** = Publications listed in SCI/SSCI/Pubmed
** Wakonig, B; Auersperg, AMI; O'Hara, M
(2021): String-pulling in the Goffin's cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana).
Learn Behav. 2021;
[Article in Press]
** Auersperg, AMI; Schwing, R; Mioduszewska, B; O"Hara, M; Huber, L
(2020): Do puffins use tools?
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020; 117(22):11859
** Laumer, IB; Jelbert, SA; Taylor, AH; Rössler, T; Auersperg, AMI
(2020): Object manufacture based on a memorized template: Goffin's cockatoos attend to different model features.
Anim Cogn. 2020;
[Article in Press]
** Laumer, IB; Massen, JJM; Wakonig, B; Lorck-Tympner, M; Carminito, C; Auersperg, AMI
(2020): Tentative evidence for inequity aversion to unequal work-effort but not to unequal reward distribution in Goffin's cockatoos.
Ethology 2020; 126(2): 185-194.
** Picard, AM; Mundry, R; Auersperg, AM; Boeving, ER; Boucherie, PH; Bugnyar, T; Dufour, V; Emery, NJ; Federspiel, IG; Gajdon, GK; Guery, JP; Hegedic, M; Horn, L; Kavanagh, E; Lambert, ML [and 10 others]
(2020): Why preen others Predictors of allopreening in parrots and corvids and comparisons to grooming in great apes.
Ethology. 2020 126 (2) 207-228.
** Rössler, T; Mioduszewska, B; O"Hara, M; Huber, L; Prawiradilaga, DM; Auersperg, AMI
(2020): Using an Innovation Arena to compare wild-caught and laboratory Goffin"s cockatoos.
Sci Rep. 2020; 10(1):8681
Berenika Mioduszewska; Xenia Schleuning; Anaïs Brunon; Mark O’Hara; Alice M. I. Auersperg; Ira G. Federspiel; Auguste M. P. von Bayern
(2020): Task Aspects Triggering Observational Learning in Jackdaws (Corvus monedula)
Animal Behavior and Cognition 2020; 7(4): 567-588.
** Auersperg, AMI; Von, Bayern, AMP
(2019): Who's a clever bird-now? A brief history of parrot cognition.
Behaviour 2019; 156: 391-407
** Beinhauer, I; Bugnyar, T; Auersperg, AMI
(2019): Prospective but not retrospective tool selection in the Goffin's cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana).
Behaviour 2019; 156: 633-659
** Laumer, IB; Auersperg, AMI; Bugnyar, T; Call, J
(2019): Orangutans (Pongo abelii) make flexible decisions relative to reward quality and tool functionality in a multi-dimensional tool-use task.
PLoS One. 2019; 14(2):e0211031
** O'Hara, M; Mioduszewska, B; Haryoko, T; Prawiradilaga, DM; Huber, L; Auersperg, A
(2019): Extraction without tooling around-The first comprehensive description of the foraging- and socio-ecology of wild Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana).
Behaviour 2019; 156: 661-690
** Van Buuren, M; Auersperg, A; Gajdon, G; Tebbich, S; Von, Bayern, A
(2019): No evidence of mirror self-recognition in keas and Goffin's cockatoos.
Behaviour 2019; 156: 763-786
Auersperg, AMI (2019): Flexible Tool use and Manufacture in the Goffin’s Cockatoo. -Ecology & Behaviour 2019; MAY 19-24 , 2019; Toulouse, France.
** Auersperg, AMI; Köck, C; O"Hara, M; Huber, L
(2018): Tool making cockatoos adjust the lengths but not the widths of their tools to function.
PLoS One. 2018; 13(11):e0205429
** Bayern, AMPV; Danel, S; Auersperg, AMI; Mioduszewska, B; Kacelnik, A
(2018): Compound tool construction by New Caledonian crows.
Sci Rep. 2018; 8(1):15676
** Laumer, IB; Call, J; Bugnyar, T; Auersperg, AMI
(2018): Spontaneous innovation of hook-bending and unbending in orangutans (Pongo abelii).
Sci Rep. 2018; 8(1):16518
Mioduszewska, BM; O’Hara, MC; Haryoko, T; Auersperg, AMI; Huber, L; Prawiradilaga, DM
(2018): Notes on ecology of wild goffin’s cockatoo in the late dry season with emphasis on feeding ecology.
Treubia 2018; 45: 85-101.
Osuna-Mascaro, A; Auersperg, AMI
(2018): On the Brink of Tool Use? Could Object Combinations During Foraging in a Feral Goffin's Cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana) Result in Tool Innovations?
Animal Behavior and Cognition 2018; 5(2): 229-234.
Auersperg, A (2018): Tool Use and Manufacture in the Goffin's cockatoo. -ESPP 2018; SEP 10-13, 2018; Rijeka, Croatia.
