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Zhao X, Wang S, Xu J, Wang C, Feng Y, Xue H, Wu M, Chen L, Xu L. Effects of short daylight and mild low temperature on mitochondrial degeneration in the testis of
Cricetulus barabensis. Mol Reprod Dev 2022; 89:413-422. [DOI: 10.1002/mrd.23632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 06/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Xiang‐Yu Zhao
- College of Life Sciences Qufu Normal University Qufu Shandong China
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- College of Life Sciences Qufu Normal University Qufu Shandong China
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- College of Life Sciences Qufu Normal University Qufu Shandong China
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- College of Life Sciences Qufu Normal University Qufu Shandong China
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- College of Life Sciences Qufu Normal University Qufu Shandong China
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- College of Life Sciences Qufu Normal University Qufu Shandong China
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- College of Life Sciences Qufu Normal University Qufu Shandong China
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- College of Life Sciences Qufu Normal University Qufu Shandong China
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- College of Life Sciences Qufu Normal University Qufu Shandong China
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Wittmann A, Braud M, Dujols O, Forscher P, IJzerman H. Individual differences in adapting to temperature in French students are only related to attachment avoidance and loneliness. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2022; 9:201068. [PMID: 35619997 PMCID: PMC9128851 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Among animals, natural selection has resulted in a broad array of behavioural strategies to maintain core body temperature in a relatively narrow range. One important temperature regulation strategy is social thermoregulation, which is often done by warming the body together with conspecifics. The literature suggests that the same selection pressures that apply to other animals also apply to humans, producing individual differences in the tendency to socially thermoregulate. We wanted to investigate whether differences in social thermoregulation desires extend to other personality factors in a sample of French students. We conducted an exploratory, hypothesis-generating cross-sectional project to examine associations between thermoregulation and personality. We used conditional random forests in a training segment of our dataset to identify clusters of variables most likely to be shaped by individual differences to thermoregulate. We used the resulting clusters to fit hypothesis-generating mediation models. After we replicated the relationships in two datasets, personality was not related to social thermoregulation desires, with the exception of attachment avoidance. Attachment avoidance in turn predicted loneliness. This mediation proved robust across all three datasets. As our cross-sectional studies allow limited causal inferences, we suggest investing into prospective studies to understand whether and how social thermoregulation shapes attachment avoidance early in life and loneliness later in life. We also recommend replication of the current relationships in other climates, countries, and age groups.
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- Adrien Wittmann
- Laboratoire InterUniversitaire de Psychologie. Personnalité, Cognition, Changement Social, Université Grenoble Alpes, Saint-Martin-d'Heres, Rhône-Alpes, France
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- Laboratoire InterUniversitaire de Psychologie. Personnalité, Cognition, Changement Social, Université Grenoble Alpes, Saint-Martin-d'Heres, Rhône-Alpes, France
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- Laboratoire InterUniversitaire de Psychologie. Personnalité, Cognition, Changement Social, Université Grenoble Alpes, Saint-Martin-d'Heres, Rhône-Alpes, France
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- Laboratoire InterUniversitaire de Psychologie. Personnalité, Cognition, Changement Social, Université Grenoble Alpes, Saint-Martin-d'Heres, Rhône-Alpes, France
- Busara Center for Behavioral Economics, Kenya
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- Laboratoire InterUniversitaire de Psychologie. Personnalité, Cognition, Changement Social, Université Grenoble Alpes, Saint-Martin-d'Heres, Rhône-Alpes, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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Housing conditions modify seasonal changes in basal metabolism and body mass of the Siberian hamster, Phodopus sungorus. J Comp Physiol B 2022; 192:513-526. [PMID: 35348882 PMCID: PMC9197917 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-022-01434-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Proper housing conditions are important aspects of animal welfare. Animals housed in enriched environments show less stereotypic behaviours than animals kept in barren cages. However, different types of cage enrichment may affect the results of experimental studies and hinder comparative analyses of animal physiology and behaviour. We investigated whether access to a running wheel, availability of nesting material, and pair housing affect basal metabolic rate (BMR) of Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) under various acclimation conditions. We used 70 adult hamsters (35 males and 35 females) divided into five groups housed under different cage conditions. All individuals experienced the same acclimation procedure: first a winter (L8:D16) then a summer (L16:D8) photoperiod, at air temperatures of first 20 °C then 7 °C under both photoperiods. We found that nesting material and pair housing did not affect hamster BMR, while access to a running wheel increased BMR and body mass regardless of photoperiod and ambient temperature. Thus, we suggest that cage enrichment should be applied with caution, especially in studies on energetics or thermoregulation, particularly in seasonal animals.
