Vincent 'Gino' J. Coppola, Ph.D.

Vincent 'Gino' J. Coppola, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology
Year started at UF: 2020
Contact Information
Office Location: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Office Room A
Telephone: 419-434-6917
Credentials
A.A., Psychology, Camden County College, 2010
B.A., Psychology, Rowan University, 2012
M.A., Psychology, Bowling Green State University, 2014
Ph.D., Psychology, Bowling Green State University, 2019
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  • ​Coppola, V.J., Caram, H., Robeson, C., Beeler, S., Weigmann, D., Bingman, V.P. (in prep.). The relationship between geometric and feature information for goal-directed navigation in whip spiders (Phrynus Marginemaculatus). To be submitted to Animal Cognition.

    Flanigan, K. A., Wiegmann, D. D., Casto, P., Coppola, V. J., Flesher, N. R., Hebets, E. A., & Bingman, V. P. (2021). Visual control of refuge recognition in the whip spider Phrynus marginemaculatus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-021-01509-y 

    Casto, P., Wiegmann, D. D., Coppola, V. J., Nardi, D., Hebets, E. A., & Bingman, V. P. (2020). Vertical-surface navigation in the Neotropical whip spider Paraphrynus laevifrons (Arachnida: Amblypygi). Animal Cognition, 23(6), 1205-1213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-020-01420-0 

    Coppola, V. J., Nardi, D., & Bingman, V. P. (2021). Age-associated decline in septum neuronal activation during spatial learning in homing pigeons (Columba livia). Behavioural Brain Research, 397, 112948. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112948 

    Casto, P., Wiegmann, D. D., Coppola, V. J., Nardi, D., Hebets, E. A., & Bingman, V. P. (2020). Vertical-surface navigation in the Neotropical whip spider Paraphrynus laevifrons (Arachnida: Amblypygi). Animal Cognition, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-020-01420-0

    Nardi, D., Carpenter, S. E., Johnson, S. R., Gilliland, G. A., Melo, V. L., Pugliese, R., Coppola, V.J., & Kelly, D. M. (2020). Spatial reorientation with a geometric array of auditory cues. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1747021820913295. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021820913295

    Coppola, V. J., & Bingman, V. P. (2020). c-Fos revealed lower hippocampal participation in older homing pigeons when challenged with a spatial memory task. Neurobiology of Aging, 87, 98-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2019.11.019

    Coppola, V. J., & Bingman, V. P. (2019). Aging is associated with larger brain mass and volume in homing pigeons (Columba livia). Neuroscience Letters, 698, 39-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2019.01.007

    Sotelo, M. I., Nardi, D., Payne, K. B., Coppola, V. J., Muzio, R. N., & Bingman, V. P. (2019). Local geometric properties do not support reorientation in hippocampus-engaged homing pigeons. Behavioral Neuroscience, 133(2), 255-264. https://doi.org/10.1037/bne0000298

    Coppola, V. J., Kanyok, N., Schreiber, A. J., Flaim, M. E., & Bingman, V. P. (2016). Changes in hippocampal volume and neuron number co-occur with memory decline in old homing pigeons (Columba livia). Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 131, 117-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2016.03.014

    Herold, C., Coppola, V.J., & Bingman, V.P. (2015). The maturation of research into the avian hippocampal formation: Recent discoveries from one of the nature's foremost navigators. Hippocampus, 25,1193–1211. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.22463

    Coppola, V.J., Flaim, M.E., Carney, S.N., & Bingman, V.P. (2015). An age-related deficit in spatial-feature reference memory in homing pigeons (Columba livia). Behavioural Brain Research, 280, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2014.11.026

    Coppola, V. J., Hough, G., & Bingman, V. P. (2014). Age-related spatial working memory deficits in homing pigeons (Columba livia). Behavioral Neuroscience, 128(6), 666-675. https://doi.org/10.1037/bne0000013

    Gagliardo, A., Pollonara, E., Coppola, V.J., Santos, C.D., Wikelski, M., & Bingman, V.P. (2014). Hippocampal lesioned homing pigeons fly straighter paths home over unfamiliar space: A GPS revelation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 40, 3102–3110. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.12680

    Coppola, V. J., Spencer, J. M., Peterson, R. M., & Bingman, V. P. (2014). Hippocampal lesions in homing pigeons do not impair feature-quality or feature-quantity discrimination. Behavioural Brain Research, 260, 83-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2013.11.038

    Angelone, B., & Coppola, V. (2012). Which side are you on? An exploration of hemispheric specialization and visual attention. Journal of Vision, 12(9), 663.