Your surroundings may influence your social behavior more than you realize. New research from the Brain Research Institute at Niigata University in Japan suggests that environmental context can ...

Researchers found that social behavior begins in the brain before it becomes visible as movement. In zebrafish, a coordinated ...

New neuroscience study on how the brain generates social behavior. Using whole-brain imaging during live social interactions ...

Researchers explore drug-seeking behavior with a zebrafish animal model. As the opioid crisis escalates, the science behind addiction remains poorly understood. To address this need, researchers at ...

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In vertebrates, animals that have a backbone or spinal column, many survival behaviors and physiological states are regulated by the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus is a region in the vertebrate ...

What is the common ground between making a cup of tea and putting on your shoes? Both actions consist of several movements in a row. "Just like language, which is composed of syllables arranged into ...

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