David Reby
Visiting Professor of Ethology (Psychology)

Selected publications

Article

Cartei, Valentina, Reby, David, Garnham, Alan, Oakhill, Jane and Banerjee, Robin (2022) Peer audience effects on children’s vocal masculinity and femininity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377 (1841). ISSN 0962-8436

Korzeniowska, A T, Simner, J, Root-Gutteridge, H and Reby, D (2022) High-pitch sounds small for domestic dogs: abstract crossmodal correspondences between auditory pitch and visual size. Royal Society Open Science, 9 (2). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2054-5703

Root-Gutteridge, Holly, Ratcliffe, Victoria F, Neumann, Justine, Timarchi, Lucia, Yeung, Chloe, Korzeniowska, Anna T, Mathevon, Nicolas and Reby, David (2021) Effect of pitch range on dogs’ response to conspecific vs. heterospecific distress cries. Scientific Reports, 11 (1). a19723 1-10. ISSN 2045-2322

Frey, Roland, Wyman, Megan Tompkins, Johnston, Malcolm, Schofield, Michael, Locatelli, Yann and Reby, David (2021) Roars, groans and moans: anatomical correlates of vocal diversity in polygynous deer. Journal of Anatomy, 239 (6). pp. 1336-1369. ISSN 0021-8782

Anikin, Andrey, Pisanski, Katarzyna, Massenet, Mathilde and Reby, David (2021) Harsh is large: nonlinear vocal phenomena lower voice pitch and exaggerate body size. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288 (1954). a20210872 1-8. ISSN 0962-8452

Root-Gutteridge, Holly, Brown, Louise P, Forman, Jemma, Korzeniowska, Anna T, Simner, Julia and Reby, David (2021) Using a new video rating tool to crowd-source analysis of behavioural reaction to stimuli. Animal Cognition. ISSN 1435-9448

Pisanski, Katarzyna and Reby, David (2021) Efficacy in deceptive vocal exaggeration of human body size. Nature Communications, 12 (a968). ISSN 2041-1723

Cartei, Valentina, Oakhill, Jane, Garnham, Alan, Banerjee, Robin and Reby, David (2021) Voice cues influence children’s assessment of adults’ occupational competence. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. ISSN 0191-5886

Cartei, Valentina, Oakhill, Jane, Garnham, Alan, Banerjee, Robin and Reby, David (2020) “This is what a mechanic sounds like.” Children’s vocal control reveals implicit occupational stereotypes. Psychological Science, 31 (8). pp. 957-967. ISSN 0956-7976

Cartei, Valentina, Banerjee, Robin, Garnham, Alan, Oakhill, Jane, Roberts, Lucy, Anns, Sophie, Bond, Rod and Reby, David (2020) Physiological and perceptual correlates of masculinity in children’s voices. Hormones and Behavior, 117. ISSN 0018-506X

Root-Gutteridge, Holly, Ratcliffe, Victoria F, Korzeniowska, Anna T and Reby, David (2019) Dogs perceive and spontaneously normalise formant-related speaker and vowel differences in human speech sounds. Biology Letters, 15 (12). pp. 1-5. ISSN 1744-9561

Korzeniowska, A T, Root-Gutteridge, H, Simner, J and Reby, D (2019) Audio-visual crossmodal correspondences in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris). Biology Letters, 15 (11). pp. 1-5. ISSN 1744-9561

Cartei, Valentina, Garnham, Alan, Oakhill, Jane, Banerjee, Robin, Roberts, Lucy and Reby, David (2019) Children can control the expression of masculinity and femininity through the voice. Royal Society Open Science, 6 (7). pp. 1-9. ISSN 2054-5703

Cartei, Valentina, Banerjee, Robin, Hardouin, Loic and Reby, David (2019) The role of sex-related voice variation in children’s gender-role stereotype attributions. British Journal of Developmental Psychology (37). pp. 396-409. ISSN 0261-510X

