Tucked away in north east Victoria, about 15 kilometres from Wodonga, a restored wetland is fast becoming a haven for native birds, frogs and in particular, turtles. Ryan's Lagoon sits within a 165 ...

The aversive properties of alcohol can be examined by using ethanol as a conditioning agent in a taste aversion (TA) paradigm. However, there is often variability in how organisms respond to the ...

Food aversion refers to a strong dislike or avoidance of specific foods that extends beyond typical food preferences. Unlike simple dislikes, food aversion involves intense negative reactions to ...

Picture this: a dimly lit workout studio, the pounding of sneakers as people furiously push through burpees, all while a coach yells, “Ten more seconds!” as you yearn for that rest period on the other ...

Loss aversion is a bias to feel the pain of losses more strongly than the pleasure of gains - and this can impact how you invest for your retirement. Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman’s ...

Handling laboratory animals can stimulate stress and anxiety that negatively impacts animal welfare and introduces a substantial confounding factor in many areas of scientific research. However, the ...

Olszyński et al. claim that they identified a "new-type" ultrasonic vocalization around 44 kHz that occurs in response to prolonged fear conditioning (using foot-shocks of relatively high intensity, i ...

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Given the choice, most of us would rather avoid a loss than reap a reward. This can help us avoid making expensive mistakes, but it can also make us risk averse and prevent us from taking advantage of ...

'I'm not gonna do this again', we often say when faced with negative feedback, adverse effects, or disappointing outcomes. Thus, we attempt to learn from such negative experiences. This principle is ...

The FDA proposed a ban on electrical stimulation devices (ESDs) used to reduce or stop self-injurious or aggressive behavior, the agency announced Monday. In a step "rarely" taken by the agency, the ...