From the process of organic evolution to the analysis of insect societies as self-organizing
systems, biology is full of awe-inspiring examples of complexity arising from simplicity. Yet in …

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 …

When published in 1980, Benjamin B. Beck's Animal Tool Behavior was the first volume to
catalog and analyze the complete literature on tool use and manufacture in non-human …

Since its first edition, An Introduction to Theories of Learning has provided a uniquely
swee** review of the major learning theories from the 20th century that profoundly …

The first Mariana crow I encountered in the flesh was a young bird named Diseja. Perched
up close to the mesh siding of her small aviary, she called out again and again as she saw …

Animal Learning and Cognition: An Introduction provides an up-to-date review of the
principal findings from more than a century of research into animal intelligence. This new …

The hypothesis that large brains allow animals to produce novel behaviour patterns is
supported by the correlation between brain size, corrected for body size, and the frequency …

A comprehensive examination of a hotly debated question proposes a new model for
mindreading in animals and a new experimental approach. Animals live in a world of other …

Behavioural traits generally and cognitive traits in particular are relatively understudied in an
evolutionary ecological context. One reason for this is that such traits are often difficult to …

Cerebral lateralization refers to the division of information processing in either hemisphere
of the brain and is a ubiquitous trait among vertebrates and invertebrates. Given its …