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Valerie Kuklovsky Post doc |
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Universität Konstanz |
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Curriculum vitae |
Current Employment:
2024 - present
Department: Neurobiology
Research Associate at AG Galizia, Department of Neurobiology,
University of Konstanz, Germany
2018 - 2023
PhD in Biology, Biocenter: Chair of Behavioral Physiology & Socialbiology,
Scheiner lab, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Germany
2014 - 2017
Master of Science in Biology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
2011 - 2014
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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Journal Publications |
Kuklovsky, V., Avarguès-Weber, A., Giurfa, M., Scheiner, R. (2026) Visual learning performance in free-flying honey bees is independent of sucrose and light responsiveness and depends on training context. Scientific Reports 16, 1319. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-34900-9
Finke, V., Scheiner, R., Giurfa, M. & Avarguès-Weber, A. (2023) Individual consistency in the learning abilities of honey bees: Cognitive specialization within sensory and reinforcement modalities. Animal Cognition 26, 909-928. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01741-2
Finke, V., Baracchi, D., Giurfa, M., Scheiner, R. & Avarguès-Weber, A. (2021) Evidence of cognitive specialization in an insect: proficiency is maintained across elemental and higher-order visual learning but not between sensory modalities in honey bees. Journal of Experimental Biology 224(24), jeb242470. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242470
Avarguès-Weber, A., Finke, V., Nagy, M., Szabó, T., d’Amaro, D., Dyer, A. G., & Fiser, J. (2020) Different mechanisms underlie implicit visual statistical learning in honey bees and humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117(41), 25923-25934. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1919387117
Avarguès-Weber, A., d’Amaro, D., Metzler, M., Finke, V., Baracchi, D. & Dyer, A. G. (2018) Does holistic processing require a large brain? Insights from honeybees and wasps in fine visual recognition tasks. Frontiers in Psychology 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01313
Bukovac, Z., Dorin, A., Finke, V., Shrestha, M., Garcia, J., Avarguès-Weber, A., Burd, M., Schramme, J., & Dyer, A. G. (2017) Assessing the ecological significance of bee visual detection and colour discrimination on the evolution of flower colours. Evolutionary Ecology 31(2), 153-172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-016-9843-6