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Dr. Gabriël Beckers

Assistant Professor 
Social and Behavioural Sciences
Psychology
Experimental Psychology
Experimental Psychology
 
Social and Behavioural Sciences
Social and Behavioural Sciences
Nieuw Gildestein
Yalelaan 2
Kamer 2.47
3584 CM Utrecht

Dr. Gabriël Beckers

Assistant Professor
Experimental Psychology
Social and Behavioural Sciences
+31 30 253 5412
g.j.l.beckers@uu.nl
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Areas of expertise
Research areas

See my personal page: http://www.gbeckers.nl for a more complete list.

Publications

2024

Scholarly publications

Huijbregts, M., Beckers, G., Bolhuis, J., & Everaert, M. (2024). Response: Commentary: No evidence for language syntax in songbird vocalizations. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 12, Article 1430848. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2024.1474971
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/245859709/fevo-2-1474971.pdf
van Hasselt, S. J., Martinez-Gonzales, D., Mekenkamp, G. .-J., Vyssotski, A. L., Verhulst, S., Beckers, G. J., Rattenborg, N. C., & Meerlo, P. (2024). High-Density EEG Recordings in the European Jackdaw (Coloeus monedula): Sleep Deprivation Increases Nrem Sleep Time and Eeg Power While Reducing Hemispheric Asymmetry. Sleep Medicine, 115(S1), S20-S20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2023.11.093
Beckers, G., Huybregts, M. A. C., Everaert, M., & Bolhuis, J. (2024). No evidence for language syntax in songbird vocalizations. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, Article 1393895. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1393895
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/452205/fpsyg-15-1393895-1.pdf?sequence=1

2021

Other output

Beckers, G. (2021). Darr version 0.4: A Python science library for numpy arrays that persist on disk in a format that is simple, self-documented and tool-independent.. Software https://github.com/gbeckers/Darr

2020

Scholarly publications

Trotter, A. S., Monaghan, P., Beckers, G. J. L., & Christiansen, M. H. (2020). Exploring Variation Between Artificial Grammar Learning Experiments: Outlining a Meta-Analysis Approach. Topics in Cognitive Science, 12(3), 875-893. https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12454
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/410376/tops.12454.pdf?sequence=1
van der Meij, J., Ungurean, G., Rattenborg, N. C., & Beckers, G. J. L. (2020). Evolution of sleep in relation to memory – a birds’ brain view. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 33, 78-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2019.12.004
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/395172/1_s2.0_S2352154619301354_main.pdf?sequence=1
van der Meij, J., Rattenborg, N. C., & Beckers, G. J. L. (2020). Divergent neuronal activity patterns in the avian hippocampus and nidopallium. European Journal of Neuroscience, 52(4), 3124-3139. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14675
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/234898240/Eur_J_of_Neuroscience_-_2020_-_Meij_-_Divergent_neuronal_activity_patterns_in_the_avian_hippocampus_and_nidopallium.pdf

2019

Scholarly publications

Kriengwatana, B., & Beckers, G. J. L. (2019). Speech perception: what do nonhuman animals have to say? In P. Hagoort (Ed.), Human language: from genes and brains to behavior (pp. 701-712). The MIT Press.
Rattenborg, N. C., van der Meij, J., Beckers, G. J. L., & Lesku, J. A. (2019). Local Aspects of Avian Non-REM and REM Sleep. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00567
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/380570/fnins_13_00567.pdf?sequence=1
van der Meij, J., Martinez-Gonzalez, D., Beckers, G. J. L., & Rattenborg, N. C. (2019). Neurophysiology of Avian Sleep: Comparing Natural Sleep and Isoflurane Anesthesia. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00262
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/379565/Neurophysiology.pdf?sequence=1
van der Meij, J., Martinez-Gonzalez, D., Beckers, G. J. L., & Rattenborg, N. C. (2019). Intra-"cortical" activity during avian non-REM and REM sleep: variant and invariant traits between birds and mammals. Sleep, 42(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsy230
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/377945/Intra.pdf?sequence=1

