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- May 9, 2012
- 03:24 PM
- 317 views
It's not where you live but who you live with...
by Zoology Kate in Zoology Kate
Discussing the social intelligence hypothesis.... Read more »
Dunbar, R. (2003) The Social Brain: Mind, Language, and Society in Evolutionary Perspective . Annual Review of Anthropology, 32(1), 163-181. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.32.061002.093158
Jolly, A. (1966) Lemur Social Behavior and Primate Intelligence. Science, 153(3735), 501-506. DOI: 10.1126/science.153.3735.501
Silk, J. (2007) The adaptive value of sociality in mammalian groups. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 362(1480), 539-559. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1994
Proops, L., McComb, K., & Reby, D. (2008) From the Cover: Cross-modal individual recognition in domestic horses (Equus caballus). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(3), 947-951. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809127105
Hare, B., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2001) Do chimpanzees know what conspecifics know?. Animal Behaviour, 61(1), 139-151. DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1518
Emery, N., & Clayton, N. (2001) Effects of experience and social context on prospective caching strategies by scrub jays. Nature, 414(6862), 443-446. DOI: 10.1038/35106560
- May 5, 2012
- 10:00 AM
- 254 views
What is intelligence and how do we test for it?
by Zoology Kate in Zoology Kate
A discussion about how intelligence is defined and what methods are used to test for it in animals.... Read more »
Plotnik J. M., de Waal F. B. M., & Reiss D. (2006) From the Cover: Self-recognition in an Asian elephant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 103(45), 17053. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0608062103
Mackintosh N. J. (1988) Approaches to the study of animal intelligence. British Journal of Psychology, 79(4), 509. DOI: 10.1111/bjop.1988.79.issue-4
Beck Sarah R., Apperly Ian A., Chappell Jackie, Guthrie Carlie, & Cutting Nicola. (2011) Making tools isn’t child’s play. Cognition, 119(2), 301. DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.01.003
Seed Amanda M., Tebbich Sabine, Emery Nathan J., & Clayton Nicola S. (2006) Investigating Physical Cognition in Rooks, Corvus frugilegus. Current Biology, 16(7), 697. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.02.066
Silva Francisco J., Page Dana M., & Silva Kathleen M. (2005) Methodological-conceptual problems in the study of chimpanzees’ folk physics: How studies with adult humans can help. Animal Learning , 33(1), 47. DOI: 10.3758/BF03196049
- May 5, 2012
- 10:00 AM
- 274 views
What is intelligence and how do we test for it?
by Zoology Kate in Zoology Kate
A discussion about how intelligence is defined and how it is tested in animals.... Read more »
Plotnik J. M., de Waal F. B. M., & Reiss D. (2006) From the Cover: Self-recognition in an Asian elephant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 103(45), 17053. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0608062103
Mackintosh N. J. (1988) Approaches to the study of animal intelligence. British Journal of Psychology, 79(4), 509. DOI: 10.1111/bjop.1988.79.issue-4
Beck Sarah R., Apperly Ian A., Chappell Jackie, Guthrie Carlie, & Cutting Nicola. (2011) Making tools isn’t child’s play. Cognition, 119(2), 301. DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.01.003
Seed Amanda M., Tebbich Sabine, Emery Nathan J., & Clayton Nicola S. (2006) Investigating Physical Cognition in Rooks, Corvus frugilegus. Current Biology, 16(7), 697. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.02.066
Silva Francisco J., Page Dana M., & Silva Kathleen M. (2005) Methodological-conceptual problems in the study of chimpanzees’ folk physics: How studies with adult humans can help. Animal Learning , 33(1), 47. DOI: 10.3758/BF03196049
- May 3, 2012
- 10:36 AM
- 236 views
Tool use and innovation
by Zoology Kate in Zoology Kate
How did tool use contribute to our evolution and how does it compare to that by other species.... Read more »
Moya-Sola, S. (1999) Evidence of hominid-like precision grip capability in the hand of the Miocene ape Oreopithecus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 96(1), 313-317. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.1.313
Peeters, R., Simone, L., Nelissen, K., Fabbri-Destro, M., Vanduffel, W., Rizzolatti, G., & Orban, G. (2009) The Representation of Tool Use in Humans and Monkeys: Common and Uniquely Human Features. Journal of Neuroscience, 29(37), 11523-11539. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2040-09.2009
Hunt, G., Rutledge, R., & Gray, R. (2006) The right tool for the job: what strategies do wild New Caledonian crows use?. Animal Cognition, 9(4), 307-316. DOI: 10.1007/s10071-006-0047-2
Weir, A. (2002) Shaping of Hooks in New Caledonian Crows. Science, 297(5583), 981-981. DOI: 10.1126/science.1073433
Seed AM, Tebbich S, Emery NJ, & Clayton NS. (2006) Investigating physical cognition in rooks, Corvus frugilegus. Current biology : CB, 16(7), 697-701. PMID: 16581516
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