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[68] Miller, M. L., Ringelman, K., Schank, J. C., Eady, J. M. (accepted) SWAMP: An agent-based model for wetland and waterfowl conservation management. Simulation.

[67] Schank, J. C. (in press) Strong group-level traits and selection-transmission thickets. Brain and Behavioral Sciences.

[66] Smaldino P. E. , Newson L., Schank J. C., Richerson P. J. (in press) Simulating the evolution of the human family: Cooperative breeding increases in harsh environments. PLoS ONE.

[65] Smaldino, P. E., Schank, J. C., and  McElreath, R. (accepted) Increased costs of cooperation help cooperators in the long run. American Naturalist.

[64] Smaldino, P. E., Pickett, C. L., Sherman, J. W., and Schank, J. C. (in press) An Agent-Based Model of Social Identity Dynamics. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation.

[63] Schank, J. C., May, C. J., and Joshi, S. S. (in press) Models as scaffold for understanding. In L. R. Caporael, J. R. Griesemer, and W. C. Wimsatt (eds.) Developing scaffolds in evolution, culture, and cognition, MIT Press.

[62] Smaldino, P. E., and Schank, J. C. (2012) Movement patterns, social dynamics, and the evolution of cooperation. Theoretical Population Biology, 82: 48-58.

[61] Smaldino, P. E., and Schank, J. C. (2012) Invariants of human emotion. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 35: 164

[60] Smaldino, P. E., and Schank, J. C. (2012) Human mate choice is a complex system. Complexity

[59] Schank, J. C., Joshi, S., May, C., Tran, J. T. and Bish. R. (2011) A Multi-Modeling Approach to the Study of Animal Behavior. In: Yaneer Bar-Yam, Ali Minai, Dan Braha (eds.) Unifying Themes in Complex Systems, Vol. 5, Springer, pp. 304-312.

[58] May, C. J., Schank, J. C., and Joshi, S. (2011) Modeling the influence of morphology on the movement ecology of groups of infant rats (Rattus norvegicus). Adaptive Behavior, 19: 280–291.

[57] Pickett, C. L., Smaldino, P. E., Sherman, J. W., and Schank, J. C. (2011) Agent-based modeling as a tool for studying social identity processes: the case of optimal distinctiveness theory. In: Social cognition, social identity, and intergroup relations: a Festschrift in honor of Marilynn B. Brewer, (Eds. Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli and Robert W. Livingston), Psychology Press/Taylor and Francis Group.

[56] Schank, J. C. (2010) The great pheromone myth by Richard L. Doty (book review) American Journal of Human Biology, 22: 857-858.

[55] Alberts, J. R. and Schank, J. S. (2010) The ontogeny of individual and group behavior In: Mark S. Blumberg, John H. Freeman, and Scott R. Robinson (eds.), Developmental and Comparative Neuroscience, Oxford University Press, pp. 475-498.

[54] Schank, J. C. (2009) Early locomotor and social effects in vasopressin deficient neonatal rats. Behavioual Brain Research, 197, 166-177.

[53] Koehnle, T. J. and Schank, J. C. (2009) An ancient black art. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 123, 452-458.

[52] Schank, J. C. and Koehnle, T. J. (2009) Pseudoreplication is a pseudorproblem. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 123, 421-433.

[51] Schank, J. C. and Twardy, C. (2009) Mathematical models the life sciences. In: Volume 6 of the Cambridge History of Science Series: The Life and Earth Sciences, (Peter J. Bowler and John Pickstone, eds.) Cambridge University Press, pp. 416-431.

[50] May, C. J., and Schank, J. C. (2009) The interaction of body morphology, directional kinematics, and environmental structure in the generation of neonatal rat (Rattus norvegicus) locomotor behavior. Ecological Psychology, 21: 308–333.

[49] Schank, J. C. (2008) The development of locomotor kinematics in neonatal rats: An agent-based modeling analysis in group and individual contexts. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 254, 826-842.

[48] Schank, J. C., and Koehnle, T. J., (2007) Modeling complex biobehavioral systems. In: Laubichler, M. D. & Muller, G. B. (Eds.) Modeling Biology: Structures, Behaviors, Evolution. MIT Press: Cambridge, MA, pp. 219-244.

[47] Bish, R., Joshi, S. Schank, J., and Wexler, J. (2007) Mathematical and computer simulation of a robotic rat pup. Mathematical and computer Simulation, 45, 981-1000.

