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Behavioral sciences explore the cognitive processes within organisms and the behavioral interactions between organisms in the natural world.
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AUG 26, 2015Plants & Animals
It was just a few days ago that it made headlines when Mei Xiang, the giant panda from National Zoo, gave birth to two h ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 24, 2015Videos
Stingrays have to eat too, and when it sees a molted crab on the bottom of the sea, you can bet it's going to go for it. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 18, 2015Plants & Animals
There are two images most people have of bears. One is that of a teddy bear, cuddly, cute and fun to have around. Anothe ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 16, 2015Neuroscience
People with high levels of autistic traits are more likely to produce unusually creative ideas, according to Psychologis ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 15, 2015Neuroscience
Michigan State University researchers have done a study to show that a surprisingly easy but targeted brain game reduces ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 15, 2015Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 12, 2015Neuroscience
Losing a critical receptor in a special class of inhibitory neurons in the brain may cause neurodevelopmental disorders, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 11, 2015Plants & Animals
It isn't every day that you find a very rare animal out in the wild that experts thought to have gone extinct, which is ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2015Neuroscience
Losing sleep means physiological effects and behavioral changes, and people have studied the link between sleep loss and ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 08, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 07, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have discovered as many as 1,000 genetic mutations along the autism spectrum. One enzyme that could be respo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 07, 2015Neuroscience
We have all experienced what it feels like to be "hangry" - hungry and angry at the same time. A new study on this pheno ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 05, 2015Videos
We often think of a vicious man-eating creature when we think of the word "crocodile." These water-loving creatures have ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 05, 2015Genetics & Genomics
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a range of complex neurodevelop ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 04, 2015Neuroscience
As few as half of the prescription sleeping pills are doing the job for about nine million Americans who use them for ch ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 03, 2015Cancer
Why does melanoma, which accounts for 2 percent of skin cancer cases, cause almost all skin cancer deaths? Why have mela ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 01, 2015Videos
Dogs are one of the most popular pets for people to have, not just because they're one of the easiest animals to train, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 01, 2015Neuroscience
It could cost as much as $268 billion to care for all Americans with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) this year. In 10 yea ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 31, 2015Neuroscience
Are your children drinking enough water? More than half of the children and adolescents in the United States are not. La ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 31, 2015Videos
Zoo staff at Melbourne Zoo experience an "awe" moment as a baby hippo took a dip in the big pool for the first time with ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 29, 2015Neuroscience
About 50,000 people with autism spectrum disorder turn 18, graduate from high school and need help finding jobs. These " ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 25, 2015Neuroscience
Schizophrenia is elusive. In spite of decades of using brain scans, computer models and other sophisticated tools, there ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 25, 2015Neuroscience
More than 5,000 scientists specializing in dementia met at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) J ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 21, 2015Neuroscience
Psychologists know that adults learn from experience in order to gain a reward, get to the finish line faster or avoid a ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
AUG 26, 2015
Plants & Animals
It was just a few days ago that it made headlines when Mei Xiang, the giant panda from National Zoo, gave birth to two h
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 24, 2015
Videos
Stingrays have to eat too, and when it sees a molted crab on the bottom of the sea, you can bet it's going to go for it.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 18, 2015
Plants & Animals
There are two images most people have of bears. One is that of a teddy bear, cuddly, cute and fun to have around. Anothe
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 16, 2015
Neuroscience
People with high levels of autistic traits are more likely to produce unusually creative ideas, according to Psychologis
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 15, 2015
Neuroscience
Michigan State University researchers have done a study to show that a surprisingly easy but targeted brain game reduces
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 15, 2015
Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 12, 2015
Neuroscience
Losing a critical receptor in a special class of inhibitory neurons in the brain may cause neurodevelopmental disorders,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
It isn't every day that you find a very rare animal out in the wild that experts thought to have gone extinct, which is
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Losing sleep means physiological effects and behavioral changes, and people have studied the link between sleep loss and
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 07, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have discovered as many as 1,000 genetic mutations along the autism spectrum. One enzyme that could be respo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 07, 2015
Neuroscience
We have all experienced what it feels like to be "hangry" - hungry and angry at the same time. A new study on this pheno
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 05, 2015
Videos
We often think of a vicious man-eating creature when we think of the word "crocodile." These water-loving creatures have
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 05, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a range of complex neurodevelop
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 04, 2015
Neuroscience
As few as half of the prescription sleeping pills are doing the job for about nine million Americans who use them for ch
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 03, 2015
Cancer
Why does melanoma, which accounts for 2 percent of skin cancer cases, cause almost all skin cancer deaths? Why have mela
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 01, 2015
Videos
Dogs are one of the most popular pets for people to have, not just because they're one of the easiest animals to train,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 01, 2015
Neuroscience
It could cost as much as $268 billion to care for all Americans with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) this year. In 10 yea
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 31, 2015
Neuroscience
Are your children drinking enough water? More than half of the children and adolescents in the United States are not. La
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 31, 2015
Videos
Zoo staff at Melbourne Zoo experience an "awe" moment as a baby hippo took a dip in the big pool for the first time with
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 29, 2015
Neuroscience
About 50,000 people with autism spectrum disorder turn 18, graduate from high school and need help finding jobs. These "
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 25, 2015
Neuroscience
Schizophrenia is elusive. In spite of decades of using brain scans, computer models and other sophisticated tools, there
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 25, 2015
Neuroscience
More than 5,000 scientists specializing in dementia met at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) J
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 21, 2015
Neuroscience
Psychologists know that adults learn from experience in order to gain a reward, get to the finish line faster or avoid a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider