The ability to act on information flexibly is one of the cornerstones of intelligent behavior. As
particularly informative example, tool-oriented behavior has been investigated to determine …

Perseverative actions are often the result of inhibitory problems; however, inhibitory
problems do not always lead to perseverative actions. Some problems of inhibition have …

Primate cognition requires interaction processing. Interactions can reveal otherwise hidden
properties of intentional agents, such as thoughts and feelings, and of inanimate objects …

A smart and funny book by a prominent Harvard psychologist, which uses groundbreaking
research and (often hilarious) anecdotes to show us why we're so lousy at predicting what …

This is the first book to collate and synthesize the recent burgeoning primary research
literature on dog behaviour, evolution, and cognition. The author presents a new ecological …

Thoroughly updated for its third edition with the latest research in the field, this innovative
text delivers an apt and comprehensive introduction to the rich and complex world of animal …

The comparative study of infant development and animal cognition brings to cognitive
science the promise of insights into the nature and origins of cognitive skills. In this article, I …

What can the study of young monkeys and apes tell us about the minds of young humans?
In this fascinating introduction to the study of primate minds, Juan Carlos Gomez identifies …

1950; Boakes, 1984; Hodos & Campbell, 1969; Macphail, 1987). As a consequence, the
idea of psychological diversity—qualitative differences in the mental systems of different …

Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) were tested in four experiments for their
understanding of means-end connections. In each of the experiments, the dogs attempted to …