behaviour

Learning to stop: two types of neurons cooperate to adjust behaviour

Updating learning to control our actions is a fundamental aspect of brain function. It eliminates behaviours that use valuable energy for no reward. Here, we...

Our blood may be making us smarter

Until recently, the immune system was thought to be excluded from the brain. A new study shows that the immune system is not only able to enter the brain - it...

What makes us different - chance in brain development and its consequences for individuality

Why are we all different? By comparing brain anatomy we uncovered anatomical difference in the brain of individuals, resulting from chance processes during...

The belligerence of breeding: female aggression after mating

Sexual behaviors often have a deep impact on social interactions. Here is how female fruit flies cope with it.

‘Laughing’ together: bridging avian-mammalian differences

How has never experienced some playful and contagious happy times? Well, Kea parrots do this on a regular base.

Saving the injured: The value of rescued veterans in a predatory ant species

Never leave behind an injured man...likewise do ants.

“Who is really, really smart?” Early differences in boys’ and girls’ assumptions about intelligence

Our internal fight against loneliness

Amoebas trap bacteria using nets of DNA: the same mechanism as human immune cells

The Dark Side of Love

Lab-life: the afternoon siesta of the fruit fly

Chimpanzees Trust Their Friends