I began researching animal cognition and noticed that though people were increasingly talking about the possibility that animals feel and think, there was no theory of animal cognition. You got me ...

How is an animal feeling at a given moment? Humans have long recognised certain well-known behaviour-like a cat hissing as a warning, but in many cases we've had little clue of what's going on inside ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Our understanding of how animals think was very limited. Earlier definitions of intelligence missed a lot, but modern researchers are finally watching creatures on their own terms, and the results are ...

Human beings are often said to be the only animals who truly have a “mind” in the way that term is commonly used. But that view has been challenged over the past several decades. That challenge arises ...