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Social thermoregulation in Mediterranean greater white-toothed shrews (Crocidura russula). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-021-03072-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Xu JH, Wang Z, Mou JJ, Wang CL, Huang WM, Xue HL, Wu M, Chen L, Xu LX. Up-Regulation of Glycogen Synthesis and Degradation Enzyme Level Maintained Myocardial Glycogen in Huddling Brandt's Voles Under Cool Environments. Front Physiol 2021; 12:593129. [PMID: 33841168 PMCID: PMC8033036 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.593129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Small mammals exhibit limited glucose use and glycogen accumulation during hypothermia. Huddling is a highly evolved cooperative behavioral strategy in social mammals, allowing adaptation to environmental cooling. However, it is not clear whether this behavior affects the utilization of glycogen in cold environments. Here, we studied the effects of huddling on myocardial glycogen content in Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii) under a mild cold environment (15°C). Results showed that (1) Compared to the control (22°C) group (CON), the number of glycogenosomes more than tripled in the cool separated group (CS) in both males and females; whereas the number of glycogenosomes increased in females but was maintained in males in the cool huddling group (CH). (2) Glycogen synthase (GS) activity in the CS group remained unchanged, whereas glycogen phosphorylase (GYPL) activity decreased, which mediated the accumulation of glycogen content of the CS group. (3) Both GS and GYPL activity increased which may contribute to the stability of glycogen content in CH group. (4) The expression levels of glucose transporters GLUT1 and GLUT4 increased in the CS group, accompanied by an increase in glucose metabolism. These results indicate that the reduced glycogen degradation enzyme level and enhanced glucose transport may lead to an increase in myocardial glycogen content of the separated voles under cool environment; while the up-regulation of glycogen synthesis and degradation enzyme level maintained myocardial glycogen content in the huddling vole.
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- Jin-Hui Xu
- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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Schlenker EH. From metabolism and behavior to respiratory physiology: an educational and research perspective. ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION 2020; 44:540-544. [PMID: 32880488 DOI: 10.1152/advan.00047.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Throughout my academic career, I have been extremely fortunate to have as mentors, teachers, and advisors, remarkable individuals who helped me develop into a competent researcher and passionate teacher. This essay describes a period in my career as a graduate student that was challenging, but also rewarding. I was fortunate to have contact with world-class researchers and teachers, including Drs. Clyde Herried, Leon Fahri, Hermann Rahn, Donald Riggs, Verner Noell, and Barbara Howell. In addition, I attended excellent University of Buffalo Department of Physiology seminars presented by world-renown scientists. Looking back on the experience, allows me to appreciate the large impact they made on my subsequent career in education and research in physiology and neurobiology.
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- Evelyn Heymann Schlenker
- Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota
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Wang Z, Xu JH, Mou JJ, Kong XT, Zou JW, Xue HL, Wu M, Xu LX. Novel ultrastructural findings on cardiac mitochondria of huddling Brandt's voles in mild cold environment. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2020; 249:110766. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.110766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Revised: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Gross EB, Medina-DeVilliers SE. Cognitive Processes Unfold in a Social Context: A Review and Extension of Social Baseline Theory. Front Psychol 2020; 11:378. [PMID: 32210891 PMCID: PMC7076273 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Psychologists often assume that social and cognitive processes operate independently, an assumption that prompts research into how social context influences cognitive processes. We propose that social and cognitive processes are not necessarily separate, and that social context is innate to resource dependent cognitive processes. We review the research supporting social baseline theory, which argues that our default state in physiological, cognitive, and neural processing is to incorporate the relative costs and benefits of acting in our social environment. The review extends social baseline theory by applying social baseline theory to basic cognitive processes such as vision, memory, and attention, incorporating individual differences into the theory, reviewing environmental influences on social baselines, and exploring the dynamic effects of social interactions. The theoretical and methodological implications of social baseline theory are discussed, and future research endeavors into social cognition should consider that cognitive processes are situated within our social environments.
