In a recent rat study, rodents exposed to dim light lost about 30 percent of capacity in the hippocampus and performed poorly on a spatial task they had trained on previously
Finding underscores that animals beyond humans and primates show abstract intelligence
Hundreds of scientific studies over two decades have told us that apes are clever—just not as clever as us
Emotion and cognition, are not just discrete, independent operators, but are interwoven in mental life
New national study refutes damaging stereotype
Until now, researchers have been unable to successfully integrate comprehensive measures of brain structure and function in one analysis.
Researchers tested 140 zoo animals from 39 mammalian carnivore species with a problem-solving task
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