Christopher Howard (@howarddopamine.bsky.social)

How quickly can rodents adapt to changes in time durations in their environment? Work from @oberlincollege.bsky.social suggests they can recognize and respond extremely quickly, hinting at a rapid mechanism for learning about time in the brain. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Rats and mice rapidly update timed behaviors - Animal Cognition Keeping track of time intervals is a crucial aspect of behavior and cognition. Many theoretical models of how the brain times behavior make predictions for steady-state performance of well-learned int... https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-025-01930-9