Cognitive test batteries in animal cognition research: evaluating the past, present and future of comparative psychometrics
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DOI: 10.1007/s10071-017-1135-1
Abstract: AbstractFor the past two decades, behavioural ecologists have documented consistent individual differences in behavioural traits within species and found evidence for animal “personality”. It is only relatively recently, however, that increasing numbers of researchers have… read more here.
Keywords: research; animal cognition; test batteries; test ... See more keywords
Theoretical virtues in eighteenth-century debates on animal cognition
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DOI: 10.1007/s40656-020-00332-z
Abstract: Within eighteenth-century debates on animal cognition we can distinguish at least three main theoretical positions: (i) Buffon’s mechanism, (ii) Reimarus’ theory of instincts, and (iii) the sensationalism of Condillac and Leroy. In this paper, I… read more here.
Keywords: animal cognition; eighteenth century; century debates; theoretical virtues ... See more keywords