Summary: Dogs trained to use soundboards can combine two-word buttons purposefully to communicate needs and desires, rather than randomly or by imitating their owners. Researchers analyzed over 260,000 button presses…
Category: Life
Understanding the dynamics behind prey motion and the performance of non-kin group hunting predators in the open ocean. – Functional Ecologists
In our latest post, Korbinian Pacher takes us out to hunt as he share insight behind the paper: “Evidence for a by-product mutualism in a group hunter depends on prey…
Can We Program the Brain to Learn Without Teaching?
Summary: Researchers have developed a groundbreaking technique to “write” new learning patterns directly into the brain using real-time neurofeedback from fMRI imaging. Participants in the study learned new visual object…
Older Adults Are Risk-Takers Who Learn and Adapt Quickly
Summary: New research challenges stereotypes about older adults, revealing that they are more willing to take risks than younger individuals and are equally adept at resisting manipulation. Using gambling tasks,…
The ‘tangled web’ of aging
Aging is far more complex than just an advancing clock. It’s a tangled web of molecular changes that don’t play by linear rules. Recent studies reveal that the risk of…
Music Can Change the Emotional Tone of Your Memories
Summary: New research reveals that music can do more than trigger memories—it can alter their emotional tone. When participants recalled neutral stories while listening to emotionally charged music, they later…
Why Fidgeting Bothers Some People
Summary: Misokinesia, affecting about one-third of individuals, is an aversion to repetitive bodily movements like fidgeting, causing emotional, cognitive, and physical distress. New research explores its impact on daily life,…
Ketogenic Diet Enhances CAR-T Cancer Therapy
Summary: Researchers have found that a ketogenic diet boosts CAR T cell therapy effectiveness by enhancing tumor control and survival in mice with lymphoma. The key is beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), a…
The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in US
In early August 2023, a beekeeper near the port of Savannah, Georgia, noticed some odd activity around his hives. Something was hunting his honeybees. It was a flying insect bigger…
