| Journal: | Ludus vitalis |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000405027 |
| ISSN: | 1133-5165 |
| Authors: | Chang, Steve W.C1 Brent, Lauren J.N1 Geoffrey, Adams K1 Pearson, John M1 Platt, Michael L1 Klein, Jeffrey T2 |
| Institutions: | 1Duke University, Departamento de Neurobiología, Durham, Carolina del Norte. Estados Unidos de América 2University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Carolina del Norte. Estados Unidos de América |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Volumen: | 21 |
| Number: | 40 |
| Pages: | 151-176 |
| Country: | México |
| Language: | Español |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico |
| English abstract | A neuroethological approach to human and nonhuman primate behavior and cognition predicts biological specializations f or social life. Evidence reviewed here indicates that ancestral mechanisms are often dupli cated, repurposed, and differentially regulated to support social behavior. Focusing on r ecent research from nonhuman primates, we describe how the primate brain might i mplement social functions by coopting and extending preexisting mechanisms that previously supported nonsocial functions. This approach reveals that highly specia lized mechanisms have evolved to decipher the immediate social context, and parallel circuits have evolved to translate social perceptual signals and nonsocial perceptual signals into partially integrated social and nonsocial motivational signals, which together inform general-purpose mechanisms that command behavior. Differences in social behavi or between species, as well as between individuals within a species, result in par t from neuromodulatory regulation of these neural circuits, which itself appears to be u nder partial genetic control. Ultimately, intraspecific variation in social behavior has diff erential fitness consequences, providing fundamental building blocks of natural selection. O ur review suggests that the neuroethological approach to primate behavior may p rovide unique insights into human psychopathology |
| Disciplines: | Biología |
| Keyword: | Etología, Primates, Comportamiento animal, Neuroetología, Evolución, Serotonina, Oxitocinas, Recuerdos |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
