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The famous 1956 paper by George Miller called “The magical number seven, plus or minus two: some limits in our capacity for processing information” describes:

Slow-wave sleep (SWS) in humans is:

Scientists exposed half of the rats to chronic unpredictable stress, while the other half remained undisturbed. What kind of neuropathology was observed in stressed animals?

During operant conditioning, …

In an experiment with hamsters in which the lights are switched on and off 3 hours earlier each day, the animals will show

In mammals, this is how circadian rhythms are able adjust to changes in light–dark cycle:

  The process that leads to strengthening of a weak auditory synapse (T) during classical conditioning…

Harry Potter was locked up in a pitch-black closet under the stairs for days. However, without any external cues about the time of day he still displays a sleep-awake cycle. Therefore, his cycle can be labelled as:

Studies indicate that the learning of sensorimotor skills or perceptual skills are all impaired by lesions that include the

What are the consequences of SCN lesions on biological rhythms in mammals?