Behavioral Research Blog

Adolescent mothers are tackling their transition to adulthood and the transition to parenthood. This is called the double risk for mother and infant, inherent in adolescent motherhood.

Fatherhood is a topic of high social relevance that attracts much public interest and therefore also the attention of scientists.

Having a behavioral coping strategy means that a person can regulate emotions and deal with stressful situations.

Communication studies have shown that breaking bad news is best be done immediately and with clear wording. What is the best step forward?

Read these four blog articles to find out how and why human-robot interaction is studied by many researchers around the world!

In order to help health professionals and parents manage child distress more effectively, researchers started observations of real interactions in healthcare in a community setting.

Every day, new training programs find their way to hospitals and clinics to help professionals convey their message efficiently and effectively in order to practice their profession.

It was no surprise that these blog articles attracted lots of attention. Autism is the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the U.S. (www.autismspeaks.org). Read the Autism Top 8 Blog Articles.

Overweight and obese individuals are at increased risk for many diseases and health conditions. By 2050, as much as 50% of the UK population could be obese at a cost of £50 billion a year.

How can you come to better understand what is going on in the creative process? A living lab studying the work of a writer, painter, musician or other creative person might provide the answer.

If zebrafish are the new mice, guinea pigs might be the new rats. Guinea pigs differ from mice and rats, and that just might make them more suitable due to the fact that these results are more easily translated to humans.

If you want to get on in life, is it better to make friends, or should you trample down the competition? Maybe we can learn something from animals…

If you are familiar with neurobehavioral research in any way, you will know that variables like velocity and distance moved are important parameters in a lot of animal behavioral experiments.

Rearing animals specifically for behavioral research is a very common practice. However, the results from behavioral studies with laboratory animals should be interpreted with care.

Novel object recognition is one of the most commonly used behavioral tests on laboratory rodents. It is also easily automated with video tracking software. Want to know how?

Interested in primatology? Today we present to you three blog posts and a couple of interesting websites!

European eels (Anguilla anguilla) have a life cycle in which both larvae and adults travel incredible distances. The eggs hatch in the Sargasso Sea near North America and the larvae swim all the way to Europe.

It seems that mosquitoes use human body odor to locate suitable hosts, and different people smell differently to mosquitoes.

PCBs are synthetic molecules that were used in transformers, electric motors, and more applications. It was quickly discovered that these molecules are toxic, and subsequently, they were banned.

The most common psychiatric disorders are mood and anxiety related. However, the underlying mechanisms of these diseases are still largely unknown. This complicates the development of effective treatment and drugs.