After conducting extensive research into animal cognition, psychologists at the University at Buffalo have confirmed that certain animals do indeed share the human ability to reflect upon, monitor or regulate their states of mind.
"Comparative psychologists have studied the question of whether or not non-human animals have knowledge of their own cognitive states by testing a dolphin, pigeons, rats, monkeys and apes using perception, memory and food-concealment paradigms," said Dr. J. David Smith, a comparative psychologist at the university.
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He counts dolphins and macaque monkeys among such species.
Recounting the original animal-metacognition experiment with Natua the dolphin, Smith said: "When uncertain, the dolphin clearly hesitated and wavered between his two possible responses, but when certain, he swam toward his chosen response so fast that his bow wave would soak the researchers' electronic switches."
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Smith describes metacognition as a sophisticated human capacity linked to hierarchical structure in the mind because the metacognitive executive control processes oversee lower-level cognition, to self-awareness because uncertainty and doubt feel so personal and subjective, and to declarative consciousness because humans are conscious of their states of knowing and can declare them to others.
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Animal-Food Consumption Doesn't Tip Breast Cancer Risk Either Way
Three human studies conducted in the U.S. have shown that there is no evidence to suggest that animal-food consumption increases or decreases the risk of breast cancer among
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He concludes, "Metacognition rivals language and tool use in its potential to establish important continuities or discontinuities between human and animal minds."
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Despite Mating Widely, Females Can Control Sperm To Choose The Best Dad
University of Exeter researchers have found new evidence to explain how female insects can influence the father of their offspring, even after mating with up to ten males.
University of Exeter researchers have found new evidence to explain how female insects can influence the father of their offspring, even after mating with up to ten males.
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