Apes:
NOVA had a special last week called Ape Genius that compared the cognition of human and non-human primates. This was a great, current view of the similarities and differences in species cognition with videos of some very cool experiments. The guys from the Max Planck Institute are the ones I worked with. You can see the video in segments online here.
Squids:
An article in this week's NYTimes Science Times presented a very cool neuroscience problem in squids (cephalopods), here. These creatures are camouflage masters and can rapidly change the appearance of their skin to blend into many background colors and textures. From a neuroscience perspective, this requires visual input translated into changes in skin cells. The puzzle is this: squids are color blind, so how do they get the input about color background in order to blend?
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