Western animal behavior and cognition researchers tracked the spatial cognition and lifespan of 227 mountain chickadees for more than a decade. They found the birds with better spatial learning and ...

Eating Window Protocol: The time-restricted eating group constrained consumption to an average window of 8.2 hours per day ...

Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new information. How does the well-controlled and yet highly nimble nature of ...

The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright ...

In a recent study published in Neuropsychologia, researchers investigate whether cognitive performance fluctuates during the menstrual cycle and the potential impact athletic involvement and skill has ...

As I mentioned in a recent post, "Women’s Advantages in Social Cognition," we anticipate nuance in the pattern of cognitive sex differences and in the supporting brain systems. Broadly speaking, ...

How do people navigate social networks to understand and appreciate who knows what and who is connected to whom? With mental maps, according to a new study by researchers in the lab of Oriel ...

While there is no denying 'survival of the fittest' still reigns supreme in the animal kingdom, a new study shows being smartest—or at least smarter—is pretty important, too. Western animal behavior ...

While there is no denying ‘survival of the fittest’ still reigns supreme in the animal kingdom, a new study shows being smartest – or at least smarter – is pretty important, too. Western University ...