How