Examples include courtship and sexual ... propose that similar mechanisms could account for innate behaviors in other animals and even humans. Study results appear as the cover article in this ...

A human behavior lab took a closer look at cheating during periods of relative economic abundance and scarcity to determine whether cheating for monetary gain is a product of the economic environment.

Insects show a variety of species-specific innate behaviors (instinctive behaviors). For example, a worker honeybee that has found flower nectar exhibits 8-shape waggle-dances upon returning to ...

By studying animal behavior, humans can also learn more about their ... using non-fixed symbols (speech). Animals produce innate signals to warn or manipulate other animals (such as the screech ...

This last example demonstrates how innate components can be used as ... Genes and Environment in Human Behavior: Sociocultural Influences and Politics An understandable fear held by many humans ...

Some behaviors that are crucial to survival ... interpreted as threatening may not be so. Cattle for example, were once fearful of human beings but at some point they learned that humans could ...

Smarter anti-skid systems and systems for fatigued drivers are two examples of potential usage ... which concerns the basic human behaviour when we reach for something. When studying how we ...

From the tiniest slug, to the largest elephant, to the brainiest human ... This is an innate behavior that is triggered by some sort of sign stimulus and - once initiated - will run to completion. One ...

The human capacity to learn exceeds that of any other animal. Indeed, our massive memories and impressive computing power are the engines of all that makes us different from other animals, rooted ...

A new study finds that lab mice perform a suite of likely innate behaviors towards unconscious mice that help them revive faster. When we humans encounter an unconscious person, we might spring ...

Taken together, their studies in cells, animal models and humans showed that TRPC5 acts on distinct neuronal populations in the hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates multiple innate behaviors ...