(* Indicates undergraduate author, ^authors made equal contributions)<\/p>\n
2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 38. ^Gall, M.D<\/strong>. and ^Touchon, J.C. 2026. Developing Broad Brains: The importance of an early introduction to evolutionary thinking in undergraduate neuroscience programs. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. (accepted with minor revisions, Download the preprint<\/a>).<\/p>\n 2025<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 37. *Chou, T.L. and Gall, M.D<\/strong>. 2025. I can’t hear you: effects of noise on auditory processing in mixed-species songbird flocks. Journal of Experimental Biology 228: jeb250033. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1242\/jeb.250033<\/a><\/p>\n 36. *Subramanian, R., *Bauman, A., *Carpenter, O., *Cho, C., *Coste, G., *Dam, A., *Drake, K., *Ehnstrom, S., *Fitzgerald, N., *Jenkins, A., *Koolpe, H., *Liu, R., *Paserman, T., *Petersen, D., *Chavez, D.S., *Rosental, S., *Thompson, H., *Tsukuda, T., *Zweig, S., Gall, M.D.<\/strong>, Zupan, B., and Bergstrom, H. 2025. An infralimbic cortex neuronal ensemble encoded during learning attenuates fear generalization expression. Journal of Neuroscience 45<\/span>: <\/span>e2120242025<\/span>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1523\/JNEUROSCI.2120-24.2025<\/a><\/p>\n 35. Addis, E.A., Bauer, C.M., Belanger, R.M., Butler, M.W., Collar, D.C., Gall, M.D.<\/strong>, Gangloff, E.J., Johnson, M.A., Lynn, S.A., Monroy, J.A., Paig-Tran, E.M., Pask, G.M., Stahlschmidt, Z.R., Staub, N.L., Thompson, J.T., and Husak, J.F. 2025. Impactful research at primarily undergraduate institutions. Integrative and Comparative Biology 65: 185\u2013197.\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/icb\/icaf101<\/a><\/p>\n 2024<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 34. Rodriguez-Santiago, M., Ruppert, A., Gall, M.D<\/strong>., Hoke, K., Bee, M.A., and Baugh, A.T. 2024. In your CORT: corticosterone and its receptors in the brain underlie mate choosiness in female Cope\u2019s gray treefrogs (Hyla chrysoscelis<\/em>). Hormones and Behavior 159: 105447. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.yhbeh.2024.105477<\/a><\/p>\n 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 33. *Fossesca, M., Henry, K.S., *Chou, T.L., and Gall, M.D.<\/strong> 2023. The silent assumption of the masking hypothesis: avian auditory processing and implications for behavioral responses to noise. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fevo.2023.1233911<\/a><\/p>\n 32. *Boycott, T.J., *Sherrard, M., Gall, M.D.<\/strong>, Ronald, K.R. 2023. Deer management influences perception of avian plumage in temperate deciduous forests. Vision Research 213: 108312.\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.visres.2023.108312<\/a>.<\/p>\n 31. *Chou, T., *Krishna, A., *Fosessca, M., *Desai, A. *Goldberg, *J., Jones, S. *Stephens, M., Basile, B., and Gall, M.D.<\/strong> 2023. Mixed support for the effects of masking and distraction on anti-predator behavior in suburban anthropogenic noise. PLoS ONE 18(8): e0290330. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0290330<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2022<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 30. *LaRocco, E.P., Proudfoot, G.A., and Gall, M.D. <\/strong>2022. Effects of frequency on the directional auditory sensitivity of Northern saw-whet owls (Aegolius acadicus<\/em>). Brain, Behavior and Evolution 97:129-139. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1159\/000519893<\/a><\/p>\n 2021<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 29. Gall, M.D.<\/strong>, Baugh, A.T., Lucas, J.R., and Bee, M.A. 2021. Social communication across reproductive boundaries: hormones and the auditory periphery of songbirds and frogs. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61: 292-301. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/icb\/icab075<\/a>.<\/p>\n 28. Baugh, A.T.,\u00a0Gall, M.D.<\/strong>, Silver, S.C., and Bee, M.A. 2021. Moderately elevated glucocorticoids increase mate choosiness but do not affect sexual proceptivity or preferences in female gray treefrogs. Hormones and Behavior 130: 104950. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.yhbeh.2021.104950<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 27. *de Koning, M., *Beatini, J.R., Proudfoot, G.A., and Gall, M.D.