'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 …

Psychologists, economists, and advertising moguls have long known that human decision-
making is strongly influenced by the behavior of others. A rapidly accumulating body of …

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

Animals acquire skills and knowledge from other animals, and fish are no exception. There
is now strong experimental evidence that many species of fish exhibit social learning and …

Humans are highly social animals and often help unrelated individuals that may never
reciprocate the altruist's favour,,,,. This apparent evolutionary puzzle may be explained by …

Evolutionary theories of morality, beginning with Darwin, have focused on explanations for
altruism. More generally, these accounts have concentrated on conscience (self-regulatory …

Understanding how the brain implements social behavior on one hand, and how social
processes feedback on the brain to promote fine-tuning of behavioral output according to …

Despite the fact that most communication occurs in the context of networks of several
individuals, the consequences of considering communication as a network on individuals' …

Animals frequently use signals that travel further than the spacing between individuals. For
every intended recipient of a given signal there are likely to be many other individuals that …

We describe the individual and combined use of vocalizations and gestures in wild
chimpanzees. The rate of gesturing peaked in infancy and, with the exception of the alpha …