'Social competence'refers to the ability of an individual to optimise its social behaviour
depending on available social information. Although such ability will enhance social …

The social environment of animals influences individual social decisions, which in turn feeds
back on the social environment. The two halves of this feedback loop are rarely studied in …

Homosexuality is an evolutionary paradox in search for a resolution, not a medical condition
in search for a cure. Homosexual behavior is common among social animals, and mainly …

The early social environment can affect the social behaviour of animals throughout life. We
tested whether the presence of adults during early development influences the social …

Social animals can greatly benefit from well-developed social skills. Because the frequency
and diversity of social interactions often increase with the size of social groups, the benefits …

Social competence is defined as the ability of an animal to optimize the expression of social
behaviour as a function of the available social information. The social environment …

Because early social experience can have a profound effect on later mate and social
choices, the availability of options and decisions made early in development can have major …

Social behaviour is extremely widespread in the animal kingdom and has a heritable
component in many species. However, the degree to which social behaviour is …

Pair bond duration and age are suggested to be important determinants for reproductive
success in long-term monogamous pair bonding. These two effects are generally difficult to …

Discovering the hormonal and neural mechanisms that promote affiliative social behavior is
a high priority in behavioral neuroscience. Although studies with standard laboratory rodents …