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- Elizabeth B Gross
- Department of Psychology, Randolph College, Lynchburg, VA, United States
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Development and Validation of the Social Thermoregulation and Risk Avoidance Questionnaire (STRAQ-1). INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.5334/irsp.222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hu CP, Yin JX, Lindenberg S, Dalğar İ, Weissgerber SC, Vergara RC, Cairo AH, Čolić MV, Dursun P, Frankowska N, Hadi R, Hall CJ, Hong Y, Joy-Gaba J, Lazarević D, Lazarević LB, Parzuchowski M, Ratner KG, Rothman D, Sim S, Simão C, Song M, Stojilović D, Blomster JK, Brito R, Hennecke M, Jaume-Guazzini F, Schubert TW, Schütz A, Seibt B, Zickfeld JH, IJzerman H. Data from the Human Penguin Project, a cross-national dataset testing social thermoregulation principles. Sci Data 2019; 6:32. [PMID: 30996323 PMCID: PMC6470130 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-019-0029-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
In the Human Penguin Project (N = 1755), 15 research groups from 12 countries collected body temperature, demographic variables, social network indices, seven widely-used psychological scales and two newly developed questionnaires (the Social Thermoregulation and Risk Avoidance Questionnaire (STRAQ-1) and the Kama Muta Frequency Scale (KAMF)). They were collected to investigate the relationship between environmental factors (e.g., geographical, climate etc.) and human behaviors, which is a long-standing inquiry in the scientific community. More specifically, the present project was designed to test principles surrounding the idea of social thermoregulation, which posits that social networks help people to regulate their core body temperature. The results showed that all scales in the current project have sufficient to good psychometrical properties. Unlike previous crowdsourced projects, this dataset includes not only the cleaned raw data but also all the validation of questionnaires in 9 different languages, thus providing a valuable resource for psychological scientists who are interested in cross-national, environment-human interaction studies.
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- Chuan-Peng Hu
- Neuroimaging Center, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
- Deutsches Resilienz Zentrum (DRZ), Mainz, Germany.
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- School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Sociology & Interuniversity Center for Social Science (ICS), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Social Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey
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- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Faculty of sport and physical education, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Psychology, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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- Center of Research on Cognition and Behavior, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Sopot, Poland
- SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland
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- Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Faculty of sport and physical education, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Psychology and Laboratory for research of individual differences, Faculty of philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Center of Research on Cognition and Behavior, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Sopot, Poland
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- Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Nova School of Business and Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Carcavelos, Portugal
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- Católica Research Centre for Psychological, Family and Social Well-Being & Católica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- HEI-Lab/School of Psychology and Life Sciences, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Psychology, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
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- Escuela de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), CIS-IUL, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Faculty of Human Sciences and Education, University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), CIS-IUL, Lisboa, Portugal
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- LIP/PC2S, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Alpes, France.
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Wiedenová P, Šumbera R, Jan Okrouhlík. Social thermoregulation and socio-physiological effect in the subterranean Mashona mole-rat (Fukomys darlingi). J Therm Biol 2018; 78:367-373. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2018.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2018] [Revised: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/27/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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IJzerman H, Lindenberg S, Dalğar İ, Weissgerber SSC, Vergara RC, Cairo AH, Čolić MV, Dursun P, Frankowska N, Hadi R, Hall CJ, Hong Y, Hu CP, Joy-Gaba J, Lazarević D, Lazarević LB, Parzuchowski M, Ratner KG, Rothman D, Sim S, Simão C, Song M, Stojilović D, Blomster JK, Brito R, Hennecke M, Jaume-Guazzini F, Schubert TW, Schütz A, Seibt B, Zickfeld JH. The Human Penguin Project: Climate, Social Integration, and Core Body Temperature. COLLABRA-PSYCHOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1525/collabra.165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Social thermoregulation theory posits that modern human relationships are pleisiomorphically organized around body temperature regulation. In two studies (N = 1755) designed to test the principles from this theory, we used supervised machine learning to identify social and non-social factors that relate to core body temperature. This data-driven analysis found that complex social integration (CSI), defined as the number of high-contact roles one engages in, is a critical predictor of core body temperature. We further used a cross-validation approach to show that colder climates relate to higher levels of CSI, which in turn relates to higher CBT (when climates get colder). These results suggest that despite modern affordances for regulating body temperature, people still rely on social warmth to buffer their bodies against the cold.
