When faced with potential predators, animals instinctively decide whether there is a threat
they should escape from, and also when, how, and where to take evasive action. While …

Escape is one of the most studied animal behaviors, and there is a rich normative theory that
links threat properties to evasive actions and their timing. The behavioral principles of …

Modern decision neuroscience offers a powerful and broad account of human behaviour
using computational techniques that link psychological and neuroscientific approaches to …

In this paper, we review one of the oldest paradigms used in animal cognition: the detour
paradigm. The paradigm presents the subject with a situation where a direct route to the …

Highlights•Neuroscience has ignored the natural conditions under which anti-predation
evolved.•Survival circuits underlie dynamic threat reactions and decisions-making …

When a predator attacks, prey are faced with a series of'if','when'and'how'escape decisions-
these critical questions are the foci of this book. Cooper and Blumstein bring together a …

People and other animals can search for information inside their heads. Where does this
ability come from, and what does it enable cognitive systems to do? In this article, we …

Integrating knowledge and principles of animal behavior into wildlife conservation and
management has led to some concrete successes but has failed to improve conservation …

Escape responses are used by many animal species as their main defence against predator
attacks. Escape success is determined by a number of variables; important are the …

Highlights•Visual looming stimuli trigger escape and defensive behaviors in animals across
phyla.•Loom-evoked escapes comprise sequences of behaviors with both stereotyped and …