Bird Song Sharing Declines With Distance, Meta-Analysis Finds
A meta-analysis of 58 studies found that birds generally share more songs with nearby individuals, but the strength of the ...
Tag: social learning
Orangutan Childhoods Reveal a Deeper Culture Than We Ever Imagined
A twelve-year study of wild Sumatran orangutans reveals that juveniles acquire five to six times more knowledge from social observation ...
Drone Footage Captures Gray Whale Calves Learning Foraging Tricks From Their Mothers
Drone observations off Oregon suggest gray whale calves imitate their mothers' foraging tactics, providing the strongest evidence yet of social ...
Why Farmers Keep—or Abandon—Soil Health Practices: It’s About People, Not Just Soil
A qualitative study of Nebraska farmers shows that peer influence, land tenure, farming traditions, and on-farm experimentation shape whether soil ...
Why the Fine Print of Overimitation Experiments May Be Shaping What We Think Children Learn
A new perspective article argues that inconsistent task designs, coding schemes, and experimental setups are limiting what scientists can reliably ...
Oxytocin in the Brain’s Septum Lets Mice Learn Safe Foods From Friends
New research in PLOS Biology shows that oxytocin receptor signaling in the dorsal lateral septum is essential for mice to ...
Bigger Game Rewards Teach Faster, But Kindness Does Not Leave the Screen
A computational reinforcement learning study of 198 players found that larger in-game rewards and punishments accelerated prosocial learning within the ...
Learning Is a Team Effort: New Analysis Defines How Knowledge Is Co-Constructed
A systematic concept analysis of 62 studies has distilled co-construction of learning into five defining attributes, reframing education as an ...
Wild chimpanzee mothers actively teach tool skills to their young, study finds
A long-term camera-trap study in Senegal shows that wild chimpanzee mothers actively transfer tools and fruits to their offspring, revealing ...
How Human Change Is Rewiring the Social Lives of Animals
A major new review shows that human-driven environmental change is reshaping how animals associate with one another, with cascading effects ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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