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ABSTRACT The Social Intelligence Hypothesis (SIH) is one of the leading explanations for the evolution of cognition. Since its inception a vast body of literature investigating the …
NJ Boogert, JR Madden… - … Transactions of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Individuals vary in their cognitive performance. While this variation forms the foundation of the study of human psychometrics, its broader importance is only recently being recognized …
BJ Ashton, A Thornton… - Royal Society Open …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Measures of cognitive performance, derived from psychometric tasks, have yielded important insights into the factors governing cognitive variation. However, concerns remain …
Since the 1950s, researchers have examined how differences in the social and asocial environment affect learning in rats, mice, and, more recently, a variety of other species …
To understand the evolution of cognitive abilities, we need to understand both how selection acts upon them and their genetic (co) variance structure. Recent work suggests that there …
Cognitive biases for encoding spatial information (orientation strategies) in relation to self (egocentric) or landmarks (allocentric) differ between species or populations according to …
Cognition has evolved to allow organisms to process, use and store information in their natural environment. Yet, cognitive abilities are traditionally measured in controlled …
The causes and consequences of interspecific variation in sex-specific contributions to animal parental care are relatively well understood during pregnancy or incubation and …