Executive Functions in Birds

Executive functions comprise of top-down cognitive processes that exert control over information processing, from acquiring to issuing a behavioral response. These inhibition, working memory, and flexibility underpin complex skills, such as episodic memory planning, which have been repeatedly investigated in several bird species recent decades. Until recently, avian executive were studied relatively few but gained traction comparative research following MacLean colleagues’ large-scale study 2014. Therefore, this review paper, the relevant previous findings are collected organized facilitate further investigations these core birds. This can assist integrating mammalian current understanding functions’ significance evolution.