Neuroscience of foraging

Neuroscience of foraging

The papers that accompany this Research Topic fall at the intersection of foraging theory and neuroscience. Why does such a topic merit a Research Topic in Frontiers in Decision Neuroscience? And what does foraging theory have to do with decision neuroscience? Foraging theory was created in the 1960’s, as behavioral ecologists began to absorb the intellectual advances in microeconomic theory of...

O2: Neuroscience and Talent: How Neuroscience Can Enhance Successful Plan of Talent Strategy

Performance and development are based on hard work, experience and learning. Learning how to change different behaviors is crucial to successful talent management plans. Within the brain there are complex connected circuits that can identify threats. The brain reacts to change as a threat. There is also a collection of brain structures tied to a natural reward system that are involved in the re...

The Prospects of Epigenetics in Neuroscience

Neuroscience Neuroscience and Morality

ing short of astounding. Our notions about how the brain works and the relationship between mind and brain have been radically changed as we have come to understand how parts of the brain function to provide a wide range of human functions – from shortand long-term memory to the production of fear when certain areas of the brain (most particularly, the amygdala) are activated, and to how the br...

O9: The Impact of Neuroscience in Understanding Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder which might occur in subjects after experiencing a traumatic life event. The underlying etiology of this disorder is still unknown but malfunction of the brain’s anxiety network is discussed. Therefore, neuroscience research might give new insights about the neurobiological mechanisms of PTSD. The talk will give a systematic overview abo...