minnie-zhou-8HrH_v-o83Y-unsplash Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date February 9, 2025 CategoriesLife SciencesNeuroscience & MindPsychology Tagged , animal intelligence, animals, babies, Big Bang, bonobos, cats, children, counting, Dogs, intelligence, kittens, Live Science, neuroscience, numbers, pets, puppies, Stanley Coren, Stonehenge, University of British Columbia Dog Versus Baby Intelligence: A Comparison Denyse O’Leary February 9, 2025 Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology 5 It’s an odd question because what we should be asking is, “Are kittens and puppies smarter than babies?” Read More ›
honeybees Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date May 17, 2022 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionMathematicsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , algebra, ants, brains, counting, fish, honeybees, humans, infants, interpretation, neurons, neuroscience, Venus flytrap Claim: Honeybees, “Like Humans,” Can Tell Odd Vs. Even Numbers Denyse O’Leary May 17, 2022 Biology, Evolution, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind 3 Ants, fruit flies, and even plants can also calculate but it does not follow that they are conscious of what they are doing. Read More ›
Potamotrygon motoro Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date April 5, 2022 CategoriesIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , arithmetic, bees, counting, fish, infants, neuroscience, numbers, The Scientist, UC San Diego Did Researchers Teach Fish to “Do Math”? Denyse O’Leary April 5, 2022 Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind 3 Some test fish learned how to how to get food pellets but the difficulty, as so often, lies with interpretation. Read More ›
multiverse Type post Author Robert J. Marks II Date October 30, 2021 CategoriesEvolutionMathematicsPhysical Sciences Tagged , __edited, counting, fairy tales, infinity, multiverse, numbers, possibilities, universe Why Just Anything Can’t Happen Via Infinite Universes Robert J. Marks II October 30, 2021 Evolution, Mathematics, Physical Sciences 3 Can you be bald in one universe and fully haired in another? Can you have two eyeballs in this universe and three in another? The answer is no. Read More ›
three-spined stickleback Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date February 9, 2018 CategoriesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __edited, animals, chimpanzees, counting, frogs, goats, intelligence, Kyoto University, New York Times, numbers, Royal Society, spiders Sure, Animals Count; But Can They Count? Sarah Chaffee February 9, 2018 Neuroscience & Mind 5 What is the nature, and extent, of animal intelligence? Read More ›