News & Events

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

Irene Balboni, Alessandra Rampinini, Olga Kepinska, Raphael...

26.08.2025
 

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

by: Janina Anna...

21.07.2025
 

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

 

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/science/elephants-gesturing-trunk.html

 

09.07.2025
 

Congratulations to Prof. Leonida Fusani for receiving a further FWF grant for the project "Mating and bonding decisions in a challenging environment"

05.05.2025
 

Publications


Bila K, Berankova J, Vesely P, Bugnyar T, Schwab C. Responses of urban crows to con- and hetero-specific alarm calls in predator and non-predator zoo enclosures. Animal Cognition. 2017 Jan;20(1):43–51. doi: 10.1007/s10071-016-1047-5

Fitch WT. A major blow to primate neonatal imitation and mirror neuron theory. Behavioral and Brain Sciences: an international journal of current research and theory with open peer commentary. 2017;40:e390.

Kanta N, Kavcik-Graumann N, Lindenbauer J, Pacher M, Rabeder G. A new hyena cave in St. Margarethen (Burgenland, Austria). Aragonit. 2017.

Hoeschele M. Animal Pitch Perception: Melodies and Harmonies. Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews . 2017;12(1):5-18. doi: 10.3819/CCBR.2017.120002

Bugnyar T, Massen JJM. Avian social relations, social cognition and cooperation. In Avian Cognition. Cambridge University Press. 2017. p. 314-336

Bugnyar T. Bernd Heinrich. In Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behaviour . Springer International Publishing AG . 2017

Horn L, Markova G, Windhager S, Massen JJM. Children’s prosocial sharing in a resource allocation paradigm constrained by physical properties, not by conventional rules. In Tagungsband der gemeinsamen Tagung der Fachgruppen Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie. 2017. p. 350

Kotrschal K. Konrad Lorenz. In Vonk J, Shackelford TK, editors, Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. 1 ed. Springer International Publishing. 2017

Hoeschele M. Preface to the Special Issue on Animal Music Perception. Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews . 2017;12:1-14. doi: 10.3819/CCBR.2017.120001

Horn L, Hungerländer NA, Windhager S, Bugnyar T, Massen JJM. Status and friendship affect prosocial behaviour in 6–9-year-old children. In Conference on Cognitive Development (BCCCD 2017). 2017

Bugnyar T. Tecumseh Fitch. In Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behaviour . Springer. 2017

Knaus T, Schopf B, Frischauf C, Kavcik-Graumann N, Rabeder G. The cave bears from Schlenken-Durchgangshöhle (Schlenken Passage Cave, Osterhorn Massiv, Salzburg, Austria). Aragonit. 2017, p. 13-14.

Boch M, Lamm C. The multiple facets of empathy. Animal Sentience. 2017;2(14):14. doi: 10.51291/2377-7478.1278

Kotrschal K. Vom wilden Wolf zum treuen Freund. In Florian S, editor, Unsere Hunde. Herr am Hof Verlag. 2017

Kotrschal K. Warum wirken Tiere in der Pädagogik? Erziehung und Unterricht. 2017;9-10:696-706.

Martins M, Martins IP, Fitch WT. A novel approach to investigate recursion and iteration in visual hierarchical processing. Behavior Research Methods. 2016 Dec;48:1421–1442. doi: 10.3758/s13428-015-0657-1

Fitch WT, de Boer B, Mathur N, Ghazanfar AA. Monkey vocal tracts are speech-ready. Science Advances. 2016 Dec;2(12):e1600723. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1600723

Auersperg A, Borasinski S, Laumer I, Kacelnik A. Goffin’s cockatoos make the same tool type from different materials. Biology Letters. 2016 Nov 1;12(11):20160689. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0689

Deventer S, Uhl F, Bugnyar T, Miller R, Fitch WT, Schiestl M et al. Behavioural Type Affects Space Use in a Wild Population of Crows (Corvus corone). Ethology. 2016 Nov;122(11):881–891. doi: 10.1111/eth.12536

Zaccaroni M, Della Seta D, Farabollini F, Fusani L, Dessi-Fulgheri F. Developmental Exposure to Very Low Levels of Ethynilestradiol Affects Anxiety in a Novelty Place Preference Test of Juvenile Rats. Neurotoxicity Research. 2016 Nov;30(4):553–562. doi: 10.1007/s12640-016-9645-1

Miller R, Schwab C, Bugnyar T. Explorative Innovators and Flexible Use of Social Information in Common Ravens (Corvus corax) and Carrion Crows (Corvus corone). Journal of Comparative Psychology. 2016 Nov;130(4):328-340. doi: 10.1037/com0000039

Schwing R, Jocteur E, Wein A, Noe R, Massen JJM. Kea cooperate better with sharing affiliates. Animal Cognition. 2016 Nov;19(6):1093-1102. doi: 10.1007/s10071-016-1017-y

Herbst CT, Unger J, Herzel H, Švec JG, Lohscheller J. Phasegram Analysis of Vocal Fold Vibration Documented With Laryngeal High-speed Video Endoscopy. Journal of Voice. 2016 Nov;30(6):771.e1-771.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2015.11.006