(THE CONVERSATION) – Being flexible and learning to adapt when the world changes is something you practice every day. Whether you run into a new construction site and have to reroute your commute or ...
From work meetings to first dates, it's essential to adjust our behavior for success. In certain situations, it can even be a matter of life or death. So how do we switch our behavior when situations ...
From work meetings to first dates, it's essential to adjust our behavior for success. In certain situations, it can even be a matter of life or death. So how do we switch our behavior when situations ...
New research provides insight into how the brain can execute different actions in response to the same stimulus. The study, published by Cell Press in the April 16 issue of the journal Neuron, ...
A mouse-eye view of the virtual maze and acetylcholine dynamics within the brain. The mice ran on a spherical treadmill to navigate a virtual maze, controlling their position using their movement. If ...
A major impediment to treatment of substance use disorder (SUD) is a loss of behavioral flexibility, whereby one's judgment is impaired such that their actions continuously result in negative ...
A new study has found that some pig species have a remarkable level of behavioral and mental flexibility. The study was published recently and tested the ability of four pigs to play a simple joystick ...
Across North America, grackles are virtuosos of adaptation. The small- to medium-sized New World blackbirds are particularly social and known for foraging skills that help them flourish in ...