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Emily K. Lessig

The University of Texas at AustinORCID 0000-0001-7641-7687Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 2

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Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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Hans A. HofmanniD· 2 shared Abiel Issac· 1 shared Isha Kalpaguri· 1 shared

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Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprintOct 12, 2026

Social Decision-Making in Response to Competing Stimuli

Emily K. Lessig, Hans A. Hofmann

The paper examines how male Astatotilapia burtoni prioritize social stimuli and the neural mechanisms involved in their decision-making process.

DOI 10.64898/2026.10.05.756797

zebrafishimaging

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Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprintOct 2, 2026

Context and Identity Cues Mediate Individual Recognition in a Highly Social Cichlid Fish

Emily K. Lessig, Isha Kalpaguri, Abiel Issac, Hans A. Hofmann

This study shows that spatial context and identity cues influence individual recognition in Astatotilapia burtoni, affecting aggression and threat assessment.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.27.754830

Arabidopsisexperimental assay

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