Author: Dr. David Lowemann

Chimpanzees perform better on challenging computer tasks when they have an audience

When people have an audience watching them, it can change their performance for better or worse. Now, researchers have found that chimpanzees’ performance on computer tasks is influenced by the number of people watching them. The findings suggest that this ‘audience effect’ predates the development of reputation-based human societies, the researchers say. Read Full Article […]

Published on November 8, 2024

This Supplement May Help You Sleep Better

A recent study found that middle-aged men and women who suffer from poor sleep had an average brain age that was as much as three years older than sound sleepers. The researchers also found an association between sleeping less than six hours nightly and developing… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, […]

Published on November 8, 2024

A sequence bottleneck for animal intelligence and language?

We discuss recent findings suggesting that non-human animals lack memory for stimulus sequences, and therefore do not represent the order of stimuli faithfully. These observations have far-reaching consequences for animal cognition, neuroscience, and studies of the evolution of language and culture. This is because, if non-human animals do not remember or process information about order […]

Published on November 8, 2024