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Socially adept monkeys have superior impulse control: Study
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Non-human primates have been used by researchers to test one of the theories put up to explain how humanity developed to become smarter. A team from the University of Portsmouth led a study that discovered a strong link between monkeys' social organisation and their cognitive abilities.
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Study shows differences between brains of primates are small but significa
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
While the physical differences between humans and non-human primates are quite distinct, a new study reveals their brains may be remarkably similar. And yet, the smallest changes may make big differences in developmental and psychiatric disorders.
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Study: Chimpanzees blend their sounds to create variety of vocal patterns
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Leipzig (Germany), May 31 (ANI): A new study has discovered that ordered vocal sequences in wild chimp communication can shed light on the evolution of human language.
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Tripura: Deforestation, rubber plantations rise leads to primate habitat c
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], February 13 (ANI): Massive deforestation and increase in rubber plantations in Tripura have emerged as the major causes of change in the habitat of non-human primates as well as cases of monkey-human conflict in certain parts of Tripura, according to a study.
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Racing heart may alter decision-making brain circuits, study shows how
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 4 (ANI): In an effort to understand how psychiatric disorders influence the brain's decision-making processes, scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai analysed the data from a previous study of non-human primates.
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Researchers find hormone found to switch off hunger could help tackle obes
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 28 (ANI): In recent research, scientists have discovered a hormone that can suppress food intake and increase the feeling of fullness in mice has shown similar results in humans and non-human primates.
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Hormone found to switch off hunger could help tackle obesity
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 25 (ANI): A hormone that can suppress food intake and increase the feeling of fullness in mice has shown similar results in humans and non-human primates, says a new study.
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