<\/strong>\u00a02020. Hearing in 3D: directional auditory sensitivity of Northern saw-whet owls (Aegolius acadicus<\/em>). Integrative and Comparative Biology 60: 1058-1067.\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/icb\/icaa024<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 26. ^Baugh, A.T., Bee, M.A., and ^Gall, M.D.<\/strong>\u00a02019. The paradox of hearing at the lek: auditory sensitivity increases after breeding in female gray treefrogs (Hyla chrysoscelis<\/em>). The Journal of Comparative Physiology A 205:629\u2013639. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00359-019-01354-0<\/a><\/p>\n 25.\u00a0*Beatini J.R., Proudfoot, G.A., and\u00a0Gall, M.D. <\/strong>2019. Effects of presentation rate and onset time on auditory brainstem responses in Northern saw-whet owls (Aegolius acadicus<\/em>). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 145: 2062-2071. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1121\/1.5096532<\/a>.<\/p>\n 24. *Boycott, T.J., *Gao, J. and\u00a0Gall, M.D.<\/strong>\u00a02019. Deer browsing alters sound propagation in temperate deciduous forests. PLoS One 14(2): e0211569. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0211569<\/a>.<\/p>\n Featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition.<\/a><\/p>\n Featured on Scientific American’s 60-second Science.<\/a><\/p>\n Featured on CBC and PRI’s As It Happens (interview starts around the 39-minute mark)<\/a><\/p>\n 23. ^Gall, M.D.<\/strong>, Bee, M.A., and ^Baugh, A.T.\u00a02019. The difference a day makes: Breeding remodels hearing, hormones and behavior in female Cope’s gray treefrogs (Hyla chrysoscelis<\/em>). Hormones and Behavior 108:62\u201372. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/icb\/icaa024<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 22. *Beatini J.R., Proudfoot, G.A., and\u00a0Gall, M.D.<\/strong>\u00a02018. Frequency sensitivity in Northern saw-whet owls (Aegolius acadicus<\/em>). The Journal of Comparative Physiology A 204:145\u2013154 . https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00359-017-1216-2<\/a><\/p>\n 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 21.\u00a0Henry, K.S., Gall, M.D.,<\/strong> Velez, A., and Lucas, J.R. 2017. Avian auditory processing at four different scales: variation among species, seasons, sexes and individuals. \u00a0In: Psychological Mechanisms in Animal Communication \u00a0(M.A. Bee and C.T. Miller, Eds.). Springer-Verlag. Find it here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n 20. *Damsky, J. and\u00a0Gall M.D<\/strong>. 2017. Anthropogenic noise reduces approach of Black-capped Chickadees and Tufted Titmice to Tufted Titmouse mobbing calls. \u00a0The Condor 119: 26-33. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1650\/CONDOR-16-146.1<\/a><\/p>\n 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 19.\u00a0Gall M.D.<\/strong>, Wilczynski W. 2016. The effects of call-like masking diminish after nightly exposure to\u00a0conspecific choruses in green treefrogs (Hyla cinerea<\/em>). Journal of Experimental Biology 219: 1295:1302. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1242\/jeb.135905<\/a><\/p>\n 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 18.*Wong, A. and\u00a0Gall, M.D. <\/b>2015. Frequency sensitivity in the auditory periphery of male and female black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus<\/em>).\u00a0Zoology 118: 357-363. Find it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n 17.\u00a0Gall M.D.<\/strong>, Wilczynski W. 2015\u00a0Hearing conspecific vocal signals alters\u00a0peripheral auditory sensitivity.Proceedings of the Royal Society B,\u00a0282: 20150749. Find it here.<\/a><\/p>\n 16.Velez, A.,\u00a0Gall, M.D.,<\/b>\u00a0and Lucas, J.R. 2015.\u00a0Seasonal plasticity in auditory processing of the envelope and temporal fine structure of sounds in three songbirds. Animal Behavior, 103: 53-63. Find it here.<\/a><\/p>\n 15. Velez, A.,\u00a0Gall, M.D.,<\/b>\u00a0Fu, J. and Lucas, J.R. 2015.\u00a0Song structure, not high-frequency song content, determines high-frequency auditory sensitivity in nine species of New World sparrows (Passeriformes: Emberizidae). Functional Ecology, \u00a029: 487-497. doi: 10.1111\/1365-2435.12352. Find it here.<\/a><\/p>\n 2014<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 14. Gall, M.D.,<\/b> and Wilczynski, W. 2014. Prior experience with conspecific signals enhances auditory midbrain responsiveness to conspecific vocalizations. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217: 1977-1982. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1242\/jeb.096883.<\/a>\u00a0 Featured in Inside JEB!<\/a><\/p>\n 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 13.\u00a0<\/b>Gall, M.D.<\/b>, <\/b>Salameh, T.S. and Lucas, J.R. 2013. Songbird frequency selectivity and temporal resolution vary with sex and season. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 20122296. Find it here.<\/a><\/p>\n 12.\u00a0<\/b>Gall, M.D.<\/b>, *Hough, L., <\/b>and Fern\u00e1ndez-Juricic, E. 2013. Age-related habitat preference and foraging behavior in the black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans). Southwestern Naturalist 58: 41-49. Find it here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n 2012<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 11.\u00a0<\/b>Gall, M.D.<\/b>, *Bestrom, E., Ronald, K.L., and Lucas, J.R. 2012. Effects of habitat and urbanization on the active space of brown-headed cowbird song.\u00a0 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 132: 4053-4062. Find it here.<\/a><\/p>\n 10.\u00a0<\/b>Gall, M.D.,<\/b> Brierley, L.B, <\/b>and Lucas, J.R. 2012. The sender-receiver matching hypothesis: support from the peripheral coding of acoustic features in songbirds. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 3742-3751. Find it here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n 9.\u00a0<\/b>Gall, M.D., <\/b>Henry, K.S., and Lucas, J.R. 2012. Two measures of temporal resolution in brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater<\/i>). Journal of Comparative Physiology A 198: 61-68. Find it here.<\/a><\/p>\n 2011<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 8. Gall, M.D., <\/b>Brierley, L.B., <\/b>and Lucas, J.R. 2011. Species and sex effects on auditory processing in brown-headed cowbirds and red-winged blackbirds. Animal Behaviour 81: 973-982. Find it here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n 7. Henry, K.S., Gall, M.D., <\/b>Bidelman, G., <\/b>and Lucas, J.R. 2011. Songbirds trade off auditory frequency resolution and temporal resolution. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 197: 351-359. Find it here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n 6. Fern\u00e1ndez-Juricic, E.J., Gall, M.D.<\/b>,<\/b> Dolan, T., O\u2019Rourke, C., *Thomas, S., and *Lynch, J.R. 2011. Visual systems and vigilance behavior of two ground foraging avian prey species: white-crowned sparrows and California towhees. Animal Behaviour 81: 705-713. Find it here.<\/a><\/p>\n 2010<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 5. Wang, Y., *Mijares, M., Gall, M.D., <\/b>Turan T., Javier, A., Bornemann, D.J., Mange, K. and Warrior, R. <\/b>2010. <\/b>Drosophila variable nurse cells <\/i>encodes Arrest defective 1 (Ard1), the catalytic subunit of the major N-terminal acetyltransferase complex. Developmental Dynamics. 239: 2813-2827. Find it here.<\/a><\/p>\n 4.\u00a0Gall,<\/strong> M.D. <\/b>and Lucas, J.R. 2010. Sex differences in auditory filters of brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater<\/i>). Journal of Comparative Physiology A 196: 559-567. Find it here.<\/a><\/p>\n 3.\u00a0<\/b>Gall, M.D. <\/b>and Fern\u00e1ndez-Juricic, E. 2010. Visual fields, eye movements, and scanning behavior of a sit-and-wait predator, the black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans<\/i>). Journal of Comparative Physiology A 196: 15-22. Find it here.<\/a><\/p>\n 2009<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2.\u00a0<\/b>Gall, M.D. <\/b>and Fern\u00e1ndez-Juricic, E. 2009. Visual and physical prey availability alters perch selection and search effort in a sit-and-wait predator, the Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans<\/i>). Condor 111: 150-158. Find it here.<\/a><\/p>\n 2008<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1. Fern\u00e1ndez-Juricic, E.J., Gall, M.D.<\/b>, Dolan, T., Tisdale, V., and Martin, G.R. 2008. The visual fields of two ground foragers, House Finches and House Sparrows, allow for simultaneous foraging and scanning. Ibis 150: 779-787. Find it here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (* Indicates undergraduate author, ^authors made equal contributions) 2026 38. ^Gall, M.D. and ^Touchon, J.C. 2026. Developing Broad Brains: The importance of an early introduction to evolutionary thinking in undergraduate neuroscience programs. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 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