Felix W. Moll
@mollfw.bsky.social
Research Group Leader at the Institute of Neurobiology, University of Tübingen. Neuroscientist. Studies crows and modern dinosaur brains 🦖 --> 🐦⬛.
Group website: felixmoll.com
Group website: felixmoll.com
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🐦 21 species all produce similar whining noises towards their brood parasites
🐦 Found in areas w/dense parasite-host networks
🐦 Playbacks trigger innate recruit response from all hosts
🐦 --> intermediate b/t innate & learned signals!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
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🐦 Found in areas w/dense parasite-host networks
🐦 Playbacks trigger innate recruit response from all hosts
🐦 --> intermediate b/t innate & learned signals!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
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Learned use of an innate sound-meaning association in birds - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Over 20 species of geographically and phylogenetically diverse bird species produce convergent whining vocalizations towards their respective brood parasites. Model presentation and playback experimen...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🐦 21 species all produce similar whining noises towards their brood parasites
🐦 Found in areas w/dense parasite-host networks
🐦 Playbacks trigger innate recruit response from all hosts
🐦 --> intermediate b/t innate & learned signals!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
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🐦 Found in areas w/dense parasite-host networks
🐦 Playbacks trigger innate recruit response from all hosts
🐦 --> intermediate b/t innate & learned signals!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
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Awesome, congrats!!
October 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Awesome, congrats!!
Thanks for sharing! Don't miss out on the videos --> bsky.app/profile/moll...
New paper on precise tool use learning in carrion crows @currentbiology.bsky.social. We show that—like New Caledonian crows—expert carrion crows pay close attention to the working end of their tool, suggesting tool integration into their peripersonal space. 🧵 & vids! 👇
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September 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Thanks for sharing! Don't miss out on the videos --> bsky.app/profile/moll...
Linking it to our previous crow brain anatomy study (Moll et al., 2025, JCN): Our behavioral paradigm offers a scaffold for future studies investigating neuronal correlates of corvid tool use in the avian general motor system and beyond.
September 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Linking it to our previous crow brain anatomy study (Moll et al., 2025, JCN): Our behavioral paradigm offers a scaffold for future studies investigating neuronal correlates of corvid tool use in the avian general motor system and beyond.
At the start of each trial, when the crows pulled the stick from the holder, the stick was often misaligned with the beak. In these cases, the initial pull was followed by brief tosses—momentary re-leases and re-grasps of the stick—to adjust its orientation within the beak and achieve a better grip.
September 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
At the start of each trial, when the crows pulled the stick from the holder, the stick was often misaligned with the beak. In these cases, the initial pull was followed by brief tosses—momentary re-leases and re-grasps of the stick—to adjust its orientation within the beak and achieve a better grip.
Trained crows dexterously corrected errors when the tool’s working end lost control over the target.
September 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Trained crows dexterously corrected errors when the tool’s working end lost control over the target.
DeepLabCut pose estimation (@trackingactions.bsky.social) revealed high intitial motor variability, which is essenatial for motor learning (Dhawale et al., 2017, Annu. Rev. Neurosci.).
September 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
DeepLabCut pose estimation (@trackingactions.bsky.social) revealed high intitial motor variability, which is essenatial for motor learning (Dhawale et al., 2017, Annu. Rev. Neurosci.).
How might the general motor system and the song system interact and contribute to flexible vocal behavior? We discuss this question in our brand-new review with lead author @daliao.bsky.social:
"Bridging the fields of cognition and birdsong with corvids"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Bridging the fields of cognition and birdsong with corvids"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Bridging the fields of cognition and birdsong with corvids
Corvids, readily adaptable across social and ecological contexts, successfully inhabit almost the entire world. They are seen as highly intelligent bi…
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February 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
How might the general motor system and the song system interact and contribute to flexible vocal behavior? We discuss this question in our brand-new review with lead author @daliao.bsky.social:
"Bridging the fields of cognition and birdsong with corvids"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Bridging the fields of cognition and birdsong with corvids"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...