Animal Learning and Intelligence News
May 14, 2024
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May 7, 2024 Chimpanzees continue to learn and hone their skills well into adulthood, a capacity that might be essential for the evolution of complex and varied tool use, according to a new ...
Apr. 29, 2024 Dinosaurs were likely as smart as reptiles but not as intelligent as ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Are mice clever enough to be strategic? A neuroscientist who studies learning in humans and animals, and who has long worked with mice, wondered why rodents often performed poorly in tests when they knew how to perform well. With a simple ...
Apr. 15, 2024 Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery regarding number sense in animals by confirming the existence of discrete number sense in rats, offering a crucial animal model for investigating the neural basis of numerical ability and disability ...
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Apr. 24, 2024 Their first vocalizations help young zebra finch males to memorize the songs of ...
Mar. 22, 2024 It's no surprise that your dog can learn to sit when you say 'sit' and come when called. But a new study has made the unexpected discovery that dogs generally also know that certain words 'stand for' ...
Mar. 6, 2024 Bumblebees successfully learned a two-step puzzle box task through social observation. This task was too complex for individual bees to learn on their own. Observing trained demonstrator bees ...
Mar. 4, 2024 When certain species of wild birds and primates discover new ways of finding food in the wild, it can serve to measure their flexibility and intelligence. In the largest experimental study ever ...
Feb. 22, 2024 Researchers have paired a deep learning model with experimental data to 'decode' mouse neural activity. Using the method, they can accurately ...
Sep. 28, 2023 A new study has documented the abilities of individual wild Asian elephants to access food by solving puzzles that unlocked storage boxes. It is the first research study to show that individual wild ...
Sep. 14, 2023 The better a songbird is at working its way around obstacles to retrieve a snack, the more complex its vocal learning ability will ...
Aug. 7, 2023 New study explores the relationship between a canine's facial appearance and how expressive they appear to be when communicating with their human ...
July 12, 2023 Being smart pays off, as it allows for more balanced decision-making. However, the origins of these abilities during evolution remain largely unexplored. Only if smarter individuals enjoy better ...
July 12, 2023 Heliconius butterflies' brains grew as they adopted a novel foraging behavior, scientists have ...
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June 27, 2023 Dogs who slow down physically also slow down mentally, according to a new study. Measuring gait speed in senior dogs could be a simple way to monitor their health and to document decline in their ...
June 8, 2023 Socially tolerant species are better at controlling their emotions and behaviors, according to a new study of one of humanity's closest ...
May 22, 2023 Understanding that others hold different viewpoints from your own is essential for human sociality. Adopting another person's visual perspective is a complex skill that emerges around the age of ...
Apr. 10, 2023 Elephants like to eat bananas, but they don't usually peel them first in the way humans do. A new report however, shows that one very special Asian elephant named Pang Pha picked up banana ...
Apr. 4, 2023 Human culture and language may be the result of 'self-domestication': an evolutionary process that leads to less aggressive and more prosocial individuals. A research team argues that ...
Mar. 28, 2023 Data from 124 societies shows that dogs' functions predict their treatment, with closer bonds forming in societies where dogs have multiple ...
Mar. 14, 2023 Researchers compared a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome to the standard model and found the updated version to be enhanced. The new mouse model shows milder cognitive traits compared to a ...
Feb. 7, 2023 Can a pigeon match wits with artificial intelligence? Researchers tested pigeons' learning abilities and concluded the birds employ the same basic process, called associative learning, as the ...
Jan. 24, 2023 Humans retain an understanding of gestures made by other great apes, even though we no longer use them ourselves, according to a new ...
Jan. 11, 2023 New research has found a better education has a strong genetic correlation and a protective causal association with several gut ...
Dec. 15, 2022 Researchers reported that octopuses are the first known invertebrates to show an increase over evolutionary time in microRNAs, which are gene-regulating molecules linked to the development of ...
Oct. 31, 2022 A study has found that Eurasian jays can pass a version of the 'marshmallow test' -- and those with the greatest self-control also score the highest on intelligence ...
Oct. 21, 2022 By embracing a broader definition of learning that includes any behavioral adaption developed in response to regular features of an environment, researchers could better collaborate across the fields ...
Aug. 2, 2022 If you've ever seen a grackle steal your dog pellets or a starling peck open a garbage bag, you get a sense of that some birds have learned to take advantage of new feeding opportunities -- a ...
July 21, 2022 Even common infections can come with acute or lingering cognitive symptoms; one of the best-known examples is 'COVID fog.' In a new review article, cognitive and disease ecologists discuss ...
July 18, 2022 Researchers have provided the first documentation that dogs' sense of smell is integrated with their vision and other unique parts of the brain, shedding new light on how dogs experience and ...
May 20, 2022 Researchers have reported a nano-sized neuromorphic memory device that emulates neurons and synapses simultaneously in a unit cell, another step toward completing the goal of neuromorphic computing ...
May 19, 2022 Researchers have found that eating cranberries could improve memory, ward off dementia, and reduce 'bad' cholesterol. The research team studied the benefits of consuming the equivalent of a ...
May 9, 2022 Researchers have found that a suite of complimentary tests can quantify changes in dogs suspected of suffering from cognitive decline. The approach could not only aid owners in managing their elderly ...
May 9, 2022 Individual traits seem to drive our learning success: for instance, conscientious individuals often show higher academic performance. A group of cognitive and behavioral biologists conducted ...
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