Study Confirms Slow Blinks Really Do Work to Communicate With Your Cat
Cats are often seen as aloof creatures, leading many to assume that their distance is by design. In reality, it...
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In late-stage Alzheimer’s, preserved musical-memory networks can let patients sing along to familiar songs even when they no longer recognize loved ones
In the final stages of Alzheimer’s disease, families often prepare themselves for the cruel prospect of losing a parent to...
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Neuroscientists Discover a Brain Edge for Reading Physical Books
Reading a physical book has a certain special quality for the brain that a screen can’t replicate. Neuroscience has now...
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Most Cats Don’t Stick to Two Meals: What a Home Study Found
Most cat owners consider that their pets should get fed twice a day, once in the morning and once in...
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Seismometers Help Scientists Follow Space Debris Back to Earth
When space junk falls to Earth, it sometimes lands in a place not predicted by NASA or other space agencies....
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Why Dogs Step In When You’re Stuck, and Cats Often Just Watch
If you have ever dropped something and your dog came to help you while your cat watched indifferently, it was...
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Music Has a Unique Way of Improving a Baby’s Mood
Music is known to be more than just melodious. Scientists have found that singing can improve the mood of infants,...
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Playtime Is Welfare: What Research Says About Cats and Quality of Life
People taking the time to play with their cats every day is a big win for cats. Research and specialists...
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Researchers identify why non-human things can feel “social” to us
People may talk to their cars, name their computers, or feel sorry for a stuffed animal that hasn’t been hugged...
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Even Without Consciousness, the Brain Can Track Meaning and Predict Words
Even when a patient is unconscious, the human brain is capable of complex thought processes around language, new research indicates....
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