2018

Scholarly publications

Tisdale, R. K., Lesku, J. A., Beckers, G. J. L., Vyssotski, A. L., & Rattenborg, N. C. (2018). The low-down on sleeping down low: pigeons shift to lighter forms of sleep when sleeping near the ground. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221(Pt 19). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.182634
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/376851/jeb182634.full.pdf?sequence=1
Tisdale, R. K., Lesku, J. A., Beckers, G. J. L., & Rattenborg, N. C. (2018). Bird-like propagating brain activity in anesthetized Nile crocodiles. Sleep, 41(8), 1-11. Article zsy105. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsy105
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/376243/bird.pdf?sequence=1
Tisdale, R. K., Tieri, L., Rattenborg, N. C., Beckers, G. J. L., & Lesku, J. A. (2018). Spectral Properties of Brain Activity Under Two Anesthetics and Their Potential for Inducing Natural Sleep in Birds. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12, Article 881. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2018.00881
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/376850/fnins_12_00881.pdf?sequence=1
Bolhuis, J. J., Beckers, G. J. L., Huijbregts, M. A. C., Berwick, R., & Everaert, M. B. H. (2018). The slings and arrows of comparative linguistics. PLoS Biology, 16(9), 1-3. Article e3000019. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000019
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/374332/slings.pdf?sequence=1
Bolhuis, J. J., Beckers, G. J. L., Huijbregts, M. A. C., Berwick, R. C., & Everaert, M. B. H. (2018). Meaningful syntactic structure in songbird vocalizations? PLoS Biology, 16(6), Article e2005157. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005157
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/395261/bolhuis.pdf?sequence=1

Other output

Beckers, G. J. L. (2018). Darr: A Python science library for storing and sharing numeric data arrays in a way that is open, simple, and self-explanatory. Software, GitHub. https://github.com/gbeckers/darr

2017

Scholarly publications

Beckers, G. J. L., Berwick, R., Okanoya, K., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2017). What do animals learn in artificial grammar studies? Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 81(Part B), 238-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.12.021
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/432799/1-s2.0-S0149763416304572-main.pdf?sequence=1

2016

Other output

Beckers, G. J. L. (2016). aglcheck. Software

2015

Scholarly publications

Beckers, G. J. L., & Rattenborg, N. C. (2015). An in depth view of avian sleep. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.07.019
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/304521/sleep.pdf?sequence=1

Other output

Rattenborg, N. C., Martinez-Gonzalez, D., van der Meij, J., Beckers, G. J. L., Vyssotski, A., Pompeiano, M., & Balaban, E. (2015). Can sleeping birds preen? Dissociation between sleep-related EEG activity and behavior in pigeons. Abstract from SfN Neuroscience, Chicago, United States.
Beckers, G. J. L. (2015). MCE - Multichannel electrophysiology. Unpublished. Software
Beckers, G. J. L., Broekhuizen, J., Rattenborg, N. C., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2015). Vocal sequence predictability modulates traveling wave activity in songbird auditory forebrain. Abstract from SfN Neuroscience, Chicago, United States.
van der Meij, J., Beckers, G. J. L., & Rattenborg, N. C. (2015). Intracerebral recordings of slow wave and rapid eye-movement sleep in naturally sleeping pigeons. Abstract from SfN Neuroscience, Chicago, United States.

2014

Scholarly publications

Beckers, G. J. L., Berwick, R. C., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2014). Comparative analyses of speech and language converge on birds. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37(6), 547-8; discussion 577-604. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13003956
Beckers, G. J. L., van der Meij, J., Lesku, J. A., & Rattenborg, N. C. (2014). Plumes of neuronal activity propagate in three dimensions through the nuclear avian brain. BMC Biology, 12(16), Article 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-12-16
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/306833/1741_7007_12_16.pdf?sequence=1

Other output

van der Meij, J., Rattenborg, N. C., Smulders, T., & Beckers, G. J. L. (2014). Uncorrelated sleep-related activity in the avian hippocampus and nidopallium. Journal of Sleep Research, 23, 253-253.
Tisdale, R., Lesku, J. A., Beckers, G. J. L., & Rattenborg, N. C. (2014). Bird-like propagating sleep-related brain activity in Nile crocodiles. Journal of Sleep Research, 23, 258-258.

2012

Scholarly publications

Beckers, G. J. L., Bolhuis, J. J., Okanoya, K., & Berwick, R. C. (2012). Birdsong neurolinguistics: Songbird context-free grammar claim is premature. NeuroReport, 23, 139-145.
Berwick, R. C., Beckers, G. J. L., Okanoya, K., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2012). A bird's eye view of human language evolution. Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience, 4, 5.

2011

Scholarly publications

Berwick, R. C., Okanoya, K., Beckers, G. J. L., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2011). Songs to syntax: the linguistics of birdsong. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 15, 113-121.

2003

Scholarly publications

Beckers, G. J. L., Goossens, B. M. A., & ten Cate, C. (2003). Perceptual salience of acoustic differences between conspecific and allospecific vocalizations in African collared doves. Animal Behaviour, 65, 605-614.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/20722/goossens_03_perceptual.pdf?sequence=1

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