Giovanni Petri

Abstract Wild cetacean birth observations are extremely rare, with observations having been recorded in less than 10% of cetacean species. Here, we describe a detailed accounting of a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) birth off the coast of Dominica within a well-documented social unit and consisted of sperm whales collaboratively lifting the newborn out of the water.

Abstract Goal-directed learning arises from distributed neural circuits including the prefrontal, posterior parietal and temporal cortices. However, the role of cortico-cortical functional interactions remains unclear. To address this question, we integrated information dynamics analysis with magnetoencephalography to investigate the encoding of learning signals through neural interactions.

Popular Summary Traditionally, human behavior within social systems has been analyzed as networks focusing on one-to-one connections. To date, it has been unclear whether these systems host patterns that are invisible when looking only at individual connections but become apparent when viewed through a broader lens.