Animal Thinking
Contemporary Issues in Comparative Cognition
Randolf Menzel and Julia Fischer, Chairpersons
September 26 – October 1, 2010
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Program Advisory Committee
Nicola Clayton, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EB, U.K.
Julia Fischer, Cognitive Ethology, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Randolf Menzel, Institute for Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 28–30, 14195 Berlin,
Germany
Sara Shettleworth, Dept. of Psychology and Ecology, University of Toronto, 100 St George St., Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada
Goals
- To assess the state of the art in comparative cognition by bringing together experts from comparative animal behavior, neuroscience, experimental psychology, philosophy, and cognitive science focusing on four specific areas:
- navigation;
- planning, memory and decision making;
- communication; and
- social knowledge
- To clarify points of disagreement and progress within each area and to compare the structure of the problems and issues across areas.
- To aim for comparison of species and areas, in search of common principles
- To assess present experimental paradigms and propose new avenues for experimental research
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