Some Cognitive Capacities of an African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus)

摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the data collected during more than a decade of research, that provide direct comparisons between mammalian cognitive abilities and those an African Grey parrot. The study complex in animals is often built upon two premises. First, there usually some evidence which to base hypothesis subjects might indeed possess are be tested; second, experimenter assumed have viable paradigm with testing can performed. parrots had been shown capable learning kinds symbolic tasks most researchers agree important prerequisites or co-requisites for communicative skills. These findings suggest would good choice studies abilities-tasks might, example, involve capacities categorization, relational concepts, quantification.