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


Showing entries 1261 - 1290 out of 1392
Fraser O, Bugnyar T. Ravens reconcile after conflicts with valuable partners. PLoS ONE. 2011. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018118

Müller J, Wilkinson A. Reptilian cognition – teaching tortoises. Practical Reptile Keeping. 2011.

Fitch WT. Reweaving the strands: Welcoming diverse perspectives on the biology of music. In Rebuschat P, Rohmeier M, Hawkins JA, Cross I, editors, Language and Music as Cognitive Systems. Unknown publisher. 2011. p. 128-136

Teschke I, Cartmill EA, Stankewitz S, Tebbich S. Sometimes tool use is not the key: No evidence for cognitive adaptive specializations in tool-using woodpecker finches. Animal Behaviour. 2011;82(5):945-956. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.07.032

Müller J, Hall G, Wilkinson A. Spatial cognition in reptiles. In Reptiles: Biology, Behavior and Conservation. Unknown publisher. 2011. p. 81-100

Fitch WT. The Biology and Evolution of Rhythm: Unravelling a Paradox. In Rebuschat P, Rohmeier M, Hawkins JA, Cross I, editors, Language and Music as Cognitive Systems. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2011. p. 73-95

Fitch WT. The evolution of syntax: An exaptationist perspective. Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience. 2011;3(9):1-12. doi: 10.3389/fnevo.2011.00009

Fitch WT. Unity and diversity in human language. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 2011;366(1563):376-388.

Stöger A, Charlton B, Kratochvil H, Fitch WT. Vocal cues indicate level of arousal in infant African elephant roars. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2011;130(3):1700-1710.

Charlton B, Swaisgood RR, Keating JL, Huang Y, Rengui L, Kersey D. Vocal cues to male androgen levels in giant pandas. Biology Letters. 2011;7(1):71-74.

Fitch WT, Braccini S, Schapiro S, Lambeth S. Bipedal Tool Use Strengthens Chimpanzee Hand Preferences. Journal of Human Evolution. 2010;58(3):234-241.

Viranyi Z, Huber L, Range F, Farago T, Miklósi Á, Pongrácz P. Dogs’ Expectation about Signalers’ Body Size by Virtue of Their Growls. PLoS ONE. 2010;5(12). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015175

Fraser O, Bugnyar T. Do ravens show consolation? Responses to distressed other. PLoS ONE. 2010;5(5). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010605

Huber L. Ein vorsprachliches Ich? Evolutionsbiologische Aspekte. In Düringer H, Meisinger H, Schmidt WR, editors, Arnoldshainer Texte. Frankfurt am Main: Haag und Herchen. 2010. p. 51-75

Fitch WT, Herbst C, Svec J. Electroglottographic wavegrams: A technique for visualizing vocal fold dynamics noninvasively. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2010;128(5):3070-3078.

Pollirer M, Machatschke I, Apfalter W, Huber L. Free Movement of Living Prey Affects Hunting Behaviour of Archer Fish (Toxotes chatareus). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 2010.

Wilkinson AC, Bugnyar T, Huber L. Gaze-following in the red-footed tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria). Animal Cognition. 2010;13:765-769. doi: 10.1007/s10071-010-0320-2

Wascher C, Fraser O, Kotrschal K. Heart Rate during Conflicts Predicts Post-Conflict Stress-Related Behavior in Greylag Geese. PLoS ONE. 2010;5(12). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015751

Fitch WT. How Language Evolved: Putting it to the test. New Scientist: the global science and technology weekly. 2010.

Fessl B, Young GH, Young RP, Rodríguez-Matamoros J, Dvorak M, Tebbich S et al. How to save the rarest Darwin's finch from extinction: the mangrove finch on Isabela Island. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 2010;365(1543):1019-1030. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0288

Müller C, Cant M. Imitation and Traditions in Wild Banded Mongooses. Current Biology. 2010;20(1171). doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.04.037

Showing entries 1261 - 1290 out of 1392