Maria Santacà

Research Fellow ~ Animal cognition and behaviour researcher

[maria albo @mariaalbo6]

Wonderful workshop at Erice,Sicily! Sexual Selection in a Changing World organized by ⁦@DrKimor⁩ ⁦@PilastroAndrea⁩ ⁦@GilRosenthal⁩ Tamás Székely

We discussed how climatic conditions can alter sexual traits influencing adaptive changes and population viability

[Maria Santacà @SantacaMaria]

Excited to start a new journey as an Academic Editor at PLOS ONE, Editorial Board! It's a great honor for me. Thank you so much for offering me this position and I am glad to be working with @PLOSONE & @PLOS
team

[LabMione__CIBIO @LabMione_Cibio]

The next Italian Zebrafish Meeting is coming!!! https://t.co/R3OvDpDkpu

[Maria Santacà @SantacaMaria]

Take-home message: our results support the hypothesis of a single magnitude system, as perceptual biases that influence spatial decisions seem to affect numerosity judgements in the same way.

[Maria Santacà @SantacaMaria]

New paper is available online at @SpringerANCO! With @umbj91, we investigated the influence of visual illusion perception on numerosity estimation exploring the numerical Delboeuf illusion in humans and fish.🧵Take a look here: https://t.co/75YtrHgmk2

#dpg @UniPadova

[Maria Santacà @SantacaMaria]

Spoiler: Both humans and fish demonstrated numerical biases in agreement with the perception of the classical version of the Delboeuf illusion, with the array perceived as larger appearing more numerous.

[Zebrafish Rock! @ZebrafishRock]

Did you know #zebrafish can change sex as adults? Females that no longer produce oocytes can readily convert to a male, both phenotypically and behaviorally. To read more on this topic, check out this article by @bwdraper: https://t.co/kvcu6B18t1 #ZebrafishFunFacts

[Culum Brown 🇺🇦 @CulumBrown]

How smart are sharks?? Find out by reading our review in Animal Cognition @FishLab_MQ with @VeraSchluessel
https://t.co/IagFJpkXQB

[Marianna Pauletto @MariannaPaulet1]

Postdoc position open‼️ Pls retweet‼️

A 12-months (with possible extension) position to investigate PFAS mechanisms of toxicity on reproduction&cognition. Requirements: PhD in biology field, background in bioinformatics and omics. Deadline for applicants:30-11-22.Start:ASAP

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[IllusionOfTheFortnight @illusionsrockUG]

⭐️Illusion of the Fortnight Talk series⭐️Online @UofGlasgow @UofGPsychNeuro @UofGCSPE @SantacaMaria

Tuesday 22 November 12-1pm (UK) Dr Maria Santacà

The truth is in the eye of the beholder: how vertebrates subjectively see the world

To join contact [email protected]

[Maria Santacà @SantacaMaria]

My new website is online🎊 Go and see it! 😊

https://t.co/AncPGDgRbH

[Maria Santacà @SantacaMaria]

Furthermore, only when tested 7 and 10 days after spawning, females showed a clear preference toward the biggest of the two males. Thus, our study highlights the importance of considering female receptivity in future studies assessing mate choices.

[Maria Santacà @SantacaMaria]

Finally, the very first paper of my work at @DiBio_UniPD is available online ! With @AlessandroDevig and @CleliaGasparini we show that the female reproductive stage affects the strength and direction of female mate choice. A thread 🧵https://t.co/S9ty4zEmm6

[Maria Santacà @SantacaMaria]

We show that, when tested 7 and 10 days after spawning rather than 4 days, female zebrafish spent more time choosing, demonstrating an increased receptivity to males from one week following the last spawning.

[Società Italiana di Etologia @sie_etologia]

Congratulations to @SantacaMaria winner of the SIE Young Ethologist Prize for the the best PhD thesis! On illusions perceived by non-human animals.

[Maria Santacà @SantacaMaria]

How do animals perceive the world? The investigation of the Delboeuf illusion in teleost fishes #bem2018

[Parco Natura Viva @ParcoNaturaViva]

🇮🇹 Conservazione e #benessere animale protagonisti per 4 giorni: la VII edizione del Convegno Nazionale della Ricerca nei Parchi si ferma qui! Grazie a tutti per aver concorso ad un successo da record, ci vediamo il prossimo anno con la IX edizione! 👏🏻👏🏻

[Maria Santacà @SantacaMaria]

• It is a beautiful thing when a career and a passion come together •

2° convegno, 1° talk, 1° premio nel concorso per il miglior talk ❤

[Maria Santacà @SantacaMaria]

#conferences #postwork #researcher #biologist #tiredbuthappy… https://t.co/WwaTEINuCF