Behavior

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This Domain lists topics related to Behavior, i.e., manner of conducting oneself in the external relations of life; demeanor, deportment, bearing, manners or the expression of an effort to adapt or adjust to different internal and external conditions.

Domain Topics

There are 65 topics in this domain

Topic Name	Topic Authors
Abuse of Other Animal Species	MOCA Author
Accurate Overhand Throwing	MOCA Author
Adult Play	Robert Thomas
Aggressiveness	Kiri Hagerman
Assisted Childbirth	Wenda Trevathan
Aversion to Foul Odors	MOCA Author
Care of the Infirm and Elderly	MOCA Author
Cleanliness	MOCA Author
Control of Paternity	MOCA Author
Cooperative Action	Jeremy Karnowski
Cooperative Breeding	Sarah Hrdy
Deliberately Delaying Gratification	Kiri Hagerman
Domestication of Other Animals	Margaret Schoeninger, Andrew Somerville
Domestication of Plants	Andrew Somerville, Margaret Schoeninger
Facial Expression of Emotional State	Lisa Parr
Facial recognition	Heidi Sharipov
Feasting	Kiri Hagerman
Food Preparation	Alyssa Crittenden, Margaret Schoeninger
Food Sharing	Alyssa Crittenden, Margaret Schoeninger
Food Storage	Linda Marchant
Grandparenting	MOCA Author
Handedness	MOCA Author
Home Base	Alyssa Crittenden, Margaret Schoeninger
Homosexual Behavior	MOCA Author
Incest Avoidance	Laura Sancho
Infanticide	Linda Marchant
Intentional Deception	Robert Thomas
Inter-group Coalition Formation	Whitney Friedman
Intra-group Coalitions/Alliances	Whitney Friedman
Intra-Specific Aggression	Whitney Friedman
Intraspecific Aggression	Pascal Gagneux, Stephen Johnston, Jeremy Karnowski, Corinna Most, Hector Reynoso, Heidi Sharipov
Laughing	Swati Trishal
Laughing Response to Physical Stimuli	Linda Marchant
Long-range Transport of Materials	Linda Marchant
Masturbation	Landon Klein
Maternal Infanticide	Corinna Most
Maternal Tolerance of Allomaternal Assistance	Sarah Hrdy
Mechanical Multi-Tasking	MOCA Author
Moral Sense	Ben Cipollini
Nuclear Families	Linda Marchant
Organized Gathering of Food	Alyssa Crittenden, Margaret Schoeninger
Organized Hunting for Meat	MOCA Author
Organized Scavenging for Meat	Linda Marchant
Organized Warfare	MOCA Author
Paternal Care	MOCA Author, Rashmi Jejurikar
Peace-Making	MOCA Author
Personal adornment	Linda Marchant
Physical Abuse of the Young	Ketan Thorat
Planning Ahead	Linda Marchant
Reciprocal Altruism	MOCA Author
Reconciliation	MOCA Author
Repeated Practice of Tasks	MOCA Author
Romantic Infatuation (Limerence)	Camille Toarmino
Self-Injury	Andrew Schork
Sense of Justice	MOCA Author
Smiling	Caroline Horton Lew
Social Importance of Dominance	MOCA Author
Somnambulism	Kyle Fischer
Symbolic Play	Linda Marchant
Teaching	Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Lisa Parr
Torture	Landon Klein
Travel Between Dissimilar Environments	Rachel Zarndt
Unnecessary Risk Taking	Deepika Patel
Use of Containers	Alyssa Crittenden, Margaret Schoeninger
Wound Licking	Camille Toarmino