How Severe Maternal Inflammation Can Lead to Autism-like Behavior
In 2010, a large study in Denmark found that women who suffered an infection severe enough to require hospitalization while pregnant were much more likely to have a child with…
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2016 | Soraya de Chadarevian – The Future Historian: Reflections on the Archives of Contemporary Sciences
ISG professor, Soraya de Chadarevian, has published a paper titled “The Future Historian: Reflections on the Archives of Contemporary Sciences” in Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical…
2015 | Soraya de Chadarevian – Human Population Studies and the World Health Organization
ISG professor, Soraya de Chadarevian, has published a paper titled “Human Population Studies and the World Health Organization.” in Dynamis 2015; 35 (2): 359-388 ABSTRACT: This essay draws attention to the…
Discovery of Consoling Behavior in Prairie Voles May Benefit Autism Research
Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have discovered that a social laboratory rodent, the prairie vole, shows an empathy-based consoling response when other voles are distressed….
Dog Domestication May Have Increased Harmful Genetic Changes, UCLA Biologists Report
The domestication of dogs may have inadvertently caused harmful genetic changes, a UCLA-led study suggests. Domesticating dogs from gray wolves more than 15,000 years ago involved artificial selection and inbreeding,…
Epigenetics: How Social Behavior Can Be Reprogrammed In Ants…And Possibly Humans, Too
While many believe behavior is largely defined by genetic makeup and environmental factors, new research suggests certain drugs can have a life-altering, permanent influence over an individual’s character. The study, out…