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Ethology and neurobiology of grooming behavior [PDF]

Physiological Reviews, 1992
Gispen, W.H., Spruijt, B.M., Hooff, J.A.R.A.M. van   +2 more
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The Comparative Ethology and Evolution of the Sand Wasps. Howard E. Evans. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966. xviii, 526 pp. $15.00. [PDF]

, 2017
Excerpt: In one sense, ethology is natural history. In a more restricted sense, it is the description and classification of behavior viewed as a necessary prerequisite to analysis. The analyses that follow become more and more physiological as the tangle
Dethier, Vincent G.
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Resistance of human odours to extremely high temperature as revealed by trained dogs

Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2016
Human scent is a complex combination of many chemical substances. Skin is supposed to be one of sources of scent traces. The values of the boiling points of human scent compounds were supposed to be lower than 300°C.
M. Santariová, L. Pinc, L. Bartoš, P. Vyplelová, J. Gerneš, V. Sekyrová   +5 more
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Oxytocin and Opioid Receptor Gene Polymorphisms Associated with Greeting Behavior in Dogs

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
Meeting humans is an everyday experience for most companion dogs, and their behavior in these situations and its genetic background is of major interest.
Enikő Kubinyi, Enikő Kubinyi, Melinda Bence, Dora Koller, Michele Wan, Eniko Pergel, Zsolt Ronai, Maria Sasvari-Szekely, Ádám Miklósi, Ádám Miklósi   +9 more
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Ethology and Overwintering of \u3ci\u3ePodalonia Luctuosa\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) [PDF]

, 2017
The nesting and overwintering behavior of Podalonia luctuosa (Smith) was studied in New York and Colorado. Females provisioned shallow (ca. 2 cm deep), unicellular nests with a single cutworm (Noctuidae) during April, May, and July.
Kurczewski, Frank E, O\u27Brien, Mark F
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Humility, Science, and Etiological Behaviorism [PDF]

The Behavior Analyst, 1991
ybattles byencouraging anopenness tocriticism anddiversity ofapproach. Mostimportantly, asnoted byNeuringer, humility should increase theeffectiveness ofbehaviorists asscientists byemphasizing thatall knowledge isprovisional, andourfundamental assumptions should atleast occasionally bereconsidered.
W, Timberlake, A R, Delamater
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Early Evaluation of Fearfulness in Future Guide Dogs for Blind People

Animals, 2021
Fear is the leading cause of guide dog failure. Detecting the nature and causes of these fears as early as possible is the first step in preventing their occurrence. The process of habituation is a fundamental part of fear prevention.
Fanny Menuge, Míriam Marcet-Rius, Muriel Jochem, Orane François, Camille Assali, Camille Chabaud, Eva Teruel, Justine Guillemot, Patrick Pageat   +8 more
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Layered control architectures in robots and vertebrates [PDF]

, 1998
We revieiv recent research in robotics, neuroscience, evolutionary neurobiology, and ethology with the aim of highlighting some points of agreement and convergence.
Arbib, M.A., Baerends, G.P., Bakshi, V., Belekhova, M.G., Belekhova, M.G., Bizzi, E., Blanchard, R.J., Blumberg, B., Braitenberg, V., Brooks, R.A., Brooks, R.A., Butler, A.B., Chapman, D., Cliff, D.T., Connell, J.H., Davey, G., Dean, P., Edwards, D.H., Fanselow, M.S., Fetcho, J.R., Gallistel, C.R., Gurney, K., Holland, P.W.H., Humphrey, D.R., Jerison, H., Kelso, J.A.S., Kevin Gurney, King, J.R., Lingenhohl, K., Maes, P., McFarland, D., McFarland, D., McFarland, D., McGonigle, B., Metcaife, W.K., Meyer, J., Mink, J.W., Minsky, M.L., Northcutt, R.G., Penfield, W., Peter Redgrave, Ringo, J.L., Roitblat, H.L., Rosenblatt, J.K., Sarnat, H.B., Schoner, G., Sherrington, C.S., Snaith, S., Stein, B.E., Szentagothai, J., Teitelbaum, P., Tony J. Prescott, Tyrrell, T., Van Sommers, P., Walker, S., Wallace, M.T., Walter, W.G., Whishaw, I.Q., Windhorst, U., Yardley, C.P.   +59 more
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Mother–Young Bonding: Neurobiological Aspects and Maternal Biochemical Signaling in Altricial Domesticated Mammals

Animals, 2023
Mother–young bonding is a type of early learning where the female and their newborn recognize each other through a series of neurobiological mechanisms and neurotransmitters that establish a behavioral preference for filial individuals.
Cécile Bienboire-Frosini, Míriam Marcet-Rius, Agustín Orihuela, Adriana Domínguez-Oliva, Patricia Mora-Medina, Adriana Olmos-Hernández, Alejandro Casas-Alvarado, Daniel Mota-Rojas   +7 more
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The Role of Ethological Observation for Measuring Animal Reactions to Biotelemetry Devices [PDF]

, 2017
This paper presents a methodological approach used to assess the wearability of biotelemetry devices in animals. A detailed protocol to gather quantitative and qualitative ethological observations was adapted and tested in an experimental study of 13 cat
Mancini, Clara, Paci, Patrizia, Price, Blaine   +2 more
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