Archive for 'cognition'
National Geographic AMAZING (Clever Crows)
National Geographic has a new show called “National Geographic AMAZING” and one of the first shows recorded is about how crows are so clever. Here is a video from that show:
Posted: July 10th, 2010 under behavior, bird brain, bird cam, Caledonian, cognition, corvid, corvid brain, Corvid Cognition, Corvids, Crow, crows.
Tags: Clever crows, crows and intelligence, crows are intelligence, intelligent crows, national geographic and crows
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The Social Life of Corvids
Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.
The social life of corvids
Nicola S. Clayton1, and Nathan J. Emery2,
1Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EB, UK
2Sub-department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 8AA, UK
Available online 20 August 2007.
Article Outline
Of the 120 species of birds in the corvid family, which includes [...]
Posted: April 4th, 2009 under American Crow, behavior, bird brain, bird brain size, caching, Caledonian, Calls, cognition, Corvidae, Corvids, Crow, crows, eggs, family, Family Recognition, feeding, Fledgling, intelligence, Mating, Memory, metatools, monogamous, Parental care, Problem Solving, Range, Recognition, scientific article, Self-Aware, self-recognition, sociable, Tool Use.
Tags: behavioral flexibility, behavioural flexibility, bill holding, bill twining, bowing, breeding, cache, coloniality, communal, cooperative, cooperative behavior, corvid, corvid sociality, corvids social, crows, crows are sociable, cues, cultural variation, defending the nest, development period, dominant status, fanning, fission-fusion society, florida scrub-jay, food caching, helpers, jays, juvenile, linear dominance hierarchy, magpies, mated pair, mates, Mating, Mexican jay, monogamous, mutual preening, nesting, non-breeding relatives, offspring feeding, post-conflict affiliation, predator watch, ravens, Recognition, relative status, rookery, Rooks, roost, sociable, social, social bonds, social life, social network, social stimulation, social support, stress management, support, territory, vocal sharing, vocalizations, western scrub jay, winter roosts
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Spontaneous Metatool Use by New Caledonian Crows
Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.
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Spontaneous Metatool Use by New Caledonian Crows
Alex H. Taylor1, , , Gavin R. Hunt1, Jennifer C. Holzhaider1 and Russell D. Gray1, ,
1Department of Psychology, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Received 27 June 2007;
revised 24 July 2007;
accepted 25 July 2007.
Published online: August 16, 2007.
Available [...]
Posted: April 3rd, 2009 under behavior, bird brain, Caledonian, cognition, corvid brain, Corvid Cognition, Corvidae, Corvids, Corvus moneduloides, Crow, crows, intelligence, metatools, New Caledonian Crow, Problem Solving, Tool Use, video.
Tags: Corvus moneduloides, crow intelligence, crows, crows and tools, crows are intelligent, intelligence, intelligent bird, metatool, New Caledonian Crow, Spontaneous Metatool Use by New Caledonian Crows, Tool Use, tools and crows
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Corvid cognition
Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.
Nicola Clayton and Nathan Emery
aDepartment of Experimental Psychology and Sub-department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Available online 7 February 2005.
Article Outline
What is a corvid? There are just over 120 species of corvids, a family of songbirds that includes the crows, ravens, rooks and jackdaws, as well [...]
Posted: April 1st, 2009 under American Crow, behavior, caching, Caledonian, Calls, cognition, Common Crow, Common Raven, Corvid Cognition, corvid song, Corvidae, Corvids, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Corvus Corax, Crow, egg napping, egg stealing, eggs, family, Family Recognition, feeding, Fledgling, Friends, Habitat, intelligence, jays, Magpie, Mating, Memory, nutcrackers, observation, Problem Solving, Recognition, Self-Aware, self-recognition, stealing eggs, Tool Use.
Tags: biology, bird brain, bird cognition, bird intelligence, birds, cognition, corvid, Corvid Cognition, Corvidae, Corvids, crows, crows are intelligent, crows intelligence, Current Biology, Elsevier, intelligence, jays, magpies, Nathan Emery, Nicola Clayton, nutcrackers, primates, science, ScienceDirect
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