Cognition

[smokingboot]

I have no problems believing in animal cognition. It's human cognition I begin to doubt.

The article below (Psychiatric News, March 1, 1996) is about tool creation/application as evidence of cognitive ability in crows, and a defining feature of humans. I'm not sure I could pass a test like that! Let's see if I can turn it into a link:


http://www.jcrows.com/crow.html

Comments

Re: Minefield

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I may be driving you mad with questions any minute now!

But first I'll try again as it is infinitely more likely that my Maelstrom problems start and end with me being incompetent!