Theory of mind is said to be uniquely human. Is this statement justified? Thirty years of
research on a variety of species has produced differences in opinion, from unequivocal …

Primates undoubtedly have impressive abilities in perceiving, recognizing, manipulating,
and predicting other individuals, but only great apes seem to recognize the cognitive basis …

Researchers spanning many scientific domains, including primatology, evolutionary biology
and psychology, have sought to establish an evolutionary basis for morality. While …

Human teaching, a highly specialized form of cooperative information transmission,
depends not only on the presence of benevolent communicators in the environment, but …

Humans communicate their intentions and disposition using their eyes [1, 2], whereas the
communicative function of eyes in animals is less clear [3]. Many species show aversive …

A surprising finding in comparative social cognition is that great apes seem to have
difficulties understanding others' communicative behaviour. In no other paradigm is this …

Although primates have often been found to co-orient visually with other individuals,
members of these same species have usually failed to use co-orientation to find hidden food …

Understanding of other's actions as goal-directed is considered a fundamental ability
underlying cognitive and social development in human infants. A number of studies using …

Here we address two aspects of primate social cognition—understanding of intentional, goal-
directed action and understanding perceptions, knowledge, and beliefs—focusing on the …

It is hard to imagine a class of neurons that has generated more excitement than mirror
neurons, cells discovered by Rizzolatti and colleagues [1] in macaque area F5 that fire both …