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Feed-forward and the evolution of social behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2000

C. N. Slobodchikoff
C. N. Slobodchikoff
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 con.slobodchikoff@nau.edu www2.nau.edu/~cns3
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Abstract

Feed-forward Pavlovian conditioning can serve as a proximate mechanism for the evolution of social behavior. Feed-forward can provide the impetus for animals to associate other individuals' presence, and cooperation with them, with the acquisition of resources, whether or not the animals are genetically related. Other social behaviors such as play and grooming may develop as conditioned stimuli in feed-forward social systems.

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Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , April 2000 , pp. 265 - 266
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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