Wiebke Konerding

Since 10.2009

PhD-student of the Center for Systems Neuroscience (ZSN). Title of PhD-thesis: “Are paw usage and auditory perception in domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) lateralized? An experimental neuroethological approach”. Main supervisor: E. Zimmermann

10.2008 - 07.2009

Research assistant at the Institute of Zoology. Research project: “Handedness in mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus) and tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri)”

2008

Diploma thesis: “Perception of context-specific communication calls in tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri)”. Supervisor: E. Zimmermann

2002 - 2008

Study of Biology at the University of Hannover

2002

Abitur (German university-entrance diploma) from the Lehrter Gymnasium

• Fellow of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung since 08.2009

since 2007

Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V.

I. Articles in peer reviewed journals

2011

Konerding, W., Hedrich, H.-H., Bleich, E., Zimmermann, E. (2011): Paw preference is not affected by postural demand in a non-primate mammal, the domestic cat: implications for the evolution of manual laterality. J Comp. Psychol. Doi: 10.1037/a0024638

Konerding, W., Brunke, J., Schehka, S., Zimmermann, E. (2011): Is acoustic evaluation of communication calls in a non-primate mammal, the tree shrew, affected by context? Anim. Cogn. 14 (6), 787-795; DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0411-8http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21553110

II. Abstracts of international conferences (2011 - 2007)

Scheumann, M.; Roser, A.-E.; Konerding, W.; Bleich, E.; Hedrich, H.-J.; Zimmermann, E. (2011): Expression of affect-intesity and identity in infant isolation calls of domestic cats. 23th Meeting of the International Bioacoustics Council, La Rochelle, 12.9.-16.9.2011, p. 76.

Zimmermann, E.; Konerding, W.; Brunke, J.; Schehka, S. (2011): Acoustic evaluation in a non-primate mammal, the tree shrew, not solely affected by context. Behavior 2011, Joint meeting of the the Animal Behavior Society (ABS) & International Ethological Conference (IEC), Bloomington, Indiana, 25.7.-30.7.2011, p. 265-266.

Konerding, W.; Hedrich, H.-J.; Bleich, E.; Zimmermann, E. (2011): Paw preference is not affected by postural demand in a non-primate mammal, the domestic cat. Behavior 2011, Joint meeting of the the Animal Behavior Society (ABS) & International Ethological Conference (IEC), Bloomington, Indiana, 25.7.-30.7.2011, p. 127-128.

2010

Konerding W., Hedrich H.-J., Bleich E., Zimmermann E. Paw preference in the domestic cat: effects of postural demand. [Poster] 5th European Conference on Behavioural Biology, Ferrara, Italy, 16.-18.7.2010

2009

Konerding W., Schehka S., Zimmermann E. (2009). Perception of context-specific communication calls in tree shrews. [Talk] 31st  International Ethological Conference, Rennes, France, 19.-24.8.2009.

Köhler W., Schehka S., Zimmermann E. (2009). Acoustic categorization of communication calls in tree shrews. [Talk] Meeting of Ethologische Gesellschaft, Göttingen, Germany, 12.-14.2.2009.

2008

Köhler W., Schehka S., Zimmermann E. (2008). How tree shrews perceive their social world acoustically. [Poster] Meeting of Ethologische Gesellschaft, Regensburg, Germany, 20.-22.2.2008.

2009

Assistance in the organization of XI. Meeting of the Society for Primatology, Hannover, TiHo