To understand how the mice learn this, the researchers studied those that were experiencing threat for the first time and observed that the inexperienced mice already had a preference for the shorter ...

In WUI firefighting, our first concern is always life safety, followed by the preservation of property. Our goal is to stop the spread of fire, but in the event that we can’t, we must attempt to ...

Instead, the mice assumed that the short route was best for escape. The researchers refer to this assumption as an innate heuristic. Through evolution, mice have acquired a set of neural circuits that ...

In a new study, published today in Current Biology, the researchers show that mice learn the shortest route to escape after only 10 minutes of exploring the environment and they do not need previous ...