selected by | Thomas S. Collett
Evaluated 23 Apr 2003

The well-worn route and the path less traveled: distinct neural bases of route following and wayfinding in humans.
Hartley