Chiara Zulberti
@chiarazulberti.bsky.social
🌱💬 Biologist interested in the evolution of language and cognition
🐵 Multimodality in chimps
🔎 PhD Student at Uni Leipzig
she/her
🐵 Multimodality in chimps
🔎 PhD Student at Uni Leipzig
she/her
Reposted by Chiara Zulberti
Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
www.eva.mpg.de
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
Reposted by Chiara Zulberti
Our final session focused again on methodologies 🧩 — with exciting applications from form-based approaches to assess chimpanzee gestures to facial action coding in rabbits 🐒🐇
@chiarazulberti.bsky.social
#gradmeet25
@chiarazulberti.bsky.social
#gradmeet25
October 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Our final session focused again on methodologies 🧩 — with exciting applications from form-based approaches to assess chimpanzee gestures to facial action coding in rabbits 🐒🐇
@chiarazulberti.bsky.social
#gradmeet25
@chiarazulberti.bsky.social
#gradmeet25
Had a wonderful time in Madagascar for #IPS2025! Thanks to everybody who attended my talk, shared interesting insights and to the old and new friends that made it so memorable. Also thanks to the lemurs and beautiful landscapes 🐒🌴
August 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Had a wonderful time in Madagascar for #IPS2025! Thanks to everybody who attended my talk, shared interesting insights and to the old and new friends that made it so memorable. Also thanks to the lemurs and beautiful landscapes 🐒🌴
Are you at IPS and really into gestures🤌?
Come listen to my presentation "A formed-based approach to chimpanzee gestures" on Monday at 14:00 in the Tokyo conference room.
Hope to see you there!
Come listen to my presentation "A formed-based approach to chimpanzee gestures" on Monday at 14:00 in the Tokyo conference room.
Hope to see you there!
July 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Are you at IPS and really into gestures🤌?
Come listen to my presentation "A formed-based approach to chimpanzee gestures" on Monday at 14:00 in the Tokyo conference room.
Hope to see you there!
Come listen to my presentation "A formed-based approach to chimpanzee gestures" on Monday at 14:00 in the Tokyo conference room.
Hope to see you there!
Reposted by Chiara Zulberti
📢 Our new paper is out in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social!
A step toward more comparable approaches in bioacoustics! We tested how different acoustic feature extraction and classification methods affect caller ID classification accuracy.
Read about it here: 🔗 shorturl.at/F31Pb
A step toward more comparable approaches in bioacoustics! We tested how different acoustic feature extraction and classification methods affect caller ID classification accuracy.
Read about it here: 🔗 shorturl.at/F31Pb
July 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
📢 Our new paper is out in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social!
A step toward more comparable approaches in bioacoustics! We tested how different acoustic feature extraction and classification methods affect caller ID classification accuracy.
Read about it here: 🔗 shorturl.at/F31Pb
A step toward more comparable approaches in bioacoustics! We tested how different acoustic feature extraction and classification methods affect caller ID classification accuracy.
Read about it here: 🔗 shorturl.at/F31Pb
Reposted by Chiara Zulberti
Today, over 20,000 bee species are buzzing for #WorldBeeDay 🐝
Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.
Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.
Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.
Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.
May 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Today, over 20,000 bee species are buzzing for #WorldBeeDay 🐝
Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.
Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.
Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.
Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.
Reposted by Chiara Zulberti
New Postdoc position!
🐵🐵🐵🐵
On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work
It has it all:
- the best science
- the best macaques
- the best beaches
- the best people
- the best office view #Eiffeltower
Join us!
🐵🐵🐵🐵
On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work
It has it all:
- the best science
- the best macaques
- the best beaches
- the best people
- the best office view #Eiffeltower
Join us!
April 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
New Postdoc position!
🐵🐵🐵🐵
On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work
It has it all:
- the best science
- the best macaques
- the best beaches
- the best people
- the best office view #Eiffeltower
Join us!
🐵🐵🐵🐵
On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work
It has it all:
- the best science
- the best macaques
- the best beaches
- the best people
- the best office view #Eiffeltower
Join us!
Reposted by Chiara Zulberti
Our (@maelmleroux.bsky.social et al.) paper out today in #RSOS: we tested the ability of bonobos to process 'non-adjacent dependencies'.
