Publications: DR Elisabetta Versace

Davidson A, Nanda I, Ong Lay Mun A, Chittka L, Versace E ( 2025 ) . Duration discrimination in the bumblebee <i>Bombus terrestris</i> .

Loconsole M, Malaman B, Stancher G, Versace E ( 2025 ) . Crossmodal pitch-luminance association in tortoises .

Özentürk U, Chen Z, Jamone L, Versace E ( 2024 ) . Robotics for poultry farming: Challenges and opportunities . Computers and Electronics in Agriculture vol. 226 , Article 109411 , 109411 - 109411 .

Chen Z, Versace E, Jamone L ( 2024 ) . 3D Localization of Objects Buried within Granular Material Using a Distributed 3-Axis Tactile Sensor . 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) . Conference: 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) from: 14/10/2024 to: 18/10/2024 , 5621 - 5626 .

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 &amp; Behavior vol. 53 , ( 2 ) 145 - 156 .

Gibbons M, Pasquini E, Kowalewska A, Read E, Gibson S, Crump A, Solvi C, Versace E et al. ( 2024 ) . Noxious stimulation induces self-protective behavior in bumblebees . iScience vol. 27 , ( 8 ) Article 110440 , 110440 - 110440 .

Wang S, Vasas V, Freeland L, Osorio D, Versace E ( 2024 ) . Spontaneous biases enhance generalization in the neonate brain . iScience vol. 27 , ( 7 ) Article 110195 , 110195 - 110195 .

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 ) Article 141 ,

Versace E, Freeland L, Emmerson MG ( 2024 ) . First-sight recognition of touched objects shows that chicks can solve Molyneux's problem . Biology Letters vol. 20 , ( 4 ) Article 20240025 ,

Gibbons M, Pasquini E, Kowalewska A, Read E, Gibson S, Crump A, Solvi C, Versace E et al. ( 2024 ) . Noxious stimulation induces self-protective behaviour in bumblebees .

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

( 2023 ) . Learning to detect an animal sound from five examples . Ecological Informatics vol. 77 , Article 102258 , 102258 - 102258 .

Loconsole M, Stancher G, Versace E ( 2023 ) . Crossmodal association between visual and acoustic cues in a tortoise (\n <i>Testudo hermanni</i>\n ) . Biology Letters vol. 19 , ( 7 ) Article 20230265 ,

Wang S, Vasas V, Freeland L, Osorio D, Versace E ( 2023 ) . Spontaneous biases enhance generalisation in the neonate brain .

Freeland L, Vasas V, Gomes J, Versace E ( 2023 ) . Assessing preferences for adult vs juvenile features in young animals: newly-hatched chicks spontaneously approach red and large stimuli .

Bliss L, Vasas V, Freeland L, Roach R, Ferrè ER, Versace E ( 2023 ) . A spontaneous gravity prior: newborn chicks prefer stimuli that move against gravity . Biology Letters vol. 19 , ( 2 ) Article 20220502 ,

Loconsole M, Stancher G, Versace E ( 2023 ) . Pitch-size crossmodal correspondence in tortoises (<i>Testudo hermanni</i>) .

Gallo V, Zhou X, Abdallah D, Angioi M, Redding E, Ackroyd B, Galvan C, Versace E ( 2022 ) . MotionPerfection: An agile tool for the visualisation, analysis, annotation, and record of motor practice . SoftwareX vol. 20 , Article 101247 , 101247 - 101247 .

Versace E, Freeland L, Wang S, Emmerson MG ( 2022 ) . First-sight recognition of touched objects shows that chicks can solve the Molyneux’s problem .

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 ) Article e2205821119 ,

Versace E, Sgadò P, George J, Loveland JL, Ward J, Thorpe P, Jensen LJ, Spencer KA et al. ( 2022 ) . Light-induced asymmetries in embryonic retinal gene expression are mediated by the vascular system and extracellular matrix . Scientific Reports vol. 12 , ( 1 ) Article 12086 ,

Bliss L, Vasas V, Freeland L, Roach R, Ferrè ER, Versace E ( 2022 ) . Newborn chicks prefer stimuli that move against gravity .

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

Szabó E, Chiandetti C, Téglás E, Versace E, Csibra G, Kovács ÁM, Vallortigara G ( 2022 ) . Young domestic chicks spontaneously represent the absence of objects . eLife vol. 11 , Article e67208 ,

Gibbons M, Versace E, Crump A, Baran B, Chittka L ( 2022 ) . Motivational trade-offs in bumblebees .

Lonardo L, Versace E, Huber L ( 2022 ) . Recognition of rotated objects and cognitive offloading in dogs . iScience vol. 25 , ( 2 ) Article 103820 , 103820 - 103820 .

Versace E, Ragusa M, Pallante V, Wang S ( 2021 ) . Attraction for familiar conspecifics in young chicks (Gallus gallus): An interbreed study . Behavioural Processes vol. 193 , Article 104498 , 104498 - 104498 .

Hsu S-K, Lai W-Y, Novak J, Lehner F, Jakšić AM, Versace E, Schlötterer C ( 2021 ) . Two different adaptive speciation mechanisms operate during adaptation to a novel hot environment .

