James Francis Doyle: I consider monogamy to be an behavioral association pattern - could be adaptive... but not an adaptation. Jay R. Feierman: I agree with...
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clarence_sonny_williams
clarence_son...
Sep 1, 2011 1:40 pm
James, I would have guessed that this was your opinion, but just saying so is hardly informative. When forming my opinion on scientific matters, I study the...
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Simon Gadbois
ysgadbois
Sep 1, 2011 4:41 pm
Sonny: There are "structural design features" in the prairie vole brains, JFD: Brains aren't behavior… Simon Gadbois: No, but they mediate, control, generate...
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Simon Gadbois
ysgadbois
Sep 1, 2011 4:41 pm
James Francis Doyle: I consider monogamy to be an behavioral association pattern - could be adaptive... but not an adaptation. Jay R. Feierman: I agree with...
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Simon Gadbois
ysgadbois
Sep 1, 2011 4:42 pm
Monogamy is a mating and often a social system ("social monogamy") best understood as an analogy/homoplasy. But obviously it in response to environmental...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Sep 1, 2011 4:43 pm
Simon Gadbois: You don't need homology to have adaptation... Jay R. Feierman: Of course that's true. However, one has to have an adaptation to have homology....
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Sep 1, 2011 5:27 pm
Sonny: There are "structural design features" in the prairie vole brains, JFD: Brains aren't behavior… Simon Gadbois: No, but they mediate, control, generate...
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By Definition
bydefinition...
Sep 1, 2011 5:28 pm
Harrumph? .. . Hello All http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811133130.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809092108.htm Sort of...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Sep 1, 2011 5:29 pm
James Francis Doyle: I consider monogamy to be an behavioral association pattern - could be adaptive... but not an adaptation. Jay R. Feierman: I agree with...
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clarence_sonny_williams
clarence_son...
Sep 1, 2011 11:09 pm
James D, What is a "behavioral association pattern"? I can imagine what it might be, but I'm not sure. As I recall, you believe behavior is muscle movements....
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Glen Sizemore
gmsizemore2
Sep 1, 2011 11:10 pm
________________________________ From: Jay R. Feierman <jfeierman@...> To: human-ethology@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 1:27 PM ...
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clarence_sonny_williams
clarence_son...
Sep 1, 2011 11:11 pm
Jay, If I accept the definition of behavior that James D. and Jay use, then what they say is fine...but of no interest to someone who wants to know more about...
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clarence_sonny_williams
clarence_son...
Sep 1, 2011 11:11 pm
Jay, Are there any genetically-"programmed" neural circuits in any CNS that are "structural design features"? ... association pattern - could be adaptive......
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clarence_sonny_williams
clarence_son...
Sep 1, 2011 11:12 pm
You're right. If our definitions of behavior as so different, then my concern has no meaning to me. Why do you keeping insisting that the research regarding...
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James Gray
jamesgrayph
Sep 1, 2011 11:16 pm
*James Gray:* This comment really surprised me. I never would have thought your meant that by "structural design features". Apparently you mean the ...
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James Gray
jamesgrayph
Sep 1, 2011 11:20 pm
*Jay R. Feierman:* These types of behaviors can only change *indirectly* in frequency in a population as a result of natural selection's effect on the brain...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Sep 1, 2011 11:52 pm
Hello Sonny, I posted this article to show that although one can trace the phylogeny and talk about homologies of structural design features, like the Avpr1a...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Sep 2, 2011 12:02 am
Sonny Williams: Jay, Are there any genetically-"programmed" neural circuits in any CNS that are "structural design features"? Jay R. Feierman: All of the...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Sep 2, 2011 1:28 am
James Gray: I do think that your distinction between Type I and Type II behavior is an important attempt to deal with the complexity and seeming infinite...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Sep 2, 2011 1:28 am
Jay R. Feierman: However, that being said, most behavior that is Type II is acquired by social learning within and across generations although the acquisition...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Sep 2, 2011 1:28 am
Jay R. Feierman: These types of behaviors can only change indirectly in frequency in a population as a result of natural selection's effect on the brain...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Sep 2, 2011 1:28 am
Jay R. Feierman: If behavior is movement or its result or outcome, brains are proximate, contributing causes of the behavior. But brains are not behavior. If...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Sep 2, 2011 1:31 am
Neuroscience Article in Press, Accepted Manuscript - Note to users doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.08.037 | How to Cite or Link Using DOI Permissions &...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Sep 2, 2011 1:31 am
Behavioural Brain Research Article in Press, Accepted Manuscript - Note to users doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2011.08.022 | How to Cite or Link Using DOI Permissions &...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Sep 2, 2011 1:31 am
Abstract - selected Article Figures/Tables References Psychoneuroendocrinology Article in Press, Corrected Proof - Note to users ...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Sep 2, 2011 1:31 am
Go to http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/joannabrooks/5013/openly_gay_mormon_appointed_to_lds_church_leadership_position...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Sep 2, 2011 1:31 am
• • INTERVIEW http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/atheologies/4808/coming_out_twice%3A_sexuality_and_gender_in_islam • • August 24, 2011 ...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Sep 2, 2011 1:37 am
James Gray: It is not really the fact that you were referring to micro structure, macro structure, or whatever. It is the idea that you apply the phrase...
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clarence_sonny_williams
clarence_son...
Sep 2, 2011 1:39 am
Jay, This is very helpful to the discussion at hand, and this study did, indeed, indicate that the length of STP sequences in the avpr1a gene does not predict...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Sep 2, 2011 1:47 am
Sonny Williams: I find a host of research suggesting you're wrong in saying, "What the structural design feature does, which is its proximate function, is not...
