Animal Cognition - Investigating the mental capacities of animals.
2017年4月13日 · AnimalCognition.org publishes articles on animal cognition and animal intelligence, as well as behavior and personality.
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Animal Cognition (.org) explores research on the mental capacities of animals: how animals think, solve problems, understand concepts, communicate, and empathize. We are an independent web publication focused on producing articles and other types of media that help the public develop a better understanding of animal minds.
List of Animals That Have Passed the Mirror Test - Animal Cognition
2015年4月15日 · Currently, 9 non-human animal species pass the mirror test. Not all individuals of each species pass, but many do. This list of animals that have passed the mirror test examines how each species responded during testing.
Secret Geniuses: 5 Surprisingly Smart Animals - Animal Cognition
2016年11月24日 · Instead of just making a generic alarm call whenever danger was present, prairie dogs use different calls depending on what they’re seeing. The calls would change depending on variations in size, color, and even the species of …
Crows Crack 8-Level Conundrums - Animal Cognition
2015年3月31日 · Three New Caledonian crows solved several transfer tasks, including the trap-table problem, a problem with an identical causal structure to the trap-tube task, in that an animal must avoid pulling food into a hole, but with very different perceptual elements.
Altruism in Chimpanzees - Animal Cognition
2016年6月8日 · As to why the chimpanzees did not help in the three other types of situations, the researchers suggest a cognitive instead of a motivational explanation: While the chimpanzees might normally be motivated to help, they did not recognize that help was …
Spear-Hunting Chimps - Animal Cognition
2015年11月1日 · Fashioning spears and wielding them to hunt – these sound like typical activities of our human ancestors. But the surprising fact is that not only are tool-use and tool-building carried out by other animal species, they’re done in the context of hunting as well.
How Environment Influences Animal Intelligence - Animal Cognition
2016年5月17日 · Depending on the characteristics of the environment it lives in, an animal species may develop a wide range of physical adaptations to help it survive there. But mental adaptations can occur as well, sometimes sparking the …
Animals That Can Outsmart Humans - Animal Cognition
2017年1月22日 · Here is a list of animals that outdo or rival Homo sapiens in cognitive tests. Corvids. Corvids include crows, ravens, jays, and some other incredibly brainy birds. Members of the corvidae family routinely prove their intelligence by solving complex puzzles and passing other mental tests. In fact, they are so successful at rising to these ...
The Animals that Love Doing Drugs - Animal Cognition
2015年5月16日 · Humans aren't the only species to use drugs - there are many documented cases of voluntary animal drug use. This article examines several such cases.