Why are people interested in money? Specifically, what could be the biological basis for the
extraordinary incentive and reinforcing power of money, which seems to be unique to the …

Animals evolved in complex environments, producing a wide range of behaviors, including
navigation, foraging, prey capture, and conspecific interactions, which vary over timescales …

When published in 1980, Benjamin B. Beck's Animal Tool Behavior was the first volume to
catalog and analyze the complete literature on tool use and manufacture in non-human …

The gradual accumulation of sensory evidence is a crucial component of perceptual
decision making, but its neural mechanisms are still poorly understood. Given the wide …

Autonomous place detection has long been a major hurdle to topological map-building
techniques. Theoretical work on topological mapping has assumed that places can be …

Active amplification of organized synaptic inputs in dendrites can endow individual neurons
with the ability to perform complex computations. However, whether dendrites in behaving …

This paper reviews the role of European jay [Garrulus glandarius] and wood mouse
(Apodemus sylvaticus) as predators and dispersers of Quercus robur and Q. petraea in north …

For the first time, this book tells the Wytham story in a way that is accessible to both scientist
and general reader alike. It provides a fascinating overview of what the Woods are like, their …

Understanding badger behaviour and ecology is not only fundamentally interesting, but also
contributes to resolving the conflicting imperatives of conservation or control. Reconciling …

Wild animals are brought to captivity for different reasons, for example to be kept in zoos and
rehabilitation centres, but also for basic research. Such animals usually undergo a process …