Call it instinct, but something compels some animals to behave in certain ways, perhaps programs in their genes. Researchers have directly connected activities of genes with instinctive behavior in ...

A stroll through the world of animals and men : a picture book of invisible worlds / Jakob von Uexküll -- Companionship in bird life : fellow members of the species as releasers of social behavior / ...

Fast, instinctive behaviours such as predator-evoked escape responses are crucial for survival but are not always the optimal reaction in changing environments. The neural pathways by which animals ...

Part I. Neural mechanisms and behaviour -- Introduction / by O.L. Zangwill -- I. Neural mechanisms in insect behaviour / by D.M. Vowles -- II. Encephalisation and the scotoma / by L. Weiskrantz -- III ...

From fighting the urge to hit someone to resisting the temptation to run off stage instead of giving that public speech, we are often confronted with situations where we have to curb our instincts.

While anger and aggression are instinctive behaviors found across many species, leaving these emotions unchecked can lead to conflict and violence. In a recent study, researchers demonstrated that ...

The brain is the central organ of the body that orchestrates physical and mental activities ranging from trivial movements to highly functional cognitive behaviour. In modern society, destructive ...

Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Center (SWC) at UCL have unveiled the precise brain mechanisms that enable animals to overcome instinctive fears. Published in Science, the study in mice could ...

Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Center (SWC) at University College London have uncovered a neural mechanism in the brains of mice that enables the animals to overcome instinctive fears. The ...

Researchers discovered that a specific inhibitory brain area, the vLGN, can regulate instinctive escape behaviour in mice depending on prior experience and anticipation of danger in the environment.

Instinctive parents follow their gut when parenting decisions, rarely relying on outside sources for advice. They protective of their kids, and can nearly always recognize their child's cues, whether ...