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- First Ever Example Of Teaching By An Animal
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Neuroscience
Ants!
From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC):
Ants walk using internal distance clock: Study
Last Updated Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:43:19 EDT
CBC News
Desert ants have an internal pedometer that measures how far they've marched, researchers have found.
Foraging Sahara Desert ants wander when searching for food, but take a relatively straight path when heading back to their nests.
To do so, the ants need to judge directions and distances when travelling over flat, sandy terrain without landmarks. Scent trails used by other species won't work because the odours fade in the hot desert.
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Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
- First Ever Example Of Teaching By An Animal
A form of teaching by a (non-human) animal has been demonstrated for the first time. No, it wasn’t by a chimp or a dolphin, it was one ant teaching another. Nigel Franks and Tom Richardson at the University of Bristol argue that for a behaviour to be...
- Virtual Skulls: Research Applications
From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's website, a report from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Virtual skull could lead to better crash helmets Last Updated: Thursday, August 9, 2007 | 8:57 AM ET Australian Broadcasting Corporation A...
- The Cost Of Neurological Diseases, Disorders, And Injuries
From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Neurological conditions cost Canada nearly $9B a year: report Last Updated: Friday, June 22, 2007 | 5:02 PM ET CBC News Neurological conditions such as stroke and Alzheimer's disease cost Canada nearly...
- Cbc's The Lens: "braindamadj’d - Take Ii"
An autobiographical documentary by Paul Nadler of Montreal will air on a Canadian features show later in the month, The Lens. The program features independent Canadian filmmakers. Nadler sustained an apparently severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) a number...
- In The Weeklies: Meeting Of Minds
This week's issue of the British Medical Journal includes a news report about the Meeting of Minds project funded by the European Commission, "in which a group of 126 citizens from nine countries has been meeting over the last 18 months to consider...