News & Events

20.12.2022
 

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

03.11.2022
 
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


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.