Evidence points to conscious 'metacognition' in some nonhuman animals

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 09:28 in Biology & Nature

J. David Smith, 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...

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