Assumptions on the neural basis of cognition usually focus on cortical mechanisms. Birds
have no cortex, but recent studies in parrots and corvids show that their cognitive skills are …

A new theory about the origins of consciousness that finds learning to be the driving force in
the evolutionary transition to basic consciousness. What marked the evolutionary transition …

Primate Cognition is the study of cognitive processes, which represent internal mental
processes involved in discriminations, decisions, and behaviors of humans and other …

A leading developmental psychologist proposes an evolutionary pathway to human
psychological agency. Nature cannot build organisms biologically prepared for every …

After reviewing the literature on current knowledge about consciousness in humans, we
present a state-of-the art discussion on consciousness and related key concepts in animals …

Metamemory entails cognitively assessing the strength of one's memories. We tested the
ability of nine Long-Evans rats to distinguish between remembering and forgetting by …

Like humans, monkeys can make accurate judgements about their own memory by reporting
their confidence during cognitive tasks. Some have suggested that animals use associative …

The study of introspection has, up until now, been predominantly human-centric, with
regrettably little attention devoted to the question of whether introspection might exist in non …

Comparative and cognitive psychologists interpret performance in different ways. Animal
researchers invoke a dominant construct of associative learning. Human researchers …

Metacognition refers to the use of one's cognitive processes to coordinate behavior. Many
higher cognitive functions such as feeling-of-knowing judgment and theory of mind are …