Publications: DR Elisabetta Versace

Loconsole M, Malaman B, Stancher G, Versace E ( 2025 ) . Crossmodal pitch-luminance association in tortoises . Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Chen Z, Jamone L, Versace E ( 2024 ) . 3D Localization of Objects Buried within Granular Material Using a Distributed 3-Axis Tactile Sensor . Conference: 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems ( Abu Dhabi, UAE ) from: 13/10/2024 to: 17/10/2024 ,

Chen Z, Ozenturk U, Jamone L, Versace E ( 2024 ) . Robotics for poultry farming: challenges and opportunities . Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Torrisi A, De Almeida Nolasco IS, Versace E, Benetos E ( 2024 ) . Exploratory analysis of early-life chick calls . Conference: 4th International Workshop on Vocal Interactivity in-and-between Humans, Animals and Robots (VIHAR) ( Kos, Greece ) from: 06/09/2024 to: 06/09/2024 ,

Freeland LV, Emmerson MG, Vasas V, Gomes J, Versace E ( 2024 ) . Assessing preferences for adult versus juvenile features in young animals: Newly hatched chicks spontaneously approach red and large stimuli . Learning & Behavior vol. 53 , ( 2 ) 145 - 156 .

Wang S, Vasas V, Freeland L, Osorio D, Versace E ( 2024 ) . Spontaneous biases enhance generalization in the neonate brain . iScience vol. 27 , ( 7 )

Hsu S-K, Lai W-Y, Novak J, Lehner F, Jakšić AM, Versace E, Schlötterer C ( 2024 ) . Reproductive isolation arises during laboratory adaptation to a novel hot environment . Genome Biology vol. 25 , ( 1 )

Ozenturk U, Chen Z, Jamone L, Versace E ( 2023 ) . Robotics for poultry farming: challenges and opportunities .

Nolasco I, Singh S, Morfi V, Lostanlen V, Strandburg-Peshkin A, Vidaña-Vila E, Gill L, Pamuła H et al. ( 2023 ) . Learning to detect an animal sound from five examples . Ecological Informatics vol. 77 ,

Loconsole M, Stancher G, Versace E ( 2023 ) . Crossmodal association between visual and acoustic cues in a tortoise (Testudo hermanni) . Biology Letters vol. 19 , ( 7 )

Versace E, Bliss L, Vasas V, Freeland L, Roach R, Ferrè E ( 2023 ) . A spontaneous gravity prior: Newborn chicks prefer stimuli that move against gravity . Biology Letters

Versace E, Gallo V, Xin Z, Abdallah D, Angioi M, Redding E, Ackroyd B, Galvan C ( 2022 ) . MotionPerfection: An agile tool for the visualisation, analysis, annotation, and record of motor practice . SoftwareX

Wang C, Benetos E, Versace E, Wang S ( 2022 ) . Joint Scattering for Automatic Chick Call Recognition . Conference: 30th European Signal Processing Conference ( Belgrade, Serbia ) from: 29/08/2022 to: 02/09/2022 , 195 - 199 .

Gibbons M, Versace E, Crump A, Baran B, Chittka L ( 2022 ) . Motivational trade-offs and modulation of nociception in bumblebees . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vol. 119 , ( 31 )

Vallortigara G, Versace E ( 2022 ) . Filial Imprinting . Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior , Springer Nature

Versace E, Lonardo L, Huber L ( 2022 ) . Recognition of rotated objects and cognitive offloading in dogs . iScience

Wang C, Benetos E, Wang S, Versace E ( 2021 ) . Joint Scattering for Automatic Chick Call Recognition .

Josserand M, Rosa-Salva O, Versace E, Lemaire BS ( 2021 ) . Visual Field Analysis: A reliable method to score left and right eye use using automated tracking . Behavior Research Methods vol. 54 , ( 4 ) 1715 - 1724 .

