Ruth Colwill

· Professor

Brown University · Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences

Active 1978–2023

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Citations4.7k

Papers10814 last 5y

Funding$617k

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About

Ruth M. Colwill received her PhD from the University of Cambridge and her BA from the University of York. Her research interests include animal learning and behavior, early adverse experiences on cognitive development, canine communication systems and aggressive behavior, and environmental enrichment.

Research topics

Computer Science
Cognitive psychology
Artificial Intelligence
Political Science
Psychology
Mathematics
Developmental psychology
Law
Neuroscience
Philosophy

Selected publications

Imaging escape and avoidance behavior in zebrafish larvae
Reviews in the Neurosciences · 2011-02-01 · 218 citations
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This review provides an overview of the assays that are used for measuring escape and avoidance behavior in zebrafish, with a specific focus on zebrafish larvae during the first week of development. Zebrafish larvae display a startle response when exposed to tactile, acoustic, or visual stimuli and will avoid dark areas, moving objects, conspecifics, and open spaces. Emotional states such as fear and anxiety might be induced when larvae are exposed to stimuli that they would normally escape from…
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A novel high-throughput imaging system for automated analyses of avoidance behavior in zebrafish larvae
Behavioural Brain Research · 2011-04-30 · 134 citations
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Developmental sub-chronic exposure to chlorpyrifos reduces anxiety-related behavior in zebrafish larvae
Neurotoxicology and Teratology · 2012-05-08 · 105 citations
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High-Throughput Analysis of Behavior in Zebrafish Larvae: Effects of Feeding
Zebrafish · 2014-08-25 · 84 citations
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Early brain development can be influenced by numerous genetic and environmental factors, with long-lasting effects on brain function and behavior. Identification of these factors is facilitated by high-throughput analyses of behavior in zebrafish larvae, which can be imaged in multiwell or multilane plates. However, the nutritional needs of zebrafish larvae during the behavioral experiments are not fully understood. Zebrafish larvae begin feeding between 4 and 5 days postfertilization (dpf), but…
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Effects of embryonic exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on larval zebrafish behavior
Neurotoxicology and Teratology · 2015-11-10 · 37 citations
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Recent grants

NIH Grant R03ES017755
NIH · $145k · 2014
NIH Grant R21DA014202
NIH · $471k · 2005

Frequent coauthors

Robbert Créton
Providence College
52 shared
Robert A. Rescorla
22 shared
Danielle Clift
Providence College
16 shared
Robert J. Thorn
Brown University
16 shared
Holly Richendrfer
Brown University
16 shared
Peter D. Balsam
Columbia University
12 shared
Masayoshi Ohta
Kitano Hospital
10 shared
Mrinal Kapoor
Harvard University
8 shared

Awards & honors

The Lewis Paeff and Edna Duchin Lipsitt Lecture in Child Dev…

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