For three decades, IBNS has provided a forum for the dissemination of behavioral
neuroscience research, broadly defined. Throughout this time, research presented at the …

Field studies of behavior provide insight into the expression of behavior in its natural
ecological context and can serve as an important complement to behavioral studies …

Intentional tactical deception, the employment of a tactic to intentionally deceive another
animal, is a complex behaviour based on higher-order cognition, that has rarely been …

We investigated tail-belting (TB), the newly-discovered freeze avoidance behavior among
wild rodents. When temperatures dropped to-6° C, wild mice (Apodemus agrarius and …

Compared with their free-ranging counterparts, wild animals in captivity experience different
conditions with lasting physiological and behavioural effects. Although shifts in gene …

Rodents are among the most successful mammals because they have the ability to adapt to
a broad range of environmental conditions. Here, we present the first record of a previously …

Hosts of the same species vary in physiological responses to the same parasite, and some
groups of individuals can disproportionately affect disease dynamics; however, the …

Mismatches between highly-standardized laboratory predatory assays and more realistic
environmental conditions may lead to different outcomes. Understanding rodents' natural …

Through the lens of preclinical research on substance use disorders (SUD), I propose a
reflection aimed at re‐evaluating animal models in neuroscience, with a focus on ecological …

1" If the system is more than the sum of its parts, ultimate understanding requires
observation of the intact, functional whole"(Eberhardt and Thomas, 1991) Field and …