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Dual Spotlights in the Brain: How We Manage to Attend to Multiple Objects Without Being Distracted by Irrelevant Information
October 9, 2012 — The "tiki-taka"-style of the Spanish national football team is amazing to watch: Xavi passes to Andrès Iniesta, he just rebounds the ball once and it's right at Xabi Alonso's foot. The Spanish ... > full story -
Like Humans, Monkeys Can Make Irrational Decisions When Making Choices
October 3, 2012 — When making decisions about the value of an assortment of different objects, people approximate an average overall value, which though frequently useful can lead to apparently irrational ... > full story -
Baboon Personalities Connected to Social Success and Health Benefits
October 1, 2012 — Whether human or baboon, it helps to have friends. For both species, studies have shown that robust social networks lead to better health and longer lives. Now, researchers have shown that baboon ... > full story -
Primate Study Adds to Evidence of BPA Harming Human Reproduction
September 24, 2012 — A researcher has found new evidence that the plastic additive BPA can disrupt women's reproductive systems, causing chromosome damage, miscarriages and birth defects. Scientists report seeing ... > full story -
Surprising Demographic Shifts in Endangered Monkey Population Challenge Conservation Expectations
September 18, 2012 — At first glance, the northern muriqui monkey is a prime conservation success story. These Brazilian primates are critically endangered, but in the past 30 years a population on a private reserve has ... > full story -
Foraging Baboons Are Picky Punters: Baboon Foraging Choices Depend on Their Habitat and Social Status
September 13, 2012 — Baboons choose which tree to find food in and who to take foraging, just like humans decide where to shop and who to go shopping ... > full story -
Neural Implant Recovers Ability to Make Decisions, Monkey Study Shows
September 13, 2012 — Researchers have taken a key step towards recovering specific brain functions in sufferers of brain disease and injuries by successfully restoring the decision-making processes in monkeys. By placing ... > full storyMore: -
New African Monkey Species Identified: Lesula Found in One of Congo's Last Biologically Unexplored Forest Blocks
September 12, 2012 — Researchers have identified a new species of African monkey, locally known as the lesula. This is only the second new species of African monkey discovered in the last 28 ... > full story -
Why an AIDS Vaccine Has Been So Difficult to Develop
September 9, 2012 — New research explains a decades-old mystery as to why slightly weakened versions of the monkey AIDS virus were able to prevent subsequent infection with the fully virulent strain, but were too risky ... > full story -
Genome of Malaria-Causing Parasite Sequenced: Even When on Different Continents, Organism Features Same Mutations
September 6, 2012 — Scientists have discovered that the parasite that causes the most common form of malaria share the same genetic variations -- even when the organisms are separated across continents. The discovery ... > full story
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