Evidence Points to Conscious 'Metacognition' in Some Nonhuman Animals
September 14, 2009
September 14, 2009
BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 14 -- The University at Buffalo issued the following news release:
J. David Smith, Ph.D., a comparative psychologist at the University at Buffalo who has conducted extensive studies in animal cognition, says there is growing evidence that animals share functional parallels with human conscious metacognition -- that is, they may share humans' ability to reflect upon, monitor or regulate their states of mind.
Smith makes this conclusion in an arti . . .
J. David Smith, Ph.D., a comparative psychologist at the University at Buffalo who has conducted extensive studies in animal cognition, says there is growing evidence that animals share functional parallels with human conscious metacognition -- that is, they may share humans' ability to reflect upon, monitor or regulate their states of mind.
Smith makes this conclusion in an arti . . .