Gordon Burghardt
Several lines of work are usually proceeding simultaneously in our research group. These include field and laboratory studies using observational, experimental, and molecular genetics approaches to questions of ontogeny and chemoreception in reptiles. Predation, social behavior, mating, and antipredator behavior are studied. Snakes are typically employed because of our interest in the tongue-vomeronasal organ system. Another active area of interest is play behavior in “non-playing” taxa.
I also have a continuing interest in the behavior of bears and humans, ethical treatment of animals, and theoretical and historical issues in ontogeny, and the historical antecedents of contemporary ethology, psychology, and sociobiology. (Read more)
Sessions in which Gordon Burghardt participates
Université du Québec à Montréal - DS-R510
Talk
Gordon Burghardt, University of Tennessee (Participant)
David M. Green, Professor of Biology, McGill University (Moderator)
Université du Québec à Montréal - DS-R510
Panel
Ewa Demianowicz, Humane Society International (Moderator)
Gordon Burghardt, University of Tennessee (Participant)
Jon Sakata, McGill University (Participant)
Gregory S. Berns, Emory University (Participant)
Université du Québec à Montréal - DS-R510
Workshop
Kristin Andrews, York University (Participant)
Stevan Harnad, UQÀM & McGill (Moderator)
Christiane Bailey, Université de Montréal (Other Participant)
Gordon Burghardt, University of Tennessee (Other Participant)
Jonathan Birch, London School of Economics (Other Participant)