Dr. Scott R. Robinson received graduate training in field ethology and evolutionary biology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison (M. S., Zoology), and in behavioral neuroscience at Oregon State University (Ph.D., Zoology).
Working with Dr. William P. Smotherman at Binghamton University, Dr. Robinson helped to establish the Laboratory of Perinatal Neuroethology, where he also served as a research scientist and Fellow at the Center for Developmental Psychobiology (1989-1994).
As a tenured professor at the University of Iowa, Dr. Robinson established the Laboratory of Comparative Ethogenesis in the Department of Psychology (1994-2009), where he also co-founded the DELTA Center (Development and Learning from Theory to Application). In 2009, he left Iowa to take a new position as Senior Research Professor at Idaho State University.
Since officially retiring from academia in 2011, Dr. Robinson established Pacific Ethological Laboratories in Olympia, Washington, where he serves as Director. PELabs serves as the entity for his activities as a consulting scientist as well as a locus for his ongoing scientific and creative endeavors.
The Science of Prenatal Behavior
A new podcast being developed by Dr. Robinson, Stirrings presents the story of where behavior comes from—how and why it develops in the fetus and newborn—in a series of short presentations and interviews. The podcast is intended as a companion to his forthcoming book on prenatal development, The Mind of the Fetus. It is told from Dr. Robinson's unique perspective fusing child development, animal behavior, ecology, and neuroscience, mixed with his personal experiences as one of the pioneers in the study of fetal behavior.
A Blog about Animals in Fact and Fiction
Fantastic Fauna is a blog that addresses the subjective aspects of animals as depicted in nature documentaries and works of fiction. Most of us who have devoted our lives to studying animal behavior have wondered what the actual lives of animals are like. Our imagination can be realized in fictional accounts of animals: books and films and games that depict animals in settings that range from the realistic to the fantastic. Novels such as Richard Adams' Watership Down and Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book are as powerful as any fantasy saga with armor-clad warriors and magic-wielding wizards. Thes stories have never been out of print, and the adaptation of these tales in recent and soon to appear films, television series, and games speaks to their enduring fascination. Join me as I share an ethologist-eye view of classic and modern depictions of animals in fact and fiction.
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