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- Singapore Management University, SG
- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, ISCTE-IUL, PT
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Zhang XY, Sukhchuluun G, Bo TB, Chi QS, Yang JJ, Chen B, Zhang L, Wang DH. Huddling remodels gut microbiota to reduce energy requirements in a small mammal species during cold exposure. MICROBIOME 2018; 6:103. [PMID: 29884232 PMCID: PMC5994089 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-018-0473-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Huddling is highly evolved as a cooperative behavioral strategy for social mammals to maximize their fitness in harsh environments. Huddling behavior can change psychological and physiological responses. The coevolution of mammals with their microbial communities confers fitness benefits to both partners. The gut microbiome is a key regulator of host immune and metabolic functions. We hypothesized that huddling behavior altered energetics and thermoregulation by shaping caecal microbiota in small herbivores. Brandt's voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii) were maintained in a group (huddling) or as individuals (separated) and were exposed to warm (23 ± 1 °C) and cold (4 ± 1 °C) air temperatures (Ta). RESULTS Voles exposed to cold Ta had higher energy intake, resting metabolic rate (RMR) and nonshivering thermogenesis (NST) than voles exposed to warm Ta. Huddling voles had lower RMR and NST than separated voles in cold. In addition, huddling voles had a higher surface body temperature (Tsurface), but lower core body temperature (Tcore) than separated voles, suggesting a lower set-point of Tcore in huddling voles. Both cold and huddling induced a marked variation in caecal bacterial composition, which was associated with the lower Tcore. Huddling voles had a higher α and β-diversity, abundance of Lachnospiraceae and Veillonellaceae, but lower abundance of Cyanobacteria, Tenericutes, TM7, Comamonadaceae, and Sinobacteraceae than separated voles. Huddling or cold resulted in higher concentrations of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), particularly acetic acid and butyric acid when compared to their counterparts. Transplantation of caecal microbiota from cold-separated voles but not from cold-huddling voles induced significant increases in energy intake and RMR compared to that from warm-separated voles. CONCLUSIONS These findings demonstrate that the remodeling of gut microbiota, which is associated with a reduction in host Tcore, mediates cold- and huddling-induced energy intake and thermoregulation and therefore orchestrates host metabolic and thermal homeostasis. It highlights the coevolutionary mechanism of host huddling and gut microbiota in thermoregulation and energy saving for winter survival in endotherms.
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- Xue-Ying Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- College of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Ji'nan, 250014, China
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- College of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Ji'nan, 250014, China
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- College of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Ji'nan, 250014, China
- Microbiome Research Center, Shandong Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Ji'nan, 250101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Sukhchuluun G, Zhang XY, Chi QS, Wang DH. Huddling Conserves Energy, Decreases Core Body Temperature, but Increases Activity in Brandt's Voles ( Lasiopodomys brandtii). Front Physiol 2018; 9:563. [PMID: 29867585 PMCID: PMC5968109 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2017] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Huddling as social thermoregulatory behavior is commonly used by small mammals to reduce heat loss and energy expenditure in the cold. Our study aimed to determine the effect of huddling behavior on energy conservation, thermogenesis, core body temperature (Tb) regulation and body composition in Brandt's voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii). Adult captive-bred female Brandt's voles (n = 124) (~50 g) in 31 cages with 4 individuals each were exposed to cool (23 ± 1°C) and cold (4 ± 1°C) ambient temperatures (Ta) and were allowed to huddle or were physically separated. The cold huddling (Cold-H) groups significantly reduced food intake by 29% and saved digestible energy 156.99 kJ/day compared with cold separated groups (Cold-S); in cool huddling groups (Cool-H) the reduction in food intake was 26% and digestible energy was saved by 105.19 kJ/day in comparison to the separated groups (Cool-S). Resting metabolic rate (RMR) of huddling groups was 35.7 and 37.2% lower than in separated groups at cold and cool Tas, respectively. Maximum non-shivering thermogenesis (NSTmax) of huddling voles was not affected by Ta, but in Cold-S voles it was significantly increased in comparison to Cool-S. Huddling groups decreased wet thermal conductance by 39% compared with separated groups in the cold, but not in the cool Ta. Unexpectedly, huddling voles significantly decreased Tb by 0.25 - 0.50°C at each Ta. Nevertheless, activity of Cold-H voles was higher than in Cold-S voles. Thus, huddling is energetically highly effective because of reduced metabolic rate, thermogenic capacity and relaxed Tb regulation despite the increase of activity. Therefore, Brandt's voles can remain active and maintain their body condition without increased energetic costs during cold exposure. This study highlights the ecological significance of huddling behavior for maintenance of individual fitness at low costs, and thus survival of population during severe winter in small mammals.
