"When researching animal intelligence, we still think too much from the human point of view," argues philosopher Bas van ...

That is, they take a shortcut, suggesting that they possess a cognitive map of their territory (Menzel et al. 2005). The day-night cycle also plays a key role in animal behavior. Some species are ...

The journal Royal Society Open Science published a survey of 100 researchers of animal behavior, providing a unique view of ...

It provides concise overviews on major areas of study such as animal communication and language, memory and recall, social cognition, social learning and teaching, numerical and quantitative abilities ...

Scientific research concerning animal behavior and cognitive ability has spurred and provided support for changes in the ways ...

What has driven the need for humans? Intelligence? To gain insight into our own cognitive evolution, we can look to our closest living ancestors; our nonhuman primate cousins. Aa Aa Aa Cognition ...

Neeltje J. Boogert 16. Avian social relations, social cognition and cooperation Thomas Bugnyar and Jorg J. M. Massen. Carel ten Cate is Professor of Animal Behaviour at Universiteit Leiden, the ...

Griffin. He and I spent many hours talking about the scientific study of animal minds, and there is no doubt whatsoever that he is the "Father of Cognitive Ethology." Thus, I was thrilled when ...

The late primatologist Frans de Waal, an Emory emeritus professor of psychology, helped change this dynamic through his groundbreaking studies of animal cognition. From de Waal's 1982 book ...

In this paper, titled "Large-scale animal model study uncovers altered brain pH and lactate levels as a transdiagnostic endophenotype of neuropsychiatric disorders involving cognitive impairment ...

Animal cognition encompasses the mental capacities of non-human animals including insect cognition. The study of animal conditioning and learning used in this field was developed from comparative ...