Many cognitive neuroscientists believe that both a large brain and an isocortex are crucial
for complex cognition. Yet corvids and parrots possess non-cortical brains of just 1–25 g …

Corvids are known for their cognitive flexibility, and many have innovated various forms of
tool use. Here, we review tool use and tooling in common ravens (Corvus corax) and …

Human children show unique cognitive skills for dealing with the social world but their
cognitive performance is paralleled by great apes in many tasks dealing with the physical …

Comparative cognitive and behavior research aims to investigate cognitive evolution by
comparing performance in different species to understand how these abilities have evolved …

Brain size variability in primates has been attributed to various domain-specific socio-
ecological factors. A recently published large-scale study of short-term memory abilities in …

Comparative analysis of higher cognitive abilities in animals provides for assessment of the
evolutionary underpinnings of the formation of human thought and language. This review …

Crows and other birds in the family Corvidae regularly share information to learn the identity
and whereabouts of dangerous predators, but can they use social learning to solve a novel …

Many attempts have been made to classify and evaluate the nature of intelligence in
humans and other species (referred to as the 'g'factor in the former and the G factor in the …

This chapter discusses the fruitfulness of interchange between the discipline of cognitive
archaeology and research on corvid birds. To illustrate the valuable two-way exchanges that …

Cooperation occurs regularly in nature and can entail direct fitness benefits and indirect
costs. Individual animals should cooperate when the benefits of such cooperation outweigh …