C.V.
DPhil (Zoology), University of Oxford, U.K.
1990-93: Junior Research Fellow, St John's College, Oxford
1993-99: Lecturer, Dept of Psychology, University of Newcastle, UK
1999- Lecturer, ICAPB, University of Edinburgh
Research groupings
Behavioural ecology
Teaching
No information given.
Research interests
I have several avenues of research currently underway all stemming
from an interest in relationships between behaviour and the correlated
neural processing, specifically the processing of spatial information:
- Adaptive specialisation of memory. Laboratory studies comparing
memory capabilities between food storing and non-storing passerine
birds using
touch screen operant techniques. With postdoctoral researcher Dr
Robert Biegler.
- Effects of behavioural experience on the development
of the avian hippocampus,
particularly in migrant songbirds. This is a collaborative project
with Prof J.R. Krebs, Oxford and Prof. E. Gwinner, Max-Planck Institut,
Andechs,
Germany.
- Field tests of spatial memory in hummingbirds. This is
a collaborative project with Dr T. A. Hurly, Dept of Biological Sciences,
Univ
of Lethbridge, Canada.
Representative publications
Healy, SD, Jones, CM. (2002). Animal learning and memory: an integration
of cognition and ecology. Zoology 105, 321-327
Hurly, TA, Healy, SD. (2002). Cue learning by rufous hummingbirds (Selasphorus
rufus). Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Behavior Processes
28, 209-223.
Hampton, RR, Healy, SD, Shettleworth, SJ, Kamil, AC. (2002) 'Neuroecologists'
are not made of straw. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 6, 6-7.
Hurly, TA, Scott, RD, Healy, SD. (2001) The function of displays of
male Rufous Hummingbirds. Condor 103, 647-651.
Henderson, J, Hurly, TA, Healy, SD. (2001). Rufous hummingbirds' memory
for flower location. Animal Behaviour 61, 981-986.
Biegler, R, McGregor, A, Krebs, JR, Healy, SD. (2001) A larger hippocampus
is associated with longer-lasting spatial memory. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences of the USA 98, 6941-6944.
Healy, S.D. & Braithwaite, V.A. (2000). Cognitive ecology: how much
further? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 15, 22-26.
Healy, S.D., Braham, S. & Braithwaite, V.A. (1999). Spatial working
memory in rats: no differences between the sexes. Proceedings of the
Royal Society, B, 266,2303-2308.
McGregor, A. & Healy, S.D. (1999). Spatial accuracy in food-storing
and nonstoring birds. Animal Behaviour, 58, 727-734.
Healy, S. D. (ed.) (1998). Spatial representation in animals. Oxford
University Press.
Healy, S. D., Gwinner, E. & Krebs, J. R. (1996). Hippocampal volume
in migrating and non-migrating warblers: effects of age and experience.
Behavioural Brain Research, 81, 61-68.
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