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What enables human language? A biocultural framework

 

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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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Dittrich C, Mangione R, Marquis O, Ringler E, Lemaire J. Ecological and Behavioral Implications of Multiple Paternity in the Smooth-Fronted Caiman in French Guiana. Ecology and Evolution. 2025 Apr;15(4):e71337. Epub 2025 Apr 23. doi: 10.1002/ece3.71337

Nhlapo KB, Cunningham SJ, Sumasgutner P, Ganswindt A, McKechnie AE, Ngcamphalala CA. High human presence is correlated with lower faecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in an urban bird population. Hormones and Behavior. 2025 Apr;170:105724. Epub 2025 Mar 18. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2025.105724

MacaqueNet, De Moor D, Skelton M, Amici F, Arlet ME, Balasubramaniam KN et al. MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large‐scale collaboration. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2025 Apr;94(4):519-534. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.14223, 10.1111/1365-2656.14223

Kepinska O, Dalboni da Rocha JL, Tuerk C, Hervais-Adelman A, Bouhali F, Green D et al. Auditory cortex anatomy reflects multilingual phonological experience. eLife. 2025 Mar 26;12:RP90269. doi: 10.7554/eLife.90269

Steininger M, White M, Lengersdorff L, Zhang L, Smalley AJ, Kühn S et al. Nature exposure induces analgesic effects by acting on nociception-related neural processing. Nature Communications. 2025 Mar 13;16(1):2037. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56870-2

Santacá M, Carabba F, Mihindukulasooriya Fernando A, Pitocco E, Battaglini L, Granziol U. Exploring the classical and numerical Delboeuf illusion: the impact of transcranial alternating current stimulation on magnitude processing. PeerJ. 2025 Mar 10;13:e19064. Epub 2025 Mar 10. doi: 10.7717/peerj.19064

Popescu T, Fitch WT. Music and animal song follow a mode of extra-genomic evolution similar to that of language. Physics of Life Reviews. 2025 Mar 8;53(July 2025):141-143. doi: 10.1016/j.plrev.2025.02.009

Lemaire J, Mangione R, Spießberger M, Burgstaller S, Staufer M, Gruber E et al. Mercury contamination in the European green toad Bufotes viridis in Vienna, Austria. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 2025 Mar 1;292:117957. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2025.117957

Sadaphal DP, Blum CR, Keller PE, Fitch WT. Beyond perfect synchrony: shared interpersonal rhythmic timing enhances self-other merging judgements. Royal Society Open Science. 2025 Mar;12(3):241501. doi: 10.1098/rsos.241501

Vanhooland LC, Mager C, Teuben A, Bugnyar T, Massen JJM. Comparing the Performances of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in Two Self-Awareness Tasks. American Journal of Primatology. 2025 Mar;87(3):e70010. Epub 2025 Mar. doi: 10.1002/ajp.70010

Prost S, Elbers JP, Slezacek J, Hykollari A, Fuselli S, Smith S et al. The unexpected loss of the 'hunger hormone' ghrelin in true passerines: a game changer in migration physiology. Royal Society Open Science. 2025 Mar;12(3):242107. doi: 10.1098/rsos.242107

Gutiérrez A, Anchundia D, Green R, L. Pike C, Pibaque P, Sevilla C et al. RESTAURACIÓN DEL HÁBITAT PARA CONSERVAR AL PEQUEÑO PÁJARO BRUJO Pyrocephalus nanus (TYRANNIDAE) EN LA ISLA SANTA CRUZ, GALÁPAGOS. Revista Ecuatoriana de Ornitología. 2025 Feb 27;11:70-71. doi: 10.18272/reo.vi11.3660

Frasnelli E, Chivers BD, Smith BC, Fitch WT. Rats can distinguish (and generalize) among two white wine varieties. Animal Cognition. 2025 Feb 21;28(1):16. doi: 10.1007/s10071-025-01937-2

