in preparation
Monteiro, T., Vasconcelos, M., and Kacelnik, A. In search for the lost decision time: increased number of alternatives does not increase choice response times in European starlings.
preprints
2. Ajuwon*†, Monteiro*†, T., V., Walton, M. E., Kacelnik†, A. (bioRxiv). Do goldfish like to be informed? https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.17.585404.
1. Rodrigues, F.S., Monteiro, T., Motiwala, A., Paton, J. (bioRxiv). Dorsolateral striatum encodes a temporal basis for the organization of behavior. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.13.566826.
1. Rodrigues, F.S., Monteiro, T., Motiwala, A., Paton, J. (bioRxiv). Dorsolateral striatum encodes a temporal basis for the organization of behavior. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.13.566826.
primary data papers
15. Rivas-Blanco*, D., Monteiro*, T., Virányi, Z., Range, F. (bioRxiv; accepted in Learning & Behavior). Going back to 'basics': Harlow's learning set task with wolves and dogs. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.20.533465.
14. Ajuwon†, V., Cruz, B., Carriço, P., Champalimaud Foundation Scientific Hardware Platform, Kacelnik††, A., Monteiro†††, T. (2024). GoFish - A low-cost, open source, platform for closed-loop behavioural experiments in fish. Behavior Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-022-02049-2.
13. Monteiro*, T., Rodrigues*, F.S. Pexirra*, M., Cruz, B.F., Gonçalves, A.I., Rueda-Orozco, P.E., Paton, J.J. (2023). Using temperature to analyse the neural basis of a time-based decision. Nature Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-023-01378-5.
- News & Views by Robbe and Safaie: Hot times for the dorsal striatum.
- Champalimaud Research Science Snapshot: The Timekeepers Within: How the Brain Judges Time.
12. Ajuwon, V., Ojeda, A., Murphy, R. A., Monteiro, T., Kacelnik, A. (2022a). Paradoxical choice and the reinforcing value of information. Animal Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01698-2.
11. Monteiro†, T., Hart, T., Kacelnik†, A. (2021). Imprinting on time-structured acoustic stimuli in ducklings. Biology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0381.
10. Monteiro†, T., Vasconcelos†, M., Kacelnik†, A. (2020). Choosing fast and simply: construction of preferences by starlings through parallel option valuation. PLoS Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000841.
9. Gouvêa*, T.S., Monteiro*, T., Motiwala, A., Soares, S., Machens, C.K., Paton, J.J. (2015). Striatal dynamics explain duration judgments. eLife. http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.11386.
8. Vasconcelos, M., Monteiro, T., Kacelnik, A. (2015). Irrational choice and the value of information. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep13874.
7. Vasconcelos, M., Monteiro, T. (2014). European starlings unriddle the ambiguous-cue problem. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00944.
6. Gouvêa, T.S., Monteiro, T., Soares, S., Atallah, B.V., Paton, J.J. (2014). Ongoing behavior predicts perceptual report of interval duration. Frontiers in Neurorobotics. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2014.00010.
5. Monteiro, T., Vasconcelos, M., Kacelnik, A. (2013). Starlings uphold principles of economic rationality for delay and probability of reward. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2386.
4. Vasconcelos, M., Monteiro, T., Kacelnik, A. (2013). Context-dependent preferences in starlings: linking ecology, foraging and choice. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064934.
3. Aw*, J., Monteiro*, T., Vasconcelos*, M., Kacelnik*. A. (2012). Cognitive mechanisms of risky choice: Is there an evaluation cost? Behavioural Processes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2011.09.007.
2. Vasconcelos*, M., Monteiro*, T., Aw, J., Kacelnik, A. (2010). Choice in multi-alternative environments: A trial-by-trial implementation of the Sequential Choice Model. Behavioural Processes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2009.11.010.
1. Monteiro, T., Machado, A. (2009). Oscillations following periodic reinforcement. Behavioural Processes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2008.10.003.
14. Ajuwon†, V., Cruz, B., Carriço, P., Champalimaud Foundation Scientific Hardware Platform, Kacelnik††, A., Monteiro†††, T. (2024). GoFish - A low-cost, open source, platform for closed-loop behavioural experiments in fish. Behavior Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-022-02049-2.
