Phenotypic plasticity is defined as the property of organisms to produce distinct phenotypes
in response to environmental variation. While for more than a century, biologists have …

The processes underwriting the acquisition of culture remain unclear. How are shared
habits, norms, and expectations learned and maintained with precision and reliability across …

Development of new biocides has dominated human responses to evolution of antibiotic
and pesticide resistance. Increasing and uniform biocide use, the spread of resistance …

Edited by a diverse group of expert collaborators, the Handbook of the Cultural Foundations
of Learning is a landmark volume that brings together cutting-edge research examining …

The Free Energy Principle and Active Inference Framework (FEP-AI) begins with the
understanding that thermodynamically-open systems must regulate environmental …

Current knowledge of the genetic, epigenetic, behavioural and symbolic systems of
inheritance requires a revision and extension of the mid-twentieth-century, gene …

Developmental plasticity looks like a promising bridge between ecological and
developmental perspectives on evolution. Yet, there is no consensus on whether plasticity is …

Phenotypic responses to a novel or extreme environment are initially plastic, only later to be
followed by genetic change. Whether or not environmentally induced phenotypes are …

What role does language play in our thoughts? A longstanding proposal that has gained
traction among supporters of embodied or grounded cognition suggests that it serves as a …

Historically speaking, the behavioral tradition advanced functional analysis as a method of
applying existing principles to novel situations. In the more than half a century since that …