Concepts

Ability of organisms to compensate for poor early-life conditions through increased feeding or altered resource allocation later in life

Behavioral and physiological mechanisms whereby group-living animals share body heat to reduce thermoregulatory costs

Internal biological timing system that maintains rhythmicity in a wide range of behavioral, physiological, and metabolic processes

Physiological and behavioral adaptations to minimize energy expenditure

Physiological responses of the immune system to pathogens, trauma, stress and inflammation

An individual's development from egg to adult

The ability to devise a novel solution to a novel or existing problem, measured as successful opening of puzzle box

The combining of information from multiple sensory modalities that influences decision-making