FeaturedNeuroscience·March 9, 2023·4 min readComplex Learned Social Behavior Discovered in Bee’s Waggle DanceA bee's "waggle dance", an intricate series of motions that signals the location of critical resources to other bees, is improved by social learning and can be culturally transmitted.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·October 5, 2020·3 min readDog Brains Do Not Prefer FacesfMRI study reveals dogs do not have a specific face area similar to that of primates. Dogs' brain activity showed little response to faces but increased in response to seeing another dog over a human.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 1, 2018·2 min readDog Intelligence ‘Not Exceptional’Researchers say people may be over estimating the cognitive abilities of dogs. A new study reveals dog intelligence is matched with that of other domestic animals, social hunters and carnivores.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·June 15, 2022·4 min readDog-Assisted Interventions Lead To Lower Stress Levels in ChildrenA new study reports that dog-assisted interventions lower cortisol levels and overall stress in young children.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·August 7, 2023·5 min readDog’s Facial Markings Influence Human-Canine CommunicationResearchers discovered that the complexity of a dog's facial markings affects human interpretation of their expressions. It was revealed that dogs with plainer faces make more facial expressions and are better understood by humans than dogs with more complex markings.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 13, 2016·3 min readDogs Able to Recognize Human EmotionsAccording to researchers, dogs are able to recognize different emotional states in humans.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·February 27, 2017·5 min readDogs and Toddlers Show Similarities in Social IntelligenceA new study reports two year old children and dogs show similar patterns of social intelligence, more so than human children and chimps.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 8, 2017·6 min readDogs Can Adopt the Perspective of HumansA new study reports dogs can correctly interpret cues from humans to help find food they can not see.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 15, 2022·4 min readDogs Can Recognize Their Owner by Voice AloneDifferences in sound properties, including pitch and timbre, help dogs to recognize the voice of their owners over that of a stranger.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·December 8, 2015·5 min readDogs Have A Conscience TooA new study reports animals may be more self aware than we previously thought.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·July 15, 2021·4 min readDogs May Not Return Their Owners’ Good DeedsA new study demonstrated dogs do not reciprocate food-giving, nor do they act more favorably toward a friendly human.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 18, 2019·4 min readDogs 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
