Dr Robyn A Grant

Grant, R.A., Allen, T., Spink, A., Sullivan, M. (2018) Measuring Behavior 2018 Conference Proceedings. Manchester Metropolitan University.

Prescott, T.J., Lepora, N., Mitchinson, B., Pearson, M., Martinez-Hernandez, U., Grant, R. (2020) 'Active touch sensing in mammals and robots.' The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference. Academic Press,

Muchlinski, M.N., Hemingway, H.W., Grant, R., Burrows, A.M. (2020) 'Have Lorisids moved beyond touch?.' Evolution, Ecology and Conservation of Lorises and Pottos. Cambridge University Press,

Prescott, T.J., Lepora, N., Mitchinson, B., Pearson, M., Martinez-Hernandez, U., Grant, R.A. (2020) '4.07 - Active Touch Sensing in Mammals and Robots.' The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference: Volume 1-7, Second Edition. pp. 79-109.

Grant, R.A., Arkley, K. (2015) 'Matched filtering in active whisker touch.' The Ecology of Animal Senses Matched Filters for Economical Sensing. Springer,

Dougill, G., Brassey, C., Starostin, E.L., Andrews, H., Kitchener, A., van der Heijden, G., Goss, V., Grant, R. (2023) 'Describing whisker morphology of the Carnivora.' Journal of Morphology, 284(9) pp. e21628-e21628.

Clear, E., Grant, R., Gardiner, J., Brassey, C. (2023) 'Baculum shape complexity correlates to metrics of post-copulatory sexual selection in Musteloidea.' Journal of Morphology, 284(4) pp. e21572-e21572.

Spurrier, S., Allen, T., Grant, R.A. (2022) 'Investigating foot morphology in rock climbing mammals: inspiration for biomimetic climbing shoes.' Biomimetics, 8(1) pp. 8-8.

Delaunay, M.G., Brassey, C., Larsen, C., Lloyd, H., Grant, R.A. (2022) 'The evolutionary origin of avian facial bristles and the likely role of rictal bristles in feeding ecology.' Scientific Reports, 12pp. 21108-21108.

Grant, R.A., Ryan, H., Breakell, V. (2022) 'Demonstrating a measurement protocol for studying comparative whisker movements with implications for the evolution of behaviour.' Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 384pp. 109752-109752.

Zatrak, M., Brittain, S., Himmelreich, L., Lovick-Earle, S., Pizzi, R., Shaw, K.J., Grant, R.A., Geary, M. (2022) 'Factors affecting the survival of harbor (Phoca vitulina) and gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) juveniles admitted for rehabilitation in the UK and Ireland.' Marine Mammal Science, 39(2) pp. 462-480.

Simanaviciute, U., Brown, R.E., Wong, A., Fertan, E., Grant, R.A. (2022) 'Abnormal whisker movements in the 3xTg-AD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.' Genes, Brain and Behavior, 21(8) pp. e12813-e12813.

Clear, E., Grant, R.A., Carroll, M., Brassey, C.A. (2022) 'A Review and Case Study of 3D Imaging Modalities for Female Amniote Reproductive Anatomy.' Integrative and Comparative Biology, pp. icac027-icac027.

Starostin, E.L., Dougill, G., Grant, R.A., Goss, V.G.A. (2022) 'Morphological peculiarities of a harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) whisker revealed by normal skeletonisation.' Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 17(3) pp. 034001-034001.

Delaunay, M.G., Charter, M., Grant, R.A. (2022) 'Anatomy of bristles on the nares and rictus of western barn owls (Tyto alba).' Journal of Anatomy, 241(2) pp. 527-534.

Grant, R.A., Taraborrelli, L., Allen, T. (2022) 'Morphometrics for sports mechanics: Showcasing tennis racket shape diversity.' PLoS One, 17(1)

Milne, A.O., Orton, L., Black, C.H., Jones, G.C., Sullivan, M., Grant, R.A. (2021) 'California sea lions employ task-specific strategies for active touch sensing.' Journal of Experimental Biology, 224(21) pp. jeb243085-jeb243085.

Grant, R., Dougill, G., Lepora, N. (2021) 'Species-specific whisker morphology affects tactile interactions.' IEEE Xplore, 2021 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC)pp. 1149-1149.

Mynett, N., Mossman, H.L., Huettner, T., Grant, R.A. (2021) 'Diversity of vibrissal follicle anatomy in cetaceans.' The Anatomical Record, 305(3) pp. 609-621.

Milne, A.O., Muchlinski, M.N., Orton, L.D., Sullivan, M.S., Grant, R.A. (2021) 'Comparing vibrissal morphology and infraorbital foramen area in pinnipeds.' The Anatomical Record, 305(3) pp. 556-567.

Grant, R.A., Goss, V.G.A. (2021) 'What can whiskers tell us about mammalian evolution, behaviour, and ecology?.' Mammal Review, 52(1) pp. 148-163.

