#animal-cognition

#animal-cognition

Witgar Wiegele, an organic farmer and baker from a small town in Carinthia near the Italian border, keeps Veronika as a pet and noticed that she occasionally played with sticks and used them to scratch her body. Wiegle, who said Veronika recognised family members' voices and hurried to meet them when they called, began playing with pieces of wood years ago, then worked out how to scratch herself with sticks.

From monkeys beating out musical rhythms to dogs on CBD, we're seeing some truly hedonistic behaviour

Many animals use deception to get what they want. Most of these sneaky tactics are instinctual; however, a few creatures engage in tactical deception: They adapt their tricks depending on their goal or audience. Tactical deception involves some sophisticated cognition, and research on the phenomenon often focuses on primates or brainy birds like corvids. Recently, scientists suggested that a different group of animals may be ideal for the study of tactical deception: cephalopods.

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A lot of what you read about "consciousness" is at risk of getting a failing grade because the concept is so complex that we cannot assume we all mean the same thing when we use it. Someone might start an article on whether AI can be conscious by talking about one cognitive ability but then end up talking about something completely different before you can say "non sequitur."

Ronan the sea lion demonstrated improved rhythmic skills in a recent study, surpassing many humans in her ability to keep a beat, showcasing the intelligence of nonhuman mammals.