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Wojciech Pisula - PhD, Associate Professor

e-mail: Wojciech Pisula

Selected publications

Books:

  • Pisula, W. (Red/Ed) (2006). Psychologia Porównawcza [Comparative Psychology]. Warszawa: Academica, PWN.
  • Pisula, W. (2003). Psychologia zachowań eksploracyjnych zwierząt [Psychology of exploratory behavior in animals]. Gdańsk: GWP.
  • Pisula, W. (1998). Ciekawość i zachowania eksploracyjne - psychologia nie tylko zwierząt [Curiosity and exploratory behavior - not just animal psychology]. Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego.

    Articles and chapters:

  • Pisula W. (2008). Play and Exploration in Animals – A Comparative Analysis. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 39 (2), 104-107.
  • Stryjek R. & Pisula W. (2008). Warsaw Wild Captive Pisula Stryjek rats (WWCPS) - Establishing a breeding colony of Norway Rat in captivity . Polish Psychological Bulletin, 39 (2), 67-70.
  • Pisula W. (2007) Stimulus and information seeking behavior – a comparative and evolutionary perspective. In: L.V. Brown (Ed). Psychology of motivation, pp 167-179. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
  • Pisula W., Stryjek R. and Nałęcz-Tolak A. (2006). Response to novelty of various types in laboratory rats. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis, 66, 235-243.
  • Pisula, W. (2006). Zachowanie się zwierząt – propozycja standardu edukacyjnego [Animal behavior: education-standard proposal]. Medycyna Weterynaryjna, 62, 135-138.
  • Pisula, W. & Siegel, J. (2005). Exploratory behavior as a function of environmental novelty and complexity in male and female rats. Psychological Reports, 97, 631-638.
  • Pisula, W. (2004). Exploratory behavior – inquisitiveness in animals. In: M. Bekoff (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (pp 574-581). Westport, Connecticut; London: Greenwood Press.
  • Pisula, W. (2004). Response to novelty in low-stress conditions in rats. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 35, 99-103.
  • Greenberg, G., Partrige, T., Weiss, E. & Pisula, W. (2004). Comparative Psychology – A New Perspective for the 21st Century: Up the Spiral Staircase. Developmental Psychobiology, 44, 1-15.
  • Komorowska, J. & Pisula, W. (2003). Does changing levels of stress affect the characteristics of grooming behavior in rats? International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 16, 237-246.
  • Pisula, W. (2003).The Roman high- and low-avoidance rats respond differently to novelty in a familiarized environment. Behavioural Processes, 63, 63-72.
  • Pisula, W. (2003). Costs and benefits of curiosity: the adaptive value of exploratory behaviour. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 34, 183-186.
  • Pisula, W., Gonzalez Szwacka, A. & Rojek, E. (2003) Juvenile play fighting and adult investigatory responses in male rats. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 34(1), 47-49.
  • Pisula, W. (2001). Automatic and controlled behavioral acts - A comparative perspective. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 32, 17-20.
  • Pisula, W. & Osiński, J.T. (2000). A comparative study of the behavioral patterns of RLA/Verh and RHA/Verh rats in the exploration box. Behavior Genetics, 30, 375-384.
  • Pisula, W. (1998). Integrative levels in comparative psychology - the example of exploratory behavior. European Psychologist, 3, 62-69.
  • Pisula, W. (1997). Rat behavior in the exploration box - cluster analysis. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 10, 74-89.
  • Pisula, W. (1994). Sequential analysis of rat behavior in the open field. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 7, 194-201.
  • Ostaszewski, P. & Pisula, W. (1994). Sex and strain differences in anxiety, emotional reactivity, exploration, and need for sensory stimulation in rats. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 25, 137-146.
  • Pisula, W., Ostaszewski, P. & Matysiak, J. (1992). Effects of physical environment and social experiences on stimulus seeking behavior and emotionality in rats (Rattus Norvegicus). International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 5, 124-137.
  • Matysiak, J., Ostaszewski, P. M., Pisula, W., & Watras, S. (1992). Genetic and Environmental Effects on The Need for Sensory Stimulation and Emotional Reactivity in Rats. In D. G. Forgays, T. Sosnowski, and K. Wrzesniewski, (Eds.) Anxiety: Recent Developments in Cognitive, Psychophysiological, and Health Research (pp. 167-177). Washington, Philadelphia, London: Hemisphere Publishing Corporation.
  • Korczynski, R., Pisula, W., Ostaszewski, P. & Matysiak, J.(1990). Effects of cortico-medial and baso-lateral lesions of the anterior amygdaloid area on the need for sensory stimulation and motor activity of rats. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 21, 255-263.
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