In this review, we present a new conceptual framework for the study of play behavior, a
hitherto puzzling array of seemingly purposeless and unrelated behavioral elements that are …

Behavior is a unifying organismal process where genes, neural function, anatomy and
environment converge and interrelate. Here we review the current state and discuss the …

Recurrent copy number variations (CNVs) of human 16p11. 2 have been associated with a
variety of developmental/neurocognitive syndromes. In particular, deletion of 16p11. 2 is …

Rats treated chronically with the dopamine agonist quinpirole (0.5 mg/kg, twice weekly× 10)
met 5 criteria for performance of compulsive checking. Specifically, in a large open-field with …

Human language, as well as birdsong, relies on the ability to arrange vocal elements in new
sequences. However, little is known about the ontogenetic origin of this capacity. Here we …

Sleep affects learning and development in humans and other animals, but the role of sleep
in developmental learning has never been examined. Here we show the effects of night …

It is proposed that the interpretation of action in film depends on the combination of semantic
(ie, meaning) and formal (eg, temporal) information across auditory and visual channels. A …

Philosophical attention to animals can be found in a wide range of texts throughout the
history of philosophy, including discussions of animal classification in Aristotle and Ibn Bâjja …

This authoritative book, written by the leading experts in the field of the philosophy of
biology, brings together the defining literature in the debate concerning proper analysis of …

This is an analysis of whether biomechanical or kinematic variables are controlled by
descending reticulospinal commands to the spinal cord during escape responses (C-starts) …