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Publications


Westphal-Fitch G, Giustolisi B, Cecchetto C, Martin JS, Fitch WT. Artificial grammar learning capabilities in an abstract visual task match requirements for linguistic syntax. Frontiers in Psychology. 2018 Jul 24;9:1210. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01210

Tumulty JP, Pašukonis A, Ringler M, Forester JD, Hödl W, Bee MA. Brilliant-thighed poison frogs do not use acoustic identity information to treat territorial neighbours as dear enemies. Animal Behaviour. 2018 Jul 1;141:203-220. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.05.008

Cafazzo S, Marshall-Pescini S, Essler JL, Virányi Z, Kotrschal K, Range F. In wolves, play behaviour reflects the partners' affiliative and dominance relationship. Animal Behaviour. 2018 Jul 1;141:137-150. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.04.017

Monti F, Grémillet D, Sforzi A, Sammuri G, Dominici JM, Triay Bagur R et al. Migration and wintering strategies in vulnerable Mediterranean Osprey populations. Ibis. 2018 Jul 1;160(3):554-567. doi: 10.1111/ibi.12567

Tecumseh Fitch W. Bio-Linguistics: Monkeys Break Through the Syntax Barrier. Current Biology. 2018 Jun 18;28(12):R695-R697. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.04.087

Frigerio D, Pipek P, Kimmig S, Winter S, Melzheimer J, Diblíková L et al. Citizen science and wildlife biology: Synergies and challenges. Ethology. 2018 Jun 1;124(6):365-377. doi: 10.1111/eth.12746

Oh J, Höschele M, Reber S, Slipogor V, Bugnyar T, Fitch WT. A technological framework for running and analyzing animal head turning experiments. Behaviour Research Methods. 2018 Jun;50(3):1154-1165. doi: 10.3758/s13428-017-0934-2

Fitch TW. Dendrophilia and the evolution of syntax. In Origins of Human Language: Continuities and Discontinuities with Nonhuman Primates. Peter Lang. 2018. p. 313-336 doi: 10.3726/b12405

Zaccaroni M, Massolo A, Della Seta D, Farabollini F, Giannelli G, Fusani L et al. Developmental Exposure to Low Levels of Ethinylestradiol Affects Play Behavior in Juvenile Female Rats. Neurotoxicity Research. 2018 May;33(4):876–886. Epub 2017. doi: 10.1007/s12640-017-9852-4

Ringler E, Szipl G, Harrigan RJ, Bartl-Binder P, Mangione R, Ringler M. Hierarchical decision-making balances current and future reproductive success. Molecular Ecology. 2018 May;27(9):2289-2301. doi: 10.1111/mec.14583

Loth A, Frigerio D, Kotrschal K, Szipl G. Differential responses to gosling distress calls in parental and non-parental Greylag Geese. Journal of Ornithology. 2018 Apr 1;159(2):401-412. doi: 10.1007/s10336-017-1521-0

Böckle M, Szipl G, Bugnyar T. Raven food calls indicate sender’s age and sex. Frontiers in Zoology. 2018 Mar 13;15(1):5. doi: 10.1186/s12983-018-0255-z

Puehringer-Sturmayr V, Wascher CAF, Loretto MC, Palme R, Stoewe M, Kotrschal K et al. Seasonal differences of corticosterone metabolite concentrations and parasite burden in northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita): The role of affiliative interactions. PLoS ONE. 2018 Jan 24;13(1):e0191441. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191441

Fritz TH, Bowling DL, Contier O, Grant J, Schneider L, Lederer A et al. Musical agency during physical exercise decreases pain. Frontiers in Psychology. 2018 Jan 17;8:2312. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02312

Kepinska O, de RM, Caspers J, Schiller NO. Connectivity of the hippocampus and Broca's area during acquisition of a novel grammar. NeuroImage. 2018 Jan 15;165:1-10. Epub 2017 Sept. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.09.058

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.