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Seeing the serpent

...nt later became useful for other purposes, such as social interactions in groups. Isbell is currently working on a book about primate origins, including her snake hypothesis. ...

Survival of the selfless - scientists find cheats don't always prosper

...eeded at the time is intriguing. We hope examining social conflict at the level of individual cells will shed more light on this." ...

Chimpanzees can transmit cultural behavior to multiple 'generations'

...s that indicated chimpanzees simply conform to the social norms of the group, this study shows behavior and ...que to two chimpanzees, one each from two separate social groups, to train them to open a special testing box one of two ways Ð either by sliding or lifting t...

Spray-on skin relieves emotional trauma for child burn victims

...e vast majority of children indicated they enjoyed social outings more when wearing Microskin. Most children could not feel Microskin on their skin. The study also showed that use of the product lead to improvements in how the patient's family functioned. Internationally renowned burns specialist Associ...

New McGill research shows mice capable of empathy

...ontagion" between animals, shed light on how known social factors play a role in pain management. The findi... understanding pain in humans. "Since we know that social interaction plays an important role in chronic pain behaviour in humans," Dr. Mogil said, "then the ...

Avian flu modeled on supercomputer, explores vaccine and isolation options for thwarting a pandemic

...ockpiling vaccines or antiviral agents, along with social distancing measures could be particularly effective in slowing pandemic flu spread in the U.S.," added Longini. The results show that advance preparation of a modestly effective vaccine in large quantities appears to be preferable to waiting for the...

A case of mistaken molecular identity

...w drugs or vaccines to stop the parasite, and at a social level, it stresses the need to improve living conditions of Chagas patients, particularly those living in rural areas." ...

Is the brain wired for faces?

...e importance of facial identity and expression for social communication, humans have simply developed a strong talent for recognizing and distinguishing faces. This experience with faces then leads to the learning of a population of neurons finely tuned to different faces, Riesenhuber says. The researchers...

Sex chromosome genes influence aggression andmaternal behavior, say UVa researchers

...on. But maybe it's in our genes, too. Indeed such social behavior also has a genetic basis, according to new research on mice by neuroscientists at the University of Virginia Health System. "The differences in sex chromosomes, XX versus XY, are also responsible for differences in adult behavior," explaine...

ASU researchers find link between social behavior, maternal traits in bees

...he evolution of bees is how some species developed social behaviors. Arizona State University Life Sciences ... A paper describing Amdam's experiments, "Complex social behavior derived from maternal reproductive traits," is the cover story of the current issue (Jan. 5...

Are dancers genetically different than the rest of us? Yes, says Hebrew University researcher

... has been shown in many animal studies to modulate social communication and affiliative bonding behaviors. Both are elements involved in the age-old human social expression of dancing. The genetic evidence was corroborated by two questionnaires distributed by ...

Man's best friend: Study shows lonely seniors prefer playtime with pooch over human interaction

... St. Louis. "We had thought that the dog acts as a social lubricant and increases the interaction between th..., Banks said. "There is no need for a dog to be a social lubricant or icebreaker in a nursing home. Residents live with each other, eat breakfast, lunch and ...

Face perception is modulated by sexual orientation

...ocess the identification of individuals as well as social cues, such as gaze direction and speech-related mo...role in the processing of facial cues required for social communication. In this light, the researchers suggest that the observed modulation by sexual prefere...

Research updates 65-year-old genetic discovery

...e Sciences. Amdam's research found a link between social behavior and maternal traits in bees. A paper describing her experiments was the cover story of the Jan. 5 issue of "Nature," which she wrote with M. Kim Fondrk and Robert Page from ASU, and Angela Csondes from the University of California, Davis. Fo...

Sociality of sweat bees evolved simultaneously during climate change

In the first study to link social evolution to climate change, Cornell University entomologists show that the social behavior of many species of sweat bees evolved simultaneously during a period of global warming. T...

Mice lacking social memory molecule take bullying in stride

The social avoidance that normally develops when a mouse repe... gene for a memory molecule in a brain circuit for social learning, scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Menta...

First demonstration of 'teaching' in non-human animals

...brains. It is probably the value of information in social animals that determines when teaching will evolve, rather the constraints of brain size. ...

Anti-HIV drug has potential to prevent transmission in women

...tion from HIV, in many societies women's legal and social status is subordinate to men's and they may not be able to negotiate their effective use, the paper states. "A safe and effective topical microbicide would offer women an HIV prevention method that they could control," Mayer says. In addition, re...

Researchers now able to look deep into heart to view triggers of a heart's beat

Scientists have long known that the social insects in the order Hymenoptera--which includes a...tionships that are thought to underlie the complex social behavior of Hymenopteran insects. One of the key steps in the evolution of social insects, therefore...

Insects that produce males from unfertilized eggs reveal a surprising cellular feat

Scientists have long known that the social insects in the order Hymenoptera--which includes a...tionships that are thought to underlie the complex social behavior of Hymenopteran insects. One of the key steps in the evolution of social insects, therefore...

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