Brittany N. Florkiewicz Data-verified
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Brittany N. Florkiewicz investigates mammalian facial communication, with a focus on its role in social behavior and evolutionary processes. Her research explores the facial repertoires of various species, including chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and domestic cats. Florkiewicz employs methodologies such as Facial Action Coding Systems (FACS) and computational approaches to analyze communicative interactions and predict social dynamics. She has examined the functional significance of facial signals, their complexity, and their implications for the evolution of communication, including potential links to language evolution. Her work also includes comparative analyses of different sampling methods for studying animal communication and the prediction of social rankings in captive chimpanzee groups through data-driven models. Florkiewicz has a publication record that includes studies on both primate and feline facial signaling.
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- h-index: 6
- Publications: 22
- Citations: 99
Selected Publications
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Harnessing AI-based computer vision to evaluate biological and behavioral variables in dog-dog play interactions (2026)
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Expanding the Horizons of Facial Mimicry in Chimpanzees ( <i>Pan troglodytes</i> ): New Insights into Diverse Signal Types and Contexts (2025)
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Close encounters of the cat kind: The influence of context and sex on facial signaling proximity in domesticated cats (Felis silvestris catus) (2025)
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Gibbon Gestures: Hylobatid Facial Signals and Insights Into Language Evolution (2025)
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Faces of time: a historical overview of rapid innovations in coding animal facial signals (2025)
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Navigating the nuances of studying animal facial behaviors with Facial Action Coding Systems (2025)
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Corrigendum to “Evaluating indicators of intentionality, flexibility, and goal-association in domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) facial signals” [Behav. Proc. 231, September 2025, 105244] (2025)
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Evaluating indicators of intentionality, flexibility, and goal-association in domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) facial signals (2025)
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The art of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) diplomacy: Unraveling the secrets of successful negotiations using machine learning. (2025)
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Combinatorics and complexity of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) facial signals (2025)
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Predicting Social Rankings in Captive Chimpanzees (<i>Pan troglodytes</i>) Through Communicative Interactions‐Based Data‐Driven Model (2025)
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Examining Mammalian facial behavior using Facial Action Coding Systems (FACS) and combinatorics (2025)
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Computational investigation of the social function of domestic cat facial signals (2024)
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Feline faces: Unraveling the social function of domestic cat facial signals (2023)
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Primate socio-ecology shapes the evolution of distinctive facial repertoires. (2023)
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