Reproductive function is inherited to the extent that the gene, which codes for gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH), is reliably consistent (well-conserved)...
In the context of reproductive function, the social environment includes conspecifics that signal reproductive fitness through sensory cues. This social...
Excerpted from below for brevity: Jay R. Feierman: I now understand the second meaning of the term "molar." However, what is inherited in the bacteria is a new...
Dear Dr. Feierman and all other members of this listserv, I see a few problems with this article. First of all, it assumes that the number of extrapair...
Ted and Frans, I've been pondering PCT and I'm wondering what your opinion about an idea concerning the "baby face" IRM, nurturance-cradling and the ...
Dear James, You show very creative thinking. At the end I got lost because I do not understand what you mean with "upside down at 7:30". But apart from that...
James Kohl: In this regard, the IRM seems to me to be a molar structure with no known/described molecular components. Jay R. Feierman: The neuroanatomy and...
Jay R. Feierman: Also, there are many behavioral correlates of what is called Major Depression. One can diagnose someone as being in a Major Depressive Episode...
Glen Sizemore: I would go further and say that "feelings" are not causes of behavior at all, except in the limited sense that they are discriminative stimuli...
Glen Sizemore: How do you know that the distinctions made [remembering and planning = cognitive abilities] "break behavior down" into meaningful categories? ...
Title Submissive deference, emotion or talk? ethology and the search for a universal definition of religious behavior Author/s 1. Craig Palmer, University of...
Title Natural gazes, non-natural agents: The biology of religion's ocular behaviors Author/s 1. Thomas B. Ellis, Appalachian State University, USA; Abstract...
Title The cultural evolution of religious behaviors in their socioecological contexts Author/s 1. Stephen Sanderson, University of California, Riverside, USA; ...
Glen Sizemore: The term "behavioral correlates" is troublesome. It implies that people do (or do not do) certain things "because they are depressed." This is...
Frans, Thanks. I'll try to repeat this somewhat differently. Mothers engage in offspring guarding, or behaviors to protect their young. One way that they do...
Jason, Thank you for providing the definitions. The definitions you provide are very similar to those in "Cognitive Psychology: Applying the Scinece of the...
Taken from http://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/2008/06/evolutionary_genetics_in_icela.php Evolutionary genetics in Iceland; it's about the parameters permlink ...
Dear Glen, First of all, what do you mean by "resources"? When I think of "resources" in the context of our discipline, I think of material wealth. Second,...
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080622/NEWS01/857283077 Article published Jun 22, 2008 Mom accepts transgender Manchester tween By...
Q: By "social-environmental" do you mean conspecifics within an environment? A: Yes. I don't know of another meaning that fits the context of inherited...
JFD: What I am unclear about is visual input that is not -necessarily- related to perceptions of physical attractiveness. You accept `visual primitives'or...
James Kohl: But for clarity please think about whether `visual primitives' are processed by a sexually dimorphic sensory system. If not, how do they acquire...
James Francis Doyle [I think]: By "social-environmental" do you mean conspecifics within an environment? James Kohl: Yes. I don't know of another meaning that...
... From: Jason <nysa71@...> Subject: [human-ethology] Re: Causes of Behavior To: human-ethology@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 1:22 PM ......
Q: By "social-environmental" do you mean conspecifics within an environment? A: Yes. I don't know of another meaning that fits the context of inherited...
JFD: What I am unclear about is visual input that is not –necessarily- related to perceptions of physical attractiveness. You accept `visual primitives'or...
How can seeing the same thing have different effects on male and female behavior if organization occurs by GnRH-directed production of steroid hormones and...
GS: GS: Interesting history. I agree that there is something to be said for "operationism," but mainstream psychology has used it to reify mentalistic terms....