Social cognition in ravens
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Social cognition in ravens.
Complex social life has been proposed as one of the main driving forces for the evolution of higher cognitive abilities in humans and non-human animals. Until recently, this theory has been tested mainly on mammals/primates, whereas little attention has been paid to birds. Indeed, birds provide a challenge to the theory, on one hand because they show high flexibility in group formation and comp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1911-4745
DOI: 10.3819/ccbr.2013.80001