News & Events

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.

30.08.2018
 

Sex-specific effects of food supplements on hibernation in free-ranging Common hamsters

Scientific Reports

12.07.2018
 

Developmental behavioral plasticity in foraging mites

The Royal Society Open Science

22.06.2018
 

Master/Diploma Project

Juvenile development and cortisol secretion in European ground squirrels

07.05.2018 13:26
 

Publications


Narins P, Stöger-Horwath A, O’Connell-Rodwell C. Infrasonic and Seismic Communication in the Vertebrates with Special Emphasis on the Afrotheria: An Update and Future Directions. In Vertebrate Sound Production and Acoustic Communication. Springer. 2016. p. 191-227. (Springer Handbook of Auditory Research).

Fitch WT. Laryngeal Descent. In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science . Springer. 2016. p. 1-4

Frischauf C, Kavcik-Graumann N, Nielson E, Rabeder G. The cave bear fauna of Steigelfadbalm on Rigi (Kanton Luzern, Switzerland).. 2016. Paper presented at 22nd International Cave Bear Symposium in Kletno, Kletno, Poland.

Fitch WT. Vertebrate Bioacoustics: Prospects and Open Problems. In Vertebrate Sound Production and Acoustic Communication. Vol. 53. Springer. 2016. p. 297-328. (Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, Vol. 53).

Fitch WT, Suthers RA. Vertebrate vocal production: An introductory overview. In Vertebrate Sound Production and Acoustic Communication . Springer. 2016. p. 1-18

Schöberl GI, Kortekaas K, Schöberl F, Kotrschal K. Algorithm-supported visual error correction (AVEC) of heart rate measurements in dogs, Canis lupus familiaris. Behavior Research Methods. 2015 Dec;47(4):1356-1364. Epub 2014 Dec 25. doi: 10.3758/s13428-014-0546-z

Monti F, Duriez O, Arnal V, Dominici JM, Sforzi A, Fusani L et al. Being cosmopolitan: evolutionary history and phylogeography of a specialized raptor, the Osprey Pandion haliaetus. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2015 Nov 17;15(1):255. doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0535-6

Kalcher-Sommersguter E, Preuschoft S, Franz-Schaider C, Hemelrijk C, Crailsheim K, Massen JJM. Early maternal loss affects social integration of chimpanzees throughout their lifetime. Scientific Reports. 2015 Nov 10;5:16439. doi: 10.1038/srep16439

Sonnweber RS, Massen JJM, Fitch WT. Post-copulatory grooming: a conditional mating strategy? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2015 Nov;69(11):1749-1759. doi: 10.1007/s00265-015-1987-9

Horn L. The dog-owner bond: how does it affect the dog’s behavior?. 2015. Paper presented at 37th International Workshop of the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy.

Bowling D, Fitch WT. Do Animal Communication Systems Have Phonemes? Trends in Cognitive Science. 2015 Oct 1;19(10):555–557. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.08.011

Stocker M, O'sullivan E, Sonnweber RS, Caldwell C. Capuchins’ behavioural and endocrine response to conspecifics’ actions. In Folia Primatologica. 2015

Ravignani A, Westphal Fitch G, Aust U, Schlumpp M, Fitch WT. More than one way to see it: Individual heuristics in avian visual computation. Cognition. 2015 Oct;143:13–24. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2015.05.021

Sonnweber RS, Ravignani A, Stobbe N, Schiestl G, Wallner B, Fitch WT. The role of social styles in grooming patterns and stress alleviation. In Folia Primatologica. 2015. p. 363-364

Baotic A, Stöger-Horwath A. Giraffes may hum to each other at night American Animal Hospital Association. 2015.