Dr. Marina Scheumann
Main interests:
- Prosodic cues in mammalian infant vocalization
- Effects on cross-taxa perception: Phylogeny, familiarity. personality and acoustic structure
- Mother-infant communication
- Evolution of lateralization in primates
- Development of non-invasive tools to measure physiological and neurological emotional responses
Professional and scientific career
since 2007
Post Doc at the Institute of Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo Hannover)
2006 - 2007
Research scientist at the Institute of Zoology (TiHo Hannover)
2004 - 2007
Student of the Ph.D. program of the Center for Systems Neuroscience,
Hannover (ZSN Hannover)
2003 - 2007
Dissertation (summa cum laude)
Topic: „Evolution of acoustic communication in non-human primates: New insights from Malagasy lemurs”.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. E. Zimmermann (TiHo Hannover)
Co-supervisors: Prof. Dr. E. Altenmüller (University of Music and Drama Hannover), Prof. Dr. R. Dengler (Hannover Medical School)
2003 - 2010
Participation in DFG project FOR499:
“Acoustic communication of emotions in nonhuman mammals and man: production, perception, and neural processing”
2003
Diploma thesis
Topic: “Nahrungssuchstrategien bei Orang-Utans und einem Gibbon im Zoo”
Supervisors: Dr. Josep Call, Prof. Dr. M. Tomasello (MPI for evolutionary Anthropology)
Prof. Dr. K. Schildberger (University Leipzig)
1997 – 2003
Study of Biology, University of Leipzig
1997
Abitur at the Johannes-Kepler Gymnasium, Leipzig
Awards & grants
2008
Travel grant from the “Gleichstellungsbüro” for participating in the Internationalen Prosimian Kongress
2003 - 2006
Scholarship of the graduate school: “Perspectives in Primatology: Integration of Genetic, Neurobiological and Ethological research strategies.”
2006
Second price for oral presentation at the German meeting of the German society of Primatology, Leipzig, Germany
2005
Honorable Mention Student Oral Presentation at the International Conference of Primatology, Turin, Italy
1997
Karl-von-Frisch Abitur price of the „Verband Deutscher Biologen e.V.“
Further scientific activities
- Board member of the "Gesellschaft für Primatologie" (http://www.gf-primatologie.de/GfP; since 2010)
Membership in scientific societies
Publications
I. Articles in peer reviewed journals
Submitted
Joly, M., Scheumann, M., Zimmermann, E. Posture does not matter! Paw usage and constancy in grasping paw preference in a mammal closely related to primates.
Maille, A., Jäschke, N., Joly, M., Scheumann, M., Blois-Heulin, C. & Zimmermann, E. Does visual guidance influence paw preference in a nonprimate mammal, the Northern tree shrew?
2011
11. Scheumann, M., Joly-Radko, M., Leliveld, L.; Zimmermann, E. (2011): Does body posture influence hand preference in an ancestral primate model? BMC Evol. Biol. 11:52. Doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-52
10. Leliveld, L., Scheumann, M., Zimmermann, E. (2011): Acoustic correlates of individuality in the vocal repertoire of a nocturnal primate (Microcebus murinus). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129 (4): 2278-88 Doi: 10.1121/1.3559680
2010
9. Leliveld, L.M.C.; Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E. (2010): Effects of caller characteristics on auditory laterality in an early primate (Microcebus murinus). PLoS ONE, Vol 5,2
2008
8. Joly, M.; Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E. (2008): Wild mouse lemurs revisit artificial feeding platforms: implications for field experiments on sensory and cognitive abilities in small primates. Am. J. Primatol. 70: 892-896
7. Leliveld, L.M.C.; Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E. (2008): Manual lateralization in early primates: a comparison of two mouse lemur species. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 137: 156-163
6. Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E. (2008): Sex-specific orientation asymmetries in communication sound processing are not related to hand preference in an early primate. BMC Biol. 6: 3.
5. Sündermann, D.; Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E. (2008): Olfactory predator recognition in predator-naïve gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus). J. Comp. Psychol.122: 146-155.
