title: Animal consciousness.
abstract: Dr Miriam Rothschild had an owl who became so jealous when Rothschild's daughter was born, the bird would try to attack both her and the child. Animals can often appear to have emotions, to be highly intelligent, motivated and sentient but are they conscious?
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Connell
mesh_terms: D000828:Animal Population Groups / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D000818:Animals; D001364:Awareness / Q000502:physiology*; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D003243:Consciousness / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008251:Macaca / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D010215:Papio / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D020304:Raptors / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats / Q000502:physiology; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology