All animals evaluate the salience of external stimuli and integrate them with internal
physiological information into adaptive behavior. Natural and sexual selection impinge on …

The ability to find one's way in our complex environments represents one of the most
fundamental cognitive functions. Although involving basic perceptual and memory related …

Spatial orientation and navigation rely on the acquisition of several types of sensory
information. This information is then transformed into a neural code for space in the …

Although the hippocampus is structurally quite different among reptiles, birds, and mammals,
its function in spatial memory is said to be highly conserved. This is surprising, given that …

The involvement of the main pallial subdivisions of the teleost telencephalic pallium in
spatial cognition was evaluated in a series of three experiments. The first two compared the …

Mercury is a global pollutant that has been widely shown to adversely affect reproduction
and other endpoints related to fitness and health in birds, but almost nothing is known about …

How did nervous systems and brains, on the one hand, and cognitive functions and
intelligence, in short ''mind''on the other evolve, and how are these two processes related …

All animals in which sleep has been studied express signs of sleep-like behaviour,
suggesting that sleep must have some fundamental functions that are sustained by natural …

The homing pigeon was selectively bred from the domestic pigeon for a homing ability over
long distances, a very fascinating but complex behavioral trait. Here, we generate a total of …

Neuroecology theory predicts relative investment in brain regions will vary to match
differences in behavior. Social insect castes provide exceptional opportunities to test for …