Brown, C. & Schluessel, V. (2023)
Smart sharks: a review of chondrichthyan cognition. Animal Cognition, in press
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-022-01708-3
Schluessel, V. & Leo, V. & Bawolt, M. & Kreuter, N. (2023)
When the penny drops: sharks outsmart cichlids in serial reversal learning. Behaviour, 160(11-14), 1259–1281
DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-bja10246
Schluessel, V. & Kreuter, N. & Gosemann, I.M. & Schmidt, E. (2022)
Cichlids and stingrays can add and subtract 'one' in the number space from one to five. Scientific Reports, 12, Article 3894
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-07552-2
Poppelier, T. & Bonsberger, J. & Berkhout, B.W. & Pollmanns, R. & Schluessel, V. (2022)
Acoustic discrimination in the grey bamboo shark Chiloscyllium griseum. Scientific Reports, 12, Article 6520
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10257-1
Fuss, T. & John, L. & Schluessel, V. (2021)
Same or different? Abstract relational concept use in juvenile bamboo sharks and Malawi cichlids. Current Zoology, 67(3), 279–292
DOI: 10.1093/cz/zoy059
Daniel, M.M.M. & Alvermann, L. & Book, I. & Schluessel, V. (2021)
Visual discrimination and resolution in freshwater stingrays (Potamotrygon motoro). Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 207, 43–58
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-020-01454-2
Schluessel, V. & Rick, I.P. & Seifert, F.D. & Baumann, C. & Davies, W.I.L. (2021)
Not just shades of grey: life is full of colour for the ocellate freshwater river stingray (Potamotrygon motoro). Journal of Experimental Biology, 224(9), Article jeb226142
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.226142
Kreuter, N. & Christofzik, N. & Niederbremer, C. & Bolle, J. & Schluessel, V. (2021)
Counting on Numbers-Numerical Abilities in Grey Bamboo Sharks and Ocellate River Stingrays. Animals, 11(9), Article 2634
DOI: 10.3390/ani11092634
Daniel, M.M.M. & Schluessel, V. (2020)
Serial reversal learning in freshwater stingrays (Potamotrygon motoro). Animal Cognition, 23(1), 109–119
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-019-01321-x
Guttridge, T. & Yopak, K. & Schluessel, V. (2018)
Sharks – Elasmobranch Cognition. In N. Bueno-Guerra & F. Amici(Eds.), Field and Laboratory Methods in Animal Cognition: A Comparative Guide(pp. 354-380). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
DOI: 10.1017/9781108333191.018
Fuss, T. & Schluessel, V. (2018)
Immediate early gene expression related to learning and retention of a visual discrimination task in bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium griseum). Brain Structure & Function, 223(9), 3975–4003
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-018-1728-8
Schluessel, V. & Ober, C. (2018)
How to get out of a maze? Stingrays (Potamotrygon motoro) use directional information over landmark information when provided with both in a spatial task. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 19, 619–637
Fuss, T. & Schluessel, V. (2017)
The Ebbinghaus illusion in the gray bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium griseum) in comparison to the teleost damselfish (Chromis chromis). Zoology, 123, 16–29
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2017.05.006
Fuss, T. & Russnak, V. & Stehr, K. & Schluessel, V. (2017)
World in Motion: Perception and Discrimination of Movement in Juvenile Grey Bamboo Sharks (Chiloscyllium griseum). Animal Behavior and Cognition, 4(3): 223–241
DOI: 10.26451/abc.04.03.03.2017
Schluessel, V. & Giles, J. & Kyne, P.M. (2015)
Notes on female reproductive biology and embryos of the brown guitarfish Rhinobatos schlegelii from the Penghu Islands, Taiwan. Ichthyological Research, 62(3), 347–350
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-014-0431-x
Fuss, T. & Schluessel, V. (2015)
Erratum to: Something worth remembering: visual discrimination in sharks. Animal Cognition, 18(2), 473–474
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-014-0824-2
Schluessel, V. (2015)
Who would have thought that ‘Jaws’ also has brains? Cognitive functions in elasmobranchs. Animal Cognition, 18(1), 19–37
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-014-0762-z
Fuss, T. & Schluessel, V. (2015)
Something worth remembering: visual discrimination in sharks. Animal Cognition, 18(2), 463–471
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-014-0815-3
Schluessel, V. & Duengen, D. (2015)
Irrespective of size, scales, color or body shape, all fish are just fish: object categorization in the gray bamboo shark Chiloscyllium griseum. Animal Cognition, 18(2), 497–507
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-014-0818-0
Schluessel, V. & Herzog, H. & Scherpenstein, M. (2015)
Seeing the forest before the trees - spatial orientation in freshwater stingrays (Potamotrygon motoro) in a hole-board task. Behavioural Processes, 119, 105–115
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2015.08.001
Schluessel, V. & Beil, O. & Weber, T. & Bleckmann, H. (2014)
Symmetry perception in bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium griseum) and Malawi cichlids (Pseudotropheus sp.). Animal Cognition, 17(5), 1187–1205
