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A behavioural exploration of language aptitude and experience, cognition and more using Graph Analysis

 

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Speech prosody enhances the neural processing of syntax

 

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Biomechanics of sound production in high-pitched classical singing

 

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Publications


Martins MJD, Fischmeister FPS, Gingras B, Bianco R, Puig-Waldmueller E, Villringer A et al. Recursive music elucidates neural mechanisms supporting the generation and detection of melodic hierarchies. Brain Structure and Function. 2020 Sept 1;225(7):1997-2015. doi: 10.1007/s00429-020-02105-7

Messina S, Edwards DP, Marasco V, Canoine V, Cosset CCP, Tomassi S et al. Glucocorticoids link forest type to local abundance in tropical birds. Functional Ecology. 2020 Sept;34(9):1814-1825. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13586

Wagner B, Bowling DL, Hoeschele M. Is consonance attractive to budgerigars? No evidence from a place preference study. Animal Cognition. 2020 Sept;23(5):973-987. doi: 10.1007/s10071-020-01404-0

Mentesana L, Moiron M, Guedes E, Cavalli E, Tassino B, Adreani MN. Defending as a unit: sex- and context-specific territorial defence in a duetting bird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2020 Aug 24;74(9):111. doi: 10.1007/s00265-020-02891-4

Bowling DL, Dunn JC, Smaers JB, Garcia M, Sato A, Hantke G et al. Rapid evolution of the primate larynx? PLoS Biology. 2020 Aug 8;18(8):e3000764. doi: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PBIO.3000764

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

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