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

by Sophie Bouton, Valérian Chambon,...

06.02.2026 14:48
 

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

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

 

Publications


Popescu T, Schiavio A, Haiduk F. Editorial for the special issue on "Prediction, Creativity, and Cultural Evolution in Music Cognition". Journal of cognition. 2024;7(1):69. 69. doi: 10.5334/joc.399

Fitch WTS, Zuberbühler K. Group Vocal Displays, Anti-Predator Behaviour and the Evolution of Musicality. In Tbilisi JJ, editor, Defense strategies in early human evolution. Georgia: Logos Verlag. 2024. p. 15-34

Anchundia Gonzalez DJ, Green R, Pike C, Gutiérrez G, Pibaque P, Chango R et al. Habitat restoration to conserve the Little Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus nanus on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos. Bird Conservation International. 2024;34:1-10. e14.

Bouton S, Chambon V, Golestani N, Formisano E, Proix T, Giraud AL. Interpretability of statistical approaches in speech and language neuroscience. PsyArXiv. 2024. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/8vwcs

Muir J, Herbst CT, Hawes JE, O'Mahoney TG, Dunn JC. Nonlinear phenomena in mammalian vocal communication: an introduction and scoping review. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2024.

Hosseini A, Hosseini M, Schausberger P. Plant-growth promoting rhizobacteria enhance defense of strawberry plants against spider mites. In Proceedings of 25th Iranian Plant Protection Congress. 2024

Stengelin R, Bohn M, Sánchez-Amaro A, Haun D, Thiele M, Daum M et al. Responsible research is also concerned with generalizability: Recognizing efforts to reflect upon and increase generalizability in hiring and promotion decisions in psychology. Meta-psychology. 2024;8. doi: 10.15626/MP.2023.3695

Bulla M, Küpper C, Lank DB, Albrechtová J, Loveland JL, Martin K et al. Sperm swimming speed and morphology differ slightly among the three genetic morphs of ruff sandpiper (Calidris pugnax), but show no clear polymorphism. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2024;12:1476254. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1476254

Katsis A, Evans C, Common L, Colombelli‑Négrel D, Kleindorfer S. Intraspecific fledgling adoption by a pair of Superb Fairy-wrens Malurus cyaneus. Australian Field Ornithology. 2023 Dec;40:49-55. doi: 10.20938/afo40049055

Nguyen T, Reisner S, Lueger A, Wass SV, Hoehl S, Markova G. Sing to me, baby: Infants show neural tracking and rhythmic movements to live and dynamic maternal singing. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 2023 Dec;64:101313. Epub 2023 Oct 24. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101313

Fitch WT. Cellular computation and cognition. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 2023 Nov 23;17:1107876. doi: 10.3389/fncom.2023.1107876

Frigerio D, Hohl AG, Puehringer-Sturmayr V, Colombelli-Négrel D, Kleindorfer S. A direct personal experience of science and nature changes intended behaviours for conservation. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 2023 Nov 9;147(2):268-287. doi: 10.1080/03721426.2023.2264366

Herbst CT, Prigge T, Garcia M, Hampala V, Hofer R, Weissengruber GE et al. Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies without neural input. Current Biology. 2023 Nov 6;33(21):4727-4732.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.09.014

Ibanez de Aldecoa de Elera P, Tebbich S, Griffin AS. Persistence associated with extractive foraging explains variation in innovation in Darwin’s finches. Behavioral Ecology. 2023 Oct 28;35(1):arad090. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arad090

Hood-Nowotny R, Rabitsch I, Cimadom A, Suarez-Rubio M, Watzinger A, Schmidt Yanez PL et al. Plant invasion causes alterations in Darwin's finch feeding patterns in Galápagos cloud forests. Science of the Total Environment. 2023 Oct 15;895:164990. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164990

Lemaire J. Using Crocodylians for monitoring mercury in the tropics. Ecotoxicology. 2023 Oct 10;32(8):977-993. doi: 10.1007/s10646-023-02703-1

Puehringer-Sturmayr V, Fiby M, Bachmann S, Filz S, Grassmann I, Hoi T et al. Effects of food-based enrichment on enclosure use and behavioral patterns in captive mammalian predators: a case study from an Austrian wildlife park. PeerJ. 2023 Oct 9;11:e16091. doi: 10.7717/PEERJ.16091

MacGillavry T, Spezie G, Fusani L. When less is more: Coy display behaviours and the temporal dynamics of animal courtship. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2023 Oct 4;290(2008):20231684. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1684

Casagrande S, Loveland JL, Oefele M, Boner W, Lupi S, Stier A et al. Dietary nucleotides can prevent glucocorticoid-induced telomere attrition in a fast-growing wild vertebrate. Molecular Ecology. 2023 Oct;32(19):5429-5447. doi: 10.1111/mec.17114

Stückler S, Dawkins XI, Fuxjager MJ, Preininger D. From masquerading to blending in: ontogenetic shifts in antipredator camouflage in Wallace’s flying frogs. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2023 Oct;77(10):102. doi: 10.1007/s00265-023-03376-w

Vanhooland LC, Szabó A, Bugnyar T, Massen JJM. A comparative study of mirror self-recognition in three corvid species. Animal Cognition. 2023 Sept 29;26(1):229-248. doi: 10.1007/s10071-022-01696-4

Kotrschal K. Wolf–Dog–Human: Companionship Based on Common Social Tools. Animals. 2023 Sept 28;13(17):2729. doi: 10.3390/ani13172729

Peignier M, Araya-Ajoy YG, Ringler M, Ringler E. Personality traits differentially affect components of reproductive success in a Neotropical poison frog. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2023 Sept 27;290(2007):20231551. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1551

Sumasgutner P, Nilles T, Hykollari A, Chapa MMD, Isaksson C, Hochleitner L et al. Integument colouration and circulating carotenoids in relation to urbanisation in Eurasian kestrels (Falco tinnunculus). The Science of Nature. 2023 Sept 22;(110):48. doi: 10.1007/s00114-023-01874-5