Babies’ Intuition for Numbers Predicts Later Skill at Math
If a 6-month-old can distinguish between 20 dots and 10 dots, she’s more likely to be good at math in preschool. That’s the conclusion of a new study, which finds…
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Mouse whiskers research reveals signal pathway from touch neuron to brain
Human fingertips have several types of sensory neurons that are responsible for relaying touch signals to the central nervous system. Scientists have long believed these neurons followed a linear path…
Primate brains follow predictable development pattern.
In a breakthrough for understanding brain evolution, neuroscientists have shown that differences between primate brains – from the tiny marmoset to human – can be largely explained as consequences of…
Part of Brain That Makes Humans and Primates Social Creatures May Play Similar Role in Carnivores
In studying spotted hyenas, lions and, most recently, the raccoon family, Sharleen Sakai has found a correlation between the size of the animals’ frontal cortex and their social nature. In…
Jessica Lynch Alfaro Publishes Poem "Flight Distances"
ISG Associate Director, Jessica Lynch Alfaro, publishes poem “Flight Distances” in the journal Poecology. Poecology is a literary journal and online resource for contemporary writing about place, ecology and the…
In Memory of Dr. Peter Huttenlocher, Explorer of Brain Development
Dr. Peter Huttenlocher, a pediatric neurologist and neuroscientist whose innovative research counting billions of brain synapses revealed that brains develop rapidly in young children and later “prune” themselves as they…