"How reliable is the evidence in animal cognition research?"
Interesting new preprint, looking forward to seeing this in press:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
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@johanlind.bsky.social"How reliable is the evidence in animal cognition research?"
Interesting new preprint, looking forward to seeing this in press:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
@springernature.comDespite having brains as small as a grain of sand, insects learn much about the world that they inhabit. This @springer.springernature.com book invites you to explore this world and learn how insects navigate within it: spklr.io/63326ErdMm
šš #AnimalCognition #Zoology
@ocasapiens.bsky.socialGoffin's cockatoos have a mental self-representation of their body in its environment, even though they don't recognize themselves in a mirror.
@bjking.bsky.socialVery moving to read Frans de Waal's final book, which I'm also reviewing. #Booksky #multispecies #animalcognition #anthropology #biology #psychology #animals #nature
@cervelleoiseau.bsky.socialš¾ The effect of heat waves on pill bug Armadillidium vulgare risk-taking strategies.
š https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-026-05968-5
š¬š§ This study investigates how heat waves and prior thermal experience alter risk-taking strategies in pil...
#AnimalCognition #Ethology #AnimalBehavior
@cervelleoiseau.bsky.socialš¾ From the "sticker" to the "seed" slide: Challenges testing concurrent tooling in Goffin's cockatoos
š https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107787
š¬š§ This study investigates the capacity of Goffin's cockatoos to use tools concurrently...
#AnimalCognition #Ethology #AnimalBehavior
@anthropology.netA 2025 study said two trained monkeys could keep a beat. A 2026 rebuttal says the data show tempo matching, not real synchronization, and three-day-old humans already beat them at it. #Primatology #AnimalCognition #Evolution www.anthropology.net/p/monkeys-ha...
@cervelleoiseau.bsky.socialš¾ Multimodal fertility cues in chimpanzees: how body odours complement sexual swellings.
š https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-70687-z
š¬š§ Study analyzing how chimpanzees use a combination of visual swellings and subtle changes in body od...
#AnimalCognition #Ethology #AnimalBehavior
@evocroproject.bsky.socialš Before the strike comes a choice.
Crocodilians can capture prey with a rapid forward lunge powered by the tail and a lateral movement of the jaws.
But hunting also involves deciding where and when to attack, depending on the type of prey.
