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social behavior

Also known as: social behaviors

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Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org Frontiers 3 facts
claimDe Gregorio et al. (2021b) found that Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) promotes social behavior through mTORC1 in excitatory neurotransmission, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A.
claimPsychedelics alter emotional processing, self-regulation, and social behavior, often resulting in enduring effects on individual and group well-being and sociality.
claimHuman-accelerated genes (HAR genes) and Default Mode Network (DMN) genes show significant associations with individual variations in DMN functional activity, intelligence, social behavior, and mental conditions such as schizophrenia and autism, according to Wei et al. (2019).
Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 3 facts
quoteEdward O. Wilson defined sociobiology in 1975 as "the systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior."
referenceEdward O. Wilson combined evolutionary theory with studies of animal and social behavior in his 1975 book, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, referencing the works of Konrad Lorenz and Niko Tinbergen.
claimSocial emotions evolved to motivate social behaviors that were adaptive in the environment of evolutionary adaptation.
Electroreception and electrogenesis - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 1 fact
referenceRankin, Catharine H. and Moller, Peter studied the social behavior of the African electric catfish (Malapterurus electricus) during intra- and interspecific encounters in a 1986 paper published in Ethology.
John Bowlby's Attachment Theory - Simply Psychology simplypsychology.org Simply Psychology Apr 20, 2025 1 fact
referenceKonrad Lorenz (1935) published research on social behavior and imprinting in birds, titled 'Der Kumpan in der Umwelt des Vogels. Der Artgenosse als auslösendes Moment sozialer Verhaltensweisen'.
The Mechanisms of Psychedelic Visionary Experiences - Frontiers frontiersin.org Frontiers Sep 27, 2017 1 fact
claimThe Mirror Neuron System (MNS) provides a lower-level physical representational system that facilitates imagination in social behavior, enabling mental projection and simulation of events without direct participation.
Cultural differences in parenting styles and their impact on child ... jetjournal.us JET Journal 1 fact
referenceThe study 'Cultural differences in parenting styles and their impact on child development' investigates how cultural differences in parenting affect child development outcomes, specifically emotional well-being, social behavior, academic achievement, and cognitive growth.