ReviewFrontiers in psychology2018
Avian Emotions: Comparative Perspectives on Fear and Frustration.
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- Age-associated alteration of innate defensive response to a looming stimulus and brain functional connectivity pattern in mice.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Distinct patterns of activity within columns of the periaqueductal gray are associated with functionally distinct birdsongs.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2023Article
- Pekin ducks are motivated to lay in their preferred nest substrate.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2023Article
- Molecular biology of serotonergic systems in avian brains.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2023Review
- Comparison of Some Behavioural Responses in Budgerigars (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Incentive disengagement and the adaptive significance of frustrative nonreward.Learning & behavior · 2022Review
- Developing a feasible and sensitive judgement bias task in dairy cows.Animal cognition · 2022Article
- The Impact of ProbioticAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Chick Hippocampal Formation Displays Subdivision- and Layer-Selective Expression Patterns of Serotonin Receptor Subfamily Genes.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Birdsong and the Neural Regulation of Positive Emotion.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Dopaminergic nuclei in the chick midbrain express serotonin receptor subfamily genes.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Casting the Net Widely for Change in Animal Welfare: The Plight of Birds in Zoos, Ex Situ Conservation, and Conservation Fieldwork.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Serotonergic Neurons in the Chick Brainstem Express Various Serotonin Receptor Subfamily Genes.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- The dorsal arcopallium of chicks displays the expression of orthologs of mammalian fear related serotonin receptor subfamily genes.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Brain Distribution and Sexually Dimorphic Expression of Amylin in Different Reproductive Stages of the Zebra Finch (Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Article
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Emotions are complex reactions that allow individuals to cope with significant positive and negative events. Research on emotion was pioneered by Darwin's work on emotional expressions in humans and animals. But Darwin was concerned mainly with facial and bodily expressions of significance for humans, citing mainly examples from mammals (e.g., apes, dogs, and cats). In birds, emotional expressions are less evident for a human observer, so a different approach is needed. Understanding avian emotions will provide key evolutionary information on the evolution of related behaviors and brain circuitry. Birds and mammals are thought to have evolved from different groups of Mesozoic reptiles, theropod dinosaurs and therapsids, respectively, and therefore, their common ancestor is likely to be a basal reptile living about 300 million years ago, during the Carboniferous or Permian period. Yet, birds and mammals exhibit extensive convergence in terms of relative brain size, high levels of activity, sleep/wakefulness cycles, endothermy, and social behavior, among others. This article focuses on two basic emotions with negative valence: fear and frustration. Fear is related to the anticipation of dangerous or threatening stimuli (e.g., predators or aggressive conspecifics). Frustration is related to unexpected reward omissions or devaluations (e.g., loss of food or sexual resources). These results have implications for an understanding of the conditions that promote fear and frustration and for the evolution of supporting brain circuitry.
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