A new study shows macaque species with more tolerant social systems have larger brain regions linked to emotions and social signals.

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology not only learned a simple visual category learning task exactly as well as lab animals, but even enabled the ...

Animals survive in changing and unpredictable environments by not merely responding to new circumstances, but also, like humans, by forming inferences about their surroundings—for instance, squirrels ...

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New 3D reconstructions of a key sensory organ in ctenophores reveal an unexpected structural and functional complexity. The ...

A male fruit fly in a laboratory chamber extends his wings and vibrates them to produce his species' version of a love song. A female fly stays nearby listening. Suddenly, a green light flashes across ...

An area of great hope and promise for applied artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning is at the intersection of neuroscience and oncology, both challenging fields known for their inherent ...