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Yorzinski, Jessica Associate Professor
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- Associate Professor, Ecology and Conservation Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Associate Professor, Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
My laboratory is focused on understanding animal behavior, with an emphasis on sensory ecology, animal communication, and conservation. We adopt an interdisiplinary approach to investigating the mechanisms that shape the form and function of diverse signals.
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Tyrrell, L. P., Butler, S. R., Yorzinski, J. L., & Fernandez-Juricic, E.
A novel system for bi-ocular eye-tracking in vertebrates with laterally placed eyes. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
5(10), 1070-1077.
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Yorzinski, J. L., Troscianko, J., Briolat, E., Schapiro, S. J., & Whitham, W.
A songbird can detect the eyes of conspecifics under daylight and artificial nighttime lighting. Environmental Pollution.
313, 120000-120000.
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Yorzinski, J. L.
A songbird inhibits blinking behaviour in flight. Biology Letters.
16(12), 20200786-20200786.
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Yorzinski, J. L., Walker, M. K., & Cavalier, R.
A songbird strategically modifies its blinking behavior when viewing human faces. Animal Cognition.
24(4), 787-801.
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Yorzinski, J. L., & Coss, R. G.
Animals in Upright Postures Attract Attention in Humans. Evolutionary Psychological Science.
6(1), 30-37.
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Yorzinski, J. L., Chisholm, S., Byerley, S. D., Coy, J. R., Aziz, A., Wolf, J. A., & Gnerlich, A. C.
Artificial light pollution increases nocturnal vigilance in peahens. PeerJ.
3(8), e1174-e1174.
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Yorzinski, J. L., & Patricelli, G. L.
Birds adjust acoustic directionality to beam their antipredator calls to predators and conspecifics. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences.
277(1683), 923-932.
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Yorzinski, J. L.
Blinking behavior in great-tailed grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) increases during simulated rainfall. Ethology.
126(5), 519-527.
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Earl, A. D., Kimmitt, A. A., & Yorzinski, J. L.
Circulating Hormones and Dominance Status Predict Female Behavior during Courtship in a Lekking Species. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY.
62(1), 9-20.
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Yorzinski, J. L.
Conjugate eye movements guide jumping locomotion in an avian species. Journal of Experimental Biology.
222(Pt 20), jeb211565.
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Yorzinski, J. L., Penkunas, M. J., Platt, M. L., & Coss, R. G.
Dangerous animals capture and maintain attention in humans. Evolutionary Psychology.
12(3), 534-548.
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Yorzinski, J. L., & Ziegler, T.
Do naive primates recognize the vocalizations of felid predators?. Ethology.
113(12), 1219-1227.
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Yorzinski, J. L., Ordonez, K. A., & Chema, K. T.
Does artificial light pollution impair problem-solving success in peafowl?. Ethology.
123(11), 854-860.
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Earl, A. D., Simpson, R. K., & Yorzinski, J. L.
Dominant females have brighter ornamentation in a sexually dimorphic lekking species. Ethology.
128(1), 85-93.
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Yorzinski, J. L., Patricelli, G. L., Platt, M. L., & Land, M. F.
Eye and head movements shape gaze shifts in Indian peafowl. Journal of Experimental Biology.
218(Pt 23), 3771-3776.
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Yorzinski, J. L.
Eye blinking in an avian species is associated with gaze shifts. Scientific Reports.
6(1), 32471.
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Yorzinski, J. L., Platt, M. L., & Adams, G. K.
Eye-spots in Lepidoptera attract attention in humans. Royal Society Open Science.
2(6), 150155-150155.
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Yorzinski, J. L., Tovar, M. E., & Coss, R. G.
Forward-facing predators attract attention in humans (Homo sapiens). Journal of Comparative Psychology.
132(4), 410-418.
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Yorzinski, J. L.
Great-tailed grackles can independently direct their eyes toward different targets. Experimental Brain Research.
239(7), 2119-2126.
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Yorzinski, J. L., & Hermann, F. S.
Noise pollution has limited effects on nocturnal vigilance in peahens. PeerJ.
4(9), e2525-e2525.
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Yorzinski, J. L., & Anoop, K. R.
Peacock copulation calls attract distant females. Behaviour.
150(1), 61-74.
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Yorzinski, J. L.
Peafowl antipredator calls encode information about signalers. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
135(2), 942-952.
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Nichols, M. R., & Yorzinski, J. L.
Peahens can differentiate between the antipredator calls of individual conspecifics. Animal Behaviour.
112, 23-27.
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Florkowski, M. R., DeBlonk, K. M., & Yorzinski, J. L.
Preening correlates with lower feather bacteria abundance but not feather coloration in a lekbreeding bird. Journal of Avian Biology.
2024(7-8),
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Yorzinski, J. L., & Platt, M. L.
Same-sex gaze attraction influences mate-choice copying in humans. PLoS ONE.
5(2), e9115-e9115.
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Yorzinski, J. L., Thorstenson, C. A., & Nguyen, T. P.
Sclera and Iris Color Interact to Influence Gaze Perception. Frontiers in Psychology.
12, 632616.
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Yorzinski, J. L., & Miller, J.
