Raichle and colleagues now show that the macaque monkey brain also shows resting state activity and, intriguingly, that it even occurs when the animals are unconscious. The authors found three ...

Another lab studying how the eyes and brain process images found that one of their Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) could not complete visual tasks. It turned out that the monkey had a macular hole.

This is called ‘monkey mind’ or ‘monkey brain’ and according to Psychology Today, it’s a mainstream term that started with ...

Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink said it should be ready to test its brain-implant technology on ... that showcased ‘telepathic typing’ in a monkey and the implantation of a neural device.

Song birds communicate by singing and learn their songs through imitation. Since their discovery in the monkey brain, it has been suggested that mirror neurons mediate the mimicking of behaviour ...