NetFACS: Using network science to understand facial communication systems

A Mielke, BM Waller, C Pérez, AV Rincon… - Behavior Research …, 2022 - Springer
… the use of combinations of AUs in different conditions. Here, we present ‘NetFACS’, a statistical
package that uses … about the use of AUs, AU combinations, and the facial communication

[PDF][PDF] NetFACS: Using network science to understand facial communication systems

J Micheletta, A Mielke, B Waller, J Duboscq… - … for Affective Science, 2021 - osf.io
… to analyse these data and efficiently communicate results. Here, we present ‘NetFACS’, a
statistical package combining FACS and network analysis to answer questions about facial

Deep learning detects subtle facial expressions in a multilevel society primate

G Fang, X Peng, P Xie, J Ren, S Peng… - Integrative …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
facial expressions. The results further our understanding of animal facial expressions and
also how such modes of communication may contribute to the origin of complex primate social …

The use of network analysis to study complex animal communication systems: a study on nightingale song

M Weiss, H Hultsch, I Adam… - … Biological Sciences, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… ‘syntax-like’ patterns for communication, for providing data for comparative studies of
complex communication systems, including human language, where network analysis is a well-…

Socially tolerant macaques use more complex facial behavior than intolerant macaques

AV Rincon, BM Waller, J Duboscq, A Mielke, C Pérez… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
communication systems cannot possibly be random, we can conclude that the species
whose communication systemusing the function “specificity” from the R package “NetFACS” (…

Network analysis reveals underlying syntactic features in a vocally learnt mammalian display, humpback whale song

JA Allen, EC Garland, RA Dunlop… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… Vocal communication systems have a set of rules that govern … However, there is a limited
understanding of potentially … the use of PajaroLoco software and the application of network

A network-based analysis of signal use during approach interactions across sexes in chacma baboons (Papio ursinus griseipes)

J Muschinski, A Mielke, S Carvalho - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
… sex), we applied community detection using the NetFACS package with a modularity
threshold of at least 0.3 [55,72]. NetFACS community detection uses the “fast greedy” modularity …

Higher social tolerance is associated with more complex facial behavior in macaques

AV Rincon, BM Waller, J Duboscq, A Mielke, C Pérez… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
… But the communications systems of living organisms are … that animal communication systems
cannot possibly be … species using the function ‘specificity’ from the R package ‘NetFACS’ (…

Tolerant and intolerant macaques show different levels of structural complexity in their vocal communication

N Rebout, A De Marco, JC Lone… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… We tested the social complexity hypothesis which posits that animals living in complex
social environments should use complex communication systems. We focused on two …

Using networks to visualize, analyse and interpret multimodal communication

SBSW Hex, DI Rubenstein - Animal Behaviour, 2024 - Elsevier
… We propose a framework for using network theory to analyse multimodal communication. …
investigate both how communication systems evolved within a single taxon and compare the …