Jill M. Mateo

Educational Background

2002-present: Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, Department of Comparative Human Development, Institute for Mind and Biology, Committee on Evolutionary Biology and The College

1996-2002: Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Cornell University

1995: Ph.D. Biopsychology, Evolution of Animal Behavior, University of Michigan

1990: M.S. Biopsychology, University of Georgia

1988: B.S. Psychology, Manhattan College

Funding

2005-2008 National Science Foundation, "Integrating functions and mechanisms of kin recognition: are there parallels between inbreeding avoidance and nepotism?" (IOB 05-17137).

2002-2008 National Institutes of Health, "Effects of Stress and Adrenal Functioning on Cognition". (R01 MH63921-01A1).

1998-2000 National Science Foundation, "Mechanisms of Social Recognition in Belding's Ground Squirrels". (IBN 98-08704).

1999 National Science Foundation, Research Experiences for Undergraduates. (IBN 98-08704).

1994-1995 University of Michigan Rackham Thesis Grant, "The Development of Alarm-call Responses in Spermophilus beldingi".

1993-1994 American Society of Mammalogists Grant-in-Aid of Research, "The ontogeny of alarm-call responses in Spermophilus beldingi".

1993-1994 Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research, "The ontogeny of alarm-call responses in Spermophilus beldingi".

1993-1995 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, "Development of alarm-call response behavior". (IBN -9311508).

Publications

Mateo, J.M. In review. The causal role of odours in the development of recognition templates and social preferences. Animal Behaviour.

Mateo, J.M. Under revision. Seasonal variation in glucocorticoids of free-living Belding's ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi). General and Comparative Endocrinology.

Mateo, J.M. In review. Development of anti-predator behavior. In: Handbook of Developmental and Comparative Neuroscience: Epigenesis, Evolution, and Behavior (Ed. by M.S. Blumberg, J.H. Freeman & S.R. Robinson). Oxford University Press.

Mateo, J.M. 2008. Inverted-U shape relationship between cortisol and learning in ground squirrels. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 89, 582-590.  View article   View abstract

Maestripieri, D. & Mateo, J.M. (Eds.) In press. Maternal Effects in Mammals. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Mateo, J.M. In press. Maternal influences on habitat selection, social relationships and survival behaviors. In: Maternal Effects in Mammals (Ed. by D. Maestripieri & J.M. Mateo). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Mateo, J.M. 2008. Kinship signals in animals. In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. (Editor-in-Chief, L. R. Squire et al.). Oxford : Academic Press.

Mateo, J.M. 2007. Ecological and hormonal correlates of anti-predator behavior in Belding's ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62, 37-49 . View article     View abstract

Mateo, J.M. 2007. Ontogeny of adaptive behaviors. In: Rodent Societies (Ed. by J.O. Wolff & P.W. Sherman), pp. 195-206. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Holmes, W.G. & Mateo, J.M. 2007. Kin recognition in rodents - critical issues, empirical evidence and model systems. In: Rodent Societies (Ed. by J.O. Wolff & P.W. Sherman), pp. 216-228. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Ables, E.A., Kay, L.M. & Mateo, J.M. 2007. Rats assess degree of relatedness from human odors. Physiology & Behavior, 90, 726-732.      View article    View abstract

Holmes, W.G. & Mateo, J.M. 2006. Fostering clarity in kin recognition designs: reply to Todrank & Heth. Animal Behaviour, 72, e5-e7 . View article

Mateo, J.M. 2006. Developmental and geographic variation in stress hormones in wild Belding's ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi). Hormones and Behavior, 50, 718-725.   View article    View abstract

Mateo, J.M. 2006. Development of individually distinct recognition cues. Developmental Psychobiology, 48, 508-519.  View article    View abstract

Mateo, J.M. 2006. The nature and representation of individual recognition cues in Belding's ground squirrels. Animal Behaviour, 71, 141-154. View article     View abstract

Mateo, J.M. & Cavigelli, S.A. 2005. A validation of extraction methods for non-invasive sampling of glucocorticoids in free-living ground squirrels. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 78, 1069-1084. View article    View abstract

Mateo, J.M. 2004. Recognition systems and biological organization: The perception component of social recognition. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 41, 729-745. View article   View abstract

Mateo, J.M. & Holmes, W.G. 2004. Cross-fostering as a means to study kin recognition. Animal Behaviour, 68, 1451-1459. View article    View abstract

Mateo, J.M. 2003. Kin recognition ground squirrels and other rodents. Journal of Mammalogy, 84, 1163-1181. View article View abstract

Mateo, J.M. & Johnston, R.E. 2003. Kin recognition by self-referent phenotype matching: weighing the evidence. Animal Cognition, 6, 73-76. View article

Mateo, J.M. 2002. Kin recognition abilities and nepotism as a function of sociality. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 269, 721-727. View article View abstract

Sih, A. & Mateo, J.M. 2001. Persistence and punishment pay: a new model of territory establishment and space use. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 16, 477-479. View article

Mateo, J.M. & Johnston, R.E. 2001. Self referencing in hamsters. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 16, 74-75. View article

Mateo, J.M. & Johnston, R.E. 2000. Kin recognition and the 'armpit effect': Evidence of self-referent phenotype matching. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 267, 695-700. View article   View abstract

Mateo, J.M. & Johnston, R.E. 2000. Retention of social recognition after hibernation in Belding's ground squirrels. Animal Behaviour, 59, 491-499. View article   View abstract

Mateo, J.M. & Holmes, W.G. 1999. How rearing history affects alarm-call responses of Belding's ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi, Sciuridae). Ethology, 105, 207-222. View article
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Mateo, J.M. & Holmes, W.G. 1999. Plasticity of alarm-call response development in Belding's ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi, Sciuridae). Ethology, 105, 193-206. View article
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Holmes, W.G. & Mateo, J.M. 1998. How mothers influence the development of litter-mate preferences in Belding's ground squirrels. Animal Behaviour, 55, 1555-1570. View article

Mateo, J.M. & Holmes, W.G. 1997. Development of alarm-call response behaviour in juvenile Belding's ground squirrels: The role of dams. Animal Behaviour, 54, 509-524. View article
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Mateo, J.M. 1996. The development of alarm-call response behaviour in free-living juvenile Belding's ground squirrels. Animal Behaviour, 52, 489-505. View article   View abstract

Mateo, J.M. 1996. Early auditory experience and the ontogeny of alarm-call discrimination in Belding's ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 110, 115-124. View article   View abstract

Mateo, J.M., Holmes, W.G., Bell, A.M., & Turner, M. 1994. Sexual maturation in male prairie voles: Effects of the social environment. Physiology & Behavior, 56, 299-304. View article
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Hetts, S., Clark, J.D., Calpin, J.P., Arnold, C.E., & Mateo, J.M. 1992. Influence of housing conditions on beagle behaviour. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 34, 137-155.

Mateo, J.M., Estep, D.Q., & McCann, J.S. 1991. Effects of differential handling on the behaviour of domestic ewes (Ovis aries). Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 32, 45-54.
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