PUBLICATIONS - Articles
Todrank, J., Wysocki, C. W., and Beauchamp, G. K. (1991) The effect of adaptation on the
perception of similar and dissimilar odors. Chemical Senses 16(5): 467-482.
Todrank, J., and Bartoshuk, L. (1991) A taste illusion: Taste sensation localized by touch.
Physiology and Behavior 50: 1027-1031.
Todrank, J., Byrnes, D., Wrzesniewski, A., and Rozin, P. (1994) Odors can change
preferences for people in photographs: a cross-modal evaluative conditioning study
with olfactory USs and visual CSs. Learning and Motivation 26: 116-140.
Heth, G., and Todrank, J. (1995) Assessing chemosensory perception in subterranean mole
rats: Different responses to smelling versus touching odourous stimuli. Animal
Behaviour 49: 1009-1015.
Heth, G., Nevo, E., and Todrank, J. (1996) Seasonal changes in urinary odors and in
responses to them by subterranean mole rats. Physiology and Behavior 60: 963-968.
Todrank, J. and Heth, G. (1996) Individual odors in two chromosomal species of blind,
subterranean mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi): Conspecific and cross-species
discrimination. Ethology 102: 806-811.
Heth, G., and Todrank, J. (1997) Patterns of urination of a blind subterranean rodent (Spalax
ehrenbergi) Ethology 103:138-148.
Todrank, J., Heth, G., and Johnston, R. E. (1998) Kin recognition in golden hamsters:
evidence for kinship odours. Animal Behaviour 55(2): 377-386.
Heth, G., Todrank, J., and Johnston, R. E. (1998) Kin recognition in golden hamsters:
evidence for phenotype matching. Animal Behaviour 56(2): 409-417.
Todrank, J., Heth, G., and Johnston, R. E. (1999) Social interaction is necessary for
discrimination and memory for odours of close relatives in golden hamsters. Ethology
105: 771-782.
Heth, G., Todrank, J., and Johnston, R. E. (1999) Similarities in sibling and species odors
among Turkish hamsters (Mesocricetus brandti) and golden hamsters (Mesocricetus
auratus). Journal of Comparative Psychology 113(3): 321-326.
Heth, G., Todrank, J., and Nevo, E. (2000) Do Spalax ehrenbergi blind mole rats use food
odors to forage for and select food? Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution 12(1):75-82.
Heth, G. and Todrank, J. (2000) Individual odour similarities across species parallel
phylogenetic relationships in the S. ehrenbergi superspecies of mole rats. Animal
Behaviour 60:789-795.
Heth, G. and Todrank, J. (2001) Self referencing in hamsters. TREE 16(2):74.
Todrank, J. and Heth, G. (2001) Re-thinking cross-fostering designs for studying kin
recognition mechanisms. Animal Behaviour 61:503-505.
Heth, G., Todrank, J., Busquet, N. and Baudoin, C. (2001) Odour-genes covariance and
differential investigation of individual odours in the Mus species complex. Biological
Journal of the Linnean Society 73: 213-220.
Heth, G., Todrank, J., and Burda, H. (2002) Individual odor similarities within colonies and
across species of eusocial Cryptomys mole rats. Journal of Mammalogy 83: 569-575.
Heth, G., Todrank, J., Begall, S., Koch, R., Zilbiger, Y., Nevo, E., Braude, S.H. and Burda, H.
(2002) Odours underground: Subterranean rodents may not forage “blindly”.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 52: 53-58.
Todrank Heth, J. and Somer, E. (2002) Characterizing stress tolerance: preliminary results
from a new approach to controllability and its relationship to perceived stress and
reported health. Personality and Individual Differences 33(6): 883-895.
Todrank, J. and Heth, G. (2003). Odor-genes covariance and genetic relatedness assessments:
Rethinking odor-based “recognition” mechanisms in rodents. Advances in the Study of
Behavior 32: 77-130.
Heth, G., Todrank, J., Busquet, N. and Baudoin, C. (2003). Genetic relatedness assessment
through individual odour similarities (G-ratios) in mice. Biological Journal of the
Linnean Society 78(4): 595-603.
