Why the internet can’t stop crying over Punch the Monkey: Oxford professor explains the science behind the obsession

One moment he’s being swatted away by another monkey. The next, he’s curled up in a quiet hug. Either way, Punch has the uncanny ability to leave thou.

A Seven-Month-Old Was Abandoned by His Mother and Given a Stuffed Toy. Now Thousands Are Flooding a Japanese Zoo and an Oxford Neuroscientist Explains Why

A single clip of a baby monkey grooming a stuffed toy — picking imaginary lice off a plush orangutan like it was alive — hit ...
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Oxford professor explains your brain’s reaction to seeing viral baby monkey Punch

A professor has explained why Punch the baby monkey has taken over social media, and it turns out your brain reacts to him before you even realise it.
European Medical Journal

Integrated PET and MRI May Identify New Dementia Type

PET and MRI scans may together distinguish a new type of dementia from Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a 2026 retrospective, ...

Quantitative imaging framework detects emerging form of dementia, limbic-predominant age-related

A novel quantitative PET- and MRI-based imaging approach can objectively identify a recently recognized type of ...
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Imaging technique can objectively identify a recently recognized type of dementia, LATE

A novel quantitative PET- and MRI-based imaging approach can objectively identify a recently recognized type of dementia--limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, or LATE--that is often ...
eLife

Dynamics of mesoscale brain network during visual discrimination learning revealed by chronic, large-scale single-unit recording

During the acquisition of correct rejection response, rankings of functional connection separated for cortical and subcortical regions, which is predictive of the peak timing of visual information ...