McGetrick J, Brosche K, Nanchen C, Rault JL. Pigs solve a cooperative task without showing a clear understanding of the need for a partner. Scientific Reports. 2025 Feb 11;15(1):5095. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-84529-3

Katerkamp A, Horn L. Preschoolers' prosocial behavior in groups—Testing effects of dominance, popularity, and friendship. Frontiers in Psychology. 2025 Feb 11;16:1478493. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1478493

Mohammed A, Rampinini A, Balboni I, Berthele R, Golestani N, Kepinska O. Multilingualism and Working Memory: The Role of Formal vs. Informal Language Learning. 2025 Feb 6. doi: 10.31219/osf.io/u7s43_v1

Kofler B, Tebbich S, Cueva J, Mauchamp-Fessl M, Schmied A, Andrade E et al. TÉCNICA DE SPRITZ DE NIDOS PARA MITIGAR EL IMPACTO DE LA MOSCA VAMPIRO AVIAR EN LAS ISLAS GALÁPAGOS. Revista Ecuatoriana de Ornitología. 2025 Feb 1;11:56–57. doi: 10.18272/reo.vi11.3673

Common L, Kotz PS, Colombelli‑Négrel D, Kleindorfer S. Ordinal-Level Resilience of Invertebrates After Fire Events in Eucalypt Woodlands of South-Eastern Australia. Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere. 2025 Feb;50(2):e70024. doi: 10.1111/aec.70024

Miller R, Böckle M, Ridgway S, Richardson J, Uhl F, Bugnyar T et al. Social attention across development in common ravens and carrion crows. Animal Behaviour. 2025 Feb;220(February 2025):123038. Epub 2024 Dec 27. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.11.016

Marks RA, Bouhali F, Sun X, Caballero JN, Kepinska O, Uchikoshi Y et al. Functional connectivity fingerprints of emerging reading skill in the first months of schooling. 2025 Jan 30. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/b3rp2_v1

Loveland JL, Zemella A, Jovanovic V, Möller G, Sager CP, Bastos B et al. A single gene orchestrates androgen variation underlying male mating morphs in ruffs. Science. 2025 Jan 23;387(6732):406–412. doi: 10.1126/science.adp5936

Van der Aa J, Fitch WTS. Evidence for a shared cognitive mechanism underlying relative rhythmic and melodic perception. Frontiers in Psychology. 2025 Jan 15;15:1512262. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1512262

Rampinini A, Balboni I, Kepinska O, Berthele R, Golestani N. NEBULA101: an open dataset for the study of language aptitude in behaviour, brain structure and function. Scientific Data. 2025 Jan 6;12:19. doi: 10.1101/2024.08.27.609682

Massen JJM, Boucherie PH, Bugnyar T. Third-party interventions of common ravens, Corvus corax. Animal Behaviour. 2025 Jan 6;219(January 2025):123004. Epub 2024 Nov 8. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.10.018

Nguyen TH, Schausberger P. Maternal diet exerts sex-specific effects on offspring’ personalities in predatory mites. bioRxiv. 2025 Jan 1;2025.06.13.659584. Epub 2025 Jan 1. doi: 10.1101/2025.06.13.659584

Jean-Joseph H, Kortekaas K, Range F, Kotrschal K. Decreased risk-proneness with increasing age in equally raised and kept wolves and dogs. PLoS ONE. 2025 Jan;20(1):e0313916. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313916

Hochleitner L, Korpimaki E, Chakarov N, Isaksson C, Nebel C, Renner S et al. Diet diversity, individual heterozygosity and habitat heterogeneity influence health parameters in Eurasian Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus). Ibis. 2025 Jan;167(1):145-160. Epub 2024 Jul 17. doi: 10.1111/ibi.13345

Schausberger P, Nguyen TH. Early social isolation disrupts adult personality expression in group-living mites. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2025 Jan;94(1):45-57. Epub 2024 Aug 23. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.14169

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