Animal behavior research is particularly relevant to the study of human behavior when it comes to the preservation of a species, or how an animal’s behavior helps it survive. The behavior of ...

Research shows that hunting animals for fun is killing off larger, wise, and old animals with devastating effects on ...

Keeping your cat indoors is safer for your pet and wildlife. There are some simple steps you can take to ensure its quality of life doesn’t suffer.

Laurie Santos, Professor of Psychology, Yale University, USA ‘This handbook offers the expected comprehensive survey of animal cognition, with authoritative overviews of six major topics, but each of ...

In my experience, cognitive psychology texts are seldom engaging for students. Cognition: The Thinking Animal, by Willingham and Riener, is markedly different. The conversational writing style, ...

Professor Gazes teaches in the Department of Psychology and the Animal Behavior Program. My research program focuses on discovering what evolutionary pressures may have led to the development of ...

How do animals use the information they obtain from their environment to move through space, time their activities, assess quantity, or remember the past? Deep inside a hive, a honey bee (Apis ...

Animal characters in children's books can significantly boost their theory of mind skills, which are essential for ...

Children's books are full of animal characters whose antics capture the hearts and inspire the imaginations of their young ...

A study has shown that iconic characters such as Peter Rabbit -- or Toad and Ratty from The Wind in the Willows -- can also play an important role in the development of children's theory of mind ...

However, in tests that involved animal characters, Year 1 participants were able to match the scores achieved by pupils from Year 3, two years older than them. Writing in the Journal of Experimental ...

Research led by Dr. Gray Atherton and Dr. Liam Cross, from the University of Plymouth’s School of Psychology, found that ...