Robert Dooling
Robert J. Dooling | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Psychologist and academic |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.S., Biology and Chemistry M.S., Biology and Psychology Ph.D., Physiological Psychology |
| Alma mater | Creighton University St. Louis University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Maryland |
Robert J. Dooling is an American psychologist and an academic. He is an emeritus as well as a research professor at the University of Maryland.
Dooling has conducted research on hearing and neuroethology, with a focus on understanding how birds and other animals communicate with one another acoustically and drawing parallels between human and animal hearing and communication. He has authored and edited books including Comparative Hearing: Birds and Reptiles and The Comparative Psychology of Audition: Perceiving Complex Sound.
As of June 2025, Dooling's research has been cited 5300 times according to Scopus.