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Learning
If faced with the choice of what to do next, learning to predict future events is key. Contrasting operant (instrumental) conditioning paradigms with classical (Pavlovian) conditioning situations in flies (Drosophila) and snails (Aplysia) is a great way to study predictive learning.
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Spontaneity
What to do, what to do? Fruit flies (Drosophila) chose their next actions spontaneously, if there are no sensory cues available.
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Evolution
Every animal faces the choice to cooperate or to defect. The evolution of cooperation explains some of these choices. A great example for the evolutionary forces underlying the decison of whether to stay or to leave is the behavioral ecology of juvenile atlantic salmon.
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Aggression
The neurobiology of aggression underlies the choice between fight or flight in all animals, even in the fruit fly Drosophila.
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Meta-Biology?
This is a preliminary draft representing my first stages in approaching the question: What is the kind of knowledge we can acquire in biology and how does that knowledge help us understand being?
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LiteStep
Click to find out more about the best enhancement for MS Windows. This shell replacement features full customizability, virtual desktops, a wharf and many modules and utilities.
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Updates
Stay up-to-date by checking out the update log of brembs.net. Use it to find out exactly what content has been andded when and where.
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Blog
This is the link to my blog in the bjoern.brembs.net subdomain. You'll find my publications, interests and curriculum vitae there. In addition, you can leave me notes, interact with others and have a look at the many picture galleries and articles I've put up. Sign up with a username for the complete interactive experience. :-)
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