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… of the hound—its shape, its size, the sounds it makes, its behavior—and compares that to some prototype “dog” stored in … The U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, the Office of Naval Research, the Unlikely …

… leading to increased neural activity in circuits affecting social behavior. Another mystery was why certain symptoms appear to … dementia.” Choi has also examined neuroimmune effects on social behavior in other ways. In a study in 2021 she …

… and the body has important impacts on mental health and behavior neuroimmunology Neuroimmune interactions … maternal infection and the development of autism-like social deficits in offspring. By dedicating her lab to the … interact to influence brain function, disorders and social behavior, Choi has joined the vanguard of a relatively …

… if the deviations sometimes lead to unnecessary error. The behavior of “exploring” when one could just be “exploiting,” … disorders. Because marmosets are small, are inherently social, and are more cognitively advanced than mice, work has … supported the research through the Simons Center for the Social Brain at MIT. 46 16 3 14 Small Image in Place of Hero …

… from mating with others that appear to be sick amygdala behavior social behavior … same species that would modulate these innate, automatic social behaviors,” she says. Previous studies have shown that …

… the immune system influences neurological development and social behavior. Photo by M. Scott Brauer. Choi hopes that this line … studying circuits that control animals’ hardwired social behaviors. As a postdoc at Columbia University, she …

… sometimes produced during infection can influence the social behavior of mice. neuroimmunology Neuroimmune interactions … of the brain’s cortex that has previously been linked to social behavioral deficits in mice. “People have seen this …