Landreth, K., Simanaviciute, U., Fletcher, J., Grayson, B., Grant, R., Harte, M.H., Gigg, J. (2021) 'Dissociating the effects of distraction and proactive interference on object memory through tests of novelty preference.' Brain and Neuroscience Advances, 5pp. 1-1.

Allen, T., Grant, R., Mohr, S., Shepherd, J. (2020) 'Measuring behavior in sport and exercise.' Sports Engineering, 23(1)

Dougill, G., Starostin, E.L., Milne, A.O., van der Heijden, G.H.M., Goss, V.G.A., Grant, R.A. (2020) 'Ecomorphology reveals Euler spiral of mammalian whiskers.' Journal of Morphology, 281(10) pp. 1271-1279.

Khayat, R.O.S., Grant, R.A., Ryan, H., Melling, L.M., Dougill, G., Killick, D.R., Shaw, K.J. (2020) 'Investigating cat predation as the cause of bat wing tears using forensic DNA analysis.' Ecology and Evolution, 10(15) pp. 8368-8378.

Khayat, R., Shaw, K., Mead, C., Ryan, H., Dougill, G., Melling, L., Grant, R. (2020) 'Measuring the effect of wing tears on flight in common pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus pipistrellus).' Mammal Communications, 6

Delaunay, M.G., Larsen, C., Lloyd, H., Sullivan, M., Grant, R.A. (2020) 'Anatomy of avian rictal bristles in Caprimulgiformes reveals reduced tactile function in open-habitat, partially diurnal foraging species.' Journal of Anatomy, 237(2) pp. 355-366.

Riedel, G., Grant, R., Sullivan, M., Spink, A. (2020) 'Preface: Special issue on Measuring Behaviour 2018..' Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 337pp. 108681-108681.

Milne, A.O., Smith, C., Orton, L.D., Sullivan, M.S., Grant, R.A. (2020) 'Pinnipeds orient and control their whiskers: a study on Pacific walrus, California sea lion and Harbor seal.' Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 206(3) pp. 441-451.

Starostin, E.L., Grant, R.A., Dougill, G., van der Heijden, G.H.M., Goss, V.G.A. (2020) 'The Euler spiral of rat whiskers.' Science Advances, 6(3) pp. eaax5145-eaax5145.

Simanaviciute, U., Ahmed, J., Brown, R.E., Connor-Robson, N., Farr, T.D., Fertan, E., Gambles, N., Garland, H., Morton, A.J., Staiger, J.F., Skillings, E.A., Trueman, R.C., Wade-Martins, R., Wood, N.I., Wong, A.A., Grant, R.A. (2019) 'Recommendations for measuring whisker movements and locomotion in mice with sensory, motor and cognitive deficits..' Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 331pp. 108532-108532.

Taraborrelli, L., Grant, R., Sullivan, M., Choppin, S., Spurr, J., Haake, S., Allen, T. (2019) 'Materials have driven the historical development of the Tennis Racket.' Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 9(20)

Barbera, A.M., Delaunay, M.G., Dougill, G., Grant, R.A. (2019) 'Paw Morphology in the Domestic Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus) and Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus).' Anatomical Record, 302(12) pp. 2300-2310.

Gillespie, D., Yap, M.H., Hewitt, B.M., Driscoll, H., Simanaviciute, U., Hodson-Tole, E.F., Grant, R.A. (2019) 'Description and validation of the LocoWhisk system: Quantifying rodent exploratory, sensory and motor behaviours.' Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 328pp. 108440-108440.

Khayat, R.O.S., Shaw, K.J., Dougill, G., Melling, L.M., Ferris, G.R., Cooper, G., Grant, R.A. (2019) 'Characterizing wing tears in common pipistrelles (Pipistrellus pipistrellus): investigating tear distribution, wing strength, and possible causes.' Journal of Mammalogy, 100(4) pp. 1282-1294.

Taraborrelli, L., Grant, R., Sullivan, M., Choppin, S., Spurr, J., Haake, S., Allen, T. (2019) 'Recommendations for estimating the moments of inertia of a tennis racket.' Sports Engineering, 22(11) pp. 1-9.

Grant, R., Wong, A., Fertan, E., Brown, R. (2018) 'Whisker exploration behaviours in the 5xFAD mouse are affected by sex and retinal degeneration.' Genes, Brain and Behavior, 19(3) pp. e12532-e12532.

Muchlinski, M.N., Wible, J.R., Corfe, I., Sullivan, M., Grant, R.A. (2018) 'Good Vibrations: the evolution of whisking in small mammals.' Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, 303(1) pp. 89-99.

Grant, R.A., Breakell, V., Prescott, T.J. (2018) 'Whisker touch sensing guides locomotion in small, quadrupedal mammals.' Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1880)

Garland, H., Wood, N.I., Skillings, E.A., Detloff, P.J., Morton, A.J., Grant, R.A. (2017) 'Characterisation of progressive motor deficits in whisker movements in R6/2, Q175 and Hdh knock-in mouse models of Huntington's disease..' Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 300pp. 103-111.

