... From: Jay R. Feierman <jfeierman@...> Subject: [human-ethology] "Why did you do that"? To: human-ethology@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, August 31,...
Jay R. Feierman [NEW POSTING]: So we all have identical brains that are all born as blank slates? We certainly do not all have identical life experiences, the...
Jay, Each wolf may be individually engaging coordinated motor patterns while as a group each is interacting to create a type II group behavior. Each wolf works...
... Simon Gadbois: I love it! It is like being part of an episode of "House". I think Glenn may be a writer on the show? No? Maybe for your retirement?...
... Simon Gadbois: Yes, and I believe such "pack specific" behaviours MAY exist. Jane Packard and myself are cautious with this idea, but I think there is some...
Glen, Would you please tone down the insults – they are detracting from the more important things you contribute to the list. James ... are all born as blank...
I was reluctant to post this because I am under guidelines from the ISHE Board not to post anything "political." However, I'm not posting it as a political...
Hi James, Observational has limits, so does the pure inductive method, but I do believe that cognitive psychologists, starting in the 90's, started to worry...
Jay, One observation does not constitute much knowledge of what's motivating this Presidential candidate, McCain, on any issue, including his choice of running...
Glen, I agree with you that language is not the only means whereby the observer can ascertain an animal's "motives." I still contend that you cannot eliminate...
Thanks, Simon. In either case, the wolf's cognitive capacities are greater than that I imagine Jay credits them with. Alas, wolves cannot "self-report" to a...
James, Good question. Apparently, I'm alone on the list in believing that evolution works in small, incremental ways... including behavior, and that...
Jason, Good question, but the "wave" you ask about needs to be clarified. We are talking about a specific, perhaps universal, gesture made when an emotionally...
Jay, This statement of yours lies at our disagreement here (emphasis is mine): "There are lots of socially acceptable reasons that exist for telling people who...
Glen, Not joking at all. You cannot possibly understand what's going on in the wolf's brain, so why do you assume that it's something so dramatically...
Simon, Ok. I've taken the pieces and not seen the whole. What I was seeing as a problem with taking a cognitive approach to observational studies is a...
Just a note – there was a television show on here that showed low land gorillas apparently washing roots by swiping them through water. ... learning, ... ...
Inasmuch as it isn't a political appointment: is there an idea to present the old codger candidate as high status and still virile by being in association with...
James, Good question. Apparently, I'm alone on the list in believing that evolution works in small, incremental ways... including behavior, and that...
Sonny, The pathways of motor control are not conserved between rodents and humans or even monkeys (I forget which type was compared in the abstract I posted...
Sonny Williams: My behavioral observation is, then, that one observation is not worthy of noting, and that all politicians are motivated by choices that will...
Sonny Williams: Language is not the only means whereby the observer can ascertain an animal's "motives." I still contend that you cannot eliminate the...
Sonny Williams: I'm alone on the list in believing that evolution works in small, incremental ways... including behavior, and that successful genes are highly...
Sonny Williams: In fact, most self-report data is reliable, provides a good (but often incomplete) understanding of the person's motivation for doing...
Sonny Williams: You cannot possibly tell me with any degree of confidence that the wolf seeing a departing conspecific or other "loved agent" does not have the...
Steve, Your comments are bordering on "too political." It is possible to say the same thing in a generality without getting into specific names of individuals...
James, Although it has now been more than 40 years since I studied comparative vertebrate neuroanatomy, what I remember is that the cortico-spinal tract, which...
Horm Behav. 2008 Jul 29. [Epub ahead of print] Links Courtship interactions stimulate rapid changes in GnRH synthesis in male ring doves. Mantei KE,...
Taken from http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080825/ap_on_sc/sci_monkey_giving_2 Monkeys reward friends and relatives By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer Mon...
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