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Training parents is key to helping children eat a variety of foods

October 21, 2019 0 Comments Behavior, Behavioral Science, Child Psychology, Children's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Food, Food and Agriculture, Nutrition, Nutrition Research

Families dealing with the stress and frustration of their child's overly picky eating habits may have a new addition to their parental toolbox. Pediatric researchers recently described a brief group cognitive-behavioral therapy program that provides parents with specific techniques to improve their child's mealtime behaviors and expand the range of foods their children will eat. Although the study size was small, the parents involved reported 'life-changing' improvements.

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Arthropods formed orderly lines 480 million years ago

October 17, 2019 0 Comments Animal Learning and Intelligence, Behavioral Science, Biology, Early Birds, Fossils, Nature, Origin of Life, Paleontology

Researchers studied fossilized Moroccan Ampyx trilobites, which lived 480 million years ago and showed that the trilobites had probably been buried in their positions — all oriented in the same direction. Scientists deduced that these Ampyx processions may illustrate a kind of collective behavior adopted in response to cyclic environmental disturbances.

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Warmer nights prompt forest birds to lay eggs earlier in spring

October 16, 2019 0 Comments animals, Behavioral Science, Birds, Botany, Mating and Breeding, Nature, Trees, Zoology

Rising night-time temperatures are causing woodland birds to build nests and lay eggs earlier in springtime, research shows.

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Startled fish escape using several distinct neuronal circuits

October 16, 2019 0 Comments Behavioral Science, Biochemistry Research, Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Life Sciences, New Species, Wild Animals

A fast knee-jerk 'ballistic' escape response and a more considered 'delayed' escape response are mediated by distinct and parallel neuronal pathways in zebrafish, according to a new study.

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Researchers solve puzzle about link between genetic mutations, mating in fruit flies

October 16, 2019 0 Comments Animal Learning and Intelligence, animals, Behavioral Science, Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Insects (including Butterflies), Mating and Breeding

More than a century ago, early geneticists showed that the inheritance of a single mutation by fruit flies can change the insect's body color and simultaneously disrupt its mating behavior.

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Monkeys outperform humans when it comes to cognitive flexibility

October 15, 2019 0 Comments Animal Learning and Intelligence, Apes, Behavior, Behavioral Science, Consumer Behavior, Educational Psychology, Intelligence, Monkeys

When it comes to being willing to explore more efficient options to solving a problem, monkeys exhibit more cognitive flexibility than humans, according to a new study.

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Monkeys can also thank their body for vocal development, not only their brain

October 15, 2019 0 Comments Animal Learning and Intelligence, Behavioral Science, Biology, Biotechnology, Extreme Survival, mice, Monkeys, Nature

Development of vocal behavior during maturation is typically attributed to the brain. But the body itself is also capable of guiding this development. New experiments with marmoset monkeys show that we should not ignore the body's own amazing capabilities.

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Potential therapy to treat detrimental effects of marijuana

October 15, 2019 0 Comments Behavioral Science, Biology, Birth Defects, Controlled Substances, Disorders and Syndromes, Illegal Drugs, Marijuana, mice, Pregnancy and Childbirth

A new study using a preclinical animal model suggests that prenatal exposure to THC, the psychoactive component of cannabis, makes the brain's dopamine neurons (an integral component of the reward system) hyperactive and increases sensitivity to the behavioral effects of THC during pre-adolescence.

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