PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

* Student mentored

  1. Scoggins, E., Waldman, S. J., Devin, M. J., McMillan, A. C., & Coppola, V. J. (in prep). The effects of captive breeding on boldness-shyness in a terrestrial isopod, Porcellio scaber. To be submitted to Behavioural Processes.
  2. Burns, T. M., Coppola, V. J., & Bingman, V. P. (in prep). The effects of age on risk-sensitive decision-making of columba livia in a spatial memory task. To be submitted to Behavioural Brain Research.
  3. Caster, K., LaBuda, J. E., & Coppola, V. J. (under review). Investigating Turn Alternation in Two Genera of Woodlice: Porcellio and Trachelipus. Behavioural Processes.
  4. Coppola, V. J., Scribner, H. R., Barnett, C., Flanigan, K. A., Riesgo, V. R., & Bingman, V. P. (2024). Age-related reductions in whole brain mass and telencephalon volume in very old white Carneau pigeons (Columba livia). Neuroscience Letters, 828, 137754.
  5. Coppola, V. J., Caram, H. E., Robeson, C., Beeler, S. M., Hebets, E. A., Wiegmann, D. D., & Bingman, V. P. (2024). Investigating boundary-geometry use by whip spiders (Phrynus marginemaculatus) during goal-directed navigation. Learning & Behavior, 52(2), 170-178.
  6. Flanigan, K.A., Wiegmann, D.D., Casto, P., Coppola, V.J., Flesher, N.R., Hebets, E. A., & Bingman, V. P. (2021). Visual control of refuge recognition in the whip spider Phrynus marginemaculatus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 207(6), 729-737.
  7. Casto, P., Wiegmann, D.D., Coppola, V.J., Nardi, D., Hebets, E.A., & Bingman, V.P. (2020). Vertical-surface navigation in the Neotropical whip spider Paraphrynus laevifrons (Arachnida: Amblypygi). Animal Cognition, 23(6), 1205-1213.
  8. Coppola, V.J., Nardi, D., & Bingman, V.P. (2021). Age-associated decline in septum neuronal activation during spatial learning in homing pigeons (Columba livia). Behavioural Brain Research, 397, 112948.
  9. Nardi, D., Carpenter, S. E., Johnson, S.R., Gilliland, G.A., Melo, V.L., Pugliese, R., Coppola, V.J., & Kelly, D.M. (2020). Spatial reorientation with a geometric array of auditory cues. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1747021820913295.
  10. Coppola, V.J., & Bingman, V.P. (2020). c-Fos revealed lower hippocampal participation in older homing pigeons when challenged with a spatial memory task. Neurobiology of Aging, 87, 98-107.
  11. Coppola, V.J., & Bingman, V.P. (2019). Aging is associated with larger brain mass and volume in homing pigeons (Columba livia). Neuroscience Letters, 698, 39-43.
  12. Sotelo, M.I., Nardi, D., Payne, K. B., Coppola, V.J., Muzio, R.N., & Bingman, V.P. (2019). Local geometric properties do not support reorientation in hippocampus-engaged homing pigeons. Behavioral Neuroscience, available via early online access.
  13. Coppola, V.J., Kanyok, N., Schreiber, A.J., Flaim, M.E., & Bingman, V.P. (2016). Changes in hippocampal volume and neuron number co-occur with memory decline in old homing pigeons (Columba livia). Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 131, 117-120.
  14. Herold, C., Coppola, V.J., & Bingman, V.P. (2015). The maturation of research into the avian hippocampal formation: Recent discoveries from one of the nature's foremost navigators. Hippocampus, 25,1193–1211.
  15. Coppola, V.J., Flaim, M.E., Carney, S.N., & Bingman, V.P. (2015). An age-related deficit in spatial-feature reference memory in homing pigeons (Columba livia). Behavioural Brain Research, 280, 1–5.
  16. Coppola, V.J., Hough, G., & Bingman, V.P. (2014). Age-related spatial working memory deficits in homing pigeons (Columba livia). Behavioral Neuroscience, 128(6), 666-675.
  17. Gagliardo, A., Pollonara, E., Coppola, V.J., Santos, C.D., Wikelski, M., & Bingman, V.P. (2014). Hippocampal lesioned homing pigeons fly straighter paths home over unfamiliar space: A GPS revelation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 40, 3102–3110.
  18. Coppola, V.J., Spencer, J.M., Peterson, R.M., & Bingman, V.P. (2014). Hippocampal lesions in homing pigeons do not impair feature-quality or feature-quantity discrimination. Behavioural Brain Research, 260, 83-91.
  19. Angelone, B., & Coppola, V. (2012). Which side are you on? An exploration of hemispheric specialization and visual attention. Journal of Vision, 12(9), 663.