Versace E, Ragusa M, Pallante V, Wang S ( 2021 ) . Attraction for familiar conspecifics in young chicks (Gallus gallus): an interbreed study . Behavioural Processes

Slonina Z, Bonzini AA, Brown J, Wang S, Farkhatdinov I, Althoefer K, Jamone L, Versace E ( 2021 ) . Using RoboChick to Identify the Behavioral Features Promoting Social Interactions . IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning, ICDL 2021 . Conference: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL)

Lorenzi E, Lemaire BS, Versace E, Matsushima T, Vallortigara G ( 2021 ) . Resurgence of an inborn attraction for animate objects via thyroid hormone T3 . Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Pallante V, Rucco D, Versace E ( 2021 ) . Young chicks quickly lose their spontaneous preference to aggregate with females . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology vol. 75 , ( 5 )

Rosa-Salva O, Mayer U, Versace E, Hébert M, Lemaire BS, Vallortigara G ( 2021 ) . Sensitive periods for social development: Interactions between predisposed and learned mechanisms . Cognition vol. 213 ,

Versace E, Damini S, Stancher G ( 2020 ) . Early preference for face-like stimuli in solitary species as revealed by tortoise hatchlings . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Versace E, Caffini M, Werkhoven Z, de Bivort BL ( 2020 ) . Individual, but not population asymmetries, are modulated by social environment and genotype in Drosophila melanogaster . Scientific Reports vol. 10 , ( 1 )

Versace E, Schloetterer C, Hsu S-K, Jakšić AM, Nolte V, Lirakis M, Kofler R, Barghi N ( 2020 ) . Rapid sex-specific adaptation to high temperature in Drosophila . eLife

Versace E, Ragusa M, Vallortigara G ( 2019 ) . A transient time window for early predispositions in newborn chicks . Scientific Reports vol. 9 , ( 1 )

Hebert M, Versace E, Vallortigara G ( 2019 ) . Inexperienced preys know when to flee or to freeze in front of a threat . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA

rosa-salva O, Fiser J, VERSACE E, Dolci C, Chehaimi S, Santolin C, Vallortigara G ( 2018 ) . Spontaneous learning of visual structures in domestic chicks . Animals

Belloni V, Galeazzi A, Bernini G, Mandrioli M, Versace E, Haase A ( 2018 ) . Corrigendum to “Evolutionary compromises to metabolic toxins: Ammonia and urea tolerance in Drosophila suzukii and Drosophila melanogaster” [Physiol. Behav. 191, 1 July 2018, 146–154] . Physiology & Behavior vol. 194 ,

Sgadò P, Rosa-Salva O, VERSACE E, Vallortigara G ( 2018 ) . Embryonic Exposure to Valproic Acid Impairs Social Predispositions of Newly-Hatched Chicks . Scientific Reports

VERSACE E, Damini S, Caffini M, Stancher G ( 2018 ) . Born to be asocial: Newly-hatched tortoises avoid unfamiliar individuals . Animal Behaviour

Vallortigara G, Versace E ( 2018 ) . Filial Imprinting . Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior , Springer Nature

Versace E, Spierings MJ, Caffini M, ten Cate C, Vallortigara G ( 2017 ) . Spontaneous generalization of abstract multimodal patterns in young domestic chicks . Animal Cognition vol. 20 , ( 3 ) 521 - 529 .

Versace E, Fracasso I, Baldan G, Dalle Zotte A, Vallortigara G ( 2017 ) . Newborn chicks show inherited variability in early social predispositions for hen-like stimuli . Scientific Reports vol. 7 , ( 1 )

Rogers LJ, Frasnelli E, Versace E ( 2016 ) . Lateralized antennal control of aggression and sex differences in red mason bees, Osmia bicornis . Scientific Reports vol. 6 , ( 1 )

Versace E, Nolte V, Pandey RV, Tobler R, Schlötterer C ( 2014 ) . Experimental evolution reveals habitat‐specific fitness dynamics among Wolbachia clades in Drosophila melanogaster . Molecular Ecology vol. 23 , ( 4 ) 802 - 814 .

Versace E, Ragusa M, Vallortigara G . A transient time window for early predispositions in newborn chicks .

Freeland L, Vasas V, Gomes J, Versace E . Assessing preferences for adult vs juvenile features in young animals: newly-hatched chicks spontaneously approach red and large stimuli .

Versace E, Ragusa M, Pallante V . Conserved abilities of individual recognition and genetically modulated social responses in young chicks (Gallus gallus) .

Loconsole M, Malaman B, Stancher G, Versace E . Crossmodal pitch-luminance association in tortoises .

Davidson A, Nanda I, Mun AOL, Chittka L, Versace E . Duration discrimination in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris .

