(Disponível em Português) For social animals, such as humans, being able to recognize the presence of a threat in the behavior of others could literally be a life-saver. Yet, animals do not instinctively know that when […]
Tag: social behavior
Carmen Sandi: “There is a causal link between mitochondrial function and rank in social hierarchy”
Can brain biology negatively affect an individual’s position in society? The answer seems to be yes – and the mitochondria (the cell’s batteries) appear to be an important player. Could this negative impact be reduced […]
Fish also need friends
(Disponível em português) According to a new study led by Rui Oliveira, researcher at ISPA – Instituto Universitário, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, and Fundação Champalimaud, zebrafish need social support to overcome adverse circumstances […]
“We had a behavior that could be measured as a physical property”
Did some genes evolve to “tell” a little desert mouse whether to dig a big or a small burrow, and whether to equip it with an emergency exit? Did other genes evolve to […]
“The most fun has always been the thinking part”
(Disponível em português) Marta Moita is a Principal Investigator at the Champalimaud Research, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon. Her lab focuses on unraveling how animals use cues from conspecifics to guide their own […]
What makes humans special?
There is obviously something special about man, the most recent master of planet Earth. For starters, if we put our minds to it, we can dominate almost any other species out there. We […]