Raine, Jordan, Pisanski, Katarzyna, Bond, Rod, Simner, Julia, Reby, David and Unset (2019) Human roars communicate upper-body strength more effectively than do screams or aggressive and distressed speech. PLoS ONE, 14 (3). e0213034 1-28. ISSN 1932-6203

Pisanski, Katarzyna, Oleszkiewicz, Anna, Plachetka, Justyna, Gmiterek, Marzena and Reby, David (2018) Voice pitch modulation in human mate choice. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285 (201816). pp. 1-8. ISSN 0962-8452

Koutseff, Alexis, Reby, David, Martin, Olivier, Levrero, Florence, Patural, Hugues and Mathevon, Nicholas (2018) The acoustic space of pain: cries as indicators of distress recovering dynamics in preverbal infants. Bioacoustics, 27 (4). pp. 313-325. ISSN 0952-4622

Reby, D, Wyman, M T, Frey, R, Charlton, B D, Dalmont, J P and Gilbert, J (2018) Vocal tract modelling in fallow deer: are male groans nasalized? Journal of Experimental Biology, 221 (17). pp. 1-12. ISSN 0022-0949

Levrero, Florence, Mathevon, Nicholas, Pisanski, Katarzyna, Gustafsson, Erik and Reby, David (2018) The pitch of babies’ cries predicts their voice pitch at age five. Biology Letters, 14 (7). ISSN 1744-9561

Raine, Jordan, Pisanski, Katarzyna, Simner, Julia and Reby, David (2018) Vocal communication of simulated pain. Bioacoustics. ISSN 0952-4622

Pisanski, Katarzyna, Bhardwaj, Kavya and Reby, David (2018) Women’s voice pitch lowers after pregnancy. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39 (4). pp. 457-463. ISSN 1090_5138

Raine, Jordan, Pisanski, Katarzyna, Oleszkiewicz, Anna, Simner, Julia and Reby, David (2018) Human listeners can accurately judge strength and height relative to self from aggressive roars and speech. iScience, 4. pp. 273-280. ISSN 2589-0042

Hamilton-Fletcher, Giles, Pisanski, Katarzyna, Reby, David, Stefańczyk, Michal, Ward, Jamie and Sorokowska, Agnieszka (2018) The role of visual experience in the emergence of cross-modal correspondences. Cognition, 175. pp. 114-121. ISSN 0010-0277

Frey, Roland, Reby, David, Fritsch, Guido and Charlton, Benjamin D (2018) The remarkable vocal anatomy of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): insights into low-frequency sound production in a marsupial species. Journal of Anatomy, 232 (4). pp. 575-595. ISSN 0021-8782

Charlton, Benjamin D, Taylor, Anna M and Reby, David (2017) Function and evolution of vibrato-like frequency modulation in mammals. Current Biology, 27 (17). pp. 2692-2697. ISSN 0960-9822

Raine, Jordan, Pisanski, Katarzyna and Reby, David (2017) Tennis grunts communicate acoustic cues to sex and contest outcome. Animal Behaviour, 130. pp. 47-55. ISSN 0003-3472

Hamilton-Fletcher, Giles Douglas Iain, Witzel, Christoph, Reby, David and Ward, Jamie (2017) Sound properties associated with equiluminant colours. Multisensory Research, 30 (3-5). pp. 337-362. ISSN 2213-4794

Kelly, Taylor, Reby, David, Levréro, Florence, Keenan, Sumir, Gustafsson, Erik, Koutseff, Alexis and Mathevon, Nicolas (2017) Adult human perception of distress in the cries of bonobo, chimpanzee, and human infants. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 120 (4). pp. 919-930. ISSN 0024-4066

Ben-Aderet, Tobey, Gallego-Abenza, Mario, Reby, David and Mathevon, Nicolas (2017) Dog-directed speech: why do we use it and do dogs pay attention to it? Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284 (1846). ISSN 0962-8452

Fouquet, Meddy, Pisanski, Katarzyna, Mathevon, Nicolas and Reby, David (2016) Seven and up: individual differences in male voice fundamental frequency emerge before puberty and remain stable throughout adulthood. Royal Society Open Science, 3 (10). p. 160395. ISSN 2054-5703

