Lesley Joy Rogers

Lesley Joy Rogers (born 31 July 1943[1]) is a neurobiologist and emeritus professor of neuroscience and animal behaviour at the University of New England.[2]

Lesley Joy Rogers
Born (1943-07-31) 31 July 1943
Brisbane
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide
Sussex University
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience, animal behaviour, physiology
InstitutionsUniversity of New England
Websitewww.une.edu.au/staff-profiles/science-and-technology/lrogers

Academic career and education

Rogers obtained Bachelor of Science with honours at the University of Adelaide in 1964. She worked in various positions at Harvard University, New England Medical Centre Hospital, University of Sussex, and Open University. She obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in 1971 and a Doctor of Science in 1987, both from the University of Sussex.[1][3]

In 2000, Rogers was made a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.[4]

In 2003, she was awarded the Clarke Medal in zoology from the Royal Society of New South Wales,[5] and also received the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research, the Academic Women's Special Achievement Award and also the Centenary Medal in 2003.[2][6]

In 2009, Rogers was a member of the Voiceless Scientific Expert Advisory Panel.[7]

Publications

Professor Rogers has published over 200 journal articles and 14 books predominantly focussing on the brain and development.[2]

Selected Books
  • Rogers, L.J. and Vallortigara, G. (eds) (2017) Lateralized Brain Functions: Methods in Human and Non-human Species. Springer Nature, Humana Press. ISBN 978-1-4939-6723-0 . (Print) 978-1-4939-6725-4 (Online). NeuroMethods Series, vol. 122.
  • Rogers, Lesley J; Vallortigara, Giorgio; Andrew, Richard J (2013). "Divided Brains: The Biology and Behaviour of Brain Asymmetries". Cambridge University Press . ISBN 9780521183048.
  • Rogers, L.J. and Kaplan, G. (2004) Comparative Vertebrate Cognition: Are Primates Superior to Nonprimates? Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York. ISBN 0-306-47727-0.
  • Kaplan, G. and Rogers, L.J. (2003) Gene Worship: Moving Beyond the Nature/Nurture Debate Over Genes, Brain, and Gender. OtherPress, New York. ISBN 1-59051-034-8.
  • Rogers, L.J. and Andrew, R.J. (2002) Comparative Vertebrate Lateralization. Cambridge University Press, New York. ISBN 0521781612. Re-issued in 2008 - ISBN 978-0-521-78161-9 Hbk and 978-0-521-78700-0 Pbk.
  • Kaplan, G. and Rogers, L.J. (1999) The Orang-utans. Allen and Unwin, St Leonards. ISBN 1-86508-124-8. Also published by Perseus/Hellix Press, N.Y., 2000. ISBN 0-7382-0290-8.
  • Rogers, L.J. and Kaplan, G. (2000) Song, Roars and Rituals: Communication in Birds, Mammals and Other Animals. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. ISBN 0-674-00058-7.
  • Rogers, L.J. (1999) Sexing the Brain. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London ISBN 0-297-84276-5. Also published by Columbia University Press, New York in 2001 (hardback ISBN 0231120109 and paperback 023112011) and by Phoenix Paperback, London, in 2000 (ISBN 0-75381-023-9).
  • Rogers, L.J. (1997) Minds of their Own: Animal Thinking and Awareness. Allen and Unwin, St Leonards ISBN 1-86448-504-3. Also published by Westview Press, Colorado, in 1998 ISBN 0-8133-9065-6.
  • Rogers, L.J.  (1995) The Development of Brain and Behaviour in the Chicken, CAB International, Wallingford, UK. ISBN 0-85198-924-1.
  • Bradshaw, J.L. and Rogers, L.J. (1993) The Evolution of Lateral Asymmetries, Language, Tool Use and Intellect, Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-124560-8.

Selected Journal articles

(refereed research papers only)


Selected Book Chapters
  • Rogers, Lesley J. (2018). "Manual bias, behavior, and cognition in common marmosets and other primates". Progress in Brain Research. 238. Elsevier. pp. 91–113. doi:10.1016/bs.pbr.2018.06.004. ISBN 9780128146712. PMID 30097204.
  • Rogers, L.J. (2017) Eye and ear preferences. In Rogers, L.J. and Vallortigara, G. (eds) Lateralized Brain Functions: Methods in Human and Non-human Species. Humana Press, Springer NeuroMethods Series, vol. 122, pp. 79–102. ISBN 978-1-4939-6723-0.
  • Rogers, L.J. (2011) Sex differences are not “hard-wired”. In J.A. Fisher (ed) Gender and the Science of Difference: Cultural Politics of Contemporary Science and Medicine. Rutgers University Press, New Jersey, pp. 27–42. ISBN 978-0-8135-5046-6 pbk and 978-0-8135-5047-3hbk.
  • Rogers, Lesley J. (2007). "Lateralization in its many Forms, and its Evolution and Development". Special Topics in Primatology. 5. Elsevier. pp. 22–56. doi:10.1016/S1936-8526(07)05002-6. ISBN 9780123741974.
  • Rogers, L.J. and Kaplan, G. (2004) All animals are not equal: the interface between scientific knowledge and the legislation for animal rights? In C.R. Sunstein and M. C. Nussbaum (eds.) Animal Rights: Law and Policy. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 175–202. (ISBN 0-195-15-217-4)
  • Rogers, L.J. (2002) Lateralization in vertebrates: Its early evolution, general pattern and development. Advances in the Study of Behavior, Vol. 31, ed. by P.J.B. Slater, J. Rosenblatt, C. Snowdon and T. Roper (eds), Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 107–162. (ISBN 0-12-004531-1).
  • Rogers, L.J. (2000) Evolution of side biases: Motor versus sensory lateralization. In M.K. Manas, M.B. Bulman-Fleming and G. Tiwari (eds) Side-Bias: A Neuropsychological Perspective. Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (ISBN 0-7923-6660-3), pp. 3–40.
  • Rogers, L.J.  Development of Lateralisation.  In: R.J. Andrew (ed.), Neural and Behavioural Plasticity: The Use of the Domestic Chicken as a Model, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 507–535 (1991).

References
  1. "Rogers, Lesley Joy - Biographical entry - Encyclopedia of Australian Science". Eoas.info. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  2. "lrogers - University of New England". UNE. 24 March 2012. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  3. "Rogers, Lesley J. (Lesley Joy) (1943-) - People and organisations - Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  4. Post Nominals: DPhil DSc FAA. "Professor Lesley Rogers - Australian Academy of Science". Science.org.au. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  5. "Clarke Medal". Royalsoc.org.au. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  6. "Lesley Rogers – The Conversation". Theconversation.com. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  7. "Lesley Rogers". Voiceless. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
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