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 ...

Research undertaken by a team of animal behavior experts at the University of Lincoln, UK, has revealed a game-changing ...

By revealing for the first time what happens in the brain when an animal makes a mistake, Johns Hopkins University ...

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 ...

“Birds have actually become superstars in the area of animal cognition and they’ve showcased being able to problem solve, do all these sorts of complex, cognitive tasks that, for a long ...

Do Animals Have Thoughts and Emotions? Many researchers who study animal cognition agree that animals “think”—that is, they perceive and react to their environment, interact with one another ...

An interdisciplinary team explores the cognitive underpinnings of such cross-species collaborations, opening up a new perspective on the evolution of intelligence and cooperation in the animal ...

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 ...

A team of animal behaviorists at the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research in India has found that street dogs living in that country prefer eating from yellow bowls to those of other ...

In Chapter 1, “The Science of Animal Dreams,” author David M. Peña-Guzmán relays the history of researchers digging into the mental realities of nonhuman brains.

April the dog, aged 6, previously enjoyed a quiet life with her elderly owner. Soon everything would change, apart from one important thing.