Jumping Spider Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date October 3, 2023 CategoriesHuman ExceptionalismLife SciencesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , abstractions, American Kennel Club, animals, bird song, birds, cats, cuttlefish, David M. Peña-Guzmán, dolphins, dreaming, horses, information, jumping spiders, learning, memory, rapid eye movement, sleep, Smithsonian Magazine, spiders, symbols, thought, whales Dreaming Animals and Human Exceptionalism Denyse O’Leary October 3, 2023 Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind 5 Researchers have detected something like REM (rapid eye movement) sleep — which is associated with dreaming in humans — in jumping spiders. Read More ›
Border collie Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date December 16, 2022 CategoriesAnatomyNeuroscience & MindScience Tagged , Albert Einstein, American Kennel Club, Border Collie, brain, consciousness, Dogs, humans, intelligence, Kurt Gödel, neuroscience, Psychology Today, Stanley Coren, University of British Columbia Can a Dog Be Bred to Be as Smart as a Human? Denyse O’Leary December 16, 2022 Anatomy, Neuroscience & Mind, Science 9 An enterprising electrical engineer, Payton Pearson, thinks it can be done. There are reasons for doubt. Read More ›