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- Gansukh Sukhchuluun
- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Ramirez-Otarola N, Espinoza J, Kalergis AM, Sabat P. Is there an effect of environmental temperature on the response to an antigen and the metabolic rate in pups of the rodent Octodon degus ? J Therm Biol 2018; 71:17-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2017.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Revised: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Eppley TM, Watzek J, Hall K, Donati G. Climatic, social and reproductive influences on behavioural thermoregulation in a female-dominated lemur. Anim Behav 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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IJzerman H, Heine ECE, Nagel SK, Pronk TM. Modernizing Relationship Therapy through Social Thermoregulation Theory: Evidence, Hypotheses, and Explorations. Front Psychol 2017; 8:635. [PMID: 28507525 PMCID: PMC5410611 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2016] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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In the present article the authors propose to modernize relationship therapy by integrating novel sensor and actuator technologies that can help optimize people's thermoregulation, especially as they pertain to social contexts. Specifically, they propose to integrate Social Thermoregulation Theory (IJzerman et al., 2015a; IJzerman and Hogerzeil, 2017) into Emotionally Focused Therapy by first doing exploratory research during couples' therapy, followed by Randomized Clinical Trials (RCTs). The authors thus suggest crafting a Social Thermoregulation Therapy (STT) as enhancement to existing relationship therapies. The authors outline what is known and not known in terms of social thermoregulatory mechanisms, what kind of data collection and analyses are necessary to better understand social thermoregulatory mechanisms to craft interventions, and stress the need to conduct RCTs prior to implementation. They further warn against too hastily applying these theoretical perspectives. The article concludes by outlining why STT is the way forward in improving relationship functioning.
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- Hans IJzerman
- Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, CharlottesvilleVA, USA
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Philosophy, University of TwenteEnschede, Netherlands
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- Department of Social and Organisational Psychology, Tilburg UniversityTilburg, Netherlands
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Eppley TM, Watzek J, Dausmann KH, Ganzhorn JU, Donati G. Huddling is more important than rest site selection for thermoregulation in southern bamboo lemurs. Anim Behav 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Henzi SP, Hetem R, Fuller A, Maloney S, Young C, Mitchell D, Barrett L, McFarland R. Consequences of sex-specific sociability for thermoregulation in male vervet monkeys during winter. J Zool (1987) 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- S. P. Henzi
- Department of Psychology; University of Lethbridge; Lethbridge AB Canada
- Applied Behavioural Ecology and Ecosystems Research Unit; University of South Africa; Florida Gauteng South Africa
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- Brain Function Research Group; School of Physiology; University of the Witwatersrand; Johannesburg South Africa
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- Brain Function Research Group; School of Physiology; University of the Witwatersrand; Johannesburg South Africa
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- Brain Function Research Group; School of Physiology; University of the Witwatersrand; Johannesburg South Africa
- School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology; University of Western Australia; Crawley WA Australia
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- Applied Behavioural Ecology and Ecosystems Research Unit; University of South Africa; Florida Gauteng South Africa
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- Brain Function Research Group; School of Physiology; University of the Witwatersrand; Johannesburg South Africa
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- Department of Psychology; University of Lethbridge; Lethbridge AB Canada
- Brain Function Research Group; School of Physiology; University of the Witwatersrand; Johannesburg South Africa
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- Brain Function Research Group; School of Physiology; University of the Witwatersrand; Johannesburg South Africa
- Department of Anthropology; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison WI USA
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Rusli MU, Booth DT, Joseph J. Synchronous activity lowers the energetic cost of nest escape for sea turtle hatchlings. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 219:1505-13. [PMID: 27207954 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.134742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A potential advantage of group movement in animals is increased locomotion efficiency. This implies a reduced energetic cost for individuals that occur in larger groups such as herds, flocks and schools. When chelonian hatchlings hatch in the underground nest with finite energy for their post-hatching dispersal phase, they face the challenge of minimizing energetic expenditure while escaping the nest. The term 'social facilitation' has been used to describe the combined digging effort of sea turtle hatchlings during nest escape. Given that in a normal clutch, a substantial part of the energy reserve within the residual yolk is used by hatchlings in the digging out process, a decreased cohort size may reduce the energy reserve available to cross the beach and sustain the initial swimming frenzy. This hypothesis was experimentally tested by varying cohort size in hatchling green turtles (Chelonia mydas) and measuring energy expenditure during the nest escape process using open-flow respirometry. The energetic cost of escaping through 40 cm of sand was calculated to vary between 4.4 and 28.3 kJ per individual, the cost decreasing as the number of individuals in the cohort increased. This represents 11-68% of the energy contained in a hatchling's residual yolk at hatching. The reduced energetic cost associated with large cohorts resulted from both a lower metabolic rate per individual and a shortened nest escape time. We conclude that synchronous digging activity of many hatchlings during nest escape evolved not only to facilitate rapid nest emergence but also to reduce the energetic cost to individuals.
