Dr. Angie Koban

Assistant Professor
SC 229
912.344.3278
Angie.Koban@armstrong.edu

 

Academic Vita

• Ph.D. in Psychology, Animal Cognition, Tufts University
• M.S. in Psychology, Animal Cognition, Tufts University
• B.S. in Animal Bioscience, The Pennsylvania State University

Research Areas

• Animal Cognition
  • Object Perception
  • Motion Perception
  • Concept Formation

• Canine Cognition and Behavior
  • Canine Behavioral Consulting

• Shelter Research
  • Feline and Canine Enrichment
  • Factors Affecting Adoption
  • Stress, Temperament, and Personality

I search for answers to questions concerning the animal mind. - What are they thinking?  How do they learn? How do they see the objects in their worlds?  Can animals tell time?  How do they form concepts?  In what kind of environments do animals thrive?  Recently, I have started collaborating with a local shelter.  We are interested in examining the factors that affect adoption rates and the animals’ physical and mental health.  Through research, we are also hoping to develop programs to enrich the environments of the felines and canines that live at the shelter.  I also examine the factors that affect and are used to treat behavior problems in pets. 


Presentations:
Koban, A., & Cook, R.G. (2011).  Tests of motion and identity discrimination with dynamic object stimuli.  To be presented at the International Conference of Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, Florida, March 2011.
 
Koban, A., & Segurson, S. (2009). A comparison of the results from a novel outside-of-cage test for aggression in dogs to the outcome of the complete Marder-Match-Up dog behavioral evaluation. Interdisciplinary Forum for Applied Animal Behavior, Tucson, Arizona, February 2009.

Beale, K., Koban A., & Cook, R. (2006).  Rate Classification by Pigeons.  Presented at the International Conference of Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, Florida, March 2006.

Koban, A., & Cook, R. (2006).  Tests of Motion and Identity Discrimination with Dynamic Object Stimuli.  Presented at the International Conference of Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, Florida, March 2006.

Koban, A.C., Beale, K. & Cook, R. (2005).  Motion categorization by pigeons.  Presented at the International Conference of Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, Florida, March 2004.
 
Koban, A.C., & Cook, R. (2004). The Influence of Temporal Characteristics on a Pigeon Motion Discrimination Task.  Presented at the International Conference of Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, Florida, March 2004.
 
Koban, A.C., Cook, R., & Fagot, J. (2003). Directional motion categorization by pigeons. Presented at the International Conference of Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, Florida, March 2003.


Publications:
Cook, R.G., Beale, K. & Koban, A.C. (2011) Velocity-based motion categorization by pigeons.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes.  37(2), 175-188.
 
Koban, A.C., & Cook, R.G. (2009).  Rotational object discrimination by pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. 35(2), 250-265.

Koban, A. C. (2009).  Miss Behaved.  Our Four Footed Friends:  A Publication of the Animal Rescue League of Boston.  105, 6-7.