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The categories that have been developed to analyze human memory (short term memory, long term memory, working memory) have been applied to the study of animal memory, and some of the phenomena characteristic of human short term memory (e.g. the serial position effect) have been detected in animals, particularly monkeys. [56]
Hu Jintao, former President of the People's Republic of China, is said to have a photographic memory that was evident in his high school days. [6] [7] Jimmy Rollins of the Philadelphia Phillies has been described as having a photographic memory of games, at-bats and pitch sequences. [8] Charles Nalder Baeyertz, a publisher and music critic in ...
Snake myth #2: Snakes that rattle are rattlesnakes The verdict: Nope. Just as with snakes who can change their head shape, some non-venomous species rattle their tails to trick predators into ...
Not all animals have neurons; Trichoplax and sponges lack nerve cells altogether. Neurons may be packed to form structures such as the brain of vertebrates or the neural ganglions of insects. The number of neurons and their relative abundance in different parts of the brain is a determinant of neural function and, consequently, of behavior.
Image credits: stalinsgulagcamp “I think history can absolutely be light and humorous at times!” says high school history teacher and social media personality Jaclyn Richie. “There are so ...
A scientist has just discovered that snakes are not the solitary predators people once perceived them to be. Apparently, a species of snakes, known as the Cuban boa, hunts in groups to improve ...
The adult aliens resemble deformed potato beings with legs, while the younger aliens—nicknamed "shit-weasels" because they can be created in a host organism's stomach and escape by eating their host's body between the stomach and anus– are legless, smaller versions of the adult alien. Both adult and young aliens have a mouth consisting of a ...
Since first appearing during the age of dinosaurs, snakes have authored an evolutionary success story - slithering into almost every habitat on Earth, from oceans to tree tops. Scientists ...