Abstract Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with increased
prevalence and incidence in recent decades. Its etiology remains largely unclear, but it …

Cognitive scientists, social psychologists, computer scientists, neuroscientists, ethologists
and many others have all wondered how brains detect and interpret the motion of living …

We analysed research that makes use of precocial species as animal models to describe the
interaction of predisposed mechanisms and environmental factors in early learning, in …

The human visual system can discriminate between animate beings vs. inanimate objects
on the basis of some kinematic cues, such as starting from rest and speed changes by self …

Prenatal exposure to valproic acid (VPA), a drug widely used to treat epilepsy and bipolar
disorder, is an environmental risk factor for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). VPA has been …

The current review is an update on experimental approaches in which birds serve as model
species for the investigation of typical failure symptoms associated with autism spectrum …

Equipped with an early social predisposition immediately post-birth, humans typically form
associations with mothers and other family members through exposure learning, canalized …

Neonates of different species are born with a set of predispositions that influence their early
orienting responses toward the first stimuli encountered in their life. Human neonates and …

In order to detect the presence of a living creature in the environment, an organism can rely
on several types of features, or cues, that trigger the automatic detection of animacy. These …

To study how predisposed preferences shape the formation of social attachment through
imprinting, newly hatched domestic chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus) were simultaneously …