Why should a student of cognitive science be interested in the combination of topics,
motivation and cognition, in animals? In recent years, the study of animal cognition has …

The topic of animal motivation deals with how and why animals engage in particular
activities: what mechanisms inside the animal generate behaviour, how stimuli from the …

The concept of motivation is seldom discussed within cognitive theories, yet the motivational
system of an animal is the most important part of its cognitive system. I want to argue that …

During the 20th century there has been considerable progress in the study of animal
cognition, based on essential ideas that were developed earlier. These essential ideas …

After a number of false starts, animal cognition has taken root as a viable area of inquiry.
Instead of sterile debates about the validity of behavioral, as opposed to cognitive, accounts …

Cognitive processes such as perception, learning, memory and decision making play an
important role in mate choice, foraging and many other behaviours. In this review, I …

Observation of behaviour, especially social behaviour, and experimental studies of learning
and brain function give us information about the complexity of concepts that animals have. In …

In this book, the editors bring together results from studies on all kinds of animals to show
how thinking on many behaviors as truly cognitive processes can help us to understand the …

Twenty-five years ago, Animal Cognition released its first volume. This new peer-reviewed
journal sought to fill an open niche in scientific publishing for studies “investigating how …

The investigation of animal cognition and mental experience is beginning to reveal that
animals guide their behavior by surprisingly complex thinking. The versatile adaptability of …