Rats Can Tell Human Languages Apart, Study Shows
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Rats can use the rhythm of human language to tell the difference between Dutch and Japanese, researchers in Spain reported Sunday.
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The way children learn may determine the building blocks of language, suggests a study of deaf Nicaraguan children. Ann Senghas of New York&#39;s Columbia University, US, and colleagues studied three generations
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The brain's response to another person's body language may help explain why humans are quite efficient at fleeing from danger, according to researchers.
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Scientists identify dogs' emotions and say technology could help them better communicate with humans.
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The mystery of how we read a sentence is unlocked by scientists.
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Researchers in a remote jungle in Indonesia have discovered a giant rat and a tiny possum that are apparently new to science, underscoring the stunning biodiversity of the Southeast Asian nation, scientists said Monday.
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Stressed-out African naked mole-rats may provide clues to infertility in humans, researchers believe.
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It may be that when adults talk to babies, they use a language that is universally understood.
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The brain&#39;s response to another person&#39;s body language may help explain why humans are quite efficient at fleeing from danger, according to researchers.
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A tiny portion of the inner ear has apparently ensured that we&#39;re wired for sound. Researchers have long sought the missing link in the ear&#39;s conversion of sound waves into electrical signals that the brain can recognize as distinct sounds.
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Researchers are hoping to help the federal government sort through data in various languages by developing software that can quickly cull and analyze text and speech.
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Challenging decades of scientific belief that the decoding of sound originates from a preferred side of the brain, UCLA and University of Arizona scientists have demonstrated that right-left differences for the auditory processing of sound start at the ear
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A comparative psychologist taught the parrot to learn scores of words, which he could put into categories, to count and to recognize colors and shapes.
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By Steve Connor  It will come as no surprise to owners of cantankerous cats or disobedient dogs, but scientists have now confirmed what pet lovers have always known: that each animal has its own distinct personality.
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Seals track prey with them, rats sense  nearby objects with them and robots could soon be using  whiskers in a similar way to see in the dark and avoid  obstacles, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Scientists believe they may have   finally identified the part of the brain that deals with the   critical issue of matching words to everyday objects.
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Rats can become drug addicts. That's important to know, scientists say, and has taken a long time to prove. Now two studies by French and British researchers show the animals exhibit the same compulsive drive for cocaine as people do once they're truly hooked.