Publications from Our Group
Keçeci, D. & Kerman, K. (under review). Personal experience, but not religious belief, predicts perceptions of animal mind and consciousness among Turkish university students.
Salgırlı Demirbaş, Y., Kerman, K., Atılgan, D., Ünler, M., Yıldırım, T., & Şimşek, S.(under review). Greeting vocalizations in domestic cats are more frequent with male caregivers.
Esendemir, Y., & Kerman , K. (under review). Context matters: Observer perception of dog-human social interactions becomes more variable in a novel human context.
Kerman, K., & Başar, B. (2025). Not-so-prestigious: Social status sensitivity reduces the adoptability ratings of non-pedigree cats in an online task. Anthrozoös, 38(2), 331–347. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2025.2463211
Kerman, K., Salgırlı Demirbaş, Y., Atilgan, D., Isparta, S., Saral, B., Pereira, J., & da Graça Pereira, G. (2023). Behavioural responses to separation from human companion in the domestic cat: A survey‑based study. Behavioural Processes, 210, 104892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2023.104892
Past Publications
Kerman, K., Roggero, A., Rolando, A., & Palestrini, C. (2023). Sexual horn dimorphism predicts the expression of active personality trait: Males perform better only in the sexually horn dimorphic Onthophagus dung beetle. Journal of Ethology, 41(2), 163-176.
Kerman, K., Roggero, A., Piccini, I., Rolando, A., & Palestrini, C. (2021). Dung beetle distress signals may be correlated with sex and male morph: a case study on Copris lunaris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Coprini). Bioacoustics, 30(2), 180-196.
Kerman, K., Miller, L., & Sewall, K. (2018). The effect of social context on measures of boldness: Zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) are bolder when housed individually. Behavioural Processes, 157, 18-23.
Kerman, K., Roggero, A., Rolando, A., & Palestrini, C. (2018). Evidence for male horn dimorphism and related pronotal shape variation in Copris lunaris (Linnaeus, 1758)(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Coprini). Insects, 9(3), 108.
Kerman, K., Sieving, K. E., Mary, C. S., & Avery, M. L. (2018). Social conformity affects experimental measurement of boldness in male but not female monk parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus). Behaviour, 155(13-15), 1025-1050.
Beck, M. L., Davies, S., Moore, I. T., Schoenle, L. A., Kerman, K., Vernasco, B. J., & Sewall, K. B. (2016). Beeswax corticosterone implants produce long-term elevation of plasma corticosterone and influence condition. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 233, 109-114.
Kerman, K., Sieving, K. E., Mary, C. S., & Avery, M. L. (2016). Evaluation of boldness assays and associated behavioral measures in a social parrot, monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus). Behaviour, 153(13-14), 1817-1838.
Huang, P., Kerman, K., Sieving, K. E., & St. Mary, C. M. (2016). Evaluating the novel-environment test for measurement of exploration by bird species. Journal of Ethology, 34, 45-51.
Kerman, K., & Ayas, Z. (2016). Effects of nest positioning on fledging success in a breeding colony of Passer montanus (Passeridae): a case study in Central Anatolia, Turkey. Italian Journal of Zoology, 83(2), 270-274.