Animal Behavior and Cognition

Impairment of aversive episodic memories during Covid-19 pandemic: The impact of emotional context on memory processes

1. Candela Sofía Leon
2. Matías Bonilla
3. Facundo Antonio Urreta Benítez
4. Luis Ignacio Brusco
5. Jingyi Wang
6. Cecilia Forcato

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Naïve individuals promote collective exploration in homing pigeons

1. Gabriele Valentini
2. Theodore P Pavlic
3. Sara Imari Walker
4. Stephen C Pratt
5. Dora Biro
6. Takao Sasaki

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  Evaluation Summary:

  This study in the field of collective behavior addresses how naïve and experienced individuals (i.e., homing pigeons) pool information in order to navigate while flying back home. The authors show that the passage of information is largely democratic, meaning information passes both ways, and that, unexpectedly, exploration of the route is initiated both by naïve and experienced birds. The work provides a new perspective on information sharing during collective learning.

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The photosensitive phase acts as a sensitive window for seasonal multisensory neuroplasticity in male and female starlings

1. Jasmien Orije
2. Emilie Cardon
3. Julie Hamaide
4. Elisabeth Jonckers
5. Veerle M. Darras
6. Marleen Verhoye
7. Annemie Van der Linden

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  Evaluation Summary:

  This paper will be of interest to a diverse range of scientist as the questions span animal behavior, neuroscience and sex differences in brain-behavior relations. The study used non-invasive brain imaging to track large changes in structures involved in controlling communication between brain regions. The data reveal exciting sex-specific changes in key brain regions involved in learning and memory. The study is well designed, and the key claims of the manuscript appear to be well supported by the data. The imaging approaches employed are thoughtful and rigorous.

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Fin whale song evolution in the North Atlantic

1. Miriam Romagosa
2. Sharon Nieukirk
3. Irma Cascão
4. Tiago A Marques
5. Robert Dziak
6. Jean-Yves Royer
7. Joanne O'Brien
8. David K Mellinger
9. Andreia Pereira
10. Arantza Ugalde
11. Elena Papale
12. Sofia Aniceto
13. Giuseppa Buscaino
14. Marianne Rasmussen
15. Luis Matias
16. Rui Prieto
17. Mónica A Silva

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  eLife assessment

  This study is a valuable contribution to our understanding of vocal variation in acoustic displays of male baleen whales, part of a developing story about cultural change in songs in species other than the relatively well studied humpback whales. The authors present solid evidence of changes at various timescales in 20-Hz song note intervals and call center frequency over decadal time scales and large spatial scales.

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Why the COVID-19 pandemic is a traumatic stressor

1. Victoria M. E. Bridgland
2. Ella K. Moeck
3. Deanne M. Green
4. Taylor L. Swain
5. Diane Nayda
6. Lucy A. Matson
7. Nadine P. Hutchison
8. Melanie K.T. Takarangi

Reviewed by ScreenIT

Inadequate level of knowledge, mixed outlook and poor adherence to COVID-19 prevention guideline among Ethiopians

1. Edessa Negera
2. Tesfaye Moti Demissie
3. Ketema Tafess

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Hydroxychloroquine increased psychiatric-like behaviors and disrupted the expression of related genes in the mouse brain

1. H Xu
2. XY Zhang
3. WW Wang
4. JS Wang

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Intranasal Administration of ACIS KEPTIDE™ Prevents SARS-CoV2-Induced Acute Toxicity in K18-hACE2 Humanized Mouse Model of COVID-19: A Mechanistic Insight for the Prophylactic Role of KEPTIDE™ in COVID-19

1. Gunnar Gottschalk
2. James F Keating
3. Kris Kesler
4. Konstance Knox
5. Avik Roy

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Use Of Canine Olfactory Detection For COVID-19 Testing Study On U.A.E. Trained Detection Dog Sensitivity

1. Dominique Grandjean
2. Dana Humaid Al Marzooqi
3. Clothilde Lecoq-Julien
4. Quentin Muzzin
5. Hamad Katir Al Hammadi
6. Guillaume Alvergnat
7. Kalthoom Mohammad Al Blooshi
8. Salah khalifa Al Mazrouei
9. Mohammed Saeed Alhmoudi
10. Faisal Musleh Al Ahbabi
11. Yasser Saifallah Mohammed
12. Nasser Mohammed Alfalasi
13. Noor Majed Almheiri
14. Sumaya Mohamed Al Blooshi
15. Loïc Desquilbet

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Scent dog identification of SARS-CoV-2 infections, similar across different body fluids

1. Paula Jendrny
2. Friederike Twele
3. Sebastian Meller
4. Claudia Schulz
5. Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede
6. Ab Osterhaus
7. Hans Ebbers
8. Janek Ebbers
9. Veronika Pilchová
10. Isabell Pink
11. Tobias Welte
12. Michael Peter Manns
13. Anahita Fathi
14. Marylyn Martina Addo
15. Christiane Ernst
16. Wencke Schäfer
17. Michael Engels
18. Anja Petrov
19. Katharina Marquart
20. Ulrich Schotte
21. Esther Schalke
22. Holger Andreas Volk

Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, ScreenIT