Charlton, Benjamin D and Reby, David (2016) The evolution of acoustic size exaggeration in terrestrial mammals. Nature Communications, 7 (1). a12739 1-8. ISSN 2041-1723

Reby, David, Pisanski, Katarzyna, Pisanski, Annette, Mora, Emanuel C, Frackowiak, Tomasz, Feinberg, David R and Sorokowski, Piotr (2016) Volitional exaggeration of body size through fundamental and formant frequency modulation in humans. Scientific Reports, 6. p. 34389. ISSN 2045-2322

Wyman, Megan T, Locatelli, Yann, Charlton, Benjamin D and Reby, David (2016) Female sexual preferences toward conspecific and hybrid male mating calls in two species of polygynous deer, Cervus elaphus and C. nippon. Evolutionary Biology, 43 (2). pp. 227-241. ISSN 0071-3260

Reby, D, Wyman, M T, Frey, R, Passilongo, D, Gilbert, J, Locatelli, Y and Charlton, B D (2016) Evidence of biphonation and source-filter interactions in the bugles of male North American wapiti (Cervus Canadensis). Journal of Experimental Biology, 219. pp. 1224-1236. ISSN 0022-0949

Reby, David, Levréro, Florence, Gustafsson, Erik and Mathevon, Nicolas (2016) Sex stereotypes influence adults' perception of babies' cries. BMC Psychology, 4 (19). ISSN 2050-7283

Pisanski, Katarzyna, Cartei, Valentina, McGettigan, Carolyn, Raine, Jordan and Reby, David (2016) Voice modulation: a window into the origins of human vocal control? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 20 (4). pp. 304-318. ISSN 1364-6613

Ratcliffe, Victoria and Reby, David (2016) [Review] Adam Miklosi (2015) Dog behaviour, evolution, and cognition. Animal Behaviour, 111. p. 269. ISSN 0003-3472

Ratcliffe, Victoria F, Taylor, Anna M and Reby, David (2015) Cross-modal correspondences in non-human mammal communication. Multisensory Research, 29 (1-3). pp. 49-91. ISSN 2213-4794

Dunn, Jacob C, Halenar, Lauren B, Davies, Thomas G, Cristobal-Azkarate, Jurgi, Reby, David, Sykes, Dan, Dengg, Sabine, Fitch, W Tecumseh and Knapp, Leslie A (2015) Evolutionary trade-off between vocal tract and testes dimensions in howler monkeys. Current Biology, 25 (21). pp. 2839-2844. ISSN 0960-9822

Linhart, Pavel, Ratcliffe, Victoria F, Reby, David, Špinka, Marek and Unset (2015) Expression of emotional arousal in two different piglet call types. PLoS ONE, 10 (8). e0135414. ISSN 1932-6203

Maruščáková, Iva L, Linhart, Pavel, Ratcliffe, Victoria, Tallet, Céline, Reby, David and Špinka, Marek (2015) Humans (Homo sapiens) judge the emotional content of piglet (Sus scrofa domestica) calls based on simple acoustic parameters, not personality, empathy, nor attitude toward animals. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 129 (2). pp. 121-131. ISSN 0735-7036

Della Libera, Matteo, Passilongo, Daniela and Reby, David (2015) Acoustics of male rutting roars in the endangered population of Mesola red deer Cervus elaphus italicus. Mammalian Biology, 80 (5). pp. 395-400. ISSN 1616-5047

Ratcliffe, Victoria F and Reby, David (2014) Orienting asymmetries in dogs’ responses to different communicatory components of human speech. Current Biology, 24 (24). pp. 2908-2912. ISSN 0960-9822

Cartei, Valentina, Bond, Rod and Reby, David (2014) What makes a voice masculine: physiological and acoustical correlates of women's ratings of men's vocal masculinity. Hormones and Behavior, 66 (4). pp. 569-576. ISSN 0018-506X

