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Maria Santacà

@SantacaMaria

Research Fellow ~ Animal cognition and behaviour researcher

 Vienna, Austria
Joined September 2017
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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
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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
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The next Italian Zebrafish Meeting is coming!!! itazebrafishmeeting.wixsite.…

Italian Zebrafish Meeting 2024

Italian Zebrafish Meeting 2024, 7--8-9 febbraio 2024 presso l'Università di Palermo

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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: rdcu.be/c0v62 #dpg @UniPadova
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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.
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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.
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: sciencedirect.com/science/ar… #ZebrafishFunFacts
Picture of a male (top) and female (bottom) zebrafish. Notice the male is more yellow and streamlined. The female is more white and appears larger as it carries eggs.

ALT Picture of a male (top) and female (bottom) zebrafish. Notice the male is more yellow and streamlined. The female is more white and appears larger as it carries eggs.

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How smart are sharks?? Find out by reading our review in Animal Cognition @FishLab_MQ with @VeraSchluessel protect-au.mimecast.com/s/my…
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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 1/2
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⭐️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]
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My new website is online🎊 Go and see it! 😊 santacamaria.wixsite.com/res…

Research | Dr. Maria Santacà - Research

I use this space to showcase my previous and most recent work, to provide details on future projects and to disseminate my research interests.

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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 🧵link.springer.com/article/10…
Timing matters: female receptivity and mate choice in the zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Timing matters: female receptivity and mate choice in the zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology - Female choice has been documented in many animal taxa, and how we test it has been refined through years of studies on the topic. However, when...

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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.
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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.
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Congratulations to @SantacaMaria winner of the SIE Young Ethologist Prize for the the best PhD thesis! On illusions perceived by non-human animals.
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How do animals perceive the world? The investigation of the Delboeuf illusion in teleost fishes #bem2018
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🇮🇹 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! 👏🏻👏🏻 – at San Martino Buon Albergo, Veneto
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• 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 ❤
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#conferences #postwork #researcher #biologist #tiredbuthappy… instagram.com/p/BZtjhjBA_zyq…
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