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·December 1, 2016·4 min read

Learning Makes Animals Intelligent

A new associative learning model may help explain animal behavior and intelligence.

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·November 29, 2016·3 min read

Psychopaths Can Regret Bad Decisions, But Don’t Learn From Them

According to researchers, when a bad decision directly affects a psychopath, they experience regret but they do not use the experience as a lesson to direct their choices in the future.

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·November 23, 2016·4 min read

Your Dog Remembers What You Did

A new study provides evidence that dogs may also have episodic memory.

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·November 22, 2016·2 min read

Do Stress and Strain Lead to Deviant Behavior?

A new study considers the extent to which social groups influence younger people to embark on gambling or substance use as a coping strategy.

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·November 21, 2016·6 min read

Chimps Perform Grooming Behaviors the Same Way Their Moms Did

According to a new study, chimps learn their grooming behavior from their mothers and they continue to perform the behavior long after the death of their mothers.

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·November 19, 2016·6 min read

Role of the Physical Environment in ‘Broken Windows’ Theory: How Visual Cues Can Encourage Rule Breaking

A new study reveals how certain subconscious visual cues can influence rule breaking behavior.

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·November 18, 2016·6 min read

Ducklings Maintain Two Separate Memory Banks of Visual Information

Researchers report newly hatched ducklings that are shown a substitute mother object with only one eye do not recognize it when they have only the other eye available.

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·November 15, 2016·4 min read

The Aging Brain Benefits From Distraction

According to researchers, for the aging brain, distractions and reduced focus may not be as bad as we think.

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·November 14, 2016·4 min read

The Power of Expectation Can Restrain Hyper-Emotional Memories in the Brain

Researchers have identified a brain circuit that provides emotional memory tuning in rats.

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·November 12, 2016·4 min read

Scientists Uncover Mechanism That Controls Feeding Behavior in Mice

Researchers have discovered the mechanism that controls feeding behavior in mice by regulating the activity of a few thousand neurons.

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·November 11, 2016·5 min read

Primitive Reward-Driven Behaviors May Bias the Information People Choose to Sample

Researchers report confirmation bias may not be the only factor that influences who people sample information and make decisions that may seem irrational.