Garcia, Maxime, Wyman, Megan T, Charlton, Benjamin D, Tecumseh Fitch, W and Reby, David (2014) Response of red deer stags (cervus elaphus) to playback of harsh versus common roars. Naturwissenschaften, 101 (10). pp. 851-854. ISSN 0028-1042

Reby, David and Aubin, Thierry (2014) Bioacoustics. Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 100 (4). pp. 5-6. ISSN 1610-1928

Gilbert, Joël, Dalmont, Jean-Pierre, Potier, Romain and Reby, David (2014) Is nonlinear propagation responsible for the brassiness of elephant trumpet calls? Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 100 (4). pp. 734-738. ISSN 1610-1928

Wyman, M T, Locatelli, Y, Charlton, B D and Reby, D (2014) No preference in female sika deer for conspecific over heterospecific male sexual calls in a mate choice context. Journal of Zoology, 293 (2). pp. 92-99. ISSN 0952-8369

Ratcliffe, V F, McComb, K and Reby, D (2014) Cross-modal discrimination of human gender by domestic dogs. Animal Behaviour, 91. pp. 127-135. ISSN 0003-3472

Charlton, B D, Wyman, M T, Locatelli, Y, Fitch, W T and Reby, D (2014) Do red deer hinds prefer stags that produce harsh roars in mate choice contexts? Journal of Zoology, 293 (1). pp. 57-62. ISSN 09528369

Hardouin, Loïc A, Thompson, Richard, Stenning, Martyn and Reby, David (2014) Anatomical bases of sex- and size-related acoustic variation in herring gull alarm calls. Journal Of Avian Biology, 45 (2). pp. 157-166. ISSN 0908-8857

Cartei, Valentina, Cowles, Wind, Banerjee, Robin and Reby, David (2014) Control of voice gender in pre-pubertal children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 32 (1). pp. 100-106. ISSN 0261-510X

Garcia, Maxime, Charlton, Benjamin D, Wyman, Megan T, Fitch, W Tecumseh and Reby, David (2013) Do red deer stags (Cervus elaphus) use roar fundamental frequency (F0) to assess rivals? PLoS ONE, 8 (12). e83946. ISSN 1932-6203

Cartei, Valentina and Reby, David (2013) Effect of formant frequency spacing on perceived gender in pre-pubertal children's voices. PLoS ONE, 8 (12). e81022. ISSN 1932-6203

Charlton, Benjamin D, Frey, Roland, McKinnon, Allan J, Fritsch, Guido, Fitch, W Tecumseh and Reby, David (2013) Koalas use a novel vocal organ to produce unusually low-pitched mating calls. Current Biology, 23 (23). R1035-R1036. ISSN 0960-9822

Charlton, Benjamin D, Taylor, Anna M and Reby, David (2013) Are men better than women at acoustic size judgements? Biology Letters, 9 (4). p. 20130270. ISSN 1744-9561

Charlton, Benjamin D, Whisson, Desley A and Reby, David (2013) Free-ranging male koalas use size-related variation in formant frequencies to assess rival males. PLoS ONE, 8 (7). e70279. ISSN 1932-6203

Gustafsson, Erik, Levréro, Florence, Reby, David and Mathevon, Nicolas (2013) Fathers are just as good as mothers at recognizing the cries of their baby. Nature Communications, 4 (1698). ISSN 2041-1723

Passilongo, Daniela, Reby, David, Carranza, Juan and Apollonio, Marco (2013) Roaring high and low: composition and possible functions of the Iberian stag's vocal repertoire. PLoS ONE, 8 (5). e63841. ISSN 1932-6203

Wyman, M T, Mooring, M S, McCowan, B, Penedo, M C T, Reby, D and Hart, L A (2012) Acoustic cues to size and quality in the vocalizations of male North American bison, Bison bison. Animal Behaviour, 84 (6). pp. 1381-1391. ISSN 0003-3472

Charlton, Benjamin D, Reby, David, Ellis, William A H, Brumm, Jacqui and Fitch, W Tecumseh (2012) Estimating the active space of male koala bellows: propagation of cues to size and identity in a Eucalyptus forest. PLoS ONE, 7 (9). e45420. ISSN 1932-6203

