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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


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.

Rabeder G, Döppes D, Frischauf C, Kavcik-Graumann N, Kromer B, Lindauer S et al. Extinction pattern of Alpine cave bears, new data and climatological interpretation. Aragonit, Sprava slovenskych jaskyn. 2018;22(1:21).

Fitch WT. Four Principles of Biomusicology. In The Origins of Musicality. MIT Press. 2018. p. 23-48

Graduates of the Project Practicum Human Behavior Consortium, Windhager S, Schäfer K. Patterns of weather-forecast use are consistent with evolutionary explanations of sex differences. In Abstract volume of the 2018 conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society. 2018

Graduates of the Project Practicum Human Behavior Consortium, Windhager S, Schäfer K. Patterns of weather-forecast use are consistent with evolutionary explanations of sex differences. 2018. 30th Annual Meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Fischer S. Predation Risk. In Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. 2018 doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_719-1

Windhager S, Bookstein F, Schäfer K. Stereotyping of facial morphs calibrated by body fat in three age groups. In Abstract volume of the 2018 conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society. 2018

Kotrschal K. The (nearly) complete dog. Current Biology. 2018;28(14). doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.038

Fuxjager MJ, Fusani L, Goller F, Trost L, Maat AT, Gahr M et al. Neuromuscular mechanisms of an elaborate wing display in the golden-collared manakin (Manacus vitellinus). Journal of Experimental Biology. 2017 Dec 15;220(24):4681-4688. doi: 10.1242/jeb.167270

Kotrschal A, Zeng HL, van der Bijl W, Öhman-Mägi C, Kotrschal K, Pelckmans K et al. Evolution of brain region volumes during artificial selection for relative brain size. Evolution. 2017 Dec 1;71(12):2942-2951. doi: 10.1111/evo.13373

Reber SA, Janisch J, Torregrosa K, Darlington J, Vliet KA, Fitch WT. Formants provide honest acoustic cues to body size in American alligators. Scientific Reports. 2017 Dec 1;7:1816. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01948-1

Wascher CAF, Hemetsberger J, Kotrschal K, Frigerio D. Leucocyte profiles and family size in fledgling Greylag Geese (Anser anser). Avian Biology Research. 2017 Dec 1;10(4):246-252. doi: 10.3184/175815617X15036738758871

Bugnyar T. Apes perform like infants in false-belief tasks. Learning and Behavior. 2017 Dec;45(4):325-326. doi: 10.3758/s13420-017-0268-z

Deventer S, Herberstein ME, Mayntz D, O'Hanlon JC, Schneider JM. Female fecundity and offspring survival are not increased through sexual cannibalism in the spider Larinioides sclopetarius. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2017 Dec;30(12):2146-2155. Epub 2017 Oct 20. doi: 10.1111/jeb.13178

Kepinska O, Pereda E, Caspers J, Schiller NO. Neural oscillatory mechanisms during novel grammar learning underlying language analytical abilities. Brain and Language. 2017 Dec;175:99-110. Epub 2017 Oct. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2017.10.003