| Brain size predicts problem-solving ability in mammalian carnivores S Benson-Amram, B Dantzer, G Stricker, EM Swanson, KE Holekamp Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (9), 2532-2537, 2016 | 401 | 2016 |
| Innovative problem solving by wild spotted hyenas S Benson-Amram, KE Holekamp Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1744), 4087-4095, 2012 | 326 | 2012 |
| A comparison of innovative problem-solving abilities between wild and captive spotted hyaenas, Crocuta crocuta S Benson-Amram, ML Weldele, KE Holekamp Animal Behaviour 85 (2), 349-356, 2013 | 183 | 2013 |
| Numerical assessment and individual call discrimination by wild spotted hyaenas, Crocuta crocuta S Benson-Amram, VK Heinen, SL Dryer, KE Holekamp Animal Behaviour 82 (4), 743-752, 2011 | 151 | 2011 |
| The cognition of ‘nuisance’species LP Barrett, LA Stanton, S Benson-Amram Animal Behaviour 147, 167-177, 2019 | 147 | 2019 |
| Behavioral flexibility of a generalist carnivore SE Daniels, RE Fanelli, A Gilbert, S Benson-Amram Animal cognition 22, 387-396, 2019 | 89 | 2019 |
| Brains, brawn and sociality: a hyaena's tale KE Holekamp, B Dantzer, G Stricker, KCS Yoshida, S Benson-Amram Animal Behaviour 103, 237-248, 2015 | 76 | 2015 |
| Sources of variation in the long-distance vocalizations of spotted hyenas KR Theis, KM Greene, SR Benson-Amram, KE Holekamp Behaviour, 557-584, 2007 | 65 | 2007 |
| Pyraperm kills fleas and halts plague among Utah prairie dogs JL Hoogland, S Davis, S Benson-Amram, D Labruna, B Goossens, ... The Southwestern Naturalist 49 (3), 376-383, 2004 | 58 | 2004 |
| Numerical assessment in the wild: insights from social carnivores S Benson-Amram, G Gilfillan, K McComb Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 373 …, 2018 | 54 | 2018 |
| The evolution of intelligence in mammalian carnivores KE Holekamp, S Benson-Amram Interface focus 7 (3), 20160108, 2017 | 53 | 2017 |
| Adaptation of the Aesop’s Fable paradigm for use with raccoons (Procyon lotor): considerations for future application in non-avian and non-primate species L Stanton, E Davis, S Johnson, A Gilbert, S Benson-Amram Animal Cognition 20 (6), 1147-1152, 2017 | 46 | 2017 |
| Limited social learning of a novel technical problem by spotted hyenas S Benson-Amram, VK Heinen, A Gessner, ML Weldele, KE Holekamp Behavioural processes 109, 111-120, 2014 | 40 | 2014 |
| Variation in reversal learning by three generalist mesocarnivores LA Stanton, ES Bridge, J Huizinga, SR Johnson, JK Young, ... Animal Cognition 24 (3), 555-568, 2021 | 23 | 2021 |
| Fitness consequences of innovation in spotted hyenas L Johnson-Ulrich, S Benson-Amram, KE Holekamp Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7, 443, 2019 | 22 | 2019 |
| The current state of carnivore cognition S Benson-Amram, HJ Griebling, CM Sluka Animal Cognition 26 (1), 37-58, 2023 | 17 | 2023 |
| Multiple assessments of personality and problem-solving performance in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) and African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana). LP Barrett, S Benson-Amram Journal of Comparative Psychology 135 (3), 406, 2021 | 17 | 2021 |
| Environmental, individual and social traits of free-ranging raccoons influence performance in cognitive testing LA Stanton, ES Bridge, J Huizinga, S Benson-Amram Journal of Experimental Biology 225 (18), jeb243726, 2022 | 15 | 2022 |
| How technology can advance the study of animal cognition in the wild HJ Griebling, CM Sluka, LA Stanton, LP Barrett, JB Bastos, ... Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 45, 101120, 2022 | 14 | 2022 |
| Can Asian elephants use water as a tool in the floating object task LP Barrett, S Benson-Amram Animal Behavior and Cognition 7 (3), 310-326, 2020 | 14 | 2020 |
Kay E. HolekampProfessor of Integrative Biology, Michigan State UniversityVerified email at msu.edu