Non‐consumptive predator effects (NCEs) are now widely recognised for their capacity to
shape ecosystem structure and function. Yet, forecasting the propagation of these predator …

Anxiety and stress-related disorders are severe psychiatric conditions that affect
performance in daily tasks and represent a high cost to public health. The initial observation …

We propose a Survival Optimization System (SOS) to account for the strategies that humans
and other animals use to defend against recurring and novel threats. The SOS attempts to …

It has been argued that emotion, pain and cognitive control are functionally segregated in
distinct subdivisions of the cingulate cortex. However, recent observations encourage a …

“Predation risk” and “fear” are concepts well established in animal behavior literature. We
expand these concepts to develop the model of the “landscape of fear”. The landscape of …

Anxiety is a psychological, physiological, and behavioral state induced in animals and
humans by a threat to well-being or survival, either actual or potential. It is characterized by …

Humans likely evolved precautionary systems designed to minimize the threats to
reproductive fitness posed by highly interdependent ultrasociality. A review of research on …

Zebrafish are increasingly being used in behavioral neuroscience,
neuropsychopharmacology and neurotoxicology. Recently, behavioral screens used to …

The scototaxis (dark/light preference) protocol is a behavioral model for fish that is being
validated to assess the antianxiety effects of pharmacological agents and the behavioral …

Adolescence is a time of significant neural and behavioral change with remarkable
development in social, emotional, and cognitive skills. It is also a time of increased …