Michael J. Beran, Ph.D.
Curriculum Vitae

Contact Me:  mjberan@yahoo.com
 

Last updated: 
January 11, 2012

Selected Recent and Upcoming Presentations (all available in CV)

Beran, M. J., Evans, T. A., Bramlett, J., McIntyre, J., Addessi, E., & Paglieri, F. (November 2011). A “hybrid” test of self-control in chimpanzees and capuchin monkeys. Paper presented at the 52nd annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Seattle, WA.

Boomer, J., Couchman, J. J., Beran, M. J., & Smith, J. D. (November, 2011). Dissociating performance and uncertainty monitoring from reinforcement in humans. Paper presented at the 52nd annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Seattle, WA.

Perdue, B. M., Talbot, C. F., Stone, A., & Beran, M. J. (November, 2011). Putting the elephant back in the herd: Elephant relative quantity judgments match those of other species. Paper presented at the Fall Meeting of the Comparative Cognition Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Beran, M. J., Evans, T. A.,& Owens, K. (May, 2011). Chimpanzees, monkeys, and humans show similar skill in estimating uncertain outcomes. Poster presented at the 23rd annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

Beran, M. J., McIntyre, J., Bramlett, J., & Evans, T. A. (March, 2011).  What counts for “counting”? Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) know what does or does not matter during quantity judgments.  Paper presented at the 18th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL.  

Beran, M. J. (November, 2010). Quantity judgments of auditory stimuli by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Paper presented at the Fall Meeting of the Comparative Cognition Meeting, St Louis, MO.

Beran, M. J., & Smith, J. D. (November, 2010). Information seeking and the comparative study of metacognition. Paper presented at the 51st annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St Louis, MO.

Beran, M. J. (June 2010). Long-term retention of lexigram meanings by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Invited paper presented in the Rumbaugh Symposium on Language and Learning at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Louisville, KY.

Beran, M. J. (April, 2010). Chimpanzee serial list memory: False memories and isolation effects. Invited paper presented at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Beran, M. J., Klein, E. D., Evans, T. A., & Einstein, G. O. (June, 2010). Prospective memory and planning by rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) on a computerized task. Paper presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Louisville, KY.

Evans, T. A., Beran, M. J., & Hoyle, D. (June, 2010). Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) delay gratification by accepting tokens in lieu of rewards. Paper presented at the 33rd annual meetings of the American Society of Primatologists, Louisville, KY.

Heimbauer, L. A., Conway, C. M., Christiansen, M. H., Beran, M. J., & Owren, M. O. (June, 2010). Grammar rule-based sequence learning by rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Paper presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Louisville, KY.

Parrish, A. E., Beran, M. J., Wilson, B., & Brosnan, S. F. (June, 2010). Understanding economic decision making during coordination games in monkeys and apes. Poster presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Louisville, KY.

Couchman, J. J., Coutinho, M. V. C., Beran, M. J., & Smith, J. D. (April, 2010). Beyond stimulus cues and reinforcement signals: A new approach to animal cognition. Paper presented 102nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA. [Winner - SSPP Richard M. Griffith Memorial Award]

Evans, T. A., & Beran, M. J. (April, 2010). Who waits for more? Testing monkeys’ self- control in a computerized detour task. Paper presented 102nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Heimbauer, L. A., Beran, M. J., & Owren, M. J. (April, 2010). Rule-based sequence learning by rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Paper presented 102nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Klein, E. D., Evans, T. A., & Beran, M. J. (April, 2010). Investigating monkeys’ memory coding strategies using a computerized radial maze. Paper presented 102nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Beran, M. J., & Smith, J. D. (March, 2010). Knowing what to ask for: Monkeys seek information before matching-to-sample. Paper presented at the 17th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL.

Evans, T. A., & Beran, M. J. (March, 2010). Will chimpanzees delay gratification by accepting tokens in lieu of rewards? Paper presented at the 17th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL.

Flemming, T. M., & Beran, M. J. (March, 2010). Conceptual thresholds for same and different in old and new world monkeys. Poster presented at the 17th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL.

Heimbauer, L. A., Beran, M. J., & Owren, M. J. (March, 2010). A chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) shows human-like speech perception abilities. Poster presented at the 17th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL.

Klein, E. D., Beran, M. J., & Evans, T. A. (March, 2010). A bigger house or a shorter commute? The decoy effect and primate decision making. Paper presented at the 17th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL.

Beran, M. J. (August, 2009). Natural choice in chimpanzees: Sometimes less is preferred to more. Paper presented at the 117th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Beran, M. J. (July, 2009). Beyond uncertainty monitoring. Primate responses to incomplete information and temptation. Invited paper presented at the Metacognition and Mindreading Conference, Salzburg, Austria.

Beran, M. J., Klein, E. D., & Evans, T. A. (April, 2009). Prospects for prospective memory research with monkeys.  Invited paper presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Albuquerque, NM.

Beran, M. J, Evans, T. A., & Ratliff, C. L. (April, 2009). Perceptual and temporal effects on natural choice in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Paper presented at the 101^st annual meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Savannah, GA.  

Evans, T. A., Beran, M. J., & Ratliff, C. L. (April, 2009). Perception of food amounts by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): The role of magnitude, contiguity, and wholeness. Paper presented at the 101^st annual meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Savannah, GA.

Flemming, T. M., Beran, M. J., Thompson, R. K. R., & Washburn, D. A. (April, 2009). Analogical reasoning and the differential outcome effect: Getting a conceptual feel.  Paper presented at the 101^st annual meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Savannah, GA.

Heimbauer, L. A., Conway, C. M., Christiansen, M. H., Beran, M. J., Owren, M. J. (April, 2009). Testing sequence learning in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Paper presented at the 101^st annual meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Savannah, GA.

Hoffman, M. L., Beran, M. J., & Washburn, D. A. (April, 2009). Source monitoring in rhesus monkeys. Paper presented at the 101^st annual meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Savannah, GA.

Beran, M. J. (March, 2009). Judgments of continuous and discrete quantities by chimpanzees. Poster presented at the 16th annual international Conference on Comparative Cognition.

Beran, M. J. (February, 2009). Monkey mathematicians: Quantity comparisons by capuchins and macaques. Paper presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Charlotte, NC.

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