In the 20th century and beyond, several research programs explored the ability of apes to communicate with human sign language, including primate celebrities such as Washoe the chimpanzee, Nim ...

In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic drove a surge in remote work and learning, videoconferencing apps such as Zoom saw their user numbers boom. Plenty of other options were available, but the ...

London: Scientists are studying the form and meaning of monkey calls using methods from theoretical linguistics, in order to better understand the language of the primates. It has long been known that ...

Screening an instructional monkey movie in a forest reveals that marmosets do not only learn from family members: they also copy on-screen strangers. It is the first time such a video has been used ...

Individual traits seem to drive our learning success: for instance, conscientious individuals often show higher academic performance. A group of cognitive and behavioral biologists conducted ...

In the experiment, monkeys engage with auditory stimuli—ranging from simple sounds to spoken words—by identifying and selecting the corresponding visual image on a touchscreen. During one trial, a ...