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Redefining Fear
Some people think Pavlovian fear conditioning research has convincingly shown how fear and anxiety operate in the brain — but APS William James Fellow Joseph E. LeDoux believes there is more to the story.
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Music to Cats’ Ears
The New York Times: In the long battle for feline affection, cat owners may have some fresh ammunition. David Teie, a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, recently teamed up with animal scientists to develop
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Look Who’s Talking
Slate: It can be startling when you first hear it: otherwise reasonable friends spouting their dogs’ inner monologues, as if it’s only natural for them to speak out loud. Is that food stop choking me
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Point to Point
Psychological scientists have generated an understanding of the brain’s own navigation capabilities, from the level of individual cells all the way up to higher level cognitive networks.
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How a coughing ape is changing our ideas about animals, humans and language
The Washington Post: The 280-pound gorilla fits awkwardly in the lab at the Gorilla Foundation, her domed head brushing up against the cabinets that hang just below the ceiling. She looks into the camera and touches
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The Social Powers of Primates
The biologist and primatologist Frans B.M. de Waal likes to show a video from the 1930s of two chimpanzees moving a heavy box. They pull in tandem. They break in sync. They’re the ape equivalent
