Animals That Can Outsmart Humans
Comparing animal cognition to our own is tricky business. Animals have differently tuned senses and use them in sometimes radically different ways than we do. In some cases, there simply is no...
View ArticleGreat Apes Know When You’re Wrong
Humankind's closest relatives are proving that not only can they recognize when a human believes something that's false, but that they will often help correct that false belief. A recent study done by...
View Article5 Animals Famous for their Intelligence
Over the past half-century, the field of animal cognition research has grown tremendously. This ever-increasing interest in both the scientific and public spheres has allowed a spotlight to fall on...
View ArticleThe 3 Core Traits that Shape Elephant Personalities
A group of Asian elephants were evaluated for consistent differences in their behavior, with rankings given for a variety of traits and tendencies. The findings showed that elephant personalities were...
View ArticleWhat do we Know About the Minds of Spiders?
When you think of smart animals, what's the first species that pops into your head? Crows? Dolphins?What about spiders?Chances are, spiders wouldn't be the first you'd think of. [...] The post What do...
View ArticleInvestigating How Lizards Learn
Lizards may not yet be widely known for their smarts, but they’ve become star study subjects for more and more cognition researchers. This is especially true at The Lizard Lab. […] The post...
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