Surprisingly, unlike our prior work on chimps and marmosets, we found no evidence that they did so...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Surprisingly, unlike our prior work on chimps and marmosets, we found no evidence that they did so...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Non-adjacent dependency processing (or lack thereof) in bonobos: an artificial grammar experiment | Royal Society Open Science
A key feature of language is our capacity to process syntactic relationships between words, whether they are directly sequential (‘adjacent dependencies’) or separated by other words (‘non-adjacent dependencies’). Recent data suggest that the basic ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
April 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Our (@maelmleroux.bsky.social et al.) paper out today in #RSOS: we tested the ability of bonobos to process 'non-adjacent dependencies'.
Surprisingly, unlike our prior work on chimps and marmosets, we found no evidence that they did so...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Surprisingly, unlike our prior work on chimps and marmosets, we found no evidence that they did so...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reposted by Chiara Zulberti
🚨New in @science.org🚨
With Simon Townsend (@nccrlanguage.bsky.social) and Martin Surbeck, we have investigated whether wild bonobos can combine calls in complex combinations, similar to how humans combine words into sentences 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#ScienceResearch #AnimalCommunication
With Simon Townsend (@nccrlanguage.bsky.social) and Martin Surbeck, we have investigated whether wild bonobos can combine calls in complex combinations, similar to how humans combine words into sentences 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#ScienceResearch #AnimalCommunication
Extensive compositionality in the vocal system of bonobos
Compositionality, the capacity to combine meaningful elements into larger meaningful structures, is a hallmark of human language. Compositionality can be trivial (the combination’s meaning is the sum ...
www.science.org
April 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🚨New in @science.org🚨
With Simon Townsend (@nccrlanguage.bsky.social) and Martin Surbeck, we have investigated whether wild bonobos can combine calls in complex combinations, similar to how humans combine words into sentences 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#ScienceResearch #AnimalCommunication
With Simon Townsend (@nccrlanguage.bsky.social) and Martin Surbeck, we have investigated whether wild bonobos can combine calls in complex combinations, similar to how humans combine words into sentences 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#ScienceResearch #AnimalCommunication
Reposted by Chiara Zulberti
The world's only sanctuary for one of our closest relatives, the endangered bonobo, is experiencing severe flooding. Please consider donating to help them navigate this crisis: savebonobos.org/FloodRelief
April 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The world's only sanctuary for one of our closest relatives, the endangered bonobo, is experiencing severe flooding. Please consider donating to help them navigate this crisis: savebonobos.org/FloodRelief
Reposted by Chiara Zulberti
How can we make the next EFP conference more inclusive and accessible? What barriers do you encounter when you submit an abstract, travel to the location, or attend the conference?
Send us your ideas, suggestions or stories (below or DMs) and we'll work on improving EDI at the next EFP conference!
Send us your ideas, suggestions or stories (below or DMs) and we'll work on improving EDI at the next EFP conference!
a woman in a red jacket holds a microphone and says " you get a meeting "
Alt: Oprah Winfrey in a red jacket holds a microphone and says " you get a meeting, and you get a meeting, and you get a meeting"
media.tenor.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
How can we make the next EFP conference more inclusive and accessible? What barriers do you encounter when you submit an abstract, travel to the location, or attend the conference?
Send us your ideas, suggestions or stories (below or DMs) and we'll work on improving EDI at the next EFP conference!
Send us your ideas, suggestions or stories (below or DMs) and we'll work on improving EDI at the next EFP conference!
My colleagues are looking for (german-speaking) participants between the age of 18 and 65 to answer a 15 minute online questionnaire about wood forests for a super exciting study!🌲🌳
Please spread the word ✨
umfrage.uni-leipzig.de/index.php/8285…
Please spread the word ✨
umfrage.uni-leipzig.de/index.php/8285…
January 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
My colleagues are looking for (german-speaking) participants between the age of 18 and 65 to answer a 15 minute online questionnaire about wood forests for a super exciting study!🌲🌳
Please spread the word ✨
umfrage.uni-leipzig.de/index.php/8285…
Please spread the word ✨
umfrage.uni-leipzig.de/index.php/8285…
I had the pleasure to present the ChimpLASG annotation system at the Multimodality in Interaction Workshop in sunny sunny Marseille☀️. Thanks @HabibDass_Lise @ShreejataGupta and @MacChia_ra for the invite!@ILCB_france @vicomprogramme
ilcb.fr/event/multimod…
ilcb.fr/event/multimod…
January 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I had the pleasure to present the ChimpLASG annotation system at the Multimodality in Interaction Workshop in sunny sunny Marseille☀️. Thanks @HabibDass_Lise @ShreejataGupta and @MacChia_ra for the invite!@ILCB_france @vicomprogramme
ilcb.fr/event/multimod…
ilcb.fr/event/multimod…
It's 🐵Giving Day for Apes🐵 and I would warmly suggest to consider donating to @Chimfunshi. They take extra care of the rescued chimps living there, and every euro helps to get them even healthier and happier lives.
