Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

However, scientists have gained insight into the monkey brain by conducting various studies. Specialists assumed that the ...

This is called ‘monkey mind’ or ‘monkey brain’ and according to Psychology Today, it’s a mainstream term that started with ...

Since optogenetics burst onto the scene in the early 2000s, brain researchers have embraced the technique to study functions ranging from sleep and hunger to voluntary movements and sensory input. The ...

Raichle and colleagues now show that the macaque monkey brain also shows resting state activity and, intriguingly, that it even occurs when the animals are unconscious. The authors found three ...

Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and the University of Southern California improved thinking and restored decision-making in five monkeys using an electrode array implanted into their ...

In a demo video, the monkey, Pager, played a game using a joystick that was disconnected from the game's console — meaning he was controlling the cursor using his brain signals as his arm moved ...

Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink said it should be ready to test its brain-implant technology on ... that showcased ‘telepathic typing’ in a monkey and the implantation of a neural device.

Song birds communicate by singing and learn their songs through imitation. Since their discovery in the monkey brain, it has been suggested that mirror neurons mediate the mimicking of behaviour ...