Scott Benson

Dr. Benson's focus is on teaching research methods and statistics for behavioral sciences. He is a recent graduate from the University of Tennessee where he studied the behavioral diversity of mixed-species flocks of wild songbirds. Dr. Benson is broadly interested in animal personality, animal cognition, and the power of citizen science.

Select Publications

Benson, S., Kelly, J., Kullberg, C., Krama, T., Vrublevska, J., Krams, I., & Freeberg, T. (2022). Graded-risk sensitivity in northern European mixed-species flocks of tit and nuthatch species. Ethology, 128, 437-442. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13276

Brinthaupt, T. M., Benson, S., Kang, M., & Moore, Z. D. (2015). Assessing the accuracy of self-reported self-talk. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 12, Article 570. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00570

Freeberg, T., Benson, S., & Burghardt, G. (2024). Minimizing observer bias in animal behavior studies revisited: Improvement, but a long way to go. Ethology, 130. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13446

Kelly, J., & Benson, S. (2020). Inconsistent ethical regulation of larval zebrafish in research. Journal of Fish Biology, 97, 324-327. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14405