Animal cognition: an end to insight?

Amanda M Seed; Neeltje J Boogert

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.11.043

Animal cognition: an end to insight?

Curr Biol. 2013 Jan 21;23(2):R67-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.11.043.

Authors

Amanda M Seed¹, Neeltje J Boogert

Affiliation

¹ School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Mary's Quad, St Andrews, KY16 9JP, UK. ams18@st-andrews.ac.uk

PMID: 23347941
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.11.043

Abstract

Once hailed as insightful, the string-pulling behaviour of birds may actually rely on immediate visual feedback rather than mental simulation or planning. But is this an end to the study of animal insight or a call for a new approach?

MeSH terms

Animals
Behavior, Animal*
Birds / physiology*
Cognition*
Feedback, Sensory*