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


Eaton J, Pradhan DS, Barske J, Fusani L, Canoine V, Schlinger BA. 3β-HSD expression in the CNS of a manakin and finch. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 2018 Jan 15;256:43-49. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.09.016

Fitch WT. The biology and evolution of speech: A comparative analysis. Annual Review of Linguistics. 2018 Jan 14;4:255-279. doi: 10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011817-045748

Westphal-Fitch G, Fitch WT. Bioaesthetics: The evolution of aesthetic cognition in humans and other animals. In Christensen JF, Gomila A, editors, The Arts and The Brain: Psychology and Physiology Beyond Pleasure. Elsevier B.V. 2018. p. 3-24. (Progress in Brain Research, Vol. 237). doi: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2018.03.003

Sima MJ, Matzinger T, Bugnyar T, Pika S. Reconciliation and third-party affiliation in carrion crows. Ethology. 2018 Jan;124(1):33–44. Epub 2017 Oct 16. doi: 10.1111/eth.12699

Azola AM, Palmer J, Mulheren R, Hofer R, Fischmeister F, Fitch WT. The Physiology of Oral Whistling: A Combined Radiographic and MRI Analysis. Journal of Applied Physiology. 2018 Jan;124(1):34-39. Epub 2017 Aug 24. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00902.2016

Quigley C, Fusani L. Courtship and Mating. In Swanson P, Skinner MK, editors, Encyclopedia of Reproduction (Second Edition). 2 ed. Vol. 6. Elsevier Academic Press. 2018. p. 67-71 doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.20640-7

Tran U, Voracek M, Kossmeier M, Boch M, Dittrich R, Kühberger A. Das Netzwerk der Open-Science-Initiativen (NOSI) an Psychologie-Instituten: Eine Werkschau von Projekten aus Wien. 2018. Paper presented at 13. Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (ÖGP) 2018, Linz, Austria.

Boch M, Tran U, Voracek M. Eine State-of-the-Art-Replikationsstudie: Close, conceptually extended, endorsed, pre-registered, pre-reviewed. 2018. Paper presented at 13. Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (ÖGP) 2018, Linz, Austria.

Rabeder G, Döppes D, Frischauf C, Kavcik-Graumann N, Kromer B, Lindauer S et al. Extinction pattern of Alpine cave bears, new data and climatological interpretation. Aragonit, Sprava slovenskych jaskyn. 2018;22(1:21).

Fitch WT. Four Principles of Biomusicology. In The Origins of Musicality. MIT Press. 2018. p. 23-48

Graduates of the Project Practicum Human Behavior Consortium, Windhager S, Schäfer K. Patterns of weather-forecast use are consistent with evolutionary explanations of sex differences. In Abstract volume of the 2018 conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society. 2018

Graduates of the Project Practicum Human Behavior Consortium, Windhager S, Schäfer K. Patterns of weather-forecast use are consistent with evolutionary explanations of sex differences. 2018. 30th Annual Meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Fischer S. Predation Risk. In Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. 2018 doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_719-1

Windhager S, Bookstein F, Schäfer K. Stereotyping of facial morphs calibrated by body fat in three age groups. In Abstract volume of the 2018 conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society. 2018

Kotrschal K. The (nearly) complete dog. Current Biology. 2018;28(14). doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.038

Fuxjager MJ, Fusani L, Goller F, Trost L, Maat AT, Gahr M et al. Neuromuscular mechanisms of an elaborate wing display in the golden-collared manakin (Manacus vitellinus). Journal of Experimental Biology. 2017 Dec 15;220(24):4681-4688. doi: 10.1242/jeb.167270

Kotrschal A, Zeng HL, van der Bijl W, Öhman-Mägi C, Kotrschal K, Pelckmans K et al. Evolution of brain region volumes during artificial selection for relative brain size. Evolution. 2017 Dec 1;71(12):2942-2951. doi: 10.1111/evo.13373

Reber SA, Janisch J, Torregrosa K, Darlington J, Vliet KA, Fitch WT. Formants provide honest acoustic cues to body size in American alligators. Scientific Reports. 2017 Dec 1;7:1816. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01948-1

Wascher CAF, Hemetsberger J, Kotrschal K, Frigerio D. Leucocyte profiles and family size in fledgling Greylag Geese (Anser anser). Avian Biology Research. 2017 Dec 1;10(4):246-252. doi: 10.3184/175815617X15036738758871