A new study, led by Makoto Mizunami and colleagues at Tohoku University in Japan, demonstrates classical conditioning of salivation in cockroaches, for the first time in species other than dogs and ...

Classical conditioning is a type of unconscious learning. It occurs when a person or animal experiences an automatic response whenever they encounter a specific stimulus. Simply put, it is learning ...

Scientists these days are generally obliged to abide by high ethical standards, requiring them to prevent harm and conduct ...

Over the past few years, a number of publications have reported the results of a variety of human classical eyeblink conditioning experiments. This renewed interest in human classical eyeblink ...

The blog posts I’ve written so far have mostly focused on fairly recent films, such as Twilight or Harry Potter. But today, I want to write about a classic film that used, appropriately enough, ...

In a series of experiments, brittle stars learned that "lights out" was a dinner bell call to come for dinner. Credit: Julia Notar In a series of experiments, brittle stars learned that "lights out" ...