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Mice Master Complex Thinking With a Remarkable Capacity for Abstraction

Apr. 21, 2021 — Categorization is the brain's tool to organize nearly everything we encounter in our daily lives. Grouping information into categories simplifies our complex world and helps us to react quickly and ...

Dogs Synchronize Their Behavior With Children, but Not as Much as With Adults, Study Finds

Feb. 22, 2021 — Dogs synchronize their behavior with the children in their family, but not as much as they do with adults, a new study ...

Friends Fur Life Help Build Skills for Life

Feb. 17, 2021 — A new study finds children not only reap the benefits of working with therapy dogs -- they enjoy it ...

Mediterranean-Style Diet Linked to Better Thinking Skills in Later Life

Feb. 10, 2021 — People who eat a Mediterranean-style diet -- particularly one rich in green leafy vegetables and low in meat -- are more likely to stay mentally sharp in later life, a study shows. Closely adhering ...

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Mystery Canine Illness Identified: Animal Coronavirus

Apr. 14, 2021 — An outbreak of vomiting among dogs has been traced back to a type of animal coronavirus by researchers. Vets across the country began reporting cases of acute onset prolific vomiting in ...

Training Methods Based on Punishment Compromise Dog Welfare, Study Finds

Dec. 17, 2020 — After aversive training, dogs had a lower behavioral state (higher stress and anxiety), a new study has found. If aversive methods were used in high proportions, that persisted even in other ...

Nervous Systems of Insects Inspire Efficient Future AI Systems

Nov. 5, 2020 — Study explores functions of fruit fly's nervous system in food seeking / results valuable for the development and control of artificial ...

Social Life as a Driving Factor of Birds' Generosity

Oct. 22, 2020 — Taking a look at generosity within the crow family reveals parallels with human evolution. Working together to raise offspring and increased tolerance towards group members contribute to the ...

Battling With Neighbors Could Make Animals Smarter

Oct. 6, 2020 — From ants to primates, 'Napoleonic' intelligence has evolved to help animals contend with the myriad cognitive challenges arising from interactions with rival outsiders, suggest ...

First Rehoming of Laboratory Dogs in Finland Successful but Required a Great Deal of Work

Oct. 5, 2020 — Researchers monitored the success of rehoming 16 laboratory beagles in 2015-2018. The study revealed that the development of house training skills ...

Primate Brain Size Does Not Predict Their Intelligence

Sep. 25, 2020 — A research team has systematically investigated the cognitive abilities of lemurs, which have relatively small brains compared to other primates. Conducting systematic tests with identical methods ...

How Researchers Look at the Bird Brain in Action

Sep. 18, 2020 — How do birds make decisions and which brain regions are particularly active when they solve tasks? Researchers are investigating these questions. So far, only anesthetized birds and therefore passive ...

Key Brain Region Was 'Recycled' as Humans Developed the Ability to Read

Aug. 4, 2020 — A new study offers evidence that the brain's inferotemporal cortex, which is specialized to perform object recognition, has been repurposed for a key component of reading called orthographic ...

Big Brains and Dexterous Hands

July 24, 2020 — Primates with large brains can master more complex hand movements than those with smaller brains. However, fine motor skills such as using tools can take time to learn, and humans take the longest of ...