Aggression is a social behavior essential for securing resources and defending oneself and
family. Thanks to its indispensable function in competition and thus survival, aggression …

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

In this review, we provide a brief overview over the current knowledge about the role of
dopamine transmission in the prefrontal cortex during learning and memory. We discuss …

Many behaviors are learned through trial and error by matching performance to internal
goals. Yet neural mechanisms of performance evaluation remain poorly understood. We …

Most of our motor skills are not innately programmed, but are learned by a combination of
motor exploration and performance evaluation, suggesting that they proceed through a …

Songbirds, long of interest to basic neuroscience, have great potential as a model system for
translational neuroscience. Songbirds learn their complex vocal behavior in a manner that …

Learning by imitation is essential for transmitting many aspects of human culture, including
speech, language, art, and music. How the human brain enables imitation remains a …

Behavioral neuroendocrinology is an integrative discipline that spans a wide range of taxa
and neural systems, and thus the appropriate designation of homology (sameness) across …

Dopamine is a key neuromodulatory transmitter in the brain. It acts through dopamine
receptors to affect changes in neural activity, gene expression, and behavior. In songbirds …

Many learned motor behaviors are acquired by comparing ongoing behavior with an internal
representation of correct performance, rather than using an explicit external reward. For …