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09.07.2024
 

A behavioural exploration of language aptitude and experience, cognition and more using Graph Analysis

 

by: Alessandra Rampinini, Irene Balboni,...

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Speech prosody enhances the neural processing of syntax

 

by: Giulio Degano, Peter W. Donhauser, Laura Gwilliams, Paola Merlo & Narly Golestani

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Biomechanics of sound production in high-pitched classical singing

 

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A University of Vienna research team led by Sonia Kleindorfer helps Darwin's finches fly home after seven months in captivity. The finches were kept...

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Evolutionary novelties underlie sound production in baleen whales

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Publications


Degano G, Donhauser PW, Gwilliams L, Merlo P, Golestani N. Speech prosody enhances the neural processing of syntax. bioRxiv. 2023 Jul 3. doi: 10.1101/2023.07.03.547482

Colombelli-Négrel D, Sach IZ, Hough I, Hodgson JC, Daniels CB, Kleindorfer S. Koalas showed limited behavioural response and no physiological response to drones. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 2023 Jul;264:105963. doi: 10.1016/j.applanim.2023.105963

Suwandschieff E, Wein A, Folkertsma R, Bugnyar T, Huber L, Schwing R. Two-action task, testing imitative social learning in kea (Nestor notabilis). Animal Cognition. 2023 Jun 1;26(4):1395-1408. doi: 10.1007/s10071-023-01788-9

Baumann V, Athanasiou AT, Faridani OR, Schwerdtfeger AR, Wallner B, Steinborn R. Corrigendum: Identification of extremely GC-rich micro RNAs for RT-qPCR data normalization in human plasma. Frontiers in Genetics. 2023 May 31;14:1216150. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1216150

Goncalves IB, Ashton BJ, Fischer S. Causes and Consequences of Cognitive Variation in Fishes. Fishes. 2023 May 24;8(6):277. doi: 10.3390/fishes8060277

Federspiel IG, Schmitt V, Schuster R, Rockenbach C, Braun A, Loretto MC et al. Are you better than me? Social comparisons in carrion crows (Corvus corone). Animal Cognition. 2023 May 23;26(4):1353-1368. doi: 10.1007/s10071-023-01785-y

Bhattacharjee D, Cousin E, Pflüger LS, Massen JJM. Prosociality in a despotic society. Iscience. 2023 May 19;26(5):106587. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106587

da Rocha JLD, Kepinska O, Schneider P, Benner J, Degano G, Schneider L et al. Multivariate Concavity Amplitude Index (MCAI) for characterizing Heschl's gyrus shape. NeuroImage. 2023 May 15;272:120052. Epub 2023 Mar 23. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120052

Sumasgutner P, Cunningham SJ, Hegemann A, Amar A, Watson H, Nilsson JF et al. Interactive effects of rising temperatures and urbanisation on birds across different climate zones: A mechanistic perspective. Global Change Biology. 2023 May;29(9):2399-2420. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16645

Katsis AC, Bennett ATD, Buchanan KL, Kleindorfer S, Mariette MM. Prenatal sound experience affects song preferences in male zebra finches. Animal Behaviour. 2023 May;199:1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.02.008

Fuxjager MJ, Ryder TB, Moody NM, Alfonso C, Balakrishnan CN, Barske J et al. Systems biology as a framework to understand the physiological and endocrine bases of behavior and its evolution—From concepts to a case study in birds. Hormones and Behavior. 2023 May;151:105340. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105340

Barske J, Fuxjager MJ, Ciofi C, Natali C, Schlinger BA, Billo T et al. Beyond plumage: acrobatic courtship displays show intermediate patterns in manakin hybrids. Animal Behaviour. 2023 Apr;198:195-205. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.01.020

Fonseca MGB, Hilário HO, Kotrschal K, Range F, Virányi Z, Duarte MHL et al. The Power of Discourse: Associations between Trainers’ Speech and the Responses of Socialized Wolves and Dogs to Training. Animals. 2023 Mar 16;13(6):1071. doi: 10.3390/ani13061071

Osuna-Mascaró AJ, O'Hara M, Folkertsma R, Tebbich S, Beck SR, Auersperg AMI. Flexible tool set transport in Goffin's cockatoos. Current Biology. 2023 Mar 13;33(5):849-857.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.023

Ravignani A, Herbst CT. Voices in the ocean. Science. 2023 Mar 3;379(6635):881-882. doi: 10.1126/science.adg5256

Nurmi NO, Sonnweber R-S, Schülke O, Moscovice L, Deschner T, Hohmann G. Bonobo mothers have elevated urinary cortisol levels during early but not mid or late lactation. Primates. 2023 Mar;64(2):215-225. Epub 2022 Dec 24. doi: 10.1007/s10329-022-01044-7

Ibáñez de Aldecoa P, Auersperg AMI, Griffin AS, Tebbich S. Ratcheting up tool innovation in Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana): The effect of contextually diverse prior experience. Ethology. 2023 Mar;129(3):133-145. Epub 2022 Dec 19. doi: 10.1111/eth.13351

Jafari M, Aghdam HR, Zamani AA, Goldasteh S, Soleyman-Nejadian E, Schausberger P. Thermal oviposition performance of the ladybird Stethorus gilvifrons preying on two-spotted spider mites. Insects. 2023 Feb 16;14(2):199. doi: 10.3390/insects14020199

Perinot E, Fritz J, Fusani L, Voelkl B, Nobile MS. Characterization of bird formations using fuzzy modelling. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 2023 Feb 15;20(199):20220798. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0798