Math, monkeys, and the developing brain.

Role of basal stress hormones and amygdala dimensions in stress coping strategies of male rhesus monkeys in response to a hazard-reward conflict

Objective(s): In the present study the effect of stress on monkeys that had learned to retrieve food from a five-chamber receptacle, as well as the relationship between their behavior and the serum cortisol and epinephrine levels and relative size of the amygdala was evaluated. Materials and Methods: Six male rhesus monkeys were individually given access to the food reward orderly. They could e...

THE DEVELOPING MATH BRAIN 1 The Developing Math Brain: An fNIRS Study

Adjuvanticity of pGPL-Mc and LRS in the Immune Responses of Monkeys to Oral Immunization with Diphteria and Tetanus Toxoids

Alimentary tract parasites of vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops): A potential reservoir for human transmission

Monkeys are important experimental models for investigating human diseases. The aim of this study was to survey the alimentary tract parasites among imported vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) to Iran. Fecal samples were collected from 40 vervets imported from Tanzania to Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute of Iran. Fecal samples were assessed by direct smear and Telman sedimentation...

A glimpse of the impact of dyscalculia in the process of learning From Diagnosis to assess

One common factor among the general decline in students, poor math skills. To Nzrkvsk, mathematics disorder (calculated question) is math abilities Drasrasyb inherited Developmental disorder processes in the brain centers that math ability is growth emerges. Dyscalculia should be noted that the calculation does not imply weakness in practice, it is the perfect math skills and even larger (Alain...