FIRST IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow
For more information, please see my Google Scholar or ORCID profile. My CV is also linked above. * Denotes an undergraduate mentee. ^ Denotes co-first authors.
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Gnanadesikan, Gitanjali E., Emily E. Bray, Erica N. Cook, Kerinne M. Levy, Laura E.L.C. Douglas, Brenda S. Kennedy, Stacey R. Tecot & Evan L. MacLean (under review). Basal Plasma Oxytocin & Fecal Cortisol Concentrations are Highly Heritable and Associated with Individual Differences in Behavior & Cognition in Dog Puppies. Preprint doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4828294
Gnanadesikan, Gitanjali E.^, Katherine M. King^, Elizabeth Carranza, Abigail Flyer, Gianna Ossello, Paige Smith, Netzin Steklis, H. Dieter Steklis, C. Sue Carter, Jessica Connelly, Melissa Barnett, Nancy Gee, Stacey R. Tecot & Evan MacLean (submitted). Effects of Human-Animal Interaction on Salivary and Urinary Oxytocin Concentrations in Children and Dogs.
Gnanadesikan, Gitanjali E., Emily E. Bray, Kerinne M. Levy, Laura E.L.C. Douglas, Daniel J. Horschler, Stephanie Hargrave, Brenda S. Kennedy, Marina M. Watowich, Noah Snyder-Mackler & Evan L. MacLean (in prep). Characterizing the Heritability of Cognitive and Behavioral Traits across Development in Domestic Dogs.
Gnanadesikan, Gitanjali E., Elizabeth Carranza, Katherine M. King, Abigail Flyer, Gianna Ossello, Paige Smith, Netzin Steklis, H. Dieter Steklis, Jessica Connelly, Melissa Barnett, Nancy Gee, Stacey R. Tecot & Evan MacLean (2024). Glucocorticoid response to naturalistic interactions between children and dogs. Hormones & Behavior, 161 (May 2024), 105523. 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105523
MacLean, Evan L., Elizabeth Carranza, Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan, Katherine M. King, Alicia Allen, Linnea Linde-Krieger, Ruth Feldman, Rosemary C. White-Traut, Elizabeth A. D. Hammock, C. Sue Carter, Gareth Leng, Stacey R. Tecot, & Aleeca F. Bell (2024). Neurophysin I is an Analytically Robust Surrogate Biomarker for Oxytocin. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 161 (March 1, 2024): 106951. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106951
Gnanadesikan, Gitanjali E., Dhriti Tandon, Emily E. Bray, Brenda S. Kennedy, Stavi Tennanbaum, Evan L. MacLean & Bridgett M. vonHoldt (2023). Do dogs display behavioral traits central to Williams-Beuren Syndrome? Transposons, behavior & training success in assistance dogs. Behavior Genetics. doi: 10.1007/s10519-023-10166-7
ManyDogs Project, Julia Espinosa, Jeffrey R. Stevens, Daniela Alberghina, Harley E. E. Alway, Jessica D. Barela, Michael Bogese, Emily E. Bray, Daphna Buchsbaum, Sarah-Elizabeth Byosiere, Molly Byrne, Camila M. Cavalli, Leah M. Chaudoir*, Courtney Collins-Pisano, Hunter J. DeBoer, Laura E. L. C. Douglas, Shany Dror, Marina V. Dzik, Beverly Ferguson, Laura Fisher, Hannah C. Fitzpatrick, Marianne S. Freeman, Shayla N. Frinton, Maeve K. Glover, Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan, Joshua E. P. Goacher, Marta Golańska, C.-N. Alexandrina Guran, Elizabeth Hare, Brian Hare, Mia Hickey*, Daniel J. Horschler, Ludwig Huber, Hoi-Lam Jim, Angie M. Johnston, Juliane Kaminski, Debbie M. Kelly, Valerie A. Kuhlmeier, Lily Lassiter, Lucia Lazarowski, Jennifer Leighton-Birch, Evan L. MacLean, Kamila Maliszewska, Vito Marra, Lane I. Montgomery, Madison S. Murray, Emma K. Nelson, Ljerka Ostojić, Shennai G. Palermo, Anya E. Parks Russell, Madeline H. Pelgrim, Sarita D. Pellowe, Anna Reinholz, Laura A. Rial, Emily M. Richards, Miriam A. Ross, Liza G. Rothkoff, Hannah Salomons, Joelle K. Sanger, Laurie Santos, Angelina R. Schirle, Shania J. Shearer, Zachary A. Silver, Jessica M. Silverman, Andrea Sommese, Tiziana Srdoc, Hannah St. John-Mosse, Angelica C. Vega, Kata Vékony, Christoph J.Völter, Carolyn J. Walsh, Yasmin A. Worth, Lena M. I. Zipperling, Bianka Żołędziewska, Sarah G. Zylberfuden (2023). ManyDogs 1: A multi-lab replication study of dogs’ pointing comprehension. Animal Behavior & Cognition. Registered report doi: 10.31234/osf.io/f86jq. Final manuscript doi: 10.26451/abc.10.03.03.2023
ManyDogs Project, Daniela Alberghina, Emily E. Bray, Daphna Buchsbaum, Sarah-Elizabeth Byosiere, Julia Espinosa, Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan, C.-N. Alexandrina Guran, Elizabeth Hare, Daniel J. Horschler, Ludwig Huber, Valerie A. Kuhlmeier, Evan L. MacLean, Madeline H. Pelgrim, Bryan Perez, Dana Ravid-Schurr, Liza Rothkoff, Courtney L. Sexton, Zachary A. Silver & Jeffrey R. Stevens (2023). ManyDogs Project: A Big Team Science Approach to Investigating Canine Behavior and Cognition. Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews, 18, 59--77. doi: 10.3819/CCBR.2023.180004
