FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 20, 2020Female chimps with powerful moms are less likely to leave homeChimpanzees with high ranking mothers are more likely to remain in their group, a new study reports. Researchers speculate those with stronger mothers stay in their family group, despite higher risks of inbreeding, because they may benefit from their mother's social clout. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 20, 2020Strongly ‘handed’ squirrels less good at learningGray squirrels who have a preference for using either their right or left paw perform worse on learning tasks. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 17, 2020Scientists unexpectedly witness wolf puppies play fetchWolf pups can interpret human social communicative cues, enabling them to play fetch. The findings shed light on the evolutionary behavior of domestic dogs. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 15, 2020What keeps couples togetherStudy supports the "male services hypothesis" which states males provide useful services as caregivers for the offspring and defending territory against intruders, while females are more involved in relationship management. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 18, 2019Dogs process numerical quantities in similar brain region as humansfMRI neuroimaging reveals the parietotemporal cortex of dogs responds to numeric concepts. The study provides evidence that numerosity is a shared evolutionary neural mechanism. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 12, 2019How humans learned to dance; from the Chimpanzee CongaStudying the evolution of human dance, psychologists discovered chimpanzees also perform duo dance-like behaviors similar to a conga line. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 2, 2019Cats’ faces hard to read, except for ‘cat whisperers’People can infer a cat's affective state from subtle aspects of their facial expressions. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 11, 2019Humans’ ability to read dogs’ facial expressions is learned, not innateThe human ability to recognize the facial expressions of dogs is acquired through age and experience and is not an evolutionarily selected trait. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 6, 2019Horses blink less and twitch eyelids more when stressedSpontaneous blink rate decreases while eyelid twitches increase when a horse experiences a stressful situation. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·September 23, 2019Cats, like children and dogs, develop attachments to their caregiversPopular belief suggests cats are more independent and less likely to form close attachments with humans. However, a new study casts doubt on this myth. Researchers have found cats display the same main attachment styles to their owners as dogs, and babies to their parents. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·June 18, 2019Puppy love: Why puppy dog eyes evolved to benefit communication with humansDomestication transformed the facial muscle anatomy of dogs specifically for facial communication with humans. The muscular movement around the eyebrows resembles expressions humans produce when upset, triggering a nurturing response from the dog's owners. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 20, 2019Hello, kitty: Cats recognize their own namesDomestic cats are able to discriminate the content of human speech, including recognizing their names, based upon phonemic differences. Read More
