To make our way through the world, our brain must develop an intuitive understanding of the physical world around us, which we then use to interpret sensory information coming into the brain. How does ...

Researchers found that the neurons involved in Pavlovian learning shift their behavior during the learning process and become more synchronized when a memory is formed. The phrase "Pavlov's dogs" has ...

For decades, scientists have known that only a few groups of birds—songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds—can learn to produce ...

The way pigeons problem solve is very similar to AI, researchers say. Pigeons use the same "brute force" method often seen in artificial intelligence. Researchers found that this method helps pigeons ...

Many animals get their external marking—like, feathers, hair or scales-from genetics. But it turns out, the crocodile gets its head patterns differently. Scientists normally explain the spectacular ...