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Memory retention of conditioned aversion training in New Zealand's alpine parrot, the kea
Abstract New Zealand pest control operations commonly deploy toxic sodium fluoroacetate (1080) baits to control introduced mammalian predators...
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Meta-learning within Projective Simulation
Learning models of artificial intelligence can nowadays perform very well on a large variety of tasks. However, in practice, different task en...
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Microbial warfare and the evolution of symbiosis
Cooperative symbionts enable their hosts to exploit a diversity of environments. A low genetic diversity (high relatedness) between the symbio...
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Mimicking orchids lure bees from afar with exaggerated ultraviolet signals
Flowers have many traits to appeal to pollinators, including ultraviolet (UV) absorbing markings, which are well-known for attracting bees at ...
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Minimal Developmental Computation: A Causal Network Approach to Understand Morphogenetic Pattern Formation
What information-processing strategies and general principles are sufficient to enable self-organized morphogenesis in embryogenesis and regen...
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Mining of structural motifs in proteins using artificial bee colony optimization framework for druggability
In this work, we have developed an optimization framework for digging out common structural patterns inherent in DNA binding proteins. A novel...
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Mirror stimulation in Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius)
Mirror exposure elicits a wide range of behavioral responses, some of which have been considered as part of possible evidence of mirror self-r...
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Mirror-mediated string-pulling task in Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius)
Abstract Mirror tasks can be used to investigate whether animals can instrumentally use a mirror to solve problems and can understand the corr...
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Modeling somatic computation with non-neural bioelectric networks
The field of basal cognition seeks to understand how adaptive, context-specific behavior occurs in non-neural biological systems. Embryogenesi...
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Modulation of behavioural laterality in wild New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides): Vocalization, age and function
The New Caledonian crow (Corvus moneduloides) is known for displaying a unique set of tool-related behaviours, with the bird’s bill acting as ...
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Morality is fundamentally an evolved solution to problems of social co‐operation
This debate took place at the Association of Social Anthropologists (ASA) conference in Oxford on 21 September 2018, following the model of th...
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Morphoceuticals: Perspectives for discovery of drugs targeting anatomical control mechanisms in regenerative medicine, cancer and aging
Morphoceuticals are a new class of interventions that target the setpoints of anatomical homeostasis for efficient, modular control of growth ...
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Morphological Coordination: A Common Ancestral Function Unifying Neural and Non-Neural Signaling
Nervous systems are traditionally thought of as providing sensing and behavioral coordination functions at the level of the whole organism. Wh...
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Morphology changes induced by intercellular gap junction blocking: A reaction-diffusion mechanism
Complex anatomical form is regulated in part by endogenous physiological communication between cells; however, the dynamics by which gap junct...
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MouseView.js: Reliable and valid attention tracking in web-based experiments using a cursor-directed aperture
Abstract Psychological research is increasingly moving online, where web-based studies allow for data collection at scale. Behavioural researc...
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Multi-scale Chimerism: An experimental window on the algorithms of anatomical control
Despite the immense progress in genetics and cell biology, major knowledge gaps remain with respect to prediction and control of the global mo...
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Multilevel cultural evolution: From new theory to practical applications
Evolutionary science has led to many practical applications of genetic evolution but few practical uses of cultural evolution. This is because...
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Multilevel selection as Bayesian inference, major transitions in individuality as structure learning
Complexity of life forms on the Earth has increased tremendously, primarily driven by subsequent evolutionary transitions in individuality, a ...
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Multimodal mate choice: Exploring the effects of sight, sound, and scent on partner choice in a speed-date paradigm
When people meet a potential partner for the first time, they are confronted with multiple sources of information, encompassing different moda...
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Naïve individuals promote collective exploration in homing pigeons
Group-living animals that rely on stable foraging or migratory routes can develop behavioural traditions to pass route information down to ine...
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