News tagged with social learning
Celebs spawn copycat suicides, study confirms
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Dr Alex Mesoudi, from Queen Mary's newly established Research Centre for Psychology, has found evidence that the increasing reach and influence of the media, combined with a growing number of people assigned celebrity status, ...
Pesky fruit flies learn from experienced females: Study
Sep 16, 2009 |
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A common household nuisance, the fruit fly, is capable of intricate social learning much like that used by humans, according to new research from McMaster University.
Here's one I made earlier: Chimps learn from watching videos
Jul 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lots of species have been discovered to use simple tools. Some birds use twigs to pull grubs out of their hiding places, and chimpanzees will strip leaves from branches to fish for termites ...
Common fish species has 'human' ability to learn
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Although worlds apart, the way fish learn could be closer to humans' way of thinking than previously believed, suggests a new research study.
Birds use social learning to enhance nest defense
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Reed warblers live with the threat that a cuckoo bird will infiltrate their nest, remove one of their eggs, and replace it with the cuckoo's own. This 'parasitism' enables the cuckoo to have its young raised by unsuspecting ...
