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01.07.2024
 

Speech prosody enhances the neural processing of syntax

 

by: Giulio Degano, Peter W. Donhauser, Laura Gwilliams, Paola Merlo & Narly Golestani

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Biomechanics of sound production in high-pitched classical singing

 

by: Matthias Echternach, Fabian Burk, Marie Köberlein, Michael Döllinger,...

17.04.2024
 

A University of Vienna research team led by Sonia Kleindorfer helps Darwin's finches fly home after seven months in captivity. The finches were kept...

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Evolutionary novelties underlie sound production in baleen whales

by Coen P. H. Elemans, Weili Jiang, Mikkel H. Jensen, Helena Pichler, Bo R....

08.03.2024
 

A Behavioural Exploration of Language Aptitude and Experience, Cognition and More Using Graph Analysis

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An automated, data-driven approach to children's social dynamics in space and time

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Publications


Nebel C, Sumasgutner P, McPherson SC, Tate GJ, Amar A. Contrasting parental color morphs increase regularity of prey deliveries in an African raptor. Behavioral Ecology. 2020 Jul 1;31(5):1142-1149. doi: 10.1093/beheco/araa063

Huber N, Canoine V, Cornils J, Maggini I, Cardinale M, Ruf T et al. Leukocyte coping capacity as a complementary stress metric in migrating birds. Journal of Ornithology. 2020 Jul;161(3):909–913. doi: 10.1007/s10336-020-01774-9

Wilson B, Spierings M, Ravignani A, Mueller JL, Mintz TH, Wijnen F et al. Non-adjacent Dependency Learning in Humans and Other Animals. Topics in Cognitive Science. 2020 Jul;12(3):843-858. doi: 10.1111/tops.12381

Sumasgutner P, Jenkins A, Amar A, Altwegg R. Nest boxes buffer the effects of climate on breeding performance in an African urban raptor. PLoS ONE. 2020 Jun 24;15(6):e0234503. e0234503. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234503

Rodríguez Lopez C, Amezquita A, Ringler M, Pasukonis A, Hoedl W. Calling amplitude flexibility and acoustic spacing in the territorial frog Allobates femoralis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2020 Jun 5;74(6):76. doi: 10.1007/s00265-020-02857-6

Sonnleitner R, Ringler M, Loretto MC, Ringler E. Experience shapes accuracy in territorial decision-making in a poison frog. Biology Letters. 2020 May 27;16(5). doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0094

Stocker M, Loretto MC, Sterck EHM, Bugnyar T, Massen JJM. Cooperation with closely bonded individuals reduces cortisol levels in long-tailed macaques. Royal Society Open Science. 2020 May 13;7(5):191056. doi: 10.1098/rsos.191056

Schausberger P, Cekin D. Plastic female choice to optimally balance (k)in- and out-breeding in a predatory mite. Scientific Reports. 2020 May 12;10(1):7861. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64793-9

Loretto MC, Schuster R, Federspiel IG, Heinrich B, Bugnyar T. Contextual imitation in juvenile common ravens, Corvus corax. Animal Behaviour. 2020 May;163:127-134. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.03.007

Tkaczynski P, Samuni L, Sonnweber R, Deschner T, Vigilant L, Lohrrich T et al. Mum's the Word: the Lasting Impacts of Maternal Loss on Offspring Survival, Growth and Reproductive Success in Wild Chimpanzees. Folia Primatologica. 2020 May;91(3):276-277. doi: 10.1159/000502392

Fischer MT, Ringler M, Ringler E, Pauskonis A. Reproductive behavior drives female space use in a sedentary Neotropical frog. PeerJ. 2020 Apr 17;8(4):e8920. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8920

Walter K, Conroy-Beam D, Buss DM, Asao K, Sorokowska A, Sorokowski P et al. Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication. Psychological Science. 2020 Apr 1;31(4):408-423. doi: 10.1177/0956797620904154

Gallego-Abenza M, Loretto MC, Bugnyar T. Decision time modulates social foraging success in wild common ravens, Corvus corax. Ethology. 2020 Apr;126(4):413-422. Epub 2019 Nov 24. doi: 10.1111/eth.12986

Karl S, Boch M, Viranyi Z, Lamm C, Huber L. Training pet dogs for eye-tracking and awake fMRI. Behavior Research Methods. 2020 Apr;52(2):838–856. Epub 2019 Jul 16. doi: 10.3758/s13428-019-01281-7

Schulz-Mirbach T, Ladich F, Mittone A, Olbinado M, Bravin A, Maiditsch IP et al. Auditory chain reaction: Effects of sound pressure and particle motion on auditory structures in fishes. PLoS ONE. 2020 Mar 27;15(3):e0230578. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230578

Frigerio D, Pühringer-Sturmayr V, Steinbacher C, Rittenschober J, Kleindorfer S. Citizen science, animal behaviour and digital devices: challenges and solutions. 2020. Paper presented at 5th Austrian Citizen Science Conference 2019 (ACSC2019), Obergurgl, Austria. doi: 10.22323/1.366.0002