Animal Choice and Control

The Influence of Design on Animal Behavior

About the Project

This work consists of a series of projects that focus on the ways in which design choices constrain the behavior of animals in a variety of ways and environments.

This project is a collaboration with Cristina Bosco, Lisa Brey, Eli McGraw, Isha Mahajan, Dane Smith and Lilli Hassinger.

Publications

Our first project on this subject was accepted for publication in April 2024!

"Dogs or Not Dogs? Examining ACI Authors' Reporting on Animal Participants' Willingness to Engage in Research: A Spotlight on Mediated and Contingent Consent", Eli McGraw, Cristina Bosco, Lisa Brey, Christena Nippert-Eng; Publication/Conference Name: ACI2024 Conference Proceedings (ID: 6) April 2024

Acknowledgements

We sincerely thank our participants for their time and feedback, which made this research possible. We would also like to thank the Department of Informatics at Indiana University, Bloomington for its support.