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Behavioural and Acoustics Research for K9 Sounds

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Research group at the Department of Ethology, ELTE University, supported by an ERC Consolidator Grant. Our mission is to explore vocal learning in dogs by combining cutting-edge technology with interdisciplinary methods. | https://barks-lab.elte.hu/ |

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Behavioural and Acoustics Research for K9 Sounds @barkslab.bsky.social · 8d

The press release for our "Talking dogs" review.

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The Talking Dog Dream: What Science Says About It

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Behavioural and Acoustics Research for K9 Sounds @barkslab.bsky.social · 10d

Last Friday the Dept. of Ethology held the Dog Ethology Conference 🐾 for the owners who volunteer in our studies.

Our postdoc Rita Lenkei spoke about our review of “Talking Dogs,” PhD student Balázs Szigeti volunteered, and PhD student Franceska Furik was in the organizing team.

#DogScience

Behavioural and Acoustics Research for K9 Sounds @barkslab.bsky.social · 17d

Last week at the International Bioacoustics Congress in Kerteminde, the Barks Lab team shared some of our work 🐕🔊

We presented 2 posters and a lively talk :)

We also loved catching up with colleagues, making new connections, and getting inspired by the latest in #bioacoustics!

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Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics @braincoustics.bsky.social · 23d

Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics is back!

Please join us next week for fantastic talks from speakers Rada Mihalcea, Álvaro Vega-Hidalgo, and Tamás Faragó

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🗓️September 25th 10:00 EST
✅ Register here: braincoustics.com

#bioacoustics
#neuroskyence

Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics seminar for Thursday, September 25th at 10:00 EST

From Rada Mihalcea and Álvaro Vega-Hidalgo: Cross-Species AI Models for Decoding Animal Communication

From Tamás Faragó: Mapping dogs' vocal repertoires

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Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · Aug 28

This might be my last dog–pig comparative study (or who knows?).

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Companion pigs alternate orientation between humans and snout-inaccessible targets | Royal Society Open Science

Previous research on intensely human-socialized pigs found no evidence for orientation alternations to direct human attention to an inaccessible target, the benchmark behaviour that in many other spec...

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Behavioural and Acoustics Research for K9 Sounds @barkslab.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our P.I., and dog vocalization expert @tamsa42.bsky.social gave this nice interview during #CSF2025

Check it out if you are curious about our work on dog vocal communication and vocal learning :)

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#dogethology #dogcommunication #bioacousticsresearch #canineethology | Dogs and Science

What can your dog’s barks and growls really tell you? At the Canine Science Forum 2025, our Social Media Manager, Jennifer Somers, sat down with canine ethologist and bioacoustician Dr. Tamás Faragó...

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Behavioural and Acoustics Research for K9 Sounds @barkslab.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Let’s talk about “talking” dogs! Reviewing the science behind a bold idea - Biologia Futura

The concept of a “talking” dog has long fascinated humans, as presented throughout history in pieces of folklore, literature, and other fields of culture. While speech, as we know, is a uniquely human...

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Behavioural and Acoustics Research for K9 Sounds @barkslab.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our first paper is out!!🐕🎤

Talking dogs? How realistic is it?
We explore the scientific, cultural, and technological aspects of speech-like communication in dogs, and argue that while they excel at human-directed communication, spoken language may not be feasible or even desirable.

#dogscience

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Behavioural and Acoustics Research for K9 Sounds @barkslab.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thanks a lot :) !

Behavioural and Acoustics Research for K9 Sounds @barkslab.bsky.social · Jul 23

We are happy to introduce ourselves to the research community. Who are we? What do we do?
📍 BARKS Lab is a research group at the Department of Ethology, ELTE University.
🐕 We’re exploring vocal learning in dogs, backed by an ERC Consolidator Grant
#ethology #animalbehaviour #caninescience #vocal

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