[46] Schank, J. C., May C. J., Tran, J. T., Joshi, S. S. (2006) A biorobotic investigation Norway rat pups (Rattus norvegicus). Adaptive Behavior, 11, 161-173.

[45] Schank, J. C. (2006) Do human menstrual cycle pheromones exist? Human Nature, 17, 448-470.

[44] Yang, Z. and Schank, J. C. (2006) Women do not synchronize their menstrual cycles Human Nature, 17, 433-447.

[43] Schank, J. C. (2006). Special issue on human fertility. Human Nature, 17, 355–470.

[42] May C. J., Schank, J. C., Joshi, S. S., Tran, J. T., Taylor, R. J., and Scott, I. (2006) Rat pups and random robots generate similar self-organized and intentional behavior. Complexity, 12, 53-66.

[41] Bechtel, W., Callebaut, W., Griesemer, J. R. , and Schank, J. C. (2006) Bill Wimsatt on multiple ways of getting at the complexity of nature. Biological Theory, 1, 213-219.

[40] Coss, R. G, Ramakrishnan, U., and Schank, J. C. (2005) Recognition of partially concealed leopards by wild bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata): the role of the spotted coat. Behavioral Processes, 68, 145-163.

[39] Ramakrishnan, U., Coss, R. G,and Schank, J. C. (2005) Snake species discrimination by wild bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata). Ethology, 111, 337-356.

[38] Schank, J. C. (2004) Avoiding synchrony as a strategy of female mate choice. Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Live Sciences, 8, 147-176.

[37] Joshi, S. S., Schank, J. C., Giannini, N. Hargreaves, L., and Bish, R. (2004) Development of autonomous robotics technology for the study of rat pups. Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conferece on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, LA, April 2004, 2860-2864.

[36] Koehnle, T. J. and Schank, J. C. (2004) Power tools needed for the dynamic toolbox. Adaptive Behavior, 11,291-295.

[35] May, C. J., Tran, J. T., Schank, J. C. and Joshi, S. S. (2004). Biorobotic Study of Norway Rats in Individuals and Groups, SPIE Robotics and Machine Perception Newsletter, 13, 1–7.

[34] Wimsatt, W. C. and Schank, J. C. (2004). Generative entrenchment, modularity and evolvability: an apparent evolutionary paradox of frequency dependent modules. In: Modularity in Development and Evolution, Gerhard Schlosser and Gunter P. Wagner (eds.) Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, pp. 359–394.

[33] Schank, J. C. (2003). A new paradigm for evolutionary psychology: animal social systems as complex adaptive systems. In: Unifying Themes in Complex Systems: Volume II, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Complex Systems, Yaneer Bar-Yam and Ali Minai (Eds.), Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

[32] Schank, J. C. (2002) A multitude of errors in menstrual-synchrony research: replies to Weller and Weller (2002) and Graham (2002), 116, 319-322.

[31] Schank, J. C. (2002) Where are all the genes? Behavioral and Brains Sciences, 25, 527-528.

[30] Schank, J. C. (2002) Biological complexity and the dynamics of life processes by Jaques Ricard (book review). Quarterly Review of Biology, 77, 55.

[29] Schank, J. C. (2001) Beyond reductionism: Refocusing on the individual with individual-based modeling. Complexity, 6, 33-40.

[28] Schank, J. C. (2001) Dimensions of modelling: generality and integrativeness. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24, 1075-1076.

[27] Schank, J. C. (2001) Menstrual-cycle synchrony: problems and new directions for research. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 115, 3-15.

[26] Schank, J. C. (2001) Measurement and cycle variability: reexamining the case for ovarian-cycle synchrony in primates. Behavioral Processes, 56, 131-146.

[25] Schank, J. C. (2001) Oestrous and birth synchrony in Norway rats, Rattus norvegicus. Animal Behaviour, 62, 409-415.

[24] Schank, J. C. (2001) Do Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) synchronize their estrous cycles? Physiology and Behavior, 72, 129-139.

[23] Schank, J. C. and Alberts, J. R. (2001) The developmental emergence of coupled activity as cooperative aggregation in rat pups. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 267, 2307-2315.

[22] Schank, J. C. (2000) Can pseudo entrainment explain the synchrony of estous cycles among golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)? Hormones and Behavior, 38, 94-101.

[21] Schank, J. C. (2000) Menstrual-cycle variability and measurement: further cause for doubt. Psychoneuoendocrinology, 25, 837-847.