Reby, David and Charlton, Benjamin D (2012) Attention grabbing in red deer sexual calls. Animal Cognition, 15 (2). pp. 265-270. ISSN 1435-9448

Cartei, Valentina and Reby, David (2012) Acting gay: male actors shift the frequency components of their voices towards female values when playing homosexual characters. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 36 (1). pp. 79-93. ISSN 0191-5886

Cartei, Valentina, Wind Cowles, Heidi and Reby, David (2012) Spontaneous voice gender imitation abilities in adult speakers. PLoS ONE, 7 (2). e31353. ISSN 1932-6203

Fernay, Louise, Reby, David and Ward, Jamie (2012) Visualised voices: A case study of audio-visual synaesthesia. Neurocase, Jun 27. ISSN 1355-4794

Wyman, Megan T, Charlton, Benjamin D, Locatelli, Yann and Reby, David (2011) Variability of female responses to conspecific vs. heterospecific male mating calls in polygynous deer: an open door to hybridization? PLoS ONE, 6 (8). e23296. ISSN 1932-6203

Charlton, Benjamin D and Reby, David (2011) Context-related acoustic variation in male fallow deer (Dama dama) groans. PLoS ONE, 6 (6). pp. 1-5. ISSN 1932-6203

Taylor, Anna M, Reby, David and McComb, Karen (2011) Cross modal perception of body size in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris). PLoS ONE, 6 (2). e17069. ISSN 1932-6203

Taylor, Anna M, Reby, David and McComb, Karen (2010) Why Do Large Dogs Sound More Aggressive to Human Listeners: Acoustic Bases of Motivational Misattributions. Ethology, 116 (12). pp. 1155-1162. ISSN 0179-1613

Reby, David, Charlton, Benjamin D, Locatelli, Yann and McComb, Karen (2010) Oestrous red deer hinds prefer male roars with higher fundamental frequencies. Proceedings B: Biological Sciences, 277 (1695). pp. 2747-2753. ISSN 0962-8452

Taylor, Anna M and Reby, David (2010) The contribution of source filter theory to mammal vocal communication research. Journal of Zoology, 280 (3). pp. 221-236. ISSN 0952-8369

Taylor, Anna, Reby, David and McComb, Karen (2010) Size Communication in domestic dog (Canis familiaris) growls. Animal Behaviour, 79 (1). pp. 205-210. ISSN 0003-3472

Hardouin, Loïc A, Bretagnolle, V, Tabel, P, Bavoux, C, Burneleau, G and Reby, D (2009) Acoustic cues to reproductive success in male owl hoots. Animal Behaviour, 78 (4). pp. 907-913. ISSN 0003-3472

Taylor, Anna M, Reby, David and McComb, Karen (2009) Context-related variation in the vocal growling behaviour of the domestic dog (Canis familiaris). Ethology, 115 (10). pp. 905-915. ISSN 0179-1613

Cap, Henri, Deleporte, Pierre, Joachim, Jean and Reby, David (2008) Male vocal behavior and phylogeny in deer. Cladistics, 24 (6). pp. 917-931. ISSN 0748-3007

Kidjo, Nicolas, Cargnelutti, Bruno, Charlton, Benjamin D, Wilson, Christian and Reby, David (2008) Vocal behaviour in the endangered corsican deer: description and phylogenetic implications. Bioacoustics, 18 (2). pp. 159-181. ISSN 0952-4622

Charlton, Benjamin D, McComb, Karen and Reby, David (2008) Free-ranging red deer hinds show greater attentiveness to roars with formant frequencies typical of young males. Ethology, 114 (10). pp. 1023-1031. ISSN 0179-1613

Taylor, Anna, Reby, David and McComb, Karen (2008) Human listeners attend to size information in domestic dog growls. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123 (5). pp. 2903-2909. ISSN 0001-4966

Charlton, Benjamin D., Reby, David and McComb, Karen (2008) Effect of combined source (F0) and filter (formant) variation on red deer hind responses to male roars. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123 (5). pp. 2936-2943. ISSN 0001-4966

