Studying nonhuman animals responses to death shows a lot about their minds and similarities to human minds. When it comes to ...

Pets can offer love and acceptance, which can be transformative for those coping with trauma. Many trauma survivors report ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

Comparative psychology is a discipline that explores the behavior of animals, both human and non-human, using evolutionary theory as a unifying principle. The contributions of evolutionary pressures, ...

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 ...