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Theory-of-mind networks develop in the brains of children by age three
Mar 11, 2018 (UPI)
The ability to consider another person's mental state and how that might affect their behavior is known as "theory of mind." Scientists have traditionally used ...
One-month worth of memory training results in 30 minutes
Mar 08, 2018 (SPX)
The significance of strategies was evident also in the controls who did not receive any strategy advice: use of self-generated strategies was associated with be...
Chimpanzees inspire more accurate computer-generated animal simulations
Mar 07, 2018 (UPI)
While studying the unique walk of chimpanzees, scientists at the University of Manchester made unique tweaks to the "machine learning" algorithms that power ani...
Women blazing a trail in 'men's jobs'
Mar 07, 2018 (AFP)
For International Women's Day on March 8, AFP Photo and AFPTV met some 20 women breaking down the barriers of gender bias in the world of work. Here are profile...
Capturing brain signals with soft electronics
Mar 07, 2018 (SPX)
The result has been achieved in collaboration with colleagues in Zurich and New York. The breakthrough, which is crucial for many applications in biomedical eng...
Bonobo and chimpanzee gestures share multiple meanings
Mar 06, 2018 (SPX)
Chimpanzees and bonobos use gestures in a variety of different situations and for multiple purposes, such as to initiate and change positions during grooming. T...
Scientists find world's oldest figural tattoos on Egyptian mummies
Mar 01, 2018 (UPI)
The body art was found on a pair of mummies in the collection of the British Museum. The male and female were embalmed and laid to rest sometime between 3351 an...
Seeing the brain's electrical activity
Feb 28, 2018 (SPX)
MIT researchers have now come up with a completely different approach to measuring electrical activity in the brain, which they believe will prove much easier a...
Buried at the stake: Underwater burial site yields skulls on poles
Feb 28, 2018 (UPI)
But a new discovery offers a more complicated picture of burial practices during the Mesolithic. Recently, researchers in Sweden uncovered an underwater burial ...
Brain can navigate based solely on smells
Feb 27, 2018 (SPX)
The olfactory-based virtual reality system could lead to a fuller understanding of odor-guided navigation and explain why mammals have an aversion to unpleasant...
Chimps and bonobos don't need a translator
Feb 27, 2018 (UPI)
Chimps and bonobos used hand gestures to communicate to one another in a variety of social situations. Previous studies have shown the two species to deploy sim...
Neanderthals thought like we do
Feb 25, 2018 (SPX)
"The emergence of symbolic material culture represents a fundamental threshold in the evolution of humankind. It is one of the main pillars of what makes us hum...
Ancient DNA tells tales of humans' migrant history
Feb 22, 2018 (SPX)
No longer. Now there's a powerful new approach for illuminating the world before the dawn of written history - reading the actual genetic code of our ancient an...
Researchers invent tiny, light-powered wires to modulate brain's electrical signals
Feb 21, 2018 (SPX)
A new University of Chicago study shows how tiny, light-powered wires could be fashioned out of silicon to provide these electrical signals. Published Feb. 19 i...
Study reveals 15 new genes that influence face shape
Feb 19, 2018 (UPI)
During previous genetic surveys, scientists have focused on specific facial features, like the distance between a person's eyes or the width of their mouth, and...
'Loneliest tree in the world' offers evidence of Anthropocene's beginning
Feb 19, 2018 (UPI)
Though scientists have shown that humans have been influencing the planet's ecosystems for thousands of years, many consider the sudden spike in radioactive car...
Drivers of hate in the US have distinct regional differences
Feb 13, 2018 (SPX)
They found that in all U.S. regions, less education, population change, and ethnic diversity correlated with more hate groups, as did areas with higher poverty ...
Chimpanzee self-control is related to intelligence
Feb 12, 2018 (SPX)
The research finding relates back to the famous "marshmallow test," an experiment originally performed at Stanford University in the 1960s. In the test, childre...
Brains, reproductive success explain humans' early evolutionary advantage
Feb 09, 2018 (UPI)
Earth is home to thousands of species that prove complex language, social bonding and cooperation aren't inevitable or even necessary for survival. And yet, the...
Scandinavians shaped by several waves of immigration
Feb 05, 2018 (SPX)
"We were surprised that the results showed such marked dissimilarities," says associate professor and archaeologist Birgitte Skar at the Norwegian University of...
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