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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...

08.03.2024
 

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

by Alessandra Rampinini, Irene Balboni, Narly...

22.12.2023
 

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

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Publications


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.

Baotic A, Schiefer P, Stöger-Horwath A. Ein Genuss für das Bioakustiker-Ohr Medienportal Universität Wien. 2015.