Sclera color enhances gaze perception in humans. PLoS ONE.
15(2), e0228275-e0228275.
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Yorzinski, J. L., Harbourne, A., & Thompson, W.
Sclera color in humans facilitates gaze perception during daytime and nighttime. PLoS ONE.
16(3), e0249137-e0249137.
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Yorzinski, J. L., Patricelli, G. L., Bykau, S., & Platt, M. L.
Selective attention in peacocks during assessment of rival males. Journal of Experimental Biology.
220(Pt 6), 1146-1153.
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Yorzinski, J. L., & Platt, M. L.
Selective attention in peacocks during predator detection. Animal Cognition.
17(3), 767-777.
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Yorzinski, J. L., & Vehrencamp, S. L.
THE EFFECT OF PREDATOR TYPE AND DANGER LEVEL ON THE MOB CALLS OF THE AMERICAN CROW. Condor.
111(1), 159-168.
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Yorzinski, J. L., Vehrencamp, S. L., McGowan, K. J., & Clark, A. B.
The Inflected Alarm Caw of the American Crow: Differences in Acoustic Structure Among Individuals and Sexes. Condor.
108(3), 518-529.
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Yorzinski, J. L.
The cognitive basis of individual recognition. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences.
16, 53-57.
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Yorzinski, J. L., & Platt, M. L.
The difference between night and day: antipredator behavior in birds. Journal of Ethology.
30(2), 211-218.
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Whitham, W., Schapiro, S. J., Troscianko, J., & Yorzinski, J. L.
The gaze of a social monkey is perceptible to conspecifics and predators but not prey. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences.
289(1976), 20220194.
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Yorzinski, J. L., Vehrencamp, S. L., Clark, A. B., & McGowan, K. J.
The inflected alarm caw of the American Crow: Differences in acoustic structure among individuals and sexes. Condor.
108(3), 518-529.
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Laidre, M. E., & Yorzinski, J. L.
The silent bared-teeth face and the crest-raise of the mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx):: A contextual analysis of signal function. Ethology.
111(2), 143-157.
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Yorzinski, J. L., Lam, J., Schultz, R., & Davis, M.
Thermoregulatory postures limit antipredator responses in peafowl. Biology Open.
7(1), bio031005.
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Yorzinski, J. L., Patricelli, G. L., Babcock, J. S., Pearson, J. M., & Platt, M. L.
Through their eyes: selective attention in peahens during courtship (vol 216, pg 3035, 2013). Journal of Experimental Biology.
216(22), 4310-4310.
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Yorzinski, J. L., Patricelli, G. L., Babcock, J. S., Pearson, J. M., & Platt, M. L.
Through their eyes: selective attention in peahens during courtship. Journal of Experimental Biology.
216(Pt 16), 3035-3046.
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Yorzinski, J. L.
Understanding Animal Behaviour. Rory Putman. 2018. Whittles Publishing, Dunbeath, Scotland, UK. 192 pp. $24.95 softcover. ISBN: 9781849953306. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.
82(7), 1555-1555.
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Yorzinski, J. L., & Argubright, S.
Wind Increases Blinking Behavior in Great-Tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
7, 330.
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Tyrrell, L. P., Butler, S. R., Yorzinski, J. L., & Fernandez-Juricic, E.
A novel system for bi-ocular eye-tracking in vertebrates with laterally placed eyes. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
5(10), 1070-1077.
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chapter
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Yorzinski, J. L.
Predator Recognition in the Absence of Selection. INDONESIAN PRIMATES.
(pp. 181-197).
Springer Nature.
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Yorzinski, J. L.
Predator Recognition in the Absence of Selection. INDONESIAN PRIMATES.
(pp. 181-197).
Springer Nature.
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conference paper
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Tyrrell, L. P., Butler, S. R., Yorzinski, J. L., & Fernandez-Juricic, E.
(2015).
A novel system for eye-tracking in small birds. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY.
E187-E187.
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Tyrrell, L. P., Butler, S. R., Yorzinski, J. L., & Fernandez-Juricic, E.
(2015).
A novel system for eye-tracking in small birds. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY.
E187-E187.
Research
principal investigator on
- Visual ecology of sexual selection and antipredator behavior awarded by National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2018 - 2023
- Collaborative Research: Significance of eye morphology on gaze perception awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2019 - 2022
Teaching
teaching activities
- ECCB285 Directed Studies Instructor
- ECCB304 Conservation Biology Instructor
- ECCB422 Behavioral Ecology Instructor
- ECCB485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ECCB491 Research Instructor
- ECCB691 Research Instructor
- ESSM491 Research Instructor
- WFSC304 Wildlife & Fish Cons Instructor
- WFSC422 Ethology Instructor
- WFSC484 Internship Instructor
- WFSC489 Sptp: Animal Communication Instructor
- WFSC491 Research Instructor
- WFSC685 Directed Studies Instructor
- WFSC689 Sptp: Animal Communication Instructor
- WFSC691 Research Instructor
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Animal Behavior, University of California, Davis - (Davis, California, United States)
Contact
first name
- Jessica
has last name
- Yorzinski
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences
2258 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2258
USA
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- jyorzinski@tamu.edu