Book
Rovee-Collier, C., Hayne, H. & Colombo, M. (2001). The Development of Implicit and Explicit Memory. Amsterdam, John Benjamins.
Electrophysiological Studies in Birds
Colombo, M., & Scarf, D. (2012). Neurophysiological studies of learning and memory in pigeons. Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews, 7, 23-43.
Browning, R., Overmier, J. B., & Colombo, M. (2011). Delay activity in avian prefrontal cortex - sample code or reward code? European Journal of Neuroscience, 33, 726-735.
Scarf, D., Miles, K., Sloan, A., Goulter, N., Hegan, M., Seid-Fatemi, A., Harper, D., & Colombo, M. (2011). Brain cells in the avian 'prefrontal cortex' code for features of slot-machine-like gambling. PLoS ONE, 6, 1-7.
Bingman, V. P., Gasser, B. A., & Colombo, M. (2008). Responses of pigeon wulst neurons during acquisition and reversal of a visual discrimination task. Behavioral Neuroscience, 122, 1139-1147.
Milmine, M., Rose, J., & Colombo, M. (2008). Sustained activation and executive control in the avian prefrontal cortex. Brain Research Bulletin, 76, 317-323.
Milmine, M., Watanabe, A., & Colombo, M. (2008) Neural correlates of directed forgetting in the avian prefrontal cortex. Behavioral Neuroscience, 122, 199-209.
Rose, J. & Colombo, M. (2005). Neural correlates of executive control in the avian brain. PLoS Biology, 3, 1139-1146.
Kalenscher, T., Windmann, S., Diekamp, B., Rose, J., Güntürkün, O., & Colombo, M. (2005). Single units in the pigeon brain integrate reward amount and time-to-reward in an impulsive choice task. Current Biology, 15, 594-602
Colombo, M., Frost, N. & Steedman, W. (2001). Responses of ectostriatal neurons during delayed matching-to-sample behavior in pigeons (Columbia livia). Brain Research, 917, 55-66.
Electrophysiological Studies in Monkeys
Colombo, M., Fernandez, T., Nakamura, K. & Gross, C. G. (1998). Functional differentiation along the anterior-posterior axis of the hippocampus in monkeys, Journal of Neurophysiology, 80, 1002-1005.
Colombo, M. & Gross, C. G. (1997). Hippocampus, delay neurons, and sensory heterogeneity. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 19, 766-767.
Gochin, P., Colombo, M., Dorfman, G., Gerstein, G. L. & Gross, C. G. (1994). Neural ensemble coding in inferior temporal cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology, 71, 2325-
2337.
Colombo, M. & Gross, C. G. (1994). Responses of inferior temporal and hippocampal neurons during auditory-visual and visual-visual delayed matching-to-sample in monkeys. Behavioral Neuroscience, 108, 443-455.
Gross, C. G., Rodman, H. R., Gochin, P. M. & Colombo, M. W. (1992). Inferior temporal cortex as a pattern recognition device. In E. B. Baum (Ed.), Computational learning & cognition: Proceedings of the third NEC research symposium, pp. 44-73. Philadelphia: Siam.
Hippocampal Lesion Studies in Birds
Colombo (2003). Avian and mammalian hippocampus: No degrees of freedom in evolution of function. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 26, 554-555.
Richmond, J. & Colombo, M. (2002). Hippocampal lesions, contextual retrieval, and autoshaping in pigeons. Brain Research, 928, 60-68.
Colombo, M., Broadbent, N. J., Taylor, C. S. R. & Frost, N. (2001). The role of the avian hippocampus in orientation in space and time. Brain Research, 919, 292-301.
Colombo, M. & Broadbent, N. (2000). Is the avian hippocampus a functional homologue of the mammalian hippocampus? Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 24, 465-484.
Broadbent, N. J. & Colombo, M. (2000). Visual and spatial discrimination behavior following hippocampal lesions in pigeons. Psychobiology, 28, 463-475.
