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Alice Auersperg
Alice Auersperg is an Austrian Cognitive biology, cognitive biologist specializing in the evolution of Bird intelligence, intelligence in birds. Her research is primarily focused on the physical cognition, Play (activity), play behavior, problem-solving and tool-making abilities in Parrot, parrots and Corvidae, corvids. Since 2011, she has managed the Goffin Lab of Comparative Cognition at the Messerli Research Institute of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna in Austria, where she has extensively studied the intelligence of the Tanimbar corella, also known as the Goffin's cockatoo. Auersperg graduated from the University of Vienna in 2011. She wrote her thesis on the Spatial contextual awareness, spatial awareness of Kea, kea (''Nestor notabilis''). She has also published research on the abilities of corvids, parrots, and Orangutan, orangutans to create tools in order to solve problems and complete tasks. In 2021, she was awarded both the Science Prize of the State of Low ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cognitive Biology
Cognitive biology is an emerging science that regards natural cognition as a biological function. It is based on the theoretical assumption that every organism—whether a single cell or multicellular—is continually engaged in systematic acts of cognition coupled with intentional behaviors, i.e., a sensory-motor coupling. That is to say, if an organism can sense stimuli in its environment and respond accordingly, it is cognitive. Any explanation of how natural cognition may manifest in an organism is constrained by the biological conditions in which its genes survive from one generation to the next. And since by Darwinian theory the species of every organism is evolving from a common root, three further elements of cognitive biology are required: (i) the study of cognition in one species of organism is useful, through contrast and comparison, to the study of another species’ cognitive abilities; (ii) it is useful to proceed from organisms with simpler to those with more complex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |