Oxytocin has garnered considerable interest for its role in social behavior, as well as for the
potential of intranasal administration to treat social difficulties. However, current theoretical …

The neurobiology of stress and the neurobiology of social behavior are deeply intertwined.
The social environment interacts with stress on almost every front: social interactions can be …

BACKGROUND Whereas early studies of animal evolution focused principally on the
adaptations of different species to their physical environment, more recent studies have …

Moving animal groups display remarkable feats of coordination. This coordination is largely
achieved when individuals adjust their movement in response to their neighbours' …

Darwin famously described special difficulties in explaining social evolution in insects. More
than a century later, the evolution of sociality-defined broadly as cooperative group living …

Highlights•Social monogamy has evolved independently in distant species.•Pair bonding
has been investigated most rigorously in prairie voles.•Pair bonding is regulated by …

Social neuroscience, the study of the neurobiological basis of social behavior, has become
a major area of current research in behavioral neuroscience and psychiatry, since many …

Behavior is rapidly flexible and highly context-dependent, which poses obvious challenges
to researchers attempting to dissect its causes. However, over a century of unresolved …

How can the stunning diversity of social systems and behaviours seen in nature be
explained? Drawing on social evolution theory, experimental evidence and studies …

Neuronal networks are the standard heuristic model today for describing brain activity
associated with animal behavior. Recent studies have revealed an extensive role for a …