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behavioral flexibility
Also known as: behavioural flexibility
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The Energy Homeostasis Principle: A Naturalistic Approach to ... frontiersin.org 6 facts
claimBehavioral diversity and flexibility emerge from the interactions of individual cells acting locally and producing distal effects that may not directly affect the cells themselves.
claimBehavioral flexibility allows organisms to increase fitness by adapting to the environment during ontogeny, which provides an advantage over less flexible animals that rely solely on phylogenetic mechanisms of change.
claimParental care acts as a buffer for the risks associated with high behavioral flexibility in infants, allowing them to survive despite behaviors that may put their fitness at peril.
claimA larger number of neurons in an organism leads to a greater diversity of local responses and increased behavioral flexibility.
claimIn animals, the highest mortality rates typically occur early in life, when individual-environment relationships are being established and behavioral flexibility is higher, according to Caughley (1966).
claimAnimals with high behavioral flexibility are associated with greater parental effort and longer parenting times during ontogeny, as evidenced by research from Isler and van Schaik (2009, 2012), Barton and Capellini (2011), Heldstab et al. (2019), and Uomini et al. (2020).
Complexity and the Evolution of Consciousness | Biological Theory link.springer.com Sep 14, 2022 2 facts
claimThe Cambrian explosion led to an increase in behavioral flexibility and a corresponding explosion in the pathological complexity of selecting the correct action at the right time, which was addressed through the evolution of a proximate common currency of hedonic valence.
claimThe Avalon explosion likely failed because those organisms lacked a design solution to manage the complex investment required for behavioral flexibility.
The evolution of human-type consciousness – a by-product of ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceThe article 'The evolution of human-type consciousness – a by-product of mammalian innovation mechanism – a preliminary hypothesis' cites Uddin (2021), which examines the neural mechanisms and clinical considerations of cognitive and behavioural flexibility.
The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective frontiersin.org Nov 25, 2024 1 fact
claimEarl (2014) proposed a "flexible response mechanism" that groups certain functions of consciousness under the heading of behavioral flexibility.