When Mark Bettis moved into his large Roberts Street studio in April, he was an abstract artist. But since then, his work has taken a surprising turn — just in time to celebrate his grand opening on ...

Abstract concept learning refers to the ability of an animal to form rules or relations that transcend specific sensory features of individual stimuli and to apply these rules to novel situations.

The ability to generalize existing knowledge to novel stimuli or situations is essential to complex, rapid, and accurate behavior. As an example, when shopping for produce, humans make many different ...