[20] Schank, J. C. and Alberts J. R. (2000) A general approach for calculating the likelihood of dyadic interactions: applications to sex preferences in rat pups and agonistic interactions in adults. Animal Learning and Behavior, 28, 354-359.

[19] Schank, J. C. and Alberts J. R. (2000) Effects of male rat urine on reproductive and developmental parameters in the dam and her female offspring. Hormones and Behavior, 38, 130-136.

[18] Schank, J. C. and Alberts, J. R. (2000) Aggregation and the emergence of social interactions in rat pups modeled by simple rules of individual behavior. In: Unifying Themes in Complex Systems Yaneer Bar-Yam (Ed.), New York: Perseus Books, pp. 433–452.

[17] Schank, J. C. and Wimsatt, W. C. (2000) Evolvability: adaptation and modularity. In: Thinking about evolution: historical, philosophical, and political perspectives. Volume 2, Rama S. Singh, Costas B. Krimbas, and Diane B. Paul (eds.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 322-333.

[16] Schank, J. C. (1997) Problems with dimensionless measurement models of synchrony in biological systems. American Journal of Primatology, 41, 65-85.

[15] Schank, J. C. and Alberts, J. R. (1997) Self-organized huddles of rat pups modeled by simple rules of individual behavior. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 189, 11-25.

[14] Schank, J. C. and McClintock, M. K. (1997) Ovulatory pheromone shortens ovarian cycles of female rats living in olfactory isolation. Physiology and Behavior, 62, 899-904.

[13] Schank, J. C., Tomasino, C. I. and McClintock, M. K. (1995) The development of a pheromone isolation and delivery (PID) system for small mammals. Animal Technology, 46: 103–113.

[12] Schank, J. C. (1994) Selection, self-organization, and universal laws of form (The origins of order: self-organization and selection in evolution. by Stuart A. Kauffman), Quarterly Review of Biology, 69, 244-247.

[11] Schank, J. C. (1994). Book review: Learning and physiological regulation (B. R. Dworkin). Animal Behavior 47: 1495–1496.

[10] Jones, B., Sterner, W., and Schank, J. (1994) Biota: an object-oriented tool for modeling complex ecological systems. Mathematical and computer Simulation, 20, 31-48.

[9] Schank, J. and Wimsatt, W. (1993) Modeling tools: user’s manual. In:The BioQUEST Consortium, Harcout/Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1-46.

[8] Wimsatt, W. and Schank, J. (1993) Modeling—a primer: or the crafty art of making, exploring, extending, transforming, tweaking, bending, dissassembling, questioning, and breaking models. In:The BioQUEST Consortium, Harcout/Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1-231.

[7] Schank, J. C. and McClintock, M. K. (1992) A coupled-oscillatr model of ovarian-cycle synchrony among female rats. In:Journal of Theoretical Biology, 157 317-362.

[6] Danbury, J, Jones, B. Kruper, J., Lichtenstein, J., Nelson, E., Schank, J., Sterner, B., Weil, J, and Wimsatt, B. (1992) Biota 1.3a5: A simulation of inter-species interactions in a diverse environment. In:The BioQUEST Consortium, Harcout/Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1-99.

[5] Danbury, J, Jones, B. Kruper, J., Lichtenstein, J., Nelson, E., Schank, J., Sterner, B., Weil, J, and Wimsatt, B. (1992) Biota 1.3a5: A guided tour of Biota. In:The BioQUEST Consortium, Harcout/Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1-37.

[4] Danbury, J, Jones, B. Kruper, J., Lichtenstein, J., Nelson, E., Schank, J., Sterner, B., Weil, J, and Wimsatt, B. (1992) Biota 1.3a5: Technical reference manual. In:The BioQUEST Consortium, Harcout/Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1-61.

[3] Schank, J. C. and McClintock, M. K. (1990). A computer simulation of ovarian cycle synchrony in female Rats: an object-oriented integration of computer simulation and laboratory experiment. In B. Schmidt (ed.), Modeling and Simulation, The Society for Computer Simulation, San Diego, California, pp. 590–596

[2] Wimsatt, W. C. and Schank, J. C. (1988) Two constraints on the evolution of complex adaptations and the means for their avoidance. In M. Nitecki, (ed.), Progress in Evolution, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 231–273.

[1] Schank, J. C. Wimsatt, W. C. (1987) Generative entrenchment and evolution. In: PSA: proceedings of the biennial meeting of the philosophy of science association, vol. 1986, Volume Two: Symposia and invited papers, pp. 33-66.