Salomons, Hannah, Kyle Smith, Megan Callahan-Beckel, Margaret Callahan, Kerinne Levy, Brenda S. Kennedy, Emily Bray, Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan, Daniel J. Horschler, Margaret Gruen, Jingzhi Tan, Philip White, Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Evan MacLean & Brian Hare (2023). Response to Hansen Wheat et al.: Additional analysis further supports the early emergence of cooperative communication in dogs compared to wolves raised with more human exposure. Learning & Behavior. doi: 10.3758/s13420-023-00576-2
Gnanadesikan, Gitanjali E., Elizabeth Hammock, Stacey R. Tecot, Rebecca J. Lewis, Russ Hart, C. Sue Carter & Evan L. MacLean (2022). What are oxytocin assays measuring? Epitope mapping, metabolites, and comparisons of wildtype & knockout mouse urine. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 142, 105827. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105827
Horschler, Daniel J., Emily E. Bray, Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan, Molly Byrne, & Evan L. MacLean (2022). Dogs re-engage human partners when joint social play is interrupted. Animal Cognition, 183, 159-168. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.11.007.
Gnanadesikan, Gitanjali E., Elizabeth A. D. Hammock, Stacey R. Tecot, C. Sue Carter & Evan L. MacLean (2021). Specificity of Plasma Oxytocin Immunoassays: A Comparison of Commercial Assays and Sample Preparation Techniques Using Oxytocin Knockout and Wildtype Mice. Psychoneuroendocrinology. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105368
Salomons, Hannah, Kyle Smith, Megan Callahan-Beckel, Margaret Callahan, Kerinne Levy, Brenda S. Kennedy, Emily Bray, Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan, Daniel J. Horschler, Margaret Gruen, Jingzhi Tan, Philip White, Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Evan MacLean & Brian Hare (2021). Cooperative communication with humans evolved to emerge early in dogs. Current Biology, 31(14), 3137-3144.e11. doi: 10.1101/2021.01.12.425620
Bray, Emily E., Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan, Daniel J. Horschler, Kerinne M. Levy, Brenda S. Kennedy, Tom R. Famula & Evan L. MacLean (2021). Early-emerging and highly-heritable sensitivity to human communication in dogs. Current Biology, 31(14), 3132-3136.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.055
Bray, Emily E., Margaret E. Gruen, Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan, Daniel J. Horschler, Kerinne M. Levy, Brenda S. Kennedy, Brian A. Hare & Evan L. MacLean (2021). Dog Cognitive Development: A Longitudinal Study across the First 2 Years of Life. Animal Cognition, 24, 311-328. doi: 10.1007/s10071-020-01443-7.
Gnanadesikan, Gitanjali E., Brian Hare, Noah Snyder-Mackler, Josep Call, Julianne Kaminski, Adam Miklosi & Evan MacLean (2020). Breed differences in dog cognition associated with brain-expressed genes and neurological functions. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 60, 976–990. doi: 10.1093/icb/icaa112
Bray, Emily E., Margaret E. Gruen, Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan, Daniel J. Horschler, Kerinne M. Levy, Brenda S. Kennedy, Brian A. Hare & Evan L. MacLean (2020). Cognitive characteristics of 8-to-10-week-old assistance dog puppies. Animal Behaviour, 166, 193-206. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.05.019.
Gnanadesikan, Gitanjali E., Brian Hare, Noah Snyder-Mackler & Evan L. MacLean (2020). Estimating the Heritability of Cognitive Traits Across Dog Breeds Reveals Highly Heritable Inhibitory Control and Communication Factors. Animal Cognition, 23(5), 953-964. doi: 10.1007/s10071-020-01400-4
Gnanadesikan, Gitanjali E., William D. Pearse, and Allison K. Shaw. (2017). Evolution of mammalian migrations for refuge breeding, and food. Ecology and Evolution, 7(15), 5891-5900. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3120
Janowitz Koch, I., Clark, M. M., Thompson, M. J., Deere-Machemer, K. A., Wang, J., Duarte, L., Gnanadesikan, G. E., McCoy, E. L., Rubbi, L., Stahler, D. R., Pellegrini, M., Ostrander, E. A., Wayne, R. K., Sinsheimer, J. S. and vonHoldt, B. M. (2016), The concerted impact of domestication and transposon insertions on methylation patterns between dogs and grey wolves. Molecular Ecology, 25: 1838–1855. doi:10.1111/mec.13480