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- Mohd Uzair Rusli
- School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, 4067 Queensland, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, 4067 Queensland, Australia
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- Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
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Bryant RA. Social attachments and traumatic stress. Eur J Psychotraumatol 2016; 7:29065. [PMID: 26996531 PMCID: PMC4800287 DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v7.29065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Revised: 01/24/2016] [Accepted: 02/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The extent to which we engage with our social world has been central to our survival as a species and, accordingly, is relevant to how we cope with trauma and adversity. This review summarises current knowledge about the importance of social connections from an evolutionary perspective, as well as integrating this with a discussion of prevailing attachment theories. Experimental research supporting the potential benefit of attachments for managing adversity are presented, along with a review of how these benefits are moderated by individual differences in attachment style. The potential impact of trauma on attachment systems, and the manner in which this can compound trauma stress is discussed. Finally, a broader overview of social network analysis is introduced and it is proposed that a more sociocentric framework of trauma response would promote a fuller understanding of how social processes moderate trauma response.
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- Richard A Bryant
- School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia;
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IJzerman H, Coan JA, Wagemans FMA, Missler MA, van Beest I, Lindenberg S, Tops M. A theory of social thermoregulation in human primates. Front Psychol 2015; 6:464. [PMID: 25954223 PMCID: PMC4404741 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Beyond breathing, the regulation of body temperature-thermoregulation-is one of the most pressing concerns for many animals. A dysregulated body temperature has dire consequences for survival and development. Despite the high frequency of social thermoregulation occurring across many species, little is known about the role of social thermoregulation in human (social) psychological functioning. We outline a theory of social thermoregulation and reconsider earlier research on people's expectations of their social world (i.e., attachment) and their prediction of the social world. We provide support and outline a research agenda that includes consequences for individual variation in self-regulatory strategies and capabilities. In our paper, we discuss physiological, neural, and social processes surrounding thermoregulation. Emphasizing social thermoregulation in particular, we appeal to the economy of action principle and the hierarchical organization of human thermoregulatory systems. We close with future directions of a crucial aspect of human functioning: the social regulation of body temperature.
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- Hans IJzerman
- Department of Clinical Psychology, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Developmental Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands
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- Department of Social Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands
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- Department of Social Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands
- Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Self-organization in the dynamics of huddling behavior in Octodon degus in two contrasting seasons. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-015-1894-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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McFarland R, Fuller A, Hetem RS, Mitchell D, Maloney SK, Henzi SP, Barrett L. Social integration confers thermal benefits in a gregarious primate. J Anim Ecol 2015; 84:871-878. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Richard McFarland
- Brain Function Research Group; School of Physiology; University of the Witwatersrand; Johannesburg South Africa
- Department of Anthropology; University of Wisconsin-Madison; 1180 Observatory Drive Madison WI 53706 USA
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- Brain Function Research Group; School of Physiology; University of the Witwatersrand; Johannesburg South Africa
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- Brain Function Research Group; School of Physiology; University of the Witwatersrand; Johannesburg South Africa
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- Brain Function Research Group; School of Physiology; University of the Witwatersrand; Johannesburg South Africa
- School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology; University of Western Australia; Perth WA Australia
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- Brain Function Research Group; School of Physiology; University of the Witwatersrand; Johannesburg South Africa
- School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology; University of Western Australia; Perth WA Australia
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- Department of Psychology; University of Lethbridge; Lethbridge AB Canada
- Applied Behavioural Ecology & Ecosystems Research Unit; University of South Africa; Pretoria South Africa
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- Brain Function Research Group; School of Physiology; University of the Witwatersrand; Johannesburg South Africa
- Department of Psychology; University of Lethbridge; Lethbridge AB Canada
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