Animal cognition: an end to insight?
Once hailed as insightful, the string-pulling behaviour of birds may actually rely on immediate visual feedback rather than mental simulation or planning. But is this an end to the study of animal insight or a call for a new approach?
School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Mary's Quad, St Andrews, KY16 9JP, UK. ams18@st-andrews.ac.uk
Amanda M
AM
Seed
Neeltje J
NJ
Boogert
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition; D056228:Feedback, Sensory