Charlton, Benjamin D, Reby, David and McComb, Karen (2007) Female perception of size-related formant shifts in red deer, Cervus elaphus. Animal Behaviour, 74 (4). pp. 707-714. ISSN 0003-3472

Hardouin, Loïc A, Reby, David, Bavoux, Christian, Burneleau, Guy and Bretagnolle, Vincent (2007) Communication of male quality in owl hoots. American Naturalist, 169 (4). pp. 552-562. ISSN 0003-0147

Reby, David, Andre-Obrecht, R., Galinier, A., Farinas, J. and Cargnelutti, B. (2006) Cepstral coefficients and hidden Markov models reveal idiosyncratic voice characteristics in red deer (Cervus elaphus) stags. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120 (6). pp. 4080-4089. ISSN 0001-4966

Reby, David and McComb, Karen (2003) Anatomical constraints generate honesty: acoustic cues to age and weight in the roars of red deer stags. Animal Behaviour, 65 (3). pp. 519-530. ISSN 0003-3472

Cargnelutti, Bruno, Reby, David, Desneux, Lionel, Angibault, Jean-Marc, Joachim, Jean and Hewison, AJM (2002) Space use by roe deer in a fragmented landscape some preliminary results. Revue d'Ecologie - la terre et la vie, 57 (1). pp. 29-37.

Fitch, W Tecumseh and Reby, David (2001) The descended larynx is not uniquely human. Proceedings B: Biological Sciences, 268. pp. 1669-1675. ISSN 0962-8436

Pépin, Dominique, Cargnelutti, Bruno, Gonzalez, Georges, Joachim, Jean and Reby, David (2001) Diurnal and seasonal variations of roaring activity of farmed red deer stags. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 74 (3). pp. 233-239. ISSN 0168-1591

Reby, David, Hewison, Mark, Izquierdo, Marta and Pépin, Dominique (2001) Red deer (Cervus elaphus) hinds discriminate between the roars of their current harem holder stag and those of neighbouring stags. Ethology, 107. pp. 951-959.

Book Section

Cartei, Valentina and Reby, David (2019) The evolution of sexual dimorphism in human voice. In: Lã, Filipa (ed.) The female singing voice. Compton Publishing. ISBN 9781909082090

Taylor, Anna M, Charlton, Benjamin D and Reby, David (2015) Vocal production by terrestrial mammals: source, filter and function. In: Suthers, R, Fitch, W T, Popper, A and Fay, D (eds.) Vertebrate Sound Production and Acoustic Communication. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research . Springer, pp. 229-260. ISBN 9783319277219

Taylor, Anna Magdalena, Ratcliffe, Victoria Frances, McComb, Karen and Reby, David (2014) Auditory communication in domestic dogs: vocal signalling in the extended social environment of a companion animal. In: The social dog. Elsevier Inc., pp. 131-163.

McComb, Karen, Reby, David and Moss, Cynthia J (2011) Vocal communication and social knowledge in African Elephants. In: Moss, CJ, Croze, H and Lee, PC (eds.) The Amboseli Elephants A Long Term Perspective on a Long-lived Mammal. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226542232

McComb, Karen and Reby, David (2009) Communication in terrestrial animals. In: Squire, Larry R (ed.) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Elsevier, Acad. Press, pp. 1167-1171. ISBN 978-0-08-045046-9

Dataset

Pisanski, Kasia, Bhardwaj, Kavya and Reby, David (2018) [Dataset supporting publication] Women's voice pitch lowers after pregnancy, Evolution and Human Behavior, 2018. [Dataset] (Accepted)

Raine, Jordan, Pisanski, Kasia and Reby, David (2017) [Research data] Tennis grunts communicate acoustic cues to sex and contest outcome. [Dataset]

Fouquet, M, Pisanski, K, Mathevon, N and Reby, D (2016) Individual differences in male voice fundamental frequency emerge before puberty and remain stable throughout adulthood. Royal Society Open Science (manuscript RSOS-160395) -- Dataset accompanying research article. [Dataset]