From barks to gobbles, the sounds that most animals use to communicate are innate, not learned. However, a few species, including humans, can imitate new sounds and use them in appropriate social contexts. This ability, known ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 8, 2014
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New research has for the first time provided evidence that reptiles could be capable of social learning through imitation.
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2014
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Evidence of new behaviour being adopted and transmitted socially from one individual to another within a wild chimpanzee community is publishing on September 30 in the open access journal PLOS Biology. This is the first instance ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2014
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Research highlights the wealth of opportunity in social networking sites; for shared academic knowledge, distribution of information, dialogue amongst peers and academic networking. However, with 40% of 300 million tweeters ...
Internet
Aug 6, 2014
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Children's marks at school influence the likelihood of them abandoning their studies, but the effect varies according to their social background: among students with poor marks, those from a higher social class have more ...
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2014
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New measures brought in to tackle forced marriage have been welcomed by a national charity based at The University of Nottingham.
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Two EPFL researchers have developed an application that automatically secures shared information on a mobile phone. The Android app should be available in late summer 2014.
Software
Mar 26, 2014
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They may have tiny brains, but bumblebees are capable of some remarkable learning feats, especially when they might get a tasty reward, according to two studies by University of Guelph researchers.
Plants & Animals
Mar 18, 2014
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Baboons learn from other baboons about new food sources – but only if they are bold or anxious – according to a new study published in the journal PeerJ. The results suggest that personality plays a key role in social ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2014
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(Phys.org) —If advancing civilization relies on social networks, the world is in trouble. According to newly published research by University of Oregon psychologist Azim Shariff, individuals relying on their social groups ...
Social Sciences
Feb 19, 2014
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