According to behavioural ecology theory, sociality evolves when the net benefits of close
association with conspecifics exceed the costs. The nature and relative magnitude of the …

The existence of 'animal personality', ie consistent individual differences in behaviour across
time and contexts, is an evolutionary puzzle that has recently generated considerable …

Embodied Family Choreography documents the lived and embodied practices employed to
establish, maintain, and negotiate intimate social relationships in the family, examining …

There is disagreement in the literature about the exact nature of the phenomenon of
empathy. There are emotional, cognitive, and conditioning views, applying in varying …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

This article examines how power influences behavior. Elevated power is associated with
increased rewards and freedom and thereby activates approach-related tendencies …

Minimizing the costs that others impose upon oneself and upon those in whom one has a
fitness stake, such as kin and allies, is a key adaptive problem for many organisms. Our …

The past decade has seen a profound change in the scientific understanding of
reproduction. The traditional view of reproduction as a joint venture undertaken by two …

Can virtuous behavior be explained by nature, and not by human rational choice?" It's the
animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? Primates …

Renewed interest in fission-fusion dynamics is due to the recognition that such dynamics
may create unique challenges for social interaction and distinctive selective pressures …