Walking Makes the Brain More Creative and Heals Your Sorrows

Your favorite color makes learning more adaptable and precise

Manuscript information: 51 pages; 7 figures, 1 table, and 5 supplementary figures. Abstract 150 words Introduction 840 words Results 5600 words (including figure captions) Acknowledgments: We would like to thank Deepak John and Suha Syed for help with earlier versions of the experiments. Abstract Learning from reward feedback is essential for survival but can become extremely challenging with m...

Your favorite color makes learning more precise and adaptable

Stimulating the Brain Makes the Fingers More Sensitive

Background: Introductions of non-native species can significantly alter the selective environment for populations of native species, which can respond through phenotypic plasticity or genetic adaptation. We examined phenotypic and genetic responses of Daphnia populations to recent introductions of non-native fish to assess the relative roles of phenotypic plasticity versus genetic change in cau...

What makes musical improvisation creative ?

Background in musical improvisation and creativity. What makes musical improvisation creative? And what exactly is it that justifies one improviser being described as more creative than another? For a clearer understanding, it is a practical necessity to use an approach such as those of Berliner (1994) and Gibbs (2010), who make the study of improvisational creativity more tangible by identifyi...

Polymeric Gas Separation Membranes: What Makes them Industrially more Attractive?