Broadbent, N., Gallagher, S. & Colombo, M. (1999). Hippocampal lesions and negative patterning in pigeons. Psychobiology, 27, 51-56.
Colombo, M., Swain, N., Harper, D. & Alsop, B. (1997). The effects of hippocampal and area parahippocampalis lesions in pigeons. I. Visual DMS. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 50B, 149-171
Colombo, M., Cawley, S. & Broadbent, N. (1997). The effects of hippocampal and area parahippocampalis lesions in pigeons. II. Concurrent discrimination and spatial memory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 50B, 172-189.
Auditory Cortex and Frontal Cortex Lesion Studies in Monkeys
Colombo, M., Rodman, H. R. & Gross, C. G. (1996). The effects of superior temporal cortex lesions on the processing and retention of auditory information in monkeys (Cebus apella). Journal of Neuroscience, 16, 4501-4517.
Colombo, M., Eickhoff, A. E. & Gross, C. G. (1993). The effects of inferior temporal and dorsolateral frontal lesions on serial-order behavior and visual imagery in the monkey. Cognitive Brain Research, 1, 211-217.
Colombo, M., D'Amato, M. R., Rodman, H. R. & Gross, C. G. (1990). Auditory association cortex lesions impair auditory short-term memory in monkeys. Science, 247, 336-338.
Developmental Studies in Humans
Scarf, D., Gross, J., Colombo, M., & Hayne, H. (in press). To have and to hold: Episodic memory in 3- and 4-year-old children. Developmental Psychobiology.
Scarf, D., Imuta, K., Colombo, M., & Hayne, H. (2012). Social evaluation or simple association? Simple associations may explain moral reasoning in infants. PLoS ONE, 7, e42698.
Scarf, D., Imuta, K., Colombo, M., & Hayne, H. (2012). Golden rule or valence matching? Methodological problems in Hamlin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, e1426.
Richmond, J., Colombo, M., & Hayne, H. (2007). Interpreting performance on the visual paired-comparison task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 33, 823-831.
Colombo, M., Gulya, M. & Rovee-Collier, C. (2006). The development of serial-order behavior: Knowledge of ordinal position. In J. R. Marrow (Ed.), Focus on Child Psychology Research, pp. 43-58. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Colombo, M., Gulya, M., & Rovee-Collier (2006). The ontogeny of serial-order behavior. In C. M. Fletcher-Flinn and G. M. Haberman (Eds.), Cognition and Language: Perspectives from New Zealand, pp. 191-206. Brisbane: Australian Academic Press.
Gulya, M., & Colombo, M. (2004). The ontogeny of serial-order behavior: Representation of a list. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 118, 71-81.
Richmond, J., Sowerby, P., Colombo, M., & Hayne, H. (2004). The effect of familiarization time, retention interval, and context change on adults' performance in the visual paired-comparison task. Developmental Psychobiology, 44, 146-155.
Animal Cognition Studies in Humans, Monkeys, and Birds
Scarf, D., Hayne, H., & Colombo, M. (2011). Pigeons on par with primates in numerical competence. Science, 334, 1664
Scarf, D., Terrace, H. S., & Colombo, M. (2011). Planning abilities of monkeys. In R. M. Williams (Ed.), Monkeys: Biology, Behavior and Disorders, pp 137-150. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Scarf, D., & Colombo, M. (2011). Knowledge of the ordinal position of list items in pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 37, 483-487.
Scarf, D., Danly, E., Morgan, G., Colombo, M., & Terrace, H. (2011). Sequential planning in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Animal Cognition, 14, 317-324
Colombo, M., & Hayne, H. (2010). Episodic memory: Comparative and developmental issues. In M. S. Blumberg, J. H. Freeman, and S. R. Robinson (Eds), Oxford Handbook of Developmental and Comparative Neuroscience, pp. 617-636. Oxford University Press.
Scarf, D. and Colombo, M. (2010). Representation of Serial Order in Pigeons (Columba livia). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 36, 423-429.
