Now more than ever animal studies have the potential to test hypotheses regarding how
cognition evolves. Comparative psychologists have developed new techniques to probe the …

Researchers have begun to explore animals' capacities for uncertainty monitoring and
metacognition. This exploration could extend the study of animal self-awareness and …

Home ranges (HRs) are a remarkably common form of animal space use, but we still lack an
integrated view of the individual-level processes that can lead to their emergence and …

This paper reviews the animal foraging literature for insights into the directed, persistent
search problem in rescue robotics, where a robot may have to move away from a target or …

The present study examined working memory for what, where, and when information in
rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) using a computerized task. In Experiment 1, monkeys …

Working spatial memory in dogs (Canis familiaris) was tested in Experiments 1 and 2 on an
8-arm radial maze. When dogs chose freely among all 8 arms containing food in Experiment …

Diabetes and normal aging are both characterized by increases in levels of glucocorticoids.
Because long-term exposure to elevated glucocorticoids can be detrimental to hippocampal …

Consider the familiar image of a deposed alpha male ape, much beloved by the females of a
troop, who has been overthrown by a bunch of rowdy young males eager to make their own …

Neurobiology of Monotremes brings together current information on the development,
structure, function and behavioural ecology of the monotremes. The monotremes are an …

The tendency of nectarivorous birds to perform better on tasks requiring them to avoid
previously rewarding locations (to win–shift) than to return to them (win–stay) has been …