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Jan 6, 2022 · MRI scans revealed that dogs ' brains can distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar languages, making them the first-known, and so far only, non-human animals to be able to tell the...
Nov 15, 2021 · Anthropomorphism is a growing tendency among human beings towards non-human animals, but its consequences can negatively affect the welfare of pets. People must understand that although pets seem to have certain similarities to human characteristics, they are not human.
- Daniel Mota-Rojas, Chiara Mariti, Andrea Zdeinert, Giacomo Riggio, Patricia Mora-Medina, Alondra Del...
- 10.3390/ani11113263
- 2021
- Animals (Basel). 2021 Nov; 11(11): 3263.
Dec 23, 1995 · Questions about animal consciousness — in particular, which animals have consciousness and what (if anything) that consciousness might be like — are both scientific and philosophical.
Studies of non-human animals have shown that homologous brain circuits correlated with conscious experience and perception can be selectively facilitated and disrupted to assess whether they are in fact necessary for those experiences.
Several studies have been designed specifically to test whether non-human animals possess theory of mind by using interspecific or intraspecific communication. Several taxa have been tested including primates, birds and canines.
Nov 3, 2021 · An ethnographic study co-authored by Quinlan found that, contrary to the stereotyped image of a man and his dog forging their way through the wilderness, women’s perceptions of dogs were positively correlated to both their utility in a given society and their status as persons. It may have been women who consolidated this millennia-long friendship.
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Aug 31, 2021 · This Research Topic comprises 18 articles, including state-of-the-art empirical work as well as review articles concerning the role of humans in the sensory and cognitive world of non-human animals, either in captivity or in the wild.
