Loma Pendergraft, Ph.D.
Lecturer Full-Time
Interests: Animal Behavior, Animal Intelligence, Corvids
Research
I am not currently conducting any research, though I previously studied American crow behavior. More specifically, their communication and learning ability. I have also worked with staff in the UW Radiology Department to conduct PET and micro CT imaging to examine crow brain activity in response to various stimuli and contexts.
Aside from American crows, I have also explored the behavior of capuchin monkeys, prairie voles, and European honeybees.
- Pendergraft, L. T., Marzluff, J. M., Cross, D. J., Shimizu, T., & Templeton, C. N. (2023). American crows that excel at tool use activate neural circuits distinct from less talented individuals. Nature Communications, 14(1), 6539.
- Pendergraft, L. T., Marzluff, J. M., Cross, D. J., Shimizu, T., & Templeton, C. N. (2021). American crow brain activity in response to conspecific vocalizations changes when food is present. Frontiers in Physiology, 12, 766345.
- Pendergraft, L. T., Lehnert, A. L., & Marzluff, J. M. (2020). Individual and social factors affecting the ability of American crows to solve and master a string pulling task. Ethology, 126(2), 229-245.
- Pendergraft, L. T., & Marzluff, J. M. (2019). Fussing over food: factors affecting the vocalizations American crows utter around food. Animal Behaviour, 150, 39-57.