Horses remember if you smiled or frowned when they last saw you
26 April 2018
Horses can remember the expressions on people’s faces and use them to make judgements about whether people are nice or unpleasant
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Virtual reality surgery lets trainee doctors practise operations
31 March 2018
A virtual reality simulator for training junior surgeons seems to make them better equipped to cut open real patients
Syncing our brain activity may help us interact with each other
29 March 2018
When monkeys interact, neurons in their brains show the same activity patterns. We may be able to harness this synchronisation to learn to work together better
Great tits avoid bad food after seeing grossed-out friends
18 December 2017
If a great tit eats something nasty, it will disgustedly wipe its beak on a branch – and other great tits watch and learn
Tottering piglets can't walk at first but learn super-fast
11 August 2017
Video analysis shows that it only takes piglets 8 hours to learn to gain full control over their limbs, allowing them to walk as confidently as adult pigs
Eating a lower calorie diet improves learning ability in worms
1 August 2017
Calorie-restricted diets have already been linked to longer lifespans in flies, mice and monkeys. Now a study has found that eating less can boost learning
Smart but dumb: probing the mysteries of brainless intelligence
12 July 2017
Understanding how things like slime moulds and plants can learn without a brain or even any neurons could help us fight diseases and make smarter machines
7 ways to tame your wandering mind and achieve better focus
17 May 2017
Trying to focus but keep getting distracted? From mind-wandering to doodling, the simplest ways to stay on track are not what you expect
How to daydream your way to better learning and concentration
17 May 2017
Daydreaming need not be the enemy of focus. Learn to do it right and you could reap the benefits from more successful revision to more motivation
A little cannabis every day might keep brain ageing at bay
8 May 2017
A mouse study suggests marijuana may have the opposite effect on older people than it has on the young, boosting learning and memory instead of impairing it
