Chimps learn ‘local customs’
Chimpanzee communities can acquire their own local customs and maintain their own 'multiple-tradition cultures', according to researchers at St Andrews.
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Are baboons savvy shoppers?
Baboons in the Blouberg Nature Reserve. Credit Rahel Noser.
Youth and ethnic identity in Scotland
A study of young people of different ethnic origins in Scotland has found that minority ethnic youths place more importance on being Scottish than their white counterparts.
The depths of attraction
CAPTION: Would women prefer Barry White (left) or James Blunt?
The psychology of tyranny
Ground-breaking research by psychologists at the Universities of St Andrews and Exeter has far reaching implications for the way groups function to create and resist tyranny.
Volunteers sought for new memory study
Would you like to help psychologists study how differences in age affects the memory? If so, you could provide invaluable help to researchers about to launch a new study at the University of St Andrews.
Do you remember…?
What role do visuals play in our understanding of television news, and how do the blind use imagery to recall events?
Past brought to life for dementia sufferers
Classic movies such as 'Casablanca' could bring back lost memories for dementia sufferers thanks to an innovative memory aid.
Monkeying around
The bigger the brain, the stronger chance that a primate will deceive its peers.
How monkeys make friends in high places
CAPTION: L-R The Diana monkey and the putty-nosed monkey, who share living space in West Africa's Ivory Coast. CREDIT: Dr Klaus Zuberbühler