The soft‐bodied cephalopods including octopus, cuttlefish, and squid are broadly
considered to be the most cognitively advanced group of invertebrates. Previous research …

In the years since publication of the first edition of this book, the field of HAS has exploded.
There are now more courses offered at more colleges and universities than ever before …

Traditional approaches in comparative cognition have a long history of focusing on a narrow
range of vertebrate species. However, in recent years the range of model species has …

An understanding of the self is necessary for a complete understanding of personality
processes—the processes that generate and regulate thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. An …

Philosophical attention to animals can be found in a wide range of texts throughout the
history of philosophy, including discussions of animal classification in Aristotle and Ibn Bâjja …

Os macacos sabem mesmo macaquear? Os animais podem se revoltar? Qual o interesse
dos ratos nos experimentos? Por que dizem que as vacas não fazem nada? Neste livro, a …

Studying brain function is a challenging task. In the past, we could only study brain
anatomical structures post-mortem, or infer brain functions from clinical data of patients with …

Abstract Mirror self-recognition (MSR), investigated in primates and recently in non-primate
species, is considered a measure of self-awareness. Nowadays, the only reliable test for …

Although there are recent claims of a lack of evidence of self-consciousness in many tested
species, the ability to recognize oneself in a mirror, which seems an exceedingly rare …

The mirror test is a well-known task in Robotics. The existing strategies are based on
kinesthetic-visual matching techniques and manipulate perceptual and motion data. The …