Press Releases
Chimpanzees combine calls to communicate new meaning
Similar to humans, chimpanzees combine vocalizations into larger communicatively meaningful structures.
Dizzy apes provide clues on human need for mind altering experiences
Great apes deliberately spin themselves in order make themselves dizzy, academics at the University of Warwick and the University of Birmingham have discovered.
Orangutan communication sheds light on human speech origins
New research from The University of Warwick has revealed that orangutans, the most arboreal of the great apes, produce consonant-like calls more often and of greater variety than their African ground-dwelling cousins (gorillas, bonobos and chimpanzees).
Today’s experience impacts how we feel about last night’s sleep quality
In the age of the fitness watches and smartphones, we often wake up to see an app-generated ‘sleep quality score’ evaluating how well we slept. People rarely wonder what sleep quality actually means and which aspects of our experience matter most when we come to judge our own sleep.
Most young people who leave CAMHS do not see a worsening of symptoms
Most young people who stop using childhood and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) after reaching the upper age limit of CAMHS do not see a decline in their symptoms, research has found.
The conspiracy theorist “worldview” and the language of their argument
A study has analysed the difference between mainstream and conspiracy articles. It found that conspiracies rely on other conspiracies as “evidence”, jumping around different topics, less coherently than mainstream texts, but relying on a web of interconnected ideas to connect the dots.