Lorenzi E, Pross A, Rosa Salva O, VERSACE E, Sgadò P, Vallortigara G . Embryonic Exposure to Valproic Acid Affects Social Predispositions for Dynamic Cues of Animate Motion in Newly-Hatched Chicks . Frontiers in Physiology

Lorenzi E, Pross A, Rosa-Salva O, Versace E, Sgadò P, Vallortigara G . Embryonic Exposure to Valproic Acid impairs Social Predispositions for Dynamic Cues of Animate Motion in Newly-Hatched Chicks .

Bellini V, Galeazzi A, Bernini G, Mandrioli M, VERSACE E, Haase A . Evolutionary compromises to metabolic toxins: Ammonia and urea tolerance in Drosophila suzukii and Drosophila melanogaster . Physiology and Behavior

Chen Z, Crucianelli L, Versace E, Jamone L . Exploring Tactile Perception for Object Localization in Granular Media: A Human and Robotic Study . Conference: 2025 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning ( Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague ) from: 16/09/2025 to: 19/09/2025 ,

Versace E . First-sight recognition of touched objects shows that chicks can solve Molyneux’s problem . Biology Letters

Versace E, Freeland L, Wang S, Emmerson MG . First-sight recognition of touched objects shows that chicks can solve the Molyneux’s problem .

Versace E, Caffini M, Werkhoven Z, de Bivort BL . Individual, but not population asymmetries, are modulated by social environment and genotype in Drosophila melanogaster .

Versace E, Sgadò P, George J, Loveland J, Ward J, Thorpe P, Jensen LJ, Spencer K et al. . Light-induced asymmetries in embryonic retinal gene expression are mediated by the vascular system and extracellular matrix . Scientific Reports

Versace E, Sgadò P, George J, Loveland JL, Ward J, Thorpe P, Jensen LJ, Spencer KA et al. . Light-induced asymmetries in the embryonic retina are mediated by the vascular system and extracellular matrix .

Gibbons M, Versace E, Crump A, Baran B, Chittka L . Motivational trade-offs in bumblebees .

Bliss L, Vasas V, Freeland L, Roach R, Ferrè ER, Versace E . Newborn chicks prefer stimuli that move against gravity .

Gibbons M, Kowalewka A, Pasquini E, Gibson S, Read E, Crump A, Versace E, Solvi C et al. . Noxious stimulation induces self-protective behavior in bumblebees . iScience

Gibbons M, Pasquini E, Kowalewska A, Read E, Gibson S, Crump A, Solvi C, Versace E et al. . Noxious stimulation induces self-protective behaviour in bumblebees .

Loconsole M, Stancher G, Versace E . Pitch-size crossmodal correspondence in tortoises (Testudo hermanni) .

Versace E, Rogge JR, Shelton-May N, Ravignani A . Positional encoding in cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) . Animal Cognition

VERSACE E, Martinho-Truswell A, Kacelnik A, Vallortigara G . Priors in Animal and Artificial Intelligence: Where does learning begin? . Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Damini S, Stancher G, Versace E . Recognition of familiar objects in tortoise hatchlings (Testudo spp.) .

Lorenzi E, Lemaire BS, Versace E, Matsushima T, Vallortigara G . Resurgence of a perinatal attraction for animate objects via thyroid hormone T3 .

Damini S, Versace E, Stancher G . Sex, not familiarity, shapes social interactions in adult tortoises (Testudo hermanni) .

Wang S, Vasas V, Freeland L, Osorio D, Versace E . Spontaneous biases enhance generalisation in the neonate brain .

Lemaire BS, Rucco D, Josserand M, Vallortigara G, Versace E . Stability and individual variability of social attachment in imprinting .

Hsu S-K, Lai W-Y, Novak J, Lehner F, Jakšić AM, Versace E, Schlötterer C . Two different adaptive speciation mechanisms operate during adaptation to a novel hot environment .

Josserand M, Rosa-Salva O, Versace E, Lemaire BS . Visual Field Analysis: a reliable method to score left- and right eye-use using automated tracking .

Pallante V, Rucco D, Versace E . Young chicks quickly lose their spontaneous preference to aggregate with females .

Szabó E, Chiandetti C, Téglás E, Versace E, Csibra G, Kovács ÁM, Vallortigara G . Young domestic chicks spontaneously represent the absence of objects .