Somer, E., Zrihan Weitzman, A. and Todrank Heth, J. (2004). Controllability awareness in
professionals under the threat of terror: Chronic versus acute community stress.
Journal of Trauma Practice 3(1): 1-18.
Heth, G., Todrank, J., Begall, S., Wegner, R., and Burda, H. (2004). Genetic relatedness
discrimination in a eusocial mole-rat, Cryptomys anselli (Bathyergidae, Rodentia).
Folia Zoologica 53(3): 269-278.
Somer, E. & Todrank Heth, J. (2004). Controllability awareness and maladjusted personality
traits: Preliminary findings. Israel Journal of Psychiatry 41(3): 184-190.
Baudoin, C., Busquet, N., Dobson, F. S., Gheusi, G., Feron, C., Durand, J.-L., Heth, G.,
Patris, B., and Todrank, J. (2005). Male-Female Associations, Kin Discrimination and
Female Olfactory Neurogenesis with Pair Bonding in Mound-building Mice.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84(3): 323-334.
Todrank, J., Busquet, N., Baudoin, C., and Heth, G. (2005). Preferences of newborn mice for
odours indicating closer genetic relatedness: Is experience necessary? Proceedings of
the Royal Society London, B 272: 2083-2088.
Todrank, J. and Heth, G. (2006). Crossed assumptions foster misinterpretations about
recognition mechanisms. Animal Behaviour 72:e1-e3
doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.04.004.
Tzur, S., Todrank, J., Juergens, A., Nevo, E., and Heth, G. (2009). Odour-genes covariance
within a natural population of subterranean Spalax galili blind mole rats. Biological
Journal of the Linnean Society 96:483-490.
Markman, S., Hill, N., Todrank, J., Heth, G., and Blaustein, L. (2009). Differential
aggressiveness covaries with genetic similarity in fire salamander larvae. Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology 63:1149-1155. DOI 10.1007/s00265-009-0765-y
Todrank, J., Heth, G., and Restrepo, D. (2011). Effects of in utero odorant exposure on
neuroanatomical development of the olfactory bulb and odour preferences.
Proceedings of the Royal Society London, B 278:1949-1955.
Hagemeyer, P., Begall, S., Janotova, K., Todrank, J., Heth, G., Jedelsky, P.L., Burda, H., and
Stopka, P. (2011). Searching for major urinary proteins (MUPS) as chemosignals in
urine of subterranean rodents. Journal of Chemical Ecology 37:687-694 DOI
10.1007/s10886-011-9971-y.
Book Chapters
Wysocki, C. J., Beauchamp, G. K., Todrank, J., and Pierce, J. D. (1992) Individual
differences in olfactory ability. In: Fragrance: The Psychology and Biology of
Perfume. S. Van Toller and G. H. Dodd, (Eds.) London: Elsevier.
Todrank, J., Heth, G., and Johnston, R. E. (1999) Individual Odors and Social Recognition
(Individual, Kin, and Species) in Hamsters. In: Advances in Chemical Communication
in Vertebrates. R. E. Johnston, D. Müller-Schwarze, and P. Sorensen, (Eds.) New
York: Plenum. pp. 289-298.
Todrank Heth, J., Schapira, D., and Nahir, A. M. (2003) Controllability awareness, perceived
stress and tolerating chronic illness. In: Advances in Psychology Research. S. P.
Shohov, (Ed.) Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publications. Vol. 25. pp. 67-79.
Todrank Heth, J., Schapira, D., and Nahir, A. M. (2004) Controllability awareness, perceived
stress and tolerating chronic illness. In: Advances in Psychology Research. S. P.
Shohov, (Ed.) Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publications. Vol. 28. pp. 43-55.
Todrank, J. and Heth, G. (2006) Genetic relatedness distinctions through facial resemblance.
In: Advances in Psychology Research. A. Columbus, (Ed.) New York: Nova Science
Publications. Vol. 40. pp. 143-162.
Heth, G. and Todrank, J. (2007) Using odors underground. In: Subterranean Rodents – News
from Underground. S. Begall, H. Burda, and C. Schkeich (Eds.) Heidelberg, Germany:
Springer. pp. 85-96.