Research on social learning in animals has revealed a rich variety of cases where animals—
from caddis fly larvae to chimpanzees—acquire biologically important information by …

Imitation requires the imitator to solve the correspondence problem–to translate visual
information from modelled action into matching motor output. It has been widely accepted for …

A core requirement for imitation is a capacity to solve the correspondence problem; to map
observed onto executed actions, even when observation and execution yield sensory inputs …

Vittorio Gallese (VG). To answer this question, we should first clarify how motor acts and
actions are mapped within the cortical motor system and what the notion ofaction …

Animal emotions are central to the concept of animal welfare. So far, emotions have been
investigated in animal welfare science as within-individual phenomena, ie coordinating …

We describe an original client-server approach to behavioral research control and the
Whisker system, a specific implementation of this design. The server process controls …

Background Parrots are one of the most frequently kept and bred bird orders in captivity.
This increases poaching and thus the potential importance of captive populations for rescue …

Darwin proposed that mate choice might contribute to the evolution of cognitive abilities. An
open question is whether observing the cognitive skills of an individual makes it more …

Experimental evidence of contagious yawning has only been documented in four
mammalian species. Here, we report the results from two separate experimental studies …

In her comprehensive and carefully crafted book, Gisela Kaplan demonstrates how
intelligent and emotional Australian birds can be. She describes complex behaviours such …