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-014-0751-2
Fuss, T. & Bleckmann, H. & Schluessel, V. (2014)
Place learning prior to and after telencephalon ablation in bamboo and coral cat sharks (Chiloscyllium griseum and Atelomycterus marmoratus). Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 200(1), 37–52
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-013-0859-x
Fuss, T. & Bleckmann, H. & Schluessel, V. (2014)
The shark Chiloscyllium griseum can orient using turn responses before and after partial telencephalon ablation. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 200(1), 19–35
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-013-0858-y
Schluessel, V. (2014)
Cognitive functions and their neural substrates in elasmobranchs [Abstract]. In Programm and Abstracts of Shark International, Durban 2014: 158
Fuss, T. & Bleckmann, H. & Schluessel, V. (2014)
Visual discrimination abilities in the gray bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium griseum). Zoology, 117(2), 104–111
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2013.10.009
Fuss, T. & Bleckmann, H. & Schluessel, V. (2014)
The brain creates illusions not just for us: sharks (Chiloscyllium griseum) can "see the magic" as well. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 8, Article AR 24
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00024
Schluessel, V. & Rick, I.P. & Plischke, K. (2014)
No rainbow for grey bamboo sharks: evidence for the absence of colour vision in sharks from behavioural discrimination experiments. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 200(11), 939–947
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-014-0940-0
Schluessel, V. & Bleckmann, H. (2013)
Spatial learning and memory retention in the grey bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium griseum). Zoology, 115(6), 346–353
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2012.05.001
Schwarze, S. & Bleckmann, H. & Schluessel, V. (2013)
Avoidance conditioning in bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium griseum and C. punctatum): behavioral and neuroanatomical aspects. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 199(10), 843–856
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-013-0847-1
Schluessel, V. & Fuss, T. & Schwarze, S. (2011)
Cognitive functions and their neural substrates in elasmobranchs [Abstract]. In Programme Booklet of The 15th Annual Scientific Conference of the European Elasmobranch Association, Berlin, 29.10.–30.10.2011
Schluessel, V. & Bennett, M.B. & Bleckmann, H. & Collin, S.P. (2010)
The role of olfaction throughout juvenile development: functional adaptations in elasmobranchs. Journal of Morphology, 271(4), 451–461
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10809
Schluessel, V. & Bennett, M.B. & Collin, S.P. (2010)
Diet and reproduction in the white-spotted eagle ray Aetobatus narinari from Queensland, Australia and the Penghu Islands, Taiwan . Marine and Freshwater Research, 61(11), 1278–1289
DOI: 10.1071/MF09261
Schluessel, V. & Broderick, D. & Collin, S.P. & Ovenden, J.R. (2010)
Evidence for extensive population structure in the white-spotted eagle ray within the Indo-Pacific inferred from mitochondrial gene sequences. Journal of Zoology, 281(1), 46–55
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00680.x
Schluessel, V. & Bleckmann, H. & Northcutt, R.G. & Hofmann, M.H. (2010)
Morphometric Comparison of Telencephalic Areas in Selected Vertebrates in Relation to Function [Abstract]. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 75(4), 313
DOI: 10.1159/000318756
Schluessel, V. & Bennett, M.B. & Collin, S.P. (2009)
Life history of the white spotted eagle ray Aetobatus narinari [Abstract]. In Progrtamm and Abstracts, 13th EEA Conference 2009, Palma de Mallorca, Spain(ed.Morey, G. & Yuste, L. and Pons, G.X.): 34
Schluessel, V. & Bennett, M.B. & Bleckmann, H. & Blomberg, S. & Collin, S.P. (2008)
Morphometric and Ultrastructural Comparison of the Olfactory System in Elasmobranchs: The Significance of Structure-Function Relationships Based on Phylogeny and Ecology. Journal of Morphology, 269(11), 1365–1386
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10661
Barker, M.J. & Gruber, S.H. & Newman, S.P. & Schluessel, V. (2005)
Spatial and ontogenetic variation in growth of nursery-bound juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris: a comparison of two age-assigning techniques. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 72(3), 343–355
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-004-2584-3
Schluessel, V. & Bleckmann, H. (2005)
Spatial memory and orientation strategies in the elasmobranch Potamotrygon motoro. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 191(8), 695–706
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0625-9
Barker, M.J. & Schluessel, V. (2005)
Managing global shark fisheries: suggestions for prioritizing management strategies. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 15(4), 325–347
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.660