Animal Minds
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A twine for all things related to the scientific understanding of cognition and emotion in non-human animals.
Some fun (non-science) posts are okay too (e.g., videos of elephants painting or dolphins blowing ring bubbles), but the primary focus is on understanding animal minds via science.
Some fun (non-science) posts are okay too (e.g., videos of elephants painting or dolphins blowing ring bubbles), but the primary focus is on understanding animal minds via science.
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Interspecies collaborationThis site is a collaborative research space for documenting the progress of art projects made together with non-human animals and for posting resources relevant to such endeavors.
Annick Bureaud
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Why you should never teach a lion stuff | ZME Science - Random Collection from WebWhy you should never teach a lion stuff | ZME Science
Javed Alam
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Revisiting FOXP2 and the origins of language : Not Exactly Rocket ScienceToday, a new paper published in Nature adds another chapter to the story of FOXP2, a gene with important roles in speech and language. The FOXP2 story is a fascinating tale that I covered in New Scientist last year. It's one of the pieces I'm proudest of so I'm reprinting it here with kind ...
Calvin Smith
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How Nature Hide itself from Itself - Random Collection from WebHow Nature Hide itself from Itself
Javed Alam
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Have You Ever Been This Tired Before - Random Collection from WebHave You Ever Been This Tired Before
Javed Alam
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85Interspecies collaborationI find this site very interesting as it opens to other kinds of relations with animals (making art being normally considered a human activity)Annick Bureaud added 3 days ago
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Dogs as intelligent as two-year-old children - Telegraphawesome! they should do selective breeding projects with dogs until we can have conversations with them =D oh but they we'd have to give them rightsMax Wang added 3 months ago
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61Why microbes are smarter than you thought - life - 30 June 2009 - New Scientist"If B. subtilis individuals are growing in a food-poor area, they release chemicals into their surroundings. These essentially tell their neighbours: "There's not much food here, so clear off or we'll both starve."François Dongier added 4 months ago
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Life ItselfThis book looks fascinating. I keep seeing references to it in emerging philosophical and scientific literature around artificial life and consciousness. It relates heavily to Stephen Wolfram's concepts around computational irreducibility and computational equivalence. However at some level, I ...Nova Spivack added 6 months ago
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YouTube - Victor the Budgie on MarriageThis is a video of my budgie Victor who has attracted quite a bit of interest over the past 10 years. He had a vocabulary of over 1000 words and understood their meaning. His videos are great examples of how some parrots can speak in context.Ryan Reynolds added 6 months ago
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