Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Aggression01:47

Aggression

30.1K
Humans engage in aggression when they seek to cause harm or pain to another person. Aggression takes two forms depending on one’s motives: hostile or instrumental. Hostile aggression is motivated by feelings of anger with intent to cause pain; a fight in a bar with a stranger is an example of hostile aggression. In contrast, instrumental aggression is motivated by achieving a goal and does not necessarily involve intent to cause pain (Berkowitz, 1993); a contract killer who murders for...
30.1K
Secondary Motives: Affiliation Motivation and Aggression Motivation01:21

Secondary Motives: Affiliation Motivation and Aggression Motivation

641
Affiliation motivation is the intrinsic desire to connect with others and belong to a social group, which plays a crucial role in forming and maintaining personal relationships. This type of motivation is essential for psychological well-being, as it provides individuals with a sense of community and support. An example of this is a student who joins a study group in order to feel a sense of connection. People with high affiliation motivation actively seek social approval, take satisfaction in...
641
Bullying02:04

Bullying

8.8K
A modern form of aggression is bullying. As you learn in your study of child development, socializing and playing with other children is beneficial for children’s psychological development. However, as you may have experienced as a child, not all play behavior has positive outcomes. Some children are aggressive and want to play roughly. Other children are selfish and do not want to share toys. One form of negative social interactions among children that has become a national concern is...
8.8K
Psychological and Sociocultural Causes of Schizophrenia01:29

Psychological and Sociocultural Causes of Schizophrenia

454
Schizophrenia, a complex psychiatric disorder, has been historically misunderstood. Early psychological theories attributed its origins to childhood trauma and unresponsive parenting. However, contemporary research largely rejects these notions, favoring the vulnerability-stress hypothesis. This model proposes that individuals with a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia may develop the disorder following exposure to significant environmental stressors. Notably, studies on high-risk...
454
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy01:24

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

331
Cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBTs) are grounded in the belief that our thoughts profoundly influence our emotions and actions. Advocates of CBT emphasize three core assumptions: first, that cognitions are identifiable and measurable; second, that they are central to psychological functioning; and third, that irrational or maladaptive beliefs can be replaced with rational and adaptive ones. This transformative approach to therapy has paved the way for specific models such as Albert...
331
Antisocial Personality Disorder01:24

Antisocial Personality Disorder

581
Antisocial personality disorder is a chronic mental health condition characterized by persistent patterns of disregard for the rights and well-being of others. Individuals with antisocial personality disorder exhibit behaviors that include deceitfulness, impulsivity, irresponsibility, aggression, and a profound lack of empathy. These traits often manifest early in life and persist into adulthood, leading to significant personal, social, and legal consequences.
Behavioral Characteristics and...
581

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Rigidity in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Unified (Evolutionary) Account of Salient Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Characteristics.

Autism & developmental language impairments·2025
Same author

The cognitive science of language diversity: achievements and challenges.

Cognitive processing·2025
Same author

What about language?

The Behavioral and brain sciences·2025
Same author

Linguistic correlates of societal variation: A quantitative analysis.

PloS one·2024
Same author

The genomic landscape of mammal domestication might be orchestrated by selected transcription factors regulating brain and craniofacial development.

Development genes and evolution·2023
Same author

The gradual coevolution of syntactic combinatorics and categorization under the effects of human self-domestication: a proposal.

Cognitive processing·2023
Same journal

Are language models models?

The Behavioral and brain sciences·2026
Same journal

Large language models illuminate the mechanistic underpinnings of the creative aspect of language use (CALU), long regarded as a mystery.

The Behavioral and brain sciences·2026
Same journal

LLMs as a platform for studying constraint interaction: Motivation and challenges.

The Behavioral and brain sciences·2026
Same journal

Beyond the data gap: Children create languages, violate their input statistics, and exhibit critical periods.

The Behavioral and brain sciences·2026
Same journal

Not-so-strange love: Language models and generative linguistic theories are more compatible than they appear.

The Behavioral and brain sciences·2026
Same journal

Rich data drive generalization: Lessons from machine learning for linguistics and cognitive science.

The Behavioral and brain sciences·2026
See all related articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jan 10, 2026

The Resident-intruder Paradigm: A Standardized Test for Aggression, Violence and Social Stress
09:12

The Resident-intruder Paradigm: A Standardized Test for Aggression, Violence and Social Stress

Published on: July 4, 2013

72.4K

Why not reduce reactive aggression too?

Antonio Benítez-Burraco1

  • 1Department of Spanish, Linguistics, and Theory of Literature (Linguistics), Faculty of Philology, University of Sevillehttps://ror.org/03yxnpp24, Seville, Spain abenitez8@us.es.

The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|November 26, 2025
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Primate social grooming and reduced aggression help groups grow larger and more cohesive. Neurobiological links between grooming and aggression support this evolutionary trend in primate social behavior.

More Related Videos

Peering into the Dynamics of Social Interactions: Measuring Play Fighting in Rats
15:01

Peering into the Dynamics of Social Interactions: Measuring Play Fighting in Rats

Published on: January 18, 2013

15.9K
Psychophysiological Assessment of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Childhood
08:09

Psychophysiological Assessment of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Childhood

Published on: February 11, 2017

12.0K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jan 10, 2026

The Resident-intruder Paradigm: A Standardized Test for Aggression, Violence and Social Stress
09:12

The Resident-intruder Paradigm: A Standardized Test for Aggression, Violence and Social Stress

Published on: July 4, 2013

72.4K
Peering into the Dynamics of Social Interactions: Measuring Play Fighting in Rats
15:01

Peering into the Dynamics of Social Interactions: Measuring Play Fighting in Rats

Published on: January 18, 2013

15.9K
Psychophysiological Assessment of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Childhood
08:09

Psychophysiological Assessment of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Childhood

Published on: February 11, 2017

12.0K

Area of Science:

  • Primate social behavior
  • Neuroethology
  • Evolutionary biology

Background:

  • Social grooming is a key factor in primate group cohesion and size.
  • Reduced reactive aggression may also facilitate larger, more stable primate societies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the relationship between social grooming and reactive aggression in primates.
  • To investigate the neurobiological underpinnings connecting grooming and aggression.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis of primate social structures.
  • Neurobiological studies examining neural pathways involved in grooming and aggression.

Main Results:

  • Grooming significantly correlates with increased primate group size and cohesion.
  • Evidence suggests a partial overlap in the neurobiology of grooming and reactive aggression.

Conclusions:

  • Both social grooming and diminished reactive aggression are crucial for primate social evolution.
  • Understanding the shared neurobiology provides insights into primate social dynamics.