There appears to be a plateau in the maximum biological limits for humans' height, age and physical abilities, and we seem to have reached it.
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Humans may have reached their maximum limits for height, lifespan and...
A photo of a police-style uniform worn by study participants.
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New research from a team of cognitive neuroscientists at McMaster University suggests that simply putting on a uniform, similar to one the police might wear, automatically affects how...
Woman with newborn baby.
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The amount of close and comforting contact between infants and their caregivers can affect children at the molecular level, an effect detectable four years later, according to new research from the University...
The hormone oxytocin is probably a key factor in the interaction between dogs and humans.
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Researchers in the University of Helsinki's Canine Mind research project found that oxytocin made dogs interested in smiling human faces. It also made...
Mantled howler (Alouatta seniculus) howling.
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Human infants' responses to the vocalizations of non-human primates shed light on the developmental origin of a crucial link between human language and core cognitive capacities, a new study reports.
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Spanking makes children's behavior problems worse.
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Children who have been spanked by their parents by age 5 show an increase in behavior problems at age 6 and age 8 relative to children who have never been...
A new study suggests that even low currents of electricity can affect the brain circuits that control memory and human learning. (stock image)
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Neuroscientists at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have discovered precisely...
Wolf dyads show perfect teamwork, while two dogs hardly were able to co-operate.
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Following domestication, dogs should be more tolerant and cooperative with conspecifics and humans compared to wolves. This is at least often hypothesized. But...
Dogs probably lost their skill to discriminate quantities during domestication.
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Being able to mentally consider quantities makes sense for any social species. This skill is important during the search for food, for example, or...
Wolves are at least as tolerant and socially attentive as dogs.
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Dogs are man's best friend and partner. The origins of this dog-human relationship were subject of a study by behavioural scientists from the Messerli Research Institute...
This is Lori McMahon and Luke Stewart.
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Seizure disorders -- including epilepsy -- are associated with pathological hyperexcitability in brain neurons. Unfortunately, there are limited available treatments that can prevent this hyperexcitability. However, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers...
