A New York Times bestseller:" A passionate and convincing case for the sophistication of
nonhuman minds."—Alison Gopnik, The Atlantic Hailed as a classic, Are We Smart Enough …

Background Studying animal cognition in a social setting is associated with practical and
statistical challenges. However, conducting cognitive research without disturbing species …

A central premise of the science of comparative affect is that we can best learn about the
causes and consequences of affect by comparing affective phenomena across a variety of …

A number of domestication hypotheses suggest that dogs have acquired a more tolerant
temperament than wolves, promoting cooperative interactions with humans and …

Joint attention (JA) is an early manifestation of social cognition, commonly described as
interactions in which an infant looks or gestures to an adult female to share attention about …

Cooperative decision rules have so far been shown experimentally mainly in mammal
species that have variable and complex social networks. However, these traits should not …

Cooperation experiments have long been used to explore the cognition underlying animals'
coordination towards a shared goal. While the ability to understand the need for a partner in …

Pleistocene water crossings, long thought to be an innovation of Homo sapiens, may extend
beyond our species to encompass Middle and Early Pleistocene Homo. However, it remains …

Investigations into cooperative partner choice should consider both potential and realised
partners, allowing for the comparison of traits across all those available. Male bottlenose …

Our species is routinely depicted as unique in its ability to achieve cooperation, whereas our
closest relative, the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), is often characterized as overly …