Do pigeons follow the Law of Effect? A new study reveals that pigeons maintain behavioral variability even when rewarded for ...

If you were rewarded for following a particular pattern of behavior, wouldn't you keep doing it? The answer turns out to be ...

A new study of geladas – a species of monkey living in the highlands of Ethiopia – has revealed that their long and complex vocal sequences follow a pattern seen in many human languages: the longer ...

Extracting regularities from temporal sequences of events is central to human cognition. By identifying patterns, people form predictions about upcoming events. If, when waiting at a train crossing, ...