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24.11.2023
 

In honour of the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded in 1973 to Konrad Lorenz, Niko Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch...

11.10.2023
 
04.10.2023
 

Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies without neural input

 

Authors: Christian T. Herbst, Tamara Prigge, Maxime Garcia, Vit Hampala,...

04.10.2023
 
07.09.2023
 

"From masquerading to blending in: ontogenetic shifts in antipredator camouflage in Wallace’s flying frogs"

Susanne Stückler, Xavier I. Dawkins,...

22.08.2023
 

Congratulations to Anna Fabri for being awarded best poster!!

Publications


Müllensiefen D, Gingras B, Musil J, Stewart L. The musicality of non-musicians: An index for assessing musical sophistication in the general population. PLoS ONE. 2014 Feb 26;9(2):e89642. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089642

Réka K, Gingras B. Perceiving individuality in harpsichord performance. Frontiers in Psychology. 2014 Feb 24;5:1-13. 141. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00141

Szipl G, Böckle M, Werner SAB, Kotrschal K. Mate Recognition and Expression of Affective State in Croop Calls of Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita). PLoS ONE. 2014 Feb 5;9(2):e88265. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088265

Massen JJM, Koski SE. Chimps of a feather sit together: chimpanzee friendships are based on homophily in personality. Evolution and Human Behavior. 2014 Jan;35(1):1-8. Epub 2013 Oct 4. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.08.008

Solomon J, Beetz A, Schöberl IG, McCune S, Kotrschal K. Attachment Classification in Pet Dogs: Application of Ainsworth’s strange situation and classification procedures to dogs and their human caregivers. 2014. Paper presented at ISAZ 2014: Animals and Humans together: Integration in Society, Vienna, Austria.

Brandl V, Schmidjell T, Kaya T, Rinnhofer L, Gauß G, Kotrschal K. Attitudes towards wolves (Canis lupus occidentalis) and dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) in Austria.. 2014. Paper presented at ISAZ 2014: Animals and Humans together: Integration in Society, Vienna, Austria.

Hebesberger DV, Kotrschal K, Beetz A, Julius H. Behavioral and Physiological Effects of Horse-assisted Therapy for Mother-Child Pairs with Insecure Attachment.. 2014. Paper presented at ISAZ 2014: Animals and Humans together: Integration in Society, Vienna, Austria.

Ravignani A, Bowling D, Fitch WT. Chorusing, synchrony, and the evolutionary functions of rhythm. Frontiers in Psychology. 2014;5(SEP):1118. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01118

Gingras B. Cross-species comparisons. In Thompson WF, editor, Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An encyclopedia. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications Ltd. 2014. p. 287-290

Schöberl IG, Wedl M, Kotrschal K. Factors affecting physiological synchrony in owners and their dogs.. 2014. Paper presented at ISAZ 2014: Animals and Humans together: Integration in Society, Vienna, Austria.

Schöberl IG, Kotrschal K. Factors influencing cortisol patterns in dogs during a Strange Situation Test.. 2014. Paper presented at 4th Canine Science Forum, Lincoln, United Kingdom.

Kotrschal K, Day JEL, McCune S, Wedl M. Human and cat personalities: building the bond from both sides. In Turner DC, Bateson P, editors, The Domestic Cat. Cambridge University Press. 2014

Amon S, Schöberl GI, Wedl M, Kotrschal K. Ideal versus real: Owner Attitudes, Personalities and Relationship with Dog.. 2014. Paper presented at ISAZ 2014: Animals and Humans together: Integration in Society, Vienna, Austria.