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20.12.2022
 

3rd place for the best student talk at the XVI International Congress of Acarology

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03.10.2022
 

Ein Forschungsteam um Cliodhna Quigley untersucht am Beispiel von Lachtauben das Schönheitsempfinden von Tieren.

19.09.2022
 

Im Rahmen des Biologicum Almtal und Junior Biologicum werden wissenschaftliche Themen auf verständliche Weise vermittelt.

19.08.2022
 

Lisa Horn und ihr interdisziplinäres Forschungsteam gehen in den Kindergarten: Die Expertin für Beziehungen hat bereits zu den sozialen Verbindungen...

12.08.2022
 

New Science paper out!

Evolutionary loss of complexity in human vocal anatomy as an adaptation for speech.

Publications


Filippi P, Gingras B, Fitch WT. Pitch enhancement facilitates word learning across visual contexts. Frontiers in Psychology. 2014 Dec 22;5:1468. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01468

Ringler M, Ringler E. Individual genetic tracking: An island experiment in the neotropical frog Allobates femoralis. 2014. Paper presented at IV. Congreso Colombiano de Zoología, Cartagena, Colombia.

Miller R, Schiestl M, Whiten A, Schwab C, Bugnyar T. Tolerance and Social Facilitation in the Foraging Behaviour of Free-Ranging Crows (Corvus corone corone; C. c. cornix). Ethology. 2014 Dec 1;120(12):1248-1255. 10.1111/eth.12298. doi: 10.1111/eth.12298

Geissler A, Matt E, Fischmeister F, Wurnig M, Dymerska B, Knosp E et al. Differential functional benefits of ultra highfield MR systems within the language network. NeuroImage. 2014 Dec;103:163-170. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.09.036

Pasukonis A, Warrington I, Ringler M, Hödl W. Poison frogs rely on experience to find the way home in the rainforest. Biology Letters. 2014 Nov 1;10(11):20140642. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0642

Stöger-Horwath A, Manger P. Vocal learning in elephants: neural bases and adaptive context. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 2014 Oct 28;28:101-107. Epub 2014 Jul 23. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.07.001

Auersperg A, von Bayern A, Weber S, Szabadvari A, Bugnyar T, Kacelnik A. Social transmission of tool use and tool manufacture in Goffin cockatoos (Cacatua goffini). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 2014 Oct 22;281(1793):20140972. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0972

Dias Martins MDJ, Laaha S, Freiberger EM, Choi S, Fitch WTS. How children perceive fractals: Hierarchical self-similarity and cognitive development. Cognition. 2014 Oct;133(1):10-24. Epub 2014 Jun 20. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2014.05.010

Garcia M, Wyman MT, Charlton BD, Fitch WT, Reby D. Response of red deer stags (Cervus elaphus) to playback of harsh versus common roars. Naturwissenschaften. 2014 Oct;101(10):851-854. 10.1007/s00114-014-1217-8. Epub 2014 Aug 14. doi: 10.1007/s00114-014-1217-8

Gunhold-de Oliveira T, Whiten A, Bugnyar T. Video demonstrations seed alternative problem-solving techniques in wild common marmosets. Biology Letters. 2014 Sept 1;10(9):20140439. 20140439. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0439

Westphal Fitch G, Fitch WT. FlexTiles: A Software for Studying Geometrical Pattern Production and Preference. 2014. Paper presented at 23rd IAEA Congress on Empirical Aesthetics, New York, United States.

Ringler M, Pasukonis A, Ringler E. Island of the frogs: Population experiments with the Poison Frog Allobates Femoralis. 2014. Paper presented at XV Congress of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE 2014), New York, United States.

Martins M, Fischmeister F, Puig-Waldmüller ES, Oh J, Geißler A, Robinson S et al. Fractal Image Perception provides Novel Insights into Hierarchical Cognition. NeuroImage. 2014 Aug 1;96:300-308. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.03.064

Mueller-Paul JS, Wilkinson A, Aust U, Steurer M, Hall G, Huber L. Touchscreen performance and knowledge transfer in the red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaria). Behavioural Processes. 2014 Jul;106:187–192. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.06.003

Massen JJM, Dusch K, Eldakar O, Gallup A. A thermal window for yawning in humans: Yawning as a Brain Cooling Mechanism. Physiology & Behavior. 2014 May 10;130:145-148. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.03.032

Schwab C. Unheimlich schlau: Mögen Sie Krähen Bayerischer Rundfunk. 2014.

Charlton BD, Wyman MT, Locatelli Y, Fitch WT, Reby D. Do red deer hinds prefer stags that produce harsh roars in mate choice contexts? Journal of Zoology. 2014 May;293(1):57-62. doi: 10.1111/jzo.12120

Pasukonis A, Loretto MC, Landler L, Ringler M, Hoedl W. Homing trajectories and initial orientation in a Neotropical territorial frog, Allobates femoralis (Dendrobatidae). Frontiers in Zoology. 2014 Mar 25;11(1):29. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-11-29