Farm animal welfare is a major concern for society and food production. To more accurately
evaluate animal farming in general and to avoid exposing farm animals to poor welfare …

In the past 20 years, research focusing on interspecific sociocognitive abilities of animals
toward humans has been growing, allowing a better understanding of the interactions …

Simple Summary Recently, an increasing number of studies have investigated the
expression and perception of emotions by non-human animals. In particular, it is of interest …

Animals can indirectly gather meaningful information about other individuals by
eavesdropping on their third-party interactions. In particular, eavesdropping can be used to …

The study of inequity aversion in animals debuted with a report of the behaviour in capuchin
monkeys (Cebus apella). This report generated many debates following a number of …

Previous research showed that young domestic pigs learn through observation of
conspecifics by using social learning mechanisms like social facilitation, enhancement …

From ants to zebras, animals are influenced by the behavior of others. At the simplest level,
social support can reduce neophobia, increasing animals' exploration of novel spaces …

Many difficult problems, from the philosophy of computation point of view, could require
computing systems that have some kind of intelligence in order to be solved. Recently, we …

Learning by observing others (ie social learning) is an important mechanism to reduce the
costs of individual learning. Social learning can occur between conspecifics but also …

Simple Summary Horses were confronted with a spatial problem-solving task in which they
had to detour an obstacle. Individuals that observed a human demonstrating how to solve …