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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

More Than One Cognition: A Call for Change in the Field of Comparative Psychology

July 14, 2020 — Researchers argue that cognitive studies in comparative psychology often wrongly take an anthropocentric approach, resulting in an over-valuation of ...

Light Drinking May Protect Brain Function

June 30, 2020 — Light to moderate drinking may preserve brain function in older age, according to a new ...

In the Wild, Chimpanzees Are More Motivated to Cooperate Than Bonobos

June 24, 2020 — Scientists investigated cooperation dynamics in wild chimpanzees (Tai, Ivory Coast) and bonobos (LuiKotale, DCR) using a snake model. While chimpanzees cooperate to defend their territory, bonobos do ...

Extended Parenting Helps Young Birds Grow Smarter

May 31, 2020 — The current study analyzes social and life-history data from several thousand songbirds, including 127 corvids, the family that includes jays, crows, ravens, and magpies. Results show that corvids ...

Origins of Human Language Pathway in the Brain at Least 25 Million Years Old

Apr. 20, 2020 — The human language pathway in the brain has been identified by scientists as being at least 25 million years old -- 20 million years older than ...

Diet May Help Preserve Cognitive Function

Apr. 14, 2020 — According to a recent analysis of data from two major eye disease studies, adherence to the Mediterranean diet - high in vegetables, whole grains, fish, and olive oil -- correlates with higher ...

Does Consuming Fruit During Pregnancy Improve Cognition in Babies?

Mar. 4, 2020 — A new study explores in greater depth the effect on infant cognition of drinking fruit juice while ...

Bees Recognize That Six Is More Than Four

Mar. 2, 2020 — A new study at the University of Cologne proves that insects can perform basic numerical cognition tasks. Their neuronal network can also be used to perform successful machine ...