What makes a species "smart" and how do strategies for processing information evolve? What goes on in the minds of non-human animals and which cognitive skills can we claim as hallmarks of our species ...

"In How to Study Animal Minds, I argue that we should presume animals of all species are conscious, and design experiments from that perspective. By altering our starting assumptions we can radically ...

Comparative psychology examines the cognitive, emotional, and social behaviours of different species, offering insights into the evolutionary and developmental processes that shape psychological ...

Like a proud cat leaving a bird on its owner's doorstep, orcas—also called killer whales—may sometimes offer to share their prey with humans, according to research published in the Journal of ...

IN this work the author gives us a historical account of man's attitude towards the animal kingdom from the earliest ages. Cro-Magnon man appears to have been the first to take an intelligent interest ...

A general program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and collective behavior, the physical and environmental bases of behavior, and the analysis and treatment of behavior problems and ...

Researchers argue that cognitive studies in comparative psychology often wrongly take an anthropocentric approach, resulting in an over-valuation of human-like abilities and the assumption that ...

The Journal of Comparative Psychology publishes original empirical and theoretical research from a comparative perspective on the behavior, cognition, perception, and social relationships of diverse ...