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It takes a village: Chimpanzee babies do better when their moms have social connections

Duke University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using over 30 years of data from Gombe National Park, a new Duke University study has found that the best predictor for the survival of chimpanzee infants isn’t rank, male allies or proximity to family, but rather social integration with other females.

Journal: iScience
Funder: Jane Goodall Institute

Killer whales, kind gestures: Orcas offer food to humans in the wild

American Psychological Association
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Like a proud cat leaving a bird on its owner’s doorstep, orcas – also called killer whales – may sometimes offer to share their prey with humans, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Fact or fiction? The ADHD info dilemma

Syracuse University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Syracuse University psychologists conducted a study exploring how misinformation about ADHD spread through TikTok affects college-age individuals’ knowledge and perception of the disorder.

Journal: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Using music to explore the dynamics of emotions

Society for Neuroscience
Peer-Reviewed Publication

While listening to evocative music, the human brain transitions between emotions in a way that depends on the previous emotional context.

Journal: eNeuro
Funder: National Institute on Aging

How the brain supports social processing as people age

Society for Neuroscience
Peer-Reviewed Publication

With age comes cognitive decline, but a neural pathway for mental health and emotional resilience may adapt over time to help process faces that are difficult to read.

Journal: JNeurosci
Funder: Kavli Foundation and Research Council of Norway

Study reveals that internet searches can hinder creativity

Carnegie Mellon University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When asked to brainstorm new and creative uses for a common object, many people’s first instinct may be to search online and see what ideas already exist before putting pen to paper. Interestingly, doing so might come at a cost to collective creativity, according to research out of Carnegie Mellon University.

Journal: Memory & Cognition

Researchers say belief that lefties are more creative doesn’t add up

Cornell University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scouring more than a century of studies that explored links between handedness and creativity, new Cornell University research finds the widespread belief that lefties are more creative is not actually true.

Journal: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review