Versace E, Sgadò P, George J, Loveland JL, Ward J, Thorpe P, Jensen LJ, Spencer KA et al. ( 2021 ) . Light-induced asymmetries in the embryonic retina are mediated by the vascular system and extracellular matrix .

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 .

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 . 2021 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL) . Conference: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL) from: 23/08/2021 to: 26/08/2021 , 1 - 6 .

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 , Article 104552 , 104552 - 104552 .

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 .

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 vol. 15 , Article 675994 ,

Lemaire BS, Rucco D, Josserand M, Vallortigara G, Versace E ( 2021 ) . Stability and individual variability of social attachment in imprinting . Scientific Reports vol. 11 , ( 1 ) Article 7914 ,

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 ) Article 78 ,

Damini S, Stancher G, Versace E ( 2021 ) . Recognition of familiar objects in tortoise hatchlings (<i>Testudo spp.</i>) .

Szabó E, Chiandetti C, Téglás E, Versace E, Csibra G, Kovács ÁM, Vallortigara G ( 2021 ) . Young domestic chicks spontaneously represent the absence of objects .

Wang C, Benetos E, Wang S, Versace E ( 2021 ) . Joint Scattering for Automatic Chick Call Recognition . CoRR . vol. abs/2110.03965 ,

Lorenzi E, Lemaire BS, Versace E, Matsushima T, Vallortigara G ( 2020 ) . Resurgence of a perinatal attraction for animate objects via thyroid hormone T₃ .

Versace E, Damini S, Stancher G ( 2020 ) . Early preference for face-like stimuli in solitary species as revealed by tortoise hatchlings . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vol. 117 , ( 39 ) 24047 - 24049 .

Pallante V, Rucco D, Versace E ( 2020 ) . Young chicks quickly lose their spontaneous preference to aggregate with females .

Lemaire BS, Rucco D, Josserand M, Vallortigara G, Versace E ( 2020 ) . Stability and individual variability of social attachment in imprinting .

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 ) Article 4480 ,

Hsu S-K, Jakšić AM, Nolte V, Lirakis M, Kofler R, Barghi N, Versace E, Schlötterer C ( 2020 ) . Rapid sex-specific adaptation to high temperature in Drosophila . eLife vol. 9 , Article e53237 ,

Versace E, Ragusa M, Vallortigara G ( 2019 ) . A transient time window for early predispositions in newborn chicks . Scientific Reports vol. 9 , ( 1 ) Article 18767 ,

Hébert 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 vol. 116 , ( 46 ) 22918 - 22920 .

Versace E, Ragusa M, Pallante V ( 2019 ) . Conserved abilities of individual recognition and genetically modulated social responses in young chicks (<i>Gallus gallus</i>) .

Versace E, Caffini M, Werkhoven Z, de Bivort BL ( 2019 ) . Individual, but not population asymmetries, are modulated by social environment and genotype in<i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> .

Versace E, Rogge JR, Shelton-May N, Ravignani A ( 2019 ) . Positional encoding in cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) . Animal Cognition vol. 22 , ( 5 ) 825 - 838 .

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

Lorenzi E, Pross A, Rosa-Salva O, Versace E, Sgadò P, Vallortigara G ( 2019 ) . Embryonic Exposure to Valproic Acid Affects Social Predispositions for Dynamic Cues of Animate Motion in Newly-Hatched Chicks . Frontiers in Physiology vol. 10 , Article 501 ,

Versace E, Martinho-Truswell A, Kacelnik A, Vallortigara G ( 2018 ) . Priors in Animal and Artificial Intelligence: Where Does Learning Begin? . Trends in Cognitive Sciences vol. 22 , ( 11 ) 963 - 965 .

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 &amp; Behavior vol. 194 , 588 - 588 .

Lorenzi E, Pross A, Rosa-Salva O, Versace E, Sgadò P, Vallortigara G ( 2018 ) . Embryonic Exposure to Valproic Acid impairs Social Predispositions for Dynamic Cues of Animate Motion in Newly-Hatched Chicks .

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 vol. 8 , ( 8 ) 135 - 135 .

Belloni V, Galeazzi A, Bernini G, Mandrioli M, Versace E, Haase A ( 2018 ) . Evolutionary compromises to metabolic toxins: Ammonia and urea tolerance in Drosophila suzukii and Drosophila melanogaster . Physiology &amp; Behavior vol. 191 , 146 - 154 .

Sgadò P, Rosa-Salva O, Versace E, Vallortigara G ( 2018 ) . Embryonic Exposure to Valproic Acid Impairs Social Predispositions of Newly-Hatched Chicks . Scientific Reports vol. 8 , ( 1 ) Article 5919 ,

Versace E, Damini S, Caffini M, Stancher G ( 2018 ) . Born to be asocial: newly hatched tortoises avoid unfamiliar individuals . Animal Behaviour vol. 138 , 187 - 192 .

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

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 ) Article 40296 ,

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 ) Article 29411 ,

Versace E, Nolte V, Pandey RV, Tobler R, Schlötterer C ( 2014 ) . Experimental evolution reveals habitat‐specific fitness dynamics among <i><scp>W</scp>olbachia</i> clades in <i><scp>D</scp>rosophila melanogaster</i> . Molecular Ecology vol. 23 , ( 4 ) 802 - 814 .

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

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 ,