A5075223707- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Marine animal studies overview
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Language and cultural evolution
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Voice and Speech Disorders
- Language Development and Disorders
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Media, Religion, Digital Communication
Rockefeller University
2017-2025
New York University
2022-2025
Emory University
2025
Hunter College
2023
City University of New York
2023
Universitat de Barcelona
2015-2018
Institute for Complex Systems
2017-2018
Abstract High-quality and complete reference genome assemblies are fundamental for the application of genomics to biology, disease, biodiversity conservation. However, such available only a few non-microbial species 1–4 . To address this issue, international Genome 10K (G10K) consortium 5,6 has worked over five-year period evaluate develop cost-effective methods assembling highly accurate nearly genomes. Here we present lessons learned from generating 16 that represent six major vertebrate...
Progress in genome sequencing now enables the large-scale generation of reference genomes. Various international initiatives aim to generate genomes representing global biodiversity. These provide unique insights into genomic diversity and architecture, thereby enabling comprehensive analyses population functional genomics, are expected revolutionize conservation genomics.
This study identifies and analyzes statistically significant overlaps between selective sweep screens in anatomically modern humans several domesticated species. The results obtained suggest that (paleo-)genomic data can be exploited to complement the fossil record support idea of self-domestication Homo sapiens, a process likely intensified as our species populated its niche. Our analysis lends attempts capture "domestication syndrome" terms alterations certain signaling pathways cell...
Abstract High-quality and complete reference genome assemblies are fundamental for the application of genomics to biology, disease, biodiversity conservation. However, such only available a few non-microbial species 1–4 . To address this issue, international Genome 10K (G10K) consortium 5,6 has worked over five-year period evaluate develop cost-effective methods assembling most accurate genomes date. Here we summarize these developments, introduce set quality standards, present lessons...
Oxytocin (OXT; hereafter OT) and arginine vasopressin or vasotocin (AVP VT; VT) are neurotransmitter ligands that function through specific receptors to control diverse functions1,2. Here we performed genomic analyses on 35 species span all major vertebrate lineages, including newly generated high-contiguity assemblies from the Vertebrate Genomes Project3,4. Our findings support claim5 OT (also known as OXT) VT AVP) adjacent paralogous genes have resulted a local duplication, which infer was...
This paper aims to explore a potential connection between two hypotheses recently put forward in the context of language evolution. One hypothesis argues that some human-specific change(s) hominin brain developmental program habilitated neuronal workspace enabled "cognitive modernity" unfold, also resulting our globularized braincase. The other cultural niche from self-domestication favored emergence natural languages. In this article we document numerous links genetic changes have claimed...
Abstract Oxytocin is a neuropeptide associated with both psychological and somatic processes like parturition social bonding. Although oxytocin homologs have been identified in many species, the evolutionary timeline of entire signaling gene pathway has yet to be described. Using protein sequence similarity searches, microsynteny, phylostratigraphy, we assigned genes supporting different phylostrata based on when found they likely arose evolution. We show that majority (64%) are ‘modern’....
Dance or rhythmic movement-based training has demonstrated significant efficacy in addressing a range of motor and cognitive deficits associated with neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's Alzheimer's diseases. Leveraging both human non-human animal behavioral neurobiological evidence, I hypothesize possible untapped role dance mitigating impairments the control speech, complex sensorimotor behavior affected these conditions. Here, this hypothesis is supported by an in-depth examination...
The neurohormone oxytocin (OXT) has been found to mediate the regulation of complex socioemotional cognition in multiple ways both humans and other animals. Recent studies have investigated effects OXT different levels analysis (from genetic behavioral) chiefly targeting its impact on social component only indirectly indicating implications components our socio-interactive abilities. This article aims at shedding light onto how might be modulating multimodality that characterizes...
Abstract Background Dissecting the neurobiology of dance would shed light on a complex, yet ubiquitous, form human communication. In this experiment, we sought to study, via mobile electroencephalography (EEG), brain activity five experienced dancers while dancing butoh, postmodern that originated in Japan. Results We report experimental design, methods, and practical execution highly interdisciplinary project required collaboration dancers, engineers, neuroscientists, musicians, multimedia...
Recent studies from the field of language genetics and evolutionary anthropology have put forward hypothesis that emergence our species-specific brain is to be understood not in terms size, but light developmental changes gave rise a more globular braincase configuration after split Neanderthals-Denisovans. On grounds (i) white matter myelination delayed relative other structures and, humans, protracted compared with primates (ii) neural connectivity linked genetically brain/skull morphology...
Modern human lifestyle strongly depends on complex social traits like empathy, tolerance and cooperation. These diverse facets of cognition have been associated with variation in the oxytocin receptor (
This paper contrasts the standard modular, uni-dimensional approach of linguistic studies with a more interdisciplinary, multi-dimensional approach, and claims that latter has better chance fulfilling cognitive objectives field. We sketch research program is intended to link levels genome, connectome, dynome, cognome, phenome, illustrate some consequences this by focusing on nature lexicon. The shift perspective advocated here casts doubt sort primitives routinely entertained in generative...
GENERAL COMMENTARY article Front. Psychol., 11 June 2015Sec. Psychology of Language Volume 6 - 2015 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00784
Vertebrate genome evolution remains a hotly debated topic, specifically as regards the number and timing of putative rounds whole duplication events. In this study, I sought to shed light conundrum through assessing evolutionary history oxytocin/vasotocin receptor family. performed ancestral analyses genomic segments containing oxytocin vasotocin receptors (OTR-VTRs) by mapping them back reconstructed vertebrate/chordate karyotypes reported in five independent studies (Nakatani et al., 2007;...
There has been a reappraisal of phylogenetic issues in cognitive science, as reconstructing phylogenies considered key for unveiling the novelties that set stage what makes humans special. In our opinion, studies made until now have approached non-optimal way, and we wish to both highlight their problems, drawing on recent considerations philosophy biology. The inadequacy current visions stems from influence traditional "linear cladograms," according which every seemingly new or more...
Abstract The Bengalese finch was domesticated more than 250 years ago from the wild white‐rumped munia (WRM). Similar to other species, finches show a reduced fear response and have lower corticosterone levels, compared WRMs. munias also different song types. Since oxytocin ( OT ) has been found be involved in stress coping auditory processing, we tested whether sequence brain expression pattern content differ finches. We sequenced 10 11 identified intra‐strain variability both untranslated...