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Social and auditory experience shapes forebrain responsiveness in zebra finches before the sensitive period of vocal learning
ABSTRACTEarly-life experiences with signals used in communication are instrumental in shaping an animal's social interactions. In songbirds, which use vocalizations for guiding social interactions and mate choice, recent studies show that sensory ...
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Posted: October 25, 2024, 12:00 am
A dynamic humidity arena to explore humidity-related behaviours in insects
ABSTRACTHumidity is a critical environmental factor influencing the behaviour of terrestrial organisms. Despite its significance, the neural mechanisms and behavioural algorithms governing humidity sensation remain poorly understood. Here, we intr...
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Posted: October 25, 2024, 12:00 am
ECR Spotlight – Danilo Giacometti
ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology...
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Posted: October 24, 2024, 12:00 am
Ups and downs of fossorial life: migration restlessness and geotaxis may explain overwintering emergence in the spotted salamander
ABSTRACTTo decide whether to remain underground or to emerge from overwintering, fossorial ectotherms simultaneously process environmental, gravitational and circannual migratory cues. Here, we provide an experimental framework to study the behavi...
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Posted: October 24, 2024, 12:00 am
Landmark knowledge overrides optic flow in honeybee waggle dance distance estimation
ABSTRACTHoneybees encode in their waggle dances the vector (distance and direction) of an outbound flight to a food source or a new nest site. Optic flow has been identified as the major source of information in the distance estimation. Additional...
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Posted: October 23, 2024, 12:00 am
Temperature dependence of regional heterothermy in a diminutive ectotherm
ABSTRACTRegional heterothermy describes when body regions differ in temperature, which can have important ramifications for performance because most biological processes are temperature dependent. However, the relationship between regional heterot...
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Posted: October 21, 2024, 12:00 am
Tiny ring-necked snakes keep warm heads despite their size
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Posted: October 21, 2024, 12:00 am
On the rate-limiting dynamics of force development in muscle
ABSTRACTSkeletal muscles produce forces relatively slowly compared with the action potentials that excite them. The dynamics of force production are governed by multiple processes, such as calcium activation, cycling of cross-bridges between myofi...
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Posted: October 21, 2024, 12:00 am