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Last published 2026
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Brittany N. Florkiewicz

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Assistant Professor

Faculty Researcher

6 h-index 22 pubs 99 cited

  • Animal Communication
  • Facial Expression
  • Animals
  • Pan troglodytes
  • Social Behavior
  • Face
  • Behavior, Animal
  • Gestures
  • Female
  • Male
  • Hylobates
  • Cats
  • Mammals
  • Animals, Zoo
  • Machine Learning

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Brittany N. Florkiewicz's research investigates the function and evolution of facial communication in mammals, with a focus on primates and domestic cats. Her work utilizes computational methods and observational studies to analyze facial gestures and their role in social interactions. Florkiewicz has examined chimpanzee facial signals in relation to the evolution of language, exploring combinatorics and complexity in their gestural repertoires. She also studies domestic cat facial signals, aiming to understand their social significance through computational approaches. Her research network includes collaborators such as Samantha Dickey from Lyon College and J. R. Garrett from Arkansas State University, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications. Florkiewicz's work is supported by her h-index of 6 and 99 total citations across 22 publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 6
  • Publications: 22
  • Citations: 99

Selected Publications

  • Harnessing AI-based computer vision to evaluate biological and behavioral variables in dog-dog play interactions (2026)
    Journal of Veterinary Behavior DOI OpenAlex
  • Expanding the horizons of facial mimicry in chimpanzees ( <i>Pan troglodytes</i> ): new insights into diverse signal types and contexts (2025)
    Current Zoology DOI OpenAlex
  • Close encounters of the cat kind: The influence of context and sex on facial signaling proximity in domesticated cats (Felis silvestris catus) (2025)
    Journal of Veterinary Behavior DOI OpenAlex
  • Gibbon Gestures: Hylobatid Facial Signals and Insights Into Language Evolution (2025)
    American Journal of Biological Anthropology DOI OpenAlex
  • Faces of time: a historical overview of rapid innovations in coding animal facial signals (2025)
    Frontiers in Veterinary Science 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Navigating the nuances of studying animal facial behaviors with Facial Action Coding Systems (2025)
    Frontiers in Ethology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • 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)
    Behavioural Processes DOI OpenAlex
  • Evaluating indicators of intentionality, flexibility, and goal-association in domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) facial signals (2025)
    Behavioural Processes 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The art of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) diplomacy: Unraveling the secrets of successful negotiations using machine learning. (2025)
    Journal of comparative psychology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Combinatorics and complexity of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) facial signals (2025)
    Animal Cognition 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Predicting Social Rankings in Captive Chimpanzees ( <i>Pan troglodytes</i> ) Through Communicative Interactions‐Based Data‐Driven Model (2025)
    Integrative Zoology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Examining Mammalian facial behavior using Facial Action Coding Systems (FACS) and combinatorics (2025)
    PLoS ONE 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Computational investigation of the social function of domestic cat facial signals (2024)
    Scientific Reports 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Feline faces: Unraveling the social function of domestic cat facial signals (2023)
    Behavioural Processes 18 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Primate socio-ecology shapes the evolution of distinctive facial repertoires. (2023)
    Journal of comparative psychology 15 citations DOI OpenAlex

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