Social behaviour: can it change the brain?

Social behaviour: can it change the brain?

Dominance hierarchies are ubiquitous in social species. Social status is established initially through physical conflict between individuals and then communicated directly by a variety of signals. Social interactions depend critically on the relative social status of those interacting. But how do individuals acquire the information they need to modulate their behaviour and how do they use that ...

Social life, evolution of intelligence, behaviour and human brain size

Social life is one of the most critical factors of the evolution of the behavior of non-human primates and humans. Several factors, such as an increase in brain size, adaptive modules, and grooming, are related to the complexities of social groups. Although some scientists have mentioned foraging as a rival hypothesis for the evolution of behavior, in this research, we tried to investigate the ...

Brain death: can it be resuscitated?

Why is a patient with a destroyed brain considered dead rather than moribund and irreversibly comatose? The world has been grappling with this question for the past four decades with little success. The recently released white paper of the President's Council on Bioethics is in many respects a refreshing, thoughtful, and comprehensive reexamination of this complex topic. It offers a very helpfu...

The Consequences of Climate Change and Social Responsible Behaviour

Taking in account its implications, the climate change is an economic and social issue. The dimensions of this phenomenon are dramatic and because of that, the international and regional organizations and public have initiated different adaptation and mitigation measures in order to cope with this problem. The private sector is also preoccupied by this topic and financial institutions, companie...

Motivation and confidence: What does it take to change behaviour?