News & Events

08.10.2018
 

Spatenstich für neue Konrad-Lorenz-Forschungsstelle in Grünau

 

Der Wildpark Grünau und die Konrad-Lorenz-Forschungsstelle der Universität Wien pflegen in den Bereichen Tierhaltung und Wissensvermittlung seit...

05.10.2018
 

Programme winter term 2018

04.10.2018
 

Wir freuen uns, dass wir Teil des "BE OPEN - Science & Society Festival" des FWF vom 8.-12. September 2018 am Maria Theresienplatz in Wien sein...

02.10.2018
 

TICS Special Issue: Time in the Brain

"The Evolution of Rhythm Processing"

S.A.Kotz; A.Ravignani; W.T.Fitch

 

 

02.10.2018
 

Munia and Rufus, two CogBio ravens from Haidlhof Research Station have successfully been relocated to the brand new raven aviary of the Zoo Vienna.

08.09.2018
 

CogBio at FWF "Be-Open Festival" 08.-12.September 2018

The Department of Cognitive Biology Vienna is proud to be participating in the Be Open Festival of the FWF as part of their 50 Years FWF festivities.

Publications


Filippi P, Gingras B, Fitch WT. Pitch enhancement facilitates word learning across visual contexts. Frontiers in Psychology. 2014 Dec 22;5:1468. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01468

Ringler M, Ringler E. Individual genetic tracking: An island experiment in the neotropical frog Allobates femoralis. 2014. Paper presented at IV. Congreso Colombiano de Zoología, Cartagena, Colombia.

Miller R, Schiestl M, Whiten A, Schwab C, Bugnyar T. Tolerance and Social Facilitation in the Foraging Behaviour of Free-Ranging Crows (Corvus corone corone; C. c. cornix). Ethology. 2014 Dec 1;120(12):1248-1255. 10.1111/eth.12298. doi: 10.1111/eth.12298

Geissler A, Matt E, Fischmeister F, Wurnig M, Dymerska B, Knosp E et al. Differential functional benefits of ultra highfield MR systems within the language network. NeuroImage. 2014 Dec;103:163-170. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.09.036

Pasukonis A, Warrington I, Ringler M, Hödl W. Poison frogs rely on experience to find the way home in the rainforest. Biology Letters. 2014 Nov 1;10(11):20140642. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0642

Stöger-Horwath A, Manger P. Vocal learning in elephants: neural bases and adaptive context. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 2014 Oct 28;28:101-107. Epub 2014 Jul 23. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.07.001

Auersperg A, von Bayern A, Weber S, Szabadvari A, Bugnyar T, Kacelnik A. Social transmission of tool use and tool manufacture in Goffin cockatoos (Cacatua goffini). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 2014 Oct 22;281(1793):20140972. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0972

Dias Martins MDJ, Laaha S, Freiberger EM, Choi S, Fitch WTS. How children perceive fractals: Hierarchical self-similarity and cognitive development. Cognition. 2014 Oct;133(1):10-24. Epub 2014 Jun 20. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2014.05.010

Garcia M, Wyman MT, Charlton BD, Fitch WT, Reby D. Response of red deer stags (Cervus elaphus) to playback of harsh versus common roars. Naturwissenschaften. 2014 Oct;101(10):851-854. 10.1007/s00114-014-1217-8. Epub 2014 Aug 14. doi: 10.1007/s00114-014-1217-8

Gunhold-de Oliveira T, Whiten A, Bugnyar T. Video demonstrations seed alternative problem-solving techniques in wild common marmosets. Biology Letters. 2014 Sept 1;10(9):20140439. 20140439. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0439

Westphal Fitch G, Fitch WT. FlexTiles: A Software for Studying Geometrical Pattern Production and Preference. 2014. Paper presented at 23rd IAEA Congress on Empirical Aesthetics, New York, United States.

Ringler M, Pasukonis A, Ringler E. Island of the frogs: Population experiments with the Poison Frog Allobates Femoralis. 2014. Paper presented at XV Congress of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE 2014), New York, United States.

Martins M, Fischmeister F, Puig-Waldmüller ES, Oh J, Geißler A, Robinson S et al. Fractal Image Perception provides Novel Insights into Hierarchical Cognition. NeuroImage. 2014 Aug 1;96:300-308. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.03.064

Mueller-Paul JS, Wilkinson A, Aust U, Steurer M, Hall G, Huber L. Touchscreen performance and knowledge transfer in the red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaria). Behavioural Processes. 2014 Jul;106:187–192. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.06.003

Massen JJM, Dusch K, Eldakar O, Gallup A. A thermal window for yawning in humans: Yawning as a Brain Cooling Mechanism. Physiology & Behavior. 2014 May 10;130:145-148. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.03.032

Schwab C. Unheimlich schlau: Mögen Sie Krähen Bayerischer Rundfunk. 2014.

Charlton BD, Wyman MT, Locatelli Y, Fitch WT, Reby D. Do red deer hinds prefer stags that produce harsh roars in mate choice contexts? Journal of Zoology. 2014 May;293(1):57-62. doi: 10.1111/jzo.12120

Pasukonis A, Loretto MC, Landler L, Ringler M, Hoedl W. Homing trajectories and initial orientation in a Neotropical territorial frog, Allobates femoralis (Dendrobatidae). Frontiers in Zoology. 2014 Mar 25;11(1):29. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-11-29