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Alex Kacelnik

University of OxfordORCID 0000-0002-3188-8255Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 2 Evolutionary Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Approach:simulation· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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Inferential reasoning in non-humans: a critical analysis of experimental evidence

Dániel Rivas-Blanco, Marco Vasconcelos, Friederike Range, Alex Kacelnik, Tiago Monteiro

This paper challenges the interpretation of animal behavior as inferential reasoning, arguing that correct choices in experimental tasks can result from stimulus-response associations rather than logical reasoning.

bioRxiv · Sep 23, 2025 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Simulations provide a mechanistic interpretation of Bateman gradients

Krish Sanghvi, Jonathan M. Henshaw, Alex Kacelnik, Tim Janicke, Irem Sepil

The paper uses simulations to show that Bateman gradients are influenced by covariances between mating success and other factors, not just direct causation.

Evolution · Jun 9, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Do goldfish like to be informed?

Victor Ajuwon, Tiago Monteiro, Mark E. Walton, Alex Kacelnik

The paper tests whether goldfish prefer informative over non-informative choices in a reinforcement learning task, finding they do not, unlike mammals and birds.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · May 1, 2025Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition