You can’t call it a dictionary just yet, but University of Delaware neuroscientist Joshua Neunuebel is starting to break the code mice use to communicate with each other. So far, it’s all ...

Making decisions is hard. Our choice often leaves something else on the table even when we know what we want. For a hungry mouse, every morsel counts. But what if the decision is more consequential ...

Mice have long been a central part of neuroscience research, providing a flexible model that scientists can control and study to learn more about the intricate inner workings of the brain.

Neurotypical humans readily optimize performance in 'reversal learning' games, but while mice learn the winning strategy, they refuse to commit to it, a new study shows. The research provides a ...

Researchers have discovered several factors that affect field mouse behavior using seeds from dwarf bamboo plants, a plant that flowers once in a century. Their findings not only suggest the ...

You may be familiar with this scenario: A child starts annoying another child, and they start bickering. To keep things from escalating, an adult distracts the children by focusing their attention on ...

A group of scientists from South Korea discovered that the use of nanoparticles can control the emotions and appetite of mice without doing any surgery. Nick Fewings from Unsplash Researchers at the ...