Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Research using zebrafish shows how environmental changes can improve social behavior in autism spectrum disorders. (CREDIT: ...

Imagine arriving at a busy location with people moving around and a multitude of visual and other sensory cues vying for your attention. How does the brain integrate such floods of sensory information ...

Microbiologist Karen Guillemin considered many universities when she was searching for her first faculty position 25 years ago. In the end, she came ...

In a set of experiments, researchers examined emotional contagion in social zebrafish. The results have big implications for the roots of empathy. Reading time 6 minutes You may have heard that ‘fish ...

Using simulations, robots, and live fish, scientists have replicated the neural circuitry that allows zebrafish to react to visual stimuli and maintain their position in flowing water. (Nanowerk News) ...

Your surroundings may influence your social behavior more than you realize. New research from the Brain Research Institute at Niigata University in Japan suggests that environmental context can ...

Using simulations, robots, and live fish, scientists at EPFL and Duke University have replicated the neural circuitry that allows zebrafish to react to visual stimuli and maintain their position in ...