Navigational mechanisms have been characterized as servomechanisms. A navigational
servomechanism specifies a goal state to strive for. Discrepancies between the perceived …

Abstract Sensing, communication, navigation, decision-making, memory and learning are
key components in a standard cognitive tool-kit that enhance an animal's ability to …

The applicability of computational models to the biological world is an active topic of debate.
We argue that a useful path forward results from abandoning hard boundaries between …

The slime mould Physarum polycephalum, an aneural organism, uses information from
previous experiences to adjust its behaviour, but the mechanisms by which this is …

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Minimal Cognition approach has emerged
vigorously, focusing on the study of the adaptive behavior of the simplest organisms …

Life evolved organisms to adapt dynamically to their environment and autonomously exhibit
behaviors. Although complex behaviors in organisms are typically associated with the …

The study of comparative cognition bloomed in the 1970s and 1980s with a focus on
representations in the heads of animals that undergird what animals can achieve. Even in …

Behavioral correlations stretching over time are an essential but often neglected aspect of
interactions among animals. These correlations pose a challenge to current behavioral …

The capacity of cells to process information is currently used to design cell-based tools for
ecological, industrial, and biomedical applications such as detecting dangerous chemicals …

Up until the middle of the 19th century, some data about plant behavior could be found in
books dealing with comparative psychology. The tendency gradually faded away, and the …