The role of the hippocampal formation in learning and memory has long been recognized.
However, despite decades of intensive research, the neurobiological basis of this process in …

It is widely believed that male mammals have better spatial ability than females. A large
number of evolutionary hypotheses have been proposed to explain these differences, but …

A New York Times Notable Book: A psychologist's “gripping and thought-provoking” look at
how and why our brains sometimes fail us (Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works). In …

In the parallel map theory, the hippocampus encodes space with 2 mapping systems. The
bearing map is constructed primarily in the dentate gyrus from directional cues such as …

I suggest that the cuckoo's parasitic adaptations are of two kinds:'trickery', which is how adult
cuckoos and cuckoo eggs and chicks evade host defences, and involves adaptations that …

The quality of a bird's breeding site is a primary determinant of its success or failure to
reproduce there. We expect birds to devote considerable effort to acquiring accurate …

This book reviews research on the development of brain and behaviour in the chick. It
begins by outlining the developmental stages of the chick embryo, including the effects of …

Numerous hypotheses have been proposed to account for the widespread occurrence of
specialized behavior, especially with regard to food and host-related resource utilization …

Neuroecology is the study of adaptive variation in cognition and the brain. The origin of
neuroecology dates from the 1980s, when researchers in behavioral ecology began to apply …

Environmental demands that require intensive search for mates, food and nest sites are
correlated with efficient spatial memory in many mammalian and avian species. This …