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Aligning Statistical Models with Inference Goals in the Neuroscience of Language: A Dual-Dependency Taxonomy

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EthoGes2026 (18–21 February 2026) and DK Symposium Cognition and Communication (23–24 February 2026)

21.11.2025
 

What enables human language? A biocultural framework

 

Inbal Arnon, Liran Carmel, Nicolas Claidière, W. Tecumseh Fitch, Susan Goldin-Meadow, Simon...

22.09.2025
 

Brain activation for language and its relationship to cognitive and linguistic measures

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"Startling ravens Corvus corax at foraging: differences in anti-predator behaviour can be explained by age rather than personality"

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21.07.2025
 

A nice press release on gestures in elephants. Well done!

 

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Klump B, Auersperg A. Avian tool use in the wild. In Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. 3 ed. Elsevier Academic Press. 2026

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Bouton S, Chambon V, Golestani N, Formisano E, Proix T, Giraud AL. Aligning Statistical Models with Inference Goals in the Neuroscience of Language : A Dual-Dependency-Taxonomy. 2026 Jan 9. Epub 2026 Jan 9. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/8vwcs_v2

Ye H, Šlipogor V, Hanson BT, Séneca J, Hausmann B, Herbold CW et al. Associations between gut microbiota and personality traits: insights from a captive common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) colony. Microbiology Spectrum. 2026 Jan 6;14(1):e00443-25. Epub 2025 Nov 18. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00443-25

Bouton S, Chambon V, Golestani N, Formisano E, Proix T, Giraud AL. Aligning statistical models with inference goals in the neuroscience of language: A dual-dependency taxonomy. Imaging Neuroscience. 2026;4:IMAG.a.1132. doi: 10.1162/IMAG.a.1132

Dunn JC, Pedersen E, Farmer H, Dobbs P, Fitch WT, Reby D et al. Honestly exaggerated: howler monkey roars are reliable signals of body size and behaviourally relevant to listeners. Animal Behaviour. 2026;231(January 2026):123424. Epub 2025 Dec 19. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123424

MacGillavry T, Toyama KS, Fusani L. Allometry, sexual dimorphism, and sexual trait elaboration in the birds of paradise. Evolution. 2025 Dec 23;qpaf263. Epub 2025 Dec 23. doi: 10.1093/evolut/qpaf263

García-Loor J, Trujillo G. F, Trujillo G. J, Alarcón I. NOTAS SOBRE LA BIOLOGÍA REPRODUCTIVA DE LA TÓRTOLA OREJUDA Zenaida auriculata (COLUMBIDAE) EN DOS LOCALIDADES DE LA PROVINCIA DE PICHINCHA, ECUADOR. Revista Ecuatoriana de Ornitología. 2025 Dec 23;11(2):114-123. doi: 10.18272/a86m1z13

Van der Aa J, Koliander G, Fitch WTS, Hoeschele M. Novel Approach to Inter-Onset-Interval Ratio Uncovers Music-Like Rhythmic Patterns in Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) Warble Song. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2025 Dec 16;1. doi: 10.1111/nyas.70164

Anchundia DJ, Lam AW, Henderson JB, Dam MHV, Pike CL, Tebbich S et al. Phylogeny, population structure, and conservation genomics of Galapagos vermilion flycatchers (genus Pyrocephalus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2025 Dec 16;216:108524. Epub 2025 Dec 16. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108524

Reichebner M, Headland T, McPherson SC, Colombelli‑Négrel D, Kleindorfer S, Sumasgutner P. Home Range Sizes of Urban Nankeen Kestrels in South Australia. The Journal of Raptor Research. 2025 Dec 12;60(1):1-16. Epub 2025 Dec 12. doi: 10.3356/jrr2512

Frigerio D, Boby J, Cantele M, Colombelli‑Négrel D, Kleindorfer S. Cutting-Edge Techniques Show That Greylag Geese Have Individual Faces! Frontiers for Young Minds. 2025 Dec 8. doi: 10.3389/frym.2025.1560275

Chimento M, Dalmaijer ES, Klump BC, Aplin LM. Temporal dynamics and policy implications in an innovation arms race. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2025 Dec 4;380(1940):20240265. Epub 2025 Jun 10. doi: 10.1101/2025.02.13.638049, 10.1098/rstb.2024.0265

Bayram B, Meijer D, Barumerli R, Spierings M, Baumgartner R, Pomper U. Bayesian prior uncertainty and surprisal elicit distinct neural patterns during sound localization in dynamic environments. Scientific Reports. 2025 Dec;15(1):7931. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-90269-9

Bapat A, Kempf AE, Friry S, Boucherie P, Bugnyar T. Patterns of object play behaviour and its functional implications in free-flying common ravens. Scientific Reports. 2025 Dec;15(1):137. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-83856-9

Skrábal J, Raab M, Raab R, Grüebler MU, Kormann UG, Scherler P et al. Red kite (Milvus milvus) collision risk is higher at wind turbines with larger rotors and lower clearance, evidenced by GPS tracking. Biological Conservation. 2025 Dec;312(111482). doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111482

Schausberger P, Usugi S, Wang C, Hinomoto N. Mating frequency mediates personality expression in facultatively polyandrous mites. BMC Biology. 2025 Nov 27;23. doi: 10.1186/s12915-025-02474-7.

Kofler B, Mauchamp-Fessl M, Poveda-Pazmiño C, Causton CE, Tebbich S, Fessl B. Innovations in invasive parasite control: enhancing nest treatment techniques to combat the threat of the avian vampire fly Philornis downsi in Galapagos. Frontiers in Conservation Science. 2025 Nov 25;6. doi: 10.3389/fcosc.2025.1591266

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