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Professor Bauer's research on sensory perception and cognition in manatees has been featured in The New York Times and other leading national publications.
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Gordon Bauer

Chair, Division of Social Sciences

Peg Scripps Buzzelli Professor, Psychology
Ph.D., University of Hawaii
M.S. Bucknell University
B.A., M.A., George Washington University

Professor Bauer is a biological psychologist specializing in sensory processes, cognition, and behavior of dolphins, whales, and manatees. He is currently studying vision, touch, hearing, and chemical senses in manatees, hearing in dolphins, and learning by honeybees. In the past, he has investigated a variety of clinically related topics including the effects of pesticides on behavioral development, behavior of autistic children, and attention in post-traumatic stress disorder. He teaches courses in biological psychology, sensation and perception, animal learning, and statistics.

Recent Courses

Sensation and Perception
Psychology Senior Thesis Tutorial

Selected Publications

Bauer, G. B. (2003). Beyond operant conditioning: Issues in animal learning. Soundings, 27, 24-25.

Bauer, G. B. (2005). Research training for releasable animals. Conservation Biology, 19(6), 1779-1789.

Bauer, G. B., Colbert, D. E., Gaspard III, J. C., Littlefield, B., & Fellner, W. (2003). Underwater visual acuity of Florida Manatees (Trichechus Manatus Latirostris). International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 16(130), June 2006-142.

Bauer, G. B., & Harley, H. E. (2001 April). Mimetic dolphin. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24(2), 326-+.

Colbert, D. E., Fellner, W., Bauer, G. B., Manire, C. A., & Rhinehart, H. L. (2001). Husbandry and research training of two Florida Manatees, (Trichechus Manatus Latirostris). Aquatic Mammals, 27, 16-23.

Fellner, W., Bauer, G. B., & Harley, H. E. (2007). Cognitive implications of synchrony in dolphins. Aquatic Mammals.

Mann, D. A., Colbert, D. E., Gaspard, J. C., Casper, B. M., Cook, M. L. H., Reep, R.L., & Bauer, G. B. (2005). Temporal resolution of the Florida Manatee (Trichechus Manatus Latirostris) auditory system. Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 191(10), 903-908.

Mobley Jr., J. R., Spitz, S. S., Grotefendt, R., Forestell, P. H., Frankel, A. S., & Bauer, G. B. (2001). Abundance of humpback whales in Hawaiian waters: Results of 1993-2000 Aerial Surveys. Report prepared for the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, 26, 2001.

Contact Information

New College of Florida
Division of Social Sciences
5800 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243-2197

bauer@ncf.edu
(941) 487-4394
(941) 487-4541

Office Hours

Bon Seigneur House 014

Wednesday 2:00 to 3:00 pm
and by appointment
 
 

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