2007
4. Scheumann, M.; Rabesandratana, A.; Zimmermann, E. (2007): Predation, communication and cognition in lemurs. In: Gursky, S.L.; Nekaris, K.A.I. (eds.): Primate Anti-Predators Strategies. Developments in Primatology, Springer-Verlag, New York, pp:100-126.
3. Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E.; Deichsel, G. (2007): Context-specific calls signal infant’s needs in a strepsirrhine primate, the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus). Dev. Psychobiol. 49(7): 708-718.
2006
2. Scheumann, M.; Call J. (2006): Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) and a yellow-cheeked crested gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae) know what is where”. Int J Primatol. 27 (2): 575-602
2004
1. Scheumann, M.; Call J. (2004): Use of experimenter-given cues in South African fur seals (Arctocephalus
pusillus). Animal Cognition 7(4): 224-230.
II. Abstracts of international conferences
2011
Röper, K.M.; Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E. Influence of body posture on handedness in Goodman’s mouse lemurs (Microcebus lehilahytsara). In: Abstracts and program 12th Conference of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 30.03.-01.04.2011; 2011, S.60
Kessler, S.E.; Scheumann M.; Nash L.T.; Zimmermann, E. Paternal kin recognition in female, captive, grey mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus). In: Abstracts and program 12th Conference of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 30.03.-01.04.2011; 2011, S. 30
2010
Zimmermann, E.; Joly-Radko, M.; Scheumann, M.: Hand preference in tree shrews and prosimian primates: a comparative approach. In: Abstracts & program 23rd Congress of the International Primatological Society, Kyoto, 12.-18.9.2010; 2010, S. #450
Roser, A.-E.; Scheumann, M.; Konerding, W.; Bleich, E.; Hedrich, H.-J.; Zimmermann, E.: Prosodic cues in isolation calls of kittens. In: Programme and Abstracts 5th European Conference on Behavioural Biology, Ferrara, 16.-18.7.; 2010, S. 144
Scheumann, M.; Hasting, A.; Kotz, S. A.; Zimmermann, E.: Do phylogeny and/or familiarity influence cross-taxa perception of acoustically conveyed emotion in human listeners? In: Evolution of emotional communication: from sounds in nonhuman mammals to speech and music in man Günzburg, 28.4.-1.5.2010; 2010, S. 26
Hasting, A. S.; Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E.; Kotz, S. A.: The valence of emotional animal vocalizations modulates electrophysiological correlates of the human orieting response. In: Evolution of emotional communication: from sounds in nonhuman mammals to speeech and music in man Günzburg, 28.4.-1.5.2010; 2010, S. 23
2009
Scheumann, M.; Hastings, A.; Kotz, S.A.; Zimmermann, E.: Do phylogeny and/or familiarity influence cross-taxa perception of acoustically conveyed emotions? In: Programme and Abstracts 102. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, Regensburg, 25.-28.09.2009; 2009, S. 29
Schopf, C.; Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E. (2009): Seasonality in vocal behaviour of a nocturnal primate (Microcebus lehilahydsara). In: Programme and Abstracts 102. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, Regensburg, 25.-28.09.2009, S. 44
Leliveld, L.; Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E.: Acoustic correlates of individuality in the vocal repertoire of a nocturnal lemur (Microcebus murinus). In: Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) (Hrsg.): 7th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife, Berlin, 21.-24.09.2009; 2009, S. 121
Scheumann, M.; Hastings, A.; Kotz, S.A.; Zimmermann, E.: Cross-taxa perception of acoustically conveyed emotions. In: Abstracts & program 31st International Ethological Conference, Rennes, 19.-24.8.2009 S. 403-404.
Leliveld, L.; Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E.: Individual signatures in communication calls of a nocturnal lemur (Microcebus murinus). In: Abstracts & program 31st International Ethological Conference, Rennes, 19.-24.8.2009 S. 315
Leliveld, L.; Schopf, C.; Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E.: Individual cues in vocalizations across the vocal repertoire of two mouse lemur species. In: Programme and Abstracts 11th Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie, Hannover, 24.-26.2.2009; 2009, S. 49
2008
Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E.: Sex-specific perception of conspecific communication calls in grey mouse lemurs. 22nd Congress of the International Primatological Society, Edinburgh, 3.-8.8.2008; Primate Eye 96 (special Issue) # 494.
