• Research Areas

    • Behavioural lateralization
    • Individuality
    • Social behaviour, cooperation, reciprocity

  • CV

    Education

    Ph.D. studies at the Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology, University of Münster
    Master of Science in Biology, Department of Behavioral Ecology, University of Bern, Switzerland
    Bachelor of Science in Biology, Department of Behavioral Ecology, University of Bern, Switzerland

    Positions

    Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Münster
    PhD student at the Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Münster

  • Publications

    • Stieger B, Wesseler Y, Kaiser S, Sachser N, Richter SH. . ‘Behavioral lateralization of mice varying in serotonin transporter genotype.’ Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 16: 1095567. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1095567.
    • Stieger B, Palme R, Kaiser S, Sachser N, Richter SH. . ‘When left is right: The effects of paw preference training on behaviour in mice.’ Behavioural Brain Research 430, No. 113929.
    • Stieger B, Melotti L, Quante SM, Kaiser S, Sachser N, Richter SH. . ‘A step in the right direction: the effect of context, strain and sex on paw preference in mice.’ Animal Behaviour 174: 21–30. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.01.012.
    • Stieger, B; Schweinfurth, MK; Taborsky, M. . ‘Reciprocal allogrooming among unrelated Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) is affected by previously received cooperative, affiliative and aggressive behaviours.’ Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71, No. 182. doi: 10.1007/s00265-017-2406-1.
    • Schweinfurth, MK; Stieger, B; Taborsky, M. . ‘Experimental evidence for reciprocity in allogrooming among wild-type Norway rats.’ Scientific Reports 7: 4010. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-03841-3.