Hewitt, B.M., Yap, M.H., Hodson-Tole, E.F., Kennerley, A.J., Sharp, P.S., Grant, R.A. (2017) 'A novel automated rodent tracker (ART), demonstrated in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis..' Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 300pp. 147-156.

Grant, R.A., Arkley, K., Tiktak, G., Breakell, V., Prescott, T.J. (2017) 'Whisker touch guides canopy exploration in a nocturnal, arboreal rodent, the Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius).' Journal of Comparative Physiology A,

Grant, R.A., Delaunay, M.G., Haidarliu, S. (2016) 'Mystacial whisker layout and musculature in the guinea pig (Cavia porcellus): a social, diurnal mammal.' Anatomical Record, 300(3) pp. 527-536.

Kendall, R., Howard, L., Master, N., Grant, R.A. (2016) 'THE IMPACT OF ELEPHANT ENDOTHELIOTROPIC HERPESVIRUS ON THE CAPTIVE ASIAN ELEPHANT (ELEPHAS MAXIMUS) POPULATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND (1995-2013).' Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine,

Hewitt, B., Yap, M.H., Grant, R.A. (2016) 'Manual Whisker Annotator (MWA): A Modular Open-Source Tool.' Journal of Open Research Software, 4(1) pp. e16-e16.

Grant, R.A., Cielen, N., Maes, K., Heulens, N., Galli, G., Janssens, W., Gayan-Ramirez, G., Degens, H. (2016) 'The effects of smoking on whisker movements: a quantitative measure of exploratory behaviour in rodents.' Behavioural Processes, 128pp. 17-23.

Milne, A.O., Grant, R.A. (2014) 'Characterisation of whisker control in the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) during a complex, dynamic sensorimotor task.' Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 200

Arkley, K., Grant, R.A., Mitchinson, B., Prescott, T.J. (2014) 'Strategy change in vibrissal active sensing during rat locomotion..' Curr Biol, 24(13) pp. 1507-1512.

Grant, R.A., Itskov, P.M., Towal, R.B., Prescott, T.J. (2014) 'Active touch sensing: finger tips, whiskers, and antennae.' Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 8

Grant, R.A., Sharp, P.S., Kennerley, A.J., Berwick, J., Grierson, A., Ramesh, T., Prescott, T.J. (2013) 'Abnormalities in whisking behaviour are associated with lesions in brain stem nuclei in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis..' Behav Brain Res, 259pp. 274-283.

Grant, R.A., Haidarliu, S., Kennerley, N.J., Prescott, T.J. (2013) 'The evolution of active vibrissal sensing in mammals: evidence from vibrissal musculature and function in the marsupial opossum Monodelphis domestica..' J Exp Biol, 216(Pt 18) pp. 3483-3494.

Grant, R., Wieskotten, S., Wengst, N., Prescott, T., Dehnhardt, G. (2013) 'Vibrissal touch sensing in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina): How do seals judge size?.' Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 199(6) pp. 521-533.

Grant, R.A., Sperber, A.L., Prescott, T.J. (2012) 'The role of orienting in vibrissal touch sensing..' Front Behav Neurosci, 6

Grant, R.A., Mitchinson, B., Prescott, T.J. (2012) 'The development of whisker control in rats in relation to locomotion..' Dev Psychobiol, 54(2) pp. 151-168.

Prescott, T., Mitchinson, B., Grant, R. (2011) 'Vibrissal behavior and function.' Scholarpedia, 6(10) pp. 6642-6642.

Mitchinson, B., Grant, R.A., Arkley, K., Rankov, V., Perkon, I., Prescott, T.J. (2011) 'Active vibrissal sensing in rodents and marsupials..' Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 366(1581) pp. 3037-3048.

Grant, R.A., Mitchinson, B., Fox, C.W., Prescott, T.J. (2009) 'Active touch sensing in the rat: anticipatory and regulatory control of whisker movements during surface exploration..' J Neurophysiol, 101(2) pp. 862-874.

Mitchinson, B., Martin, C.J., Grant, R.A., Prescott, T.J. (2007) 'Feedback control in active sensing: rat exploratory whisking is modulated by environmental contact..' Proc Biol Sci, 274(1613) pp. 1035-1041.

Grant, R. (2022) Why don’t we have whiskers? What we can learn from mammalian whisker touch sensing.

Grant, R., Dougill, G., Lepora, N. (2021) 'Species-specific whisker morphology affects tactile interactions.' In 2021 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC). IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC). Montreal, QC, Canada, 6/7/2021 - 9/7/2021. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9517173,

Dougill, G., Starostin, E., van der Heijden, G., Goss, G., Grant, R. (2019) 'Mammalian Whiskers and the Euler Spiral.' In International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. 280. Prague, 21/7/2019 - 25/7/2019. Wiley,

Allen, T.B., Grant, R., Sullivan, M., Taraborrelli, L., Choppin, S., Spurr, J., Haake, S. (2018) 'Recommendations for Measuring Tennis Racket Parameters.' In The 12th Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association. 2. Queensland, Australia, 26/3/2018 - 29/3/2018. MDPI,