It argues that these behaviors are more like fire-making than smiling. They are useful but not inevitable. They must be invented, preserved, and passed on. When communities shrink or break, those ...

Recent studies have also shown that the output neurons of the mushroom body also evaluate sensory stimuli that are relevant for innate behavior, i.e. behavior not based on experience.

These actions may seem inconsequential to us, but they are examples of a unique type of behavior called self-grooming. Found in species spanning most of the animal kingdom – from monkeys to prairie ...

Abstract Self-grooming is an innate, naturalistic behavior found in a wide variety of organisms. The control of rodent grooming has been shown to be mediated by the dorsolateral striatum through ...

An example is the way a person's eyes eventually get used to the sun when they go picnicking on a sunny day. When that person later heads indoors, the bathroom appears dimly lit even when all the ...

Some behaviors that are crucial to survival appear to be hard-wired, meaning that they occur without previous experience. For example, many prey organisms naturally know how to escape to safety from ...

Some behaviors that are crucial to survival appear to be hard-wired, meaning that they occur without previous experience. For example, many prey organisms naturally know how to escape to safety ...

Accelerousal takes a toll on the body Following these drives, researchers discovered that about half of the drivers showed “peaked stress” during moments of “commonplace acceleration,” like stopping ...