A bonobo demonstrated the ability to track imaginary objects in controlled tests, challenging the belief that imagination is uniquely human and hinting at deep evolutionary roots. In a set of ...

An explanation of infinity through the famous monkey thought experiment.

There is evidence to suggest that our closest animal relatives - monkeys and apes - also exchange valuable commodities: for example, grooming for alliance, or sex for food. In experiments, several ...

Thomas Kuhn, the 20th-century historian of science who coined the phrase “paradigm shift,” had a name for such breakdowns in ...

Scientists have traditionally studied how the brain controls movement by asking patients to perform structured tasks while connected to multiple sensors in a lab. While these studies have provided ...

Neuroscientists studying the eye’s blind spot have found that brain cells in the primary visual cortex, or V1, fire even when ...

Is the capacity to imagine unique to humans? Scientists thought so—until a bonobo named Kanzi was invited to a pretend tea party.

The Oregon National Primate Research Center will explore a potentially federally supported transition with the National Institutes of Health ...

A peer‑reviewed study in the journal Primates has found that habitual hot spring bathing is associated with measurable ...

We've been trained to 'see something, say something' about danger. What if we did the same for what's good? It takes 10 seconds, and the research says the giver benefits most.

One of the most unethical human experiments of all time involved scaring a young child called Little Albert, and they went ...

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Virginia Tech's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC has for the first time identified specific patterns of brain chemical activity that predict ...