Over the last quarter century, the dominant tendency in comparative cognitive psychology
has been to emphasize the similarities between human and nonhuman minds and to …

Most theories of how human cognition is unique propose specific representational
capacities or biases, often thought to arise through evolutionary change. In this Perspective …

The use of sacred values by humans to enforce cooperation has been seen throughout
human history, as demonstrated by philosophers like Marx and Aristotle observing that …

Evolutionary theory is one of the most wide-ranging and inspiring scientific ideas, and it
offers a battery of methods that can be used to interpret human behaviour. However …

How is an altruistic act favored by natural selection if it incurs a cost to the actor? As the
behavior would have a detrimental impact on the actor's reproductive success, the genes …

The soft‐bodied cephalopods including octopus, cuttlefish, and squid are broadly
considered to be the most cognitively advanced group of invertebrates. Previous research …

After decades of effort by some of our brightest human and non-human minds, there is still
little consensus on whether or not non-human animals understand anything about the …

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 …

Humanity has regarded itself as intellectually superior to other species for millennia, yet
human cognitive uniqueness remains poorly understood. Here, we evaluate candidate traits …

The ability to use tools has been suggested to indicate advanced physical cognition in
animals. Here we show that rooks, a member of the corvid family that do not appear to use …