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·June 6, 2016·3 min read

Baby Face: Parental Behaviors Triggered by Cuteness of Babies

A new study reports that babies characteristics contribute to their cuteness, and that can trigger care-giving behaviors in adults.

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·May 26, 2016·9 min read

The Evolution of Complex Connectivity in Speech Networks

A new paper considers how the complex speech networks in the brain may have evolved.

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·May 23, 2016·4 min read

Did Human Like Intelligence Evolve to Care For Helpless Babies?

According to researchers, human intelligence may have evolved in response to the demands of caring for infants.

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·May 20, 2016·7 min read

Scent Guides Hawk Moths to the Best Fitting Flowers

According to a new study, hawk moths recognize the scent of flowers matching its proboscis to help optimize energy gained.

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·May 11, 2016·5 min read

Development of Gaze Following in Monkey is Similar to Humans

Researchers report gaze following in monkeys develops in a way that is nearly identical to humans, suggesting the behavior may have deep evolutionary roots.

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·March 3, 2016·4 min read

Neuronal Calculations Consider Expectations

According to researchers, fly brains take typical features of the environment into account when calculating motion.

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·February 28, 2016·3 min read

The Couple That Sings Together Stays Together

Researchers find red backed fairy wrens who have strong duet responses with their partners have lower rates of cuckoldry.

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·February 22, 2016·7 min read

Our Bad, Bad Brains: Roundtable Discussion for Brain Games’ Brains Behaving Badly Episode

Are humans hardwired for transgressions? Why are some of the brain's most basic instincts considered bad behavior? Why does bad behavior come so naturally to us? National Geographic's Brain Games asks Neuroscience News.

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·February 22, 2016·3 min read

Analyzing the Complexity of Our Perception

A new study aims to answer questions about how the brain perceives objects.

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·February 21, 2016·9 min read

Language Characterizes Humans

From babbling to complex sentences, researchers delve into how our ability to produce and understand language makes us humans unique.

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·February 16, 2016·4 min read

Jawless Fish Brains More Similar to Ours Than Previously Thought

Researchers have shown that complex divisions in the vertebrate brain first appeared before the evolution of jaws, more than 500 million years ago.

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·February 15, 2016·8 min read

The God Brain: Roundtable Discussion on God and Spirituality for Brain Games

Is belief in God innate in our brains, as if it were installed by some divine programmer? Or is spirituality a more complex evolving adaptation that has both helped and harmed us as a species? National Geographic's Brain Games asks Neuroscience News.