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Study finds use of habitat for agricultural purposes puts primate in dange
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a study published in Current Biology, frequent trips to oil palm farms are significantly increasing mortality rates among baby southern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) in the wild.
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Researchers discover rhythmic brain activity helps to maintain temporary m
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to a new study, rhythmic brain activity is essential for temporarily maintaining critical information in memory. Brain rhythms--or patterns of neural activity--organize the bursts of activity in the brain that preserve short-term connections, according to researchers from the Del M
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Social rank influences stress response: Research
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In a study published in Current Biology, Tulane psychology professor Jonathan Fadok, PhD, and postdoctoral researcher Lydia Smith-Osborne looked at two forms of psychosocial stress -- social isolation and social instability -- and how they manifest themselves based on social rank.
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Sea trial shows 'SharkGuard' reduces bycatch of endangered sharks
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
For sharks living in the open ocean, longline fishing is the number-one threat, with an estimated 20 million pelagic sharks caught annually by fishers looking for tuna and other desired species. Now, a new study reported in Current Biology on November 21 shows that a new technology, known as
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Study finds that children learn more quickly than adults
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
If you've ever had the feeling that your elementary school kids were "smarter" than you or at least capable of picking up new information and skills faster, a new study in Current Biology on November 15 suggests you're absolutely right.
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Study suggests fish's quirky behaviour helps them estimate swimming direct
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to new simulations, fish glance down when swimming because the stable riverbed underneath them provides more trustworthy information about their swimming direction and speed.
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Scientists manipulate emotions in dreams in attempt to ease nightmares
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In therapy, dreamers may be coached to rehearse positive versions of their most frequent nightmares, but in a study of such patients published in the journal Current Biology, researchers in Switzerland take this a step further. They found that also playing a sound--one associated with a posi
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Study explores mice robustly learn to suppress their innate escape respons
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 3 (ANI): According to neuroscientists, who examined the flexibility of the behaviour of escape amongst mice, a recent study at Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, indicated that escape responses can be robustly suppressed by the rodent.
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Researchers discover 'spooky' similarity in how brains and computers see
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI): The brain detects 3D shape fragments in the beginning stages of object vision - a newly discovered strategy of natural intelligence that Johns Hopkins University researchers also found in artificial intelligence networks trained to recognize visual objects.
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