Scarf, D. and Colombo, M. (2010). A positional coding mechanism in pigeons after learning multiple three item lists. Animal Cognition, 13, 653-661.
Scarf, D., & Colombo, M. (2010). The formation and execution of sequential plans in pigeons (Columba livia). Behavioural Processes, 83, 179-182.
Scarf, D., & Colombo, M. (2009). Eye movements during list execution reveal no planning in monkeys. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 35, 587-592.
Scarf, D., & Colombo, M. (2008). Representation of serial order: A comparative analysis of humans, monkeys, and pigeons. Brain Research Bulletin, 76, 307-312.
Colombo, M. (2005). The value of a comparative perspective: Theoretical comment on Pearce et al. (2005). Behavioral Neuroscience, 119, 1411-1414.
Colombo, M., Cottle, A. & Frost, N. (2003). Degree of representation of the matching concept in pigeons (Columba livia). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 117, 246-256.
Colombo, M. & Frost, N. (2001). Representation of serial order in humans: A comparison to the findings with monkeys(Cebus apella). Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 8, 262-269.
Lock, A. J. & Colombo, M. (1996). Cognitive abilities in a comparative perspective. In A. Lock and C. R. Peters (Eds.), Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution, pp. 596-643. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
White, K. G., Ruske, A. C., & Colombo, M. W. (1996). Memory procedures, performance, and processes in avians. Cognitive Brain Research, 3, 309-317.
Colombo, M. & Graziano, M. (1994). Evidence for prospective processing in auditory- visual delayed matching-to-sample in monkeys. Behavioral Neuroscience, 108, 636-639.
D'Amato, M. R. & Colombo, M. (1990). The symbolic distance effect in monkeys (Cebus apella). Animal Learning & Behavior, 18, 133-140.
D'Amato, M. R. & Colombo, M. (1989). Serial learning with wild card items by monkeys (Cebus apella): Implications for knowledge of ordinal position. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 103, 252-261.
D'Amato, M. R. & Colombo, M. (1989). On the limits of the matching concept in monkeys (Cebus apella). Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 52, 225-236.
D'Amato, M. R. & Colombo, M. (1988). Representation of serial order in monkeys (Cebus apella). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 14, 131-139.
D'Amato, M. R. & Colombo, M. (1988). On tonal pattern perception in monkey (Cebus apella). Animal Learning & Behavior, 16, 417-424.
Colombo, M. & D'Amato, M. R. (1986). A comparison of visual and auditory short-term memory in monkeys (Cebus apella). Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 38B, 425-448.
D'Amato, M. R. & Colombo, M. (1985). The matching concept in monkeys. In G. d'Ydewalle (Ed.), Cognition, information processing, and motivation (proceedings of the XXIII International Congress of Psychology, Vol. 3), pp. 19-36. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers.
D'Amato, M. R. Salmon, D. P., & Colombo, M. (1985). Extent and limits of the matching concept in monkeys (Cebus apella). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 11, 35-51.
D'Amato, M. R. & Colombo, M. (1985). Auditory matching-to-sample in monkeys (Cebus apella). Animal Learning & Behavior, 13, 375-382.
Methods, History of Neuroscience, and Drug Studies
Reese, E., & Colombo, M. (2005). Memory research in the southernmost psychology
department. Cognitive Processing, 6, 266-271.
Bilkey, D. K., Russell, N., & Colombo, M. (2003). A lightweight microdrive for single-unit recording in freely-moving rats and pigeons. Methods, 30, 152-158.
Colombo, M., Colombo, A., & Gross, C. G. (2002). Bartolomeo Panizza's Observations on the optic nerve (1855). Brain Research Bulletin, 58, 529-539.
Ruske, A. C., Harper, D. N., Colombo, M. W., & White, K. G. (1996). NMDA receptor action and spatial memory: The effects of MK-801 and D-cycloserine on rate of forgetting and initial discriminability. Psychobiology, 23, 277-283.