News & Events

12.08.2022
 

New Science paper out!

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

27.07.2022
 

“Comparative cognition in cichlids”

30.06.2022
 

Interview mit Verhaltensforscherin und START-Preisträgerin Petra Sumasgutner

24.06.2022
 

Congratulations to Petra Sumasgutner for receiving a FWF-START grant.

 

www.fwf.ac.at/de/news-presse/news/nachricht/nid/20220622-2766

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25.05.2022
 

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

30.03.2022
 

Von singenden Mäusen und quietschenden Elefanten. (Angela Stöger-Horwath)

 

Publications


Bukowski H, Todorova B, Boch M, Silani G, Lamm C. Socio-cognitive training impacts emotional and perceptual self-salience but not self-other distinction. Acta Psychologica. 2021;216:103297. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/m2qwj, 10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103297

Haiduk F, Benjamin L, Morillon B, Albouy P. Spectrotemporal cues and attention modulate neural networks for speech and music. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. 2021;43:3344.

Reynolds C, Byrne MJ, Chamberlain D, Howes CG, Seymour CL, Sumasgutner P et al. Urban Animal Diversity. In Shackleton CM, Cilliers SS, Davoren E, du Toit MJ, editors, Urban animal diversity in the Global South. Springer International Publishing AG . 2021. p. 169-202

Matzinger T, Fitch WTS. Voice modulatory cues to structure across languages and species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2021;376(1840):20200393. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0393

Karl S, Boch M, Zamansky A, van der Linden D, Wagner I, Völter CJ et al. Exploring the dog-human relationship by combining fMRI, eye-tracking and behavioural measures. Scientific Reports. 2020 Dec 17;10(1):22273. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79247-5

Pika S, Sima M, Blum C, Herrmann E, Mundry R. Ravens parallel great apes in physical and social cognitive skills. Scientific Reports. 2020 Dec 10;10(1):20617. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-77060-8

Haiduk F, Quigley C, Fitch WT. Song Is More Memorable Than Speech Prosody: Discrete Pitches Aid Auditory Working Memory. Frontiers in Psychology. 2020 Dec 10;11:586723. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.586723

Adreani MN, D’Amelio PB, Gahr M, ter Maat A. Life-Stage Dependent Plasticity in the Auditory System of a Songbird Is Signal and Emitter-Specific. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2020 Dec 4;14:588672. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.588672

Ferretti A, Maggini I, Cardinale M, Fusani L. Heat loss in sleeping garden warblers (Sylvia borin) during migration. Journal of Thermal Biology. 2020 Dec;94:102772. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102772

Schausberger P, Seiter M, Raspotnig G. Innate and learned responses of foraging predatory mites to polar and non-polar fractions of thrips’ chemical cues. Biological Control. 2020 Dec;151:104371. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2020.104371

Battisti E, Urach K, Hodžić A, Fusani L, Hufnagl P, Felsberger G et al. Zoonotic Pathogens in Ticks from Migratory Birds, Italy. Emerging infectious diseases. 2020 Dec;26(12):2986-2988. doi: 10.3201/EID2612.181686

Kortekaas K, Kotrschal K. Social context influences resting physiology in dogs. Animals. 2020 Nov 26;10(12):1-15. 2214. doi: 10.3390/ani10122214

Heigl F, Kieslinger B, Paul KT, Uhlik J, Frigerio D, Dörler D. Co-Creating and Implementing Quality Criteria for Citizen Science. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice. 2020 Nov 25;5(1):23. 23. doi: 10.5334/cstp.294

Jean-Joseph H, Kortekaas K, Range F, Kotrschal K. Context-Specific Arousal During Resting in Wolves and Dogs: Effects of Domestication? Frontiers in Psychology. 2020 Nov 24;11:568199. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.568199

Lesch R, Orozco A, Shilling M, Zimmerberg B, Fitch WT. Selection on ultrasonic call rate in neonatal rats affects low frequency, but not ultrasonic, vocalizations in adults. Ethology. 2020 Nov;126(11):1007-1018. doi: 10.1111/eth.13075

Frigerio D, Gegendorfer G. How Having a Family Improves Digestion in Social Geese. Frontiers for Young Minds. 2020 Oct 30;8:540008. doi: 10.3389/frym.2020.540008

Schausberger P, Sato Y. Kin-Mediated Male Choice and Alternative Reproductive Tactics in Spider Mites. Biology. 2020 Oct 26;9(11):1-12. 360. doi: 10.3390/biology9110360

Blum CR, Fitch WT, Bugnyar T. Rapid Learning and Long-Term Memory for Dangerous Humans in Ravens (Corvus corax). Frontiers in Psychology. 2020 Oct 21;11:581794. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.581794

Marasco V, Fusani L, Pola G, Smith S. Data on the de novo transcriptome assembly for the migratory bird, the Common quail (Coturnix coturnix). Data in Brief. 2020 Oct;32:106041. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106041

Zaccaroni M, Massolo A, Beani L, Della Seta D, Farabollini F, Giannelli G et al. Developmental exposure to low levels of ethinylestradiol affects social play in juvenile male rats. Toxicological research. 2020 Oct;36(4):301-310. doi: 10.1007/s43188-019-00035-z

Davidkova M, Vesely P, Syrova M, Nacarova J, Bugnyar T. Ravens respond to unfamiliar corvid alarm calls. Journal of Ornithology. 2020 Oct;161(4):967-975. doi: 10.1007/s10336-020-01781-w

Horn L, Bugnyar T, Griesser M, Hengl M, Izawa EI, Oortwijn T et al. Sex-specific effects of cooperative breeding and colonial nesting on prosociality in corvids. eLife. 2020 Oct;9:235-244. 58139. doi: 10.7554/eLife.58139

Massen JJM, Haley SM, Bugnyar T. Azure-winged magpies’ decisions to share food are contingent on the presence or absence of food for the recipient. Scientific Reports. 2020 Sept 30;10(1):16147. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73256-0

Common LK, Dudaniec RY, Colombelli-Négrel D, Kleindorfer S. Taxonomic Shifts in Philornis Larval Behaviour and Rapid Changes in Philornis downsi Dodge & Aitken (Diptera: Muscidae): An Invasive Avian Parasite on the Galápagos Islands. In Sarwar M, editor, Life Cycle and Development of Diptera. IntechOpen. 2020 Epub 2019 Sept 2. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.88854

Maggini I, Cardinale M, Sundberg JH, Spina F, Fusani L. Recent phenological shifts of migratory birds at a Mediterranean spring stopover site: Species wintering in the Sahel advance passage more than tropical winterers. PLoS ONE. 2020 Sept 18;15(9):e0239489. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239489

Puehringer-Sturmayr V, Hemetsberger F, Frigerio D. Tracking Birds: How a Little Backpack Could Affect the Life of a Wild Bird. Frontiers for Young Minds. 2020 Sept 3;8(116). doi: 10.3389/frym.2020.00116

Martins MJD, Fischmeister FPS, Gingras B, Bianco R, Puig-Waldmueller E, Villringer A et al. Recursive music elucidates neural mechanisms supporting the generation and detection of melodic hierarchies. Brain Structure and Function. 2020 Sept 1;225(7):1997-2015. doi: 10.1007/s00429-020-02105-7

Nebel C, Sumasgutner P, McPherson SC, Tate GJ, Amar A. Contrasting parental color morphs increase regularity of prey deliveries in an African raptor. Behavioral Ecology. 2020 Sept;31(5):1142-1149. Epub 2020 Jul 9. doi: 10.1093/beheco/araa063