13. Monteiro*, T., Rodrigues*, F.S. Pexirra*, M., Cruz, B.F., Gonçalves, A.I., Rueda-Orozco, P.E., Paton, J.J. (2023). Using temperature to analyse the neural basis of a time-based decision. Nature Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-023-01378-5.
- News & Views by Robbe and Safaie: Hot times for the dorsal striatum.
- Champalimaud Research Science Snapshot: The Timekeepers Within: How the Brain Judges Time.
12. Ajuwon, V., Ojeda, A., Murphy, R. A., Monteiro, T., Kacelnik, A. (2022a). Paradoxical choice and the reinforcing value of information. Animal Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01698-2.
11. Monteiro†, T., Hart, T., Kacelnik†, A. (2021). Imprinting on time-structured acoustic stimuli in ducklings. Biology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0381.
10. Monteiro†, T., Vasconcelos†, M., Kacelnik†, A. (2020). Choosing fast and simply: construction of preferences by starlings through parallel option valuation. PLoS Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000841.
9. Gouvêa*, T.S., Monteiro*, T., Motiwala, A., Soares, S., Machens, C.K., Paton, J.J. (2015). Striatal dynamics explain duration judgments. eLife. http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.11386.
8. Vasconcelos, M., Monteiro, T., Kacelnik, A. (2015). Irrational choice and the value of information. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep13874.
7. Vasconcelos, M., Monteiro, T. (2014). European starlings unriddle the ambiguous-cue problem. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00944.
6. Gouvêa, T.S., Monteiro, T., Soares, S., Atallah, B.V., Paton, J.J. (2014). Ongoing behavior predicts perceptual report of interval duration. Frontiers in Neurorobotics. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2014.00010.
5. Monteiro, T., Vasconcelos, M., Kacelnik, A. (2013). Starlings uphold principles of economic rationality for delay and probability of reward. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2386.
4. Vasconcelos, M., Monteiro, T., Kacelnik, A. (2013). Context-dependent preferences in starlings: linking ecology, foraging and choice. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064934.
3. Aw*, J., Monteiro*, T., Vasconcelos*, M., Kacelnik*. A. (2012). Cognitive mechanisms of risky choice: Is there an evaluation cost? Behavioural Processes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2011.09.007.
2. Vasconcelos*, M., Monteiro*, T., Aw, J., Kacelnik, A. (2010). Choice in multi-alternative environments: A trial-by-trial implementation of the Sequential Choice Model. Behavioural Processes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2009.11.010.
1. Monteiro, T., Machado, A. (2009). Oscillations following periodic reinforcement. Behavioural Processes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2008.10.003.
reviews and comments
4. Kacelnik†, A., Vasconcelos†, M., Monteiro†, T. (2022a) Testing cognitive models of decision making: Selected studies with starlings. Animal Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01723-4.
3. Lau, B., Monteiro, T., Paton, J.J. (2017). The many worlds hypothesis of dopamine prediction error: implications of a parallel circuit architecture in the basal ganglia. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2017.08.015.
2. Vasconcelos, M., Monteiro, T., Kacelnik. A. (2011). On the flexibility of lizards’ cognition: a comment on Leal and Powell (2011). Biology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0848.
1. Kacelnik, A., Vasconcelos, M., Monteiro, T., Aw, J. (2011). Darwin’s ‘Tug- of-War’ vs. Starlings’ Horse-Racing: how adaptations for sequential encounters drive simultaneous choice. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-010-1101-2.
(*equal contribution | †correspondence | ††co-senior author | a online version)
3. Lau, B., Monteiro, T., Paton, J.J. (2017). The many worlds hypothesis of dopamine prediction error: implications of a parallel circuit architecture in the basal ganglia. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2017.08.015.
2. Vasconcelos, M., Monteiro, T., Kacelnik. A. (2011). On the flexibility of lizards’ cognition: a comment on Leal and Powell (2011). Biology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0848.
1. Kacelnik, A., Vasconcelos, M., Monteiro, T., Aw, J. (2011). Darwin’s ‘Tug- of-War’ vs. Starlings’ Horse-Racing: how adaptations for sequential encounters drive simultaneous choice. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-010-1101-2.
(*equal contribution | †correspondence | ††co-senior author | a online version)