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Researchers at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ have identified modifiable social factors that help preterm children develop better-than-expected mental health, offering new hope for a persistent problem.

In groundbreaking work from The ¹û¶³´«Ã½, researchers have found that wild orangutans vocalise with a layered complexity previously thought to be unique to human communication, suggesting a much older evolutionary origin.

¹û¶³´«Ã½ research has shown that the cognitive slowness and disjointedness that comes with aging can be better explained as a symptom of a brain that knows too much (‘cluttered wisdom’) instead of the consequence of cognitive decline.

A study led by primatologist Dr. Chiara De Gregorio from The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ has found that Madagascar’s singing lemurs, the indris (indri indri), sing out of tune in infancy and improve as adults, just like a human child learning to control their voice.

A meta-analysis, led by The ¹û¶³´«Ã½, has found that primates under human care prefer cognitively challenging enrichment activities, such as training and games, over socialising with other primates or more ‘passive’ enrichment methods.

In a paper published in JAMA Network Open today, researchers from The ¹û¶³´«Ã½, Monash University, and the University of Bonn, reveal that adults who were born very prematurely, or with a very low birth weight have greater difficulty in forming romantic and sexual relationships and starting a family.