Raffaela Lesch, PhD

If you’d like to read more check out our open access article here: doi.org/10.1098/rsos.2… @royalsociety

It seems like dogs with normal snouts experience a pattern change that can be described as “domestic compression”. Poppy was the first dog to find out about this and I hope you are more excited than she was! 😅 She was mainly worried how that might affect her dinner!

Where are the dog enthusiasts at? Ever wondered how your dogs voice box might have changed in the process of domestication? 🐺🐶 Thread 🧵

Starting the Domestication session at #CSC2024 with @RaffaelaLesch - what can Nth American raccoon brains teach us about the domestication of dogs? Turns out - quite a bit! #science

Meet our Keynote Speakers for #CSC2024 from June 21-23, 2024 in #Seattle: Today, Jaume Fatío from @UABBarcelona who will be asking if #dogs truly are the new #kids. #CanineScience

Meet our Keynote Speakers for #CSC2024 from June 21-23, 2024 in #Seattle: Today, @LauraPrugh from @UW who will be talking about the role of #coyotes in rural and urban #ecosystems. #CanineScience

Intriguing new work on laryngeal evolution, by @RaffaelaLesch & @TecumsehFitch: “The domestication of the larynx: The neural crest connection” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/je…

👀🐶NEW PAPER! How does dog eye size affect pet-directed speech?👉bit.ly/45Gn1NM we found that increasing the eye size of dogs in photos also increased the pitch range and variability in women's PDS. Dogs with larger eye sizes were also perceived as younger by women

@ohambiguity @DeepSqueak_USV How high was your sampling frequency?

My behavioral neuro and USV fam: What are our thoughts on harmonics in rat USVs? And are we all in agreement that there is something…odd (?!?) happening here? 😬 @DeepSqueak_USV #usv

@pialdecoa Congrats Paula! 🥳

@hankgreen @AntonBaotic works on giraffe vocal communication🦒

Any giraffe scientists wanna talk to me?

@eva_ringler @UALR Thank you!😊

Off to new adventures! 🤓 I started as an Assistant Professor at @UALR the beginning of this year. Some exciting domestication research is coming your way soon! 🐭🦝 #AcademicChatter

@kevinfolta @UALR Thank you! Mainly mammal domestication and the effects that had on mammalian voice production. Among other things I’ll focus on mice and raccoons 🐁🦝

@RaffaelaLesch @UALR Congrats! Domestication of what?