Researchers conducted a first-of-its-kind study designed to investigate brain connectivity in 130 mammalian species. The intriguing results, contradicting widespread conjectures, revealed that brain connectivity levels are equal in all mammals, …read more Source:: Science
Tag: brains
How birds evolved big brains
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•Evolutionary biologists and paleontologists have reconstructed the evolution of the avian brain using a massive dataset of brain volumes from dinosaurs, extinct birds like Archaeopteryx and the great auk, and …read more Source:: Science
Scientists monitor brains replaying memories in real time
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•In a study of epilepsy patients, researchers monitored the electrical activity of thousands of individual brain cells, called neurons, as patients took memory tests. They found that the firing patterns …read more Source:: Science
Bumble bees can experience an object using one sense and later recognize it using another
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•The ability to recognize objects across different senses is present in the tiny brains of an insect, researchers have discovered. …read more Source:: Science
Researchers reconstruct spoken words as processed in nonhuman primate brains
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•Using a brain-computer interface, a team of researchers has reconstructed English words from the brain activity of rhesus macaques that listened as the words were spoken. …read more Source:: Science
Screen-based media associated with structural differences in brains of young children
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•A new study documents structural differences in the brains of preschool-age children related to screen-based media use. …read more Source:: Science
How humans have shaped dogs’ brains
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•Dog brain structure varies across breeds and is correlated with specific behaviors, according to new research. These findings show how, by selectively breeding for certain behaviors, humans have shaped the …read more Source:: Science
Big brains or big guts: Choose one
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•A global study comparing 2,062 birds finds that, in highly variable environments, birds tend to have either larger or smaller brains relative to their body size. Birds with smaller brains …read more Source:: Science
Fear of predators causes PTSD-like changes in brains of wild animals
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•A new study demonstrates that the fear predators inspire can leave long-lasting traces in the neural circuitry of wild animals and induce enduringly fearful behavior, comparable to effects seen in …read more Source:: Science
Scientists discover how mosquito brains integrate diverse sensory cues to find a host
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•A team has discovered how the female mosquito brain integrates visual and olfactory signals to identify, track and hone in on a potential host for her next blood meal. They …read more Source:: Science