Bird's playlist could signal mental strengths and weaknesses
Having the biggest playlist doesn't make a male songbird the brainiest of the bunch, a new study shows.
Plants & Animals
May 21, 2013
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IQ tests show individual differences in bird brains
Dr Rachael Shaw, a postdoctoral research fellow in Victoria's School of Biological Sciences, conducted a study on a group of wild North Island robin based at Zealandia to examine the mental skills of individual birds.
Plants & Animals
Sep 28, 2015
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Vocal learning in starlings linked to problem solving skills and brain size
The European starling boasts a remarkable repertoire. Versatile songbirds that learn warbles, whistles, calls, and songs throughout their lives, starlings rank among the most advanced avian vocal learners. Now a new study ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2023
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Tired Australian magpies sing less, sing later and are less motivated
Sleep deprived Australian magpies are tired and unmotivated, just like humans, according to new research from La Trobe University in Melbourne which has found that, after a poor night's sleep, the common black and white songbird ...
Plants & Animals
May 3, 2022
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Is brain fog limited to humans?
Is brain fog a condition limited to humans? "Infectious disease and cognition in wild populations," a recently published paper in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, answers that question. In a review of the studies, it explores ...
Evolution
Aug 8, 2022
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Disasters like Hurricane Ian can affect academic performance for years to come
When leaders at a middle school in New Orleans asked me to help students who were struggling after the city had been struck by Hurricane Katrina, we didn't see eye to eye.
Education
Oct 21, 2022
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Smells like Christmas spirit: Researchers tie simple scent to increased retail sales
Scientists and business people have known for decades that certain scents—pine boughs at Christmas, baked cookies in a house for sale—can get customers in the buying spirit. Eric Spangenberg, a pioneer in the field and ...
Social Sciences
Nov 26, 2012
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How researchers look at the bird brain in action
How do birds make decisions and which brain regions are particularly active when they solve tasks? Researchers from the Department of Biopsychology at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) are investigating these questions. So far, ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 18, 2020
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The story of how a touch screen helped a paralyzed chimp walk again
The case of Reo, a male chimpanzee that learned to walk again after being paralyzed due to illness, shows how much can be done to rehabilitate animals injured in captivity. So says lead author Yoko Sakuraba of Kyoto University, ...
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Jul 5, 2016
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The more relaxed a horse is the better it is at learning new tasks, study finds
Equine scientists at Nottingham Trent University wanted to see how the level of arousal in horses—the extent to which they might be excited or stressed for instance—affected their performance in a cognitive task.
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Jan 16, 2024
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