Twenty years ago, Albert Bennett published a paper in the influential book New directions in
ecological physiology arguing that individual variation was an 'underutilized resource'. In …

The last decade has witnessed tremendous progress in the understanding of the
mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), its molecular mechanism of action, and its implications for …

How does repeated or chronic childhood adversity shape social and cognitive abilities?
According to the prevailing deficit model, children from high-stress backgrounds are at risk …

Fluctuations in abiotic and biotic conditions exist in almost all habitats (Dunlap, Loros, &
DeCoursey, 2004; Stevenson et al., 2015). Some fluctuations like the alternation between …

Incubating new ideas about avian reproduction/SJ Reynolds & DC Deeming--The fossil
record and evolution of avian egg nesting and incubation/DC Deeming--Nest construction …

There is growing international interest in how environmental conditions experienced during
development can shape adult phenotypes and the extent to which such induced changes …

Glucocorticoid hormones (CORT) are predicted to promote adaptation to variable
environments, yet little is known about the potential for CORT secretion patterns to respond …

Early-life stress caused by the deprivation of maternal care has been shown to have long-
lasting effects on the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis in offspring of uniparental …

Prolonged exposure to stress during development can have long-term detrimental effects on
health and wellbeing. However, the environmental matching hypothesis proposes that …

Cognitive and motor deficits associated with language and speech are seen in humans
harboring FOXP2 mutations. The neural bases for FOXP2 mutation-related deficits are …