givingdayforapes.org/organization/C…
givingdayforapes.org/organization/C…
Support Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust on Giving Day for Apes 2022
Join us on October 8th, 2022 for #GivingDayForApes – a global day of giving to support wildlife sanctuaries protecting, rehabilitating, and conserving great apes
www.givingdayforapes.org
January 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It's 🐵Giving Day for Apes🐵 and I would warmly suggest to consider donating to @Chimfunshi. They take extra care of the rescued chimps living there, and every euro helps to get them even healthier and happier lives.
givingdayforapes.org/organization/C…
givingdayforapes.org/organization/C…
Thrilled to attend the 'Bridging the Tech Gap' workshop at @MPI_EVA_Leipzig. Huge thanks to the organizers
@P_eMartin, @LauraSimoneLew and @HannaSchleihauf for this insightful event and the opportunity to present my annotation system for chimpanzee gestures!
@P_eMartin, @LauraSimoneLew and @HannaSchleihauf for this insightful event and the opportunity to present my annotation system for chimpanzee gestures!
January 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Thrilled to attend the 'Bridging the Tech Gap' workshop at @MPI_EVA_Leipzig. Huge thanks to the organizers
@P_eMartin, @LauraSimoneLew and @HannaSchleihauf for this insightful event and the opportunity to present my annotation system for chimpanzee gestures!
@P_eMartin, @LauraSimoneLew and @HannaSchleihauf for this insightful event and the opportunity to present my annotation system for chimpanzee gestures!
Love the examples in those linguistics papers😂
January 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Love the examples in those linguistics papers😂
Had a blast last week visiting @SimonWTownsend research group in Zurich and reviving the vibes of my MSc days. Back in Leipzig with fresh insights and motivation to move forward! 🚀✨
January 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Had a blast last week visiting @SimonWTownsend research group in Zurich and reviving the vibes of my MSc days. Back in Leipzig with fresh insights and motivation to move forward! 🚀✨
Unexpected work buddies at @UZH_en
January 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Unexpected work buddies at @UZH_en
I was happy to present the first bit of my PhD projecy at @EFP_2024! Amazing conference, with lots of interesting talks and productive coffee breaks. Also lots of fun! 🐵
January 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I was happy to present the first bit of my PhD projecy at @EFP_2024! Amazing conference, with lots of interesting talks and productive coffee breaks. Also lots of fun! 🐵
The tears I cried leaving an amazing community of researchers, volunteers and workers who invest their time and energy for the well-being of the chimps and for a better world 🥲🌍🐵
I am so grateful for the time I got to spend in @Chimfunshi!
I am so grateful for the time I got to spend in @Chimfunshi!
January 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The tears I cried leaving an amazing community of researchers, volunteers and workers who invest their time and energy for the well-being of the chimps and for a better world 🥲🌍🐵
I am so grateful for the time I got to spend in @Chimfunshi!
I am so grateful for the time I got to spend in @Chimfunshi!
"Act natural"
"Ok, I'll pretend I just saw a chimp in the trees
"Ok, I'll pretend I just saw a chimp in the trees
January 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
"Act natural"
"Ok, I'll pretend I just saw a chimp in the trees
"Ok, I'll pretend I just saw a chimp in the trees
Debbie and Dallas drying up in the trees after the rainstorm.
@Chimfunshi
@Chimfunshi
January 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Debbie and Dallas drying up in the trees after the rainstorm.
@Chimfunshi
@Chimfunshi
Behold the almighty Noel (left) and her daughters Nina (right) and Nadine (in her arms). There would be Nikkie as well, but she decided to leave the branch just before the shot.
January 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Behold the almighty Noel (left) and her daughters Nina (right) and Nadine (in her arms). There would be Nikkie as well, but she decided to leave the branch just before the shot.
Spot the chimp🧐
@Chimfunshi
@Chimfunshi
January 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Spot the chimp🧐
@Chimfunshi
@Chimfunshi
Spent the first week playing "Find the difference" with these two. Now that I can tell them apart, here is Dora and her daughter Dolly😊
@Chimfunshi
@Chimfunshi
January 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Spent the first week playing "Find the difference" with these two. Now that I can tell them apart, here is Dora and her daughter Dolly😊
@Chimfunshi
@Chimfunshi