(Phys.org) —Fruit-eating animals are known to use their spatial memory to relocate fruit, yet, it is unclear how they manage to find fruit in the first place. Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 10, 2013
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Arthur Conan Doyle's famous literary detective Sherlock Holmes once noted that "the little things are infinitely the most important." It's a belief that investigators at the University of Alberta obviously share. Whether ...
Social Sciences
Mar 21, 2016
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You come out of an airport and get into a cab. You give the driver your destination and expect that you will be taken to the correct place. Ever wonder how the cabdriver is able to do that?
Plants & Animals
Sep 16, 2015
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How do you know that the cookies are still there although they have been placed out of your sight into the drawer? How do you know when and where a car that has driven into a tunnel will reappear? The ability to represent ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 29, 2013
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Barriers to children's achievement in the areas of science, math, and engineering have become a particular concern as policymakers focus on America's economic competitiveness. A gender difference in girls' spatial abilities ...
Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2010
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Sight, touch and spatial memory are key ways sea snakes find their mates, says an Adelaide researcher.
Plants & Animals
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