Borchert, K.; Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E.: The role of olfaction in social communication of the Goodman’s mouse lemur. 22nd Congress of the International Primatological Society, Edinburgh, 3.-8.8.2008; Primate Eye 96 (special Issue) # 282.
Leliveld, L.M.C.; Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E.: Individual signatures in communication calls of a nocturnal lemur (Microcebus murinus). 22nd Congress of the International Primatological Society, Edinburgh, 3.-8.8.2008; Primate Eye 96 (special Issue) # 665.
Schopf, C.; Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E.: Ultrasonic advertisement calling in the Goodman’s mouse lemur: seasonal effects and individuality. 22nd Congress of the International Primatological Society, Edinburgh, 3.-8.8.2008; Primate Eye 96 (special Issue) # 668.
Leliveld, L.M.C.; Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E.: Individual signatures in communication calls of a nocturnal lemur (Microcebus murinus). In: Programme and Abstracts Int. Conf. Vocal Communication in Birds and Mammals, St. Andrews, Scotland, 31.7.-2.8.2008; 2008, p.33.
Leliveld, L.M.C.; Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E.: Do ancestral primates have handedness? In: Programme and Abstracts Marie Curie Conference - ESOF, Barcelona 17.-18.7.2008; 2008, # P-198.
Borchert, K.; Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E.: Female dominance in captive Goodman’s mouse lemurs (Microcebus lehilahytsara). In: Programme and Abstracts Meeting of Ethologische Gesellschaft, Regensburg, 20.2.-22.2.2008; p. 44.
2007
Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E. (2007): Toward the evolutionary roots of laterality in hand usage and communication sound processing of primates. In: In: Programme and Abstracts International Symposium "Evolution of Emotional Communication", Hannover, 27.-29.09.2007; p. 28
Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E.: Mother-offspring communication in gray mouse lemurs. In: Programme and Abstracts 30th International Ethological Conference, Halifax, Canada, 15.-23.08.2007; p. 129.
Leliveld, L.M.C.; Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E.: Manual lateralisation in early primates: a comparison of two mouse lemur species. In: Programme and Abstracts 30th International Ethological Conference, Halifax, Canada, 15.-23.8.2007; p. 115.
Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E.: Mother-offspring communication in grey mouse lemurs. In: Programme and Abstracts International Congress Prosimians, Ithala, South Africa, 15.-19.07.2007; p. 33.
III. Articles in popular science journals
2008
Scheumann, M.; Zimmermann, E. (2008): Rechts oder links bei Mausmakis. Spektrum der Wissenschaft 4: 16-19.
IV. Books
2007
Scheumann, M. (2007): Evolution of acoustic communication in non-human primates: New insights from Malagasy lemurs. PhD thesis, University of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Zoology
Review for
Professional journals
Brain & Language, Animal Behaviour, Mammal Review, Current Zoology, Biology Letters, Ethology
Teaching
since 2010
Co-supervisor of the PhD course: “ Neurobiology of animal communication ” (TiHo Hannover)
2008 - 2009
Congress organisation: "11th conference of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie" (TiHo Hannover)
since 2008
Supervisor of the lab course: “Behavioural observation” (TiHo Hannover)
2007
Congress organisation: "Evolution of Emotional Communication: From Sounds in
Nonhuman Mammals to Speech and Music in Man" (TiHo Hannover)
2005
Participation in the congress organisation:
"Brainstorming - Interdisciplinary Aspects of Neuroscience" (ZSN Hannover)
since 2003
Co-supervisor of the lab course: “Experimental behavioural biology” (TiHo Hannover)
2003
Co-supervisor of the lab course: "Allgemeine Zoologie - Praktikum im Pflichtmodul Zoologie" (TiHo Hannover)
04.2000 – 06.2003
Student assistant (MPI for evolutionary Anthropology)
Winter term 1999
Student assistant (University of Leipzig)
04.1998 – 06.2003
Zoo guide (Zoo Leipzig)