behavioral assay

Temporal integration and active sensing of light in planarians

This study investigates planarian light-sensing strategies, revealing their ability to use both spatial and temporal light information for navigation and orientation.

Despotism promotes cooperation through enhanced interdependencies in non-human primate societies

The paper investigates cooperation in macaque societies, finding that despotic societies exhibit higher within-group cooperation due to enhanced interdependencies.

Lack of circadian entrainment and limited nocturnal plasticity in response to a cyclic aversive stimulus in a diurnal rodent, the antelope ground squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus)

This study shows that diurnal antelope ground squirrels do not shift their activity patterns in response to cyclic aversive stimuli, unlike nocturnal rodents.

On the use of kinship and familiarity associated social information in mediating Drosophila melanogaster oviposition decisions

This study investigates whether Drosophila melanogaster uses kin-based social information to guide oviposition decisions, finding that females prefer substrates associated with kin over those with unrelated conspecifics.

No decoy effect in bees: rewardless flowers do not increase bumblebees' preference for neighbouring flowers

This study tests if rewardless flowers act as decoys for bumblebees, finding they do not increase preference for neighboring flowers but are quickly avoided.

Recasting adaptation as strategy inference

This study shows that humans adapt to rapid environmental changes by inferring strategies from an abstract space, not just through incremental learning.

The reduction of nuptial gifts in sclerosomatid Opiliones coincides with increased behavioural sexual conflict

This study examines whether reduced nuptial gifts in nonsacculate Opiliones species are compensated by increased behavioural sexual conflict through comparative mating behaviour analysis.

Structured navigation emerges from self-guided spatial learning in freely moving common marmosets

This study shows that common marmosets develop structured, memory-guided navigation through self-guided experience in a foraging task, forming flexible yet predictable movement patterns.

Generalization and extinction of platform-mediated avoidance in male and female rats

This study modifies a platform-mediated avoidance task to assess fear learning in male and female rats, revealing sex differences in avoidance, generalization, and extinction, and introduces an automated behavioral scoring system.

Galapagos yellow warblers differ in behavioural plasticity in response to traffic noise depending on proximity to road.

This study examines how Galapagos yellow warblers adjust their song and aggression in response to traffic noise, finding differences based on proximity to roads and island location.

Patterns of sleeping site use of Guinea baboon parties (Papio papio)

This study examines sleeping site use in Guinea baboons, finding that they use sites opportunistically rather than avoiding predators or parasites.

Interspecies relationships of wild amoebae and bacteria with C. elegans create environments propitious for multigenerational diapause.

This study shows that a natural ensemble of bacteria and amoebae induces diapause in C. elegans through RNA communication and pheromone signaling, with effects persisting across generations.

The influence of sleep disruption on learning and memory in fish

This study shows that sleep disruption impairs learning in cleaner fish but not memory retention, suggesting sleep's role in learning is evolutionarily conserved.

Toxoplasma gondii infection accelerates the progression of hereditary spastic paraplegia

This study investigates how chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection affects neurodegenerative disease progression in a rat model of hereditary spastic paraplegia, finding exacerbated symptoms in infected rats.

The Disc1 deletion common to many inbred mouse strains has negligible effects on social behavior of 129S4 mice in a semi-natural environment

This study investigates the impact of a natural Disc1 deletion in 129S4 mice on social behavior in a semi-natural environment, finding minimal effects.

Intersectional roles of trait covariation and phenotypic plasticity in the coloration and behavior of an African cichlid

This study investigates how environmental and social factors influence coloration and behavior in African cichlids, showing that color morphs are environmentally induced and that blue males outcompete yellow males in contests.

Common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) excel in a one-trial spatial memory test, yet perform poorly in a classical memory task

This study compares memory performance of common marmosets in two tasks, finding they excel in a long-term spatial memory test but perform poorly in a classical delayed response task.

Great Ape Childhoods: Development of infant bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the wild

This study compares the developmental patterns of bonobo and chimpanzee infants in the wild, finding similar trajectories but species-specific differences in travel and proximity behaviors.

Sleep and wakefulness in rats: probabilities of state transitions and state-to-state serial correlations in relation to circadian and ultradian phases

This study analyzes sleep-wake state transitions in rats, finding no support for sleep homeostasis hypotheses and proposing an alternative mechanism based on transition momentum.

Complexity shapes uniqueness: Neuropil volumes and synaptic clusters shape behavioural plasticity under challenging environments in the invasive Argentine ants

This study examines how neuroanatomy and synaptic clusters influence behavioural plasticity in Argentine ants under varying environmental complexity.

C. elegans food choice exhibits effort discounting-like behavior

This study shows that C. elegans exhibits behavior similar to effort discounting, where worms devalue harder-to-consume food options, mirroring economic models of cost-benefit decisions.

Hatching with Numbers: Pre-natal Light Exposure Affects Number Sense and the Mental Number Line in young domestic chicks

This study shows that brain lateralization in newborn chicks affects their ability to develop a left-to-right mental number line, linking spatial and numerical processing.

Decision-making strategies of two related fish species diverge under increased perceptual load

This study compares decision-making strategies of two cichlid fish species under varying perceptual loads, finding divergence when attribute complexity increases.

The impact of systemic blockade of dopamine receptors on the acquisition of two-way active avoidance in rats.

This study investigates the effect of dopamine receptor blockade on avoidance learning in rats, finding that D1R antagonism acutely impairs avoidance but not long-term learning.

Serotonin signaling in the rat prefrontal cortex is required for Retrieval-Induced Forgetting

This study shows that serotonin signaling in the rat prefrontal cortex is critical for retrieval-induced forgetting, with specific receptor subtypes modulating memory competition.

Remote inferences and direct observations provide complementary insights into foraging behavior

The paper reviews 604 foraging behavior studies to compare direct and remote methods, finding five categories with different spatial and temporal extents and highlighting the value of combining approaches.

Mechanisms of Social Behavior in the Anti-Social Blind Cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus)

This study investigates the social behavior differences between blind and surface-dwelling Astyanax mexicanus, finding that blind cavefish avoid conspecifics and their behavior is influenced by neuropeptides and hunger.

Increased female competition for males with enhanced foraging skills in Guinea baboons

The paper manipulates foraging skill in male Guinea baboons and shows females adjust their social behavior based on the male's utility, not competence.

Disruption of Collective Behavior Correlates with Reduced Interaction Efficiency

This study shows that antibiotic exposure reduces social interactions in honeybees, disrupting collective fanning behavior.

When Rivals Are Absent: Male Aggression Towards Females in Bluefin Killifish

This study investigates reproductive costs in bluefin killifish by manipulating sex ratios and densities, finding that male aggression towards females is highest when males lack rivals.