ERC Advanced Grant · 2020
Inquiries Into a Different Kind of Mind
Mammals and birds evolved vastly different forebrains. While mammals have a cortex and can reach large brain weights, bird brains are very small and are constituted by seemingly homogeneous nuclear clusters. These glaring anatomical differences cast a dim prospect on avian cognition. However, the last years showed that several avian taxa are cognitively on par with apes and show abilities like planning, theory-of-mind, and mirror-self-recognition. How is that possible? Our inability to answer this question yet, shows that we still are far away from properly understanding the link between brain structure and cognitive functions in generic ways. To gain deeper insights into these issues, we…
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