Auersperg, AMI; Köck, C; O'Hara, M; Huber, L (2018): Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) flexibly adjust the length but not the width of their tools to function during tool manufacture. -ECBB 2018; AUG 9-12, 2018; Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Auersperg, AMI (2018): Flexible Tool Use and Manufacture in the Goffin's Cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana). Habilitationsschrift, Vet. Med. Univ. Wien, pp. 91.
** Auersperg, AMI; Köck, C; Pledermann, A; O'Hara, M; Huber, L
(2017): Safekeeping of tools in Goffin's cockatoos, Cacatua goffiniana.
Animal Behaviour 2017; 128: 125-133
** Habl, C; Auersperg, AMI
(2017): The keybox: Shape-frame fitting during tool use in Goffin"s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana).
PLoS One. 2017; 12(11):e0186859
** Laumer, IB; Bugnyar, T; Reber, SA; Auersperg, AMI
(2017): Can hook-bending be let off the hook? Bending/unbending of pliant tools by cockatoos.
Proc Biol Sci. 2017; 284(1862):
** O'Hara, M; Auersperg, AM
(2017): Object play in parrots and corvids.
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 2017; 16: 119-125
** O"Hara, M; Mioduszewska, B; von Bayern, A; Auersperg, A; Bugnyar, T; Wilkinson, A; Huber, L; Gajdon, GK
(2017): The temporal dependence of exploration on neotic style in birds.
Sci Rep. 2017; 7(1):4742
** Szabo, B; Bugnyar, T; Auersperg, AM
(2017): Within-group relationships and lack of social enhancement during object manipulation in captive Goffin"s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana).
Learn Behav. 2017; 45(1):7-19
Auersperg, AMI (2017): Safekeeping of tools in Goffin’s cockatoos. -Behaviour 2017; JUL 29 - Aug 5 2017; Estroil, Portugal.
** Auersperg, AMI; Teschke, I; Tebbich, S
(2017): Physical cognition and tool-use in birds.
IN: ten Cate, C; Healy, SD. New York, Cambridge University Press, pp. 163-183. ISBN: 978-1-107-09238-9.
Rößler T; Auersperg AMI
(2017): Comparative Cognition.
IN: Vonk, J; Shackelford, T [Hrsg.]: Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. New York, Springer, pp. 1-11. ISBN: 978-3-319-47829-6.
** Auersperg, AM; Borasinski, S; Laumer, I; Kacelnik, A
(2016): Goffin"s cockatoos make the same tool type from different materials.
Biol Lett. 2016; 12(11):
** Laumer, IB; Bugnyar, T; Auersperg, AM
(2016): Flexible decision-making relative to reward quality and tool functionality in Goffin cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana).
Sci Rep. 2016; 6:28380
Auersperg, AMI (2016): Cockatools: Tool Use and Manufacture in the Goffin's cockatoo. -ECBB; JUL 12-15, 2016; Vienna, Austria.
Auersperg, AMI (2016): Tool Manufacture in the Goffin's cockatoo. -ISBE; JUL 28 - Aug 3, 2016; Exeter, UK.
Huber, L; O'Hara, M; Auersperg, A (2016): Inference by exclusion in two explorative parrot species. -23rd Annual International Conference On Comparative Cognition (CO3); APR 13-16, 2016; Melbourne, Florida, USA.
O'Hara, M; Auersperg, A; Rössler, T; Federspiel, I; Schwing, R; Gajdon, G; Bugnyar, T (2016): Inference by exclusion in parrots controlled for neophilia. -8th European Conference of Behavioural Biology; JUL 12-15, 2016; Vienna, Austria.
** Auersperg, AM; van Horik, JO; Bugnyar, T; Kacelnik, A; Emery, NJ; von Bayern, AM
(2015): Combinatory actions during object play in psittaciformes (Diopsittaca nobilis, Pionites melanocephala, Cacatua goffini) and corvids (Corvus corax, C. monedula, C. moneduloides).
J Comp Psychol. 2015; 129(1):62-71
** O"Hara, M; Auersperg, AM; Bugnyar, T; Huber, L
(2015): Inference by Exclusion in Goffin Cockatoos (Cacatua goffini).
PLoS One. 2015; 10(8):e0134894
Auersperg, AMI (2015): Tool Use and Manufacture in the Goffin Cockatoo. -Behaviour 2015; AUG 9 - 14 2015; Cairns, Australia.
Auersperg, AMI (2015): Exploration technique and technical innovations in corvids and parrots. IN: Kaufman, J; Kaufman, A [Hrsg.]: Animal Innovation and Creativity. New York, Elsevier, pp. 45-69. ISBN: 9780128007136.
** Auersperg, AM; Oswald, N; Domanegg, M; Gajdon, GK; Bugnyar, T
(2014): Unrewarded Object Combinations in Captive Parrots.
Anim Behav Cogn. 2014; 1(4):470-488
** Auersperg, AM; Szabo, B; von Bayern, AM; Bugnyar, T
(2014): Object permanence in the Goffin cockatoo (Cacatua goffini).
J Comp Psychol. 2014; 128(1):88-98
** Auersperg, AM; von Bayern, AM; Weber, S; Szabadvari, A; Bugnyar, T; Kacelnik, A
(2014): Social transmission of tool use and tool manufacture in Goffin cockatoos (Cacatua goffini).
Proc Biol Sci. 2014; 281(1793):
Auersperg, AMI (2014): Social Transmission of Tool Use and Tool Manufacture in Goffin Cockatoos. -ECBB; JUL 18-20, 2014; Vienna, Austria.
** Auersperg, AM; Kacelnik, A; von Bayern, AM
(2013): Explorative learning and functional inferences on a five-step means-means-end problem in Goffin"s cockatoos (Cacatuagoffini).
Plos One. 2013; 8(7):E68979
** Auersperg, AM; Laumer, IB; Bugnyar, T
(2013): Goffin cockatoos wait for qualitative and quantitative gains but prefer "better" to "more".
Biol Lett. 2013; 9(3):20121092
Auersperg, AMI; Van Horik, J; von Bayern, AMP (2013): Combinatory actions during object play in corvids and parrots. -Joined IEC/ASAB conference, Behaviour 2013; AUG 4-8 2013; Newcastle, UK.
O'Hara, M; Auersperg, AMI; von Bayern, AMP; Bugnyar, T; Huber, L; Mioduszewska, B; Wilkinson, A; Gajdon, GK (2013): Acquisitional neophilia or retentional exploration in birds. -IEC 2013; AUG 4-8, 2013; Newcastle, UK.
Szabo, B; Auersperg, AMI; Bugnyar, T (2013): Object permanence in the Goffin’s cockatoo. -3rd ToK conference of CompCog; JUL 3-5, 2013; Vienna, Austria.
Von Bayern, AMP; Auersperg, AMI (2013): Mechanisms underlying tool innovation in birds. -ToK conference of CompCog; JUL 3-5, 2013; Vienna, Austria.
** Auersperg, AM; Gajdon, GK; von Bayern, AM
(2012): A new approach to comparing problem solving, flexibility and innovation.
Commun Integr Biol. 2012; 5(2):140-145
** Auersperg, AM; Szabo, B; von Bayern, AM; Kacelnik, A
(2012): Spontaneous innovation in tool manufacture and use in a Goffin"s cockatoo.
Curr Biol. 2012; 22(21):R903-R904
Auersperg, AMI; von Bayern, Kacelnik, A (2012): Explorative and functional inferences on a five-step means-means end sequence in juvenile Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffini). -Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Physical Cognition and Problem Solving Workshop; JUN 27-29, 2012; Birmingham, UK.
** Auersperg, AM; Huber, L; Gajdon, GK
(2011): Navigating a tool end in a specific direction: stick-tool use in kea (Nestor notabilis).
Biol Lett. 2011; 7(6):825-828
** Auersperg, AM; von Bayern, AM; Gajdon, GK; Huber, L; Kacelnik, A
(2011): Flexibility in problem solving and tool use of kea and New Caledonian crows in a multi access box paradigm.
PLoS One. 2011; 6(6):e20231
Auersperg, AMI; Gajdon, GK (2011): Tool use in captive kea (Nestor notabilis). -ASAB Physical Cognition and Problem Solving Workshop; JUN 28-29, 2011; Birmingham, UK.
Auersperg, AMI; Gajdon, GK (2011): Stick tool use in the kea (Nestor notabilis). -The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Summer Meeting; MAY 25-27, 2011; St Andrews, UK.
Auersperg, AMI; von Bayern, AMP; Gajdon, G; Huber, L; Kacelnik, A (2011): Flexibility in Problem solving in kea and New Caledonian crows. -Current challenges and applications of comparative cognition. 2nd ToK conference of CompCog; MAY 25-27, 2011; Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Auersperg, AMI (2011): Do kea (Nestor notabilis) consider spatial relationships between objects? Physical cognition in a highly neophilic New Zealand parrot. Dissertation, Universität Wien, pp. 100.
** Auersperg, AMI; Gajdon, GK; Huber, L
(2010): Kea, Nestor notabilis, produce dynamic relationships between objects in a second-order. tool use task.
Anim Behav (80), 5 783-789.
** Auersperg, AM; Gajdon, GK; Huber, L
(2009): Kea (Nestor notabilis) consider spatial relationships between objects in the support problem.
Biol Lett. 2009; 5(4):455-458
Auersperg, AMI; Huber, L; Gajdon, GK (2008): Support problem tasks in kea (Nestor notabilis). -4th European Conference on Behavioural Biology; JUL 18-20, 2008; Dijon, France.
Auersperg, AMI (2007): The Effect of Short-Term Isolation and Familiarity on Social Interactions in Pair-Housed Rats. Bakkalaureatsarbeit, University of Edinburgh, UK, pp. 50.