Michael Brown

Education

• B.A., 1980, University of Michigan (Psychology / Philosophy)
• Ph.D., 1985, University of California, Berkeley (Biological Psychology)

## Publications

• Brown, M.F. (2012). Spatial patterns: Behavioral control and cognitive representation. In T.R. Zentall and E.A Wasserman (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Comparative Cognition New York: Oxford University Press.
• Brown, M.F. & Sayde, J.M. (2012) Same/different discrimination by bumblebee colonies. Animal Cognition, 15,
• Bisbing, T. Sayde, J.M., Saxon, M., & Brown, M.F. (2015). Factors Modulating Social Influence on Spatial Choice in Rats, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 41. 286-300. doi: 10.1037/xan0000063
• Brown, M.F. (2018). Musings on Comparative Directions for Situated Cognition. Comparative Cognition and Behavior Reviews, 13, 21-24. doi: 10.3819/CCBR.2018.130002
• Brown, M.F., Saxon, M.E. & Heslin, K.A. (2019). Specificity and flexibility of social influence on spatial choice. Learning & Behavior, 47, 47-58. doi: 10.3758/s13420-018-0322-5

Teaching Areas

• Comparative Cognition (Animal Learning and Cognition)
• Research Methods
• Psychology and Evolution
• Areas of Interest:
• Comparative Cognition
• Spatial Cognition

Honors and Awards

• Villanova University Outstanding Faculty Research Award - 2001

Research

• Comparative Cognition
• Spatial Cognition

Area of Expertise

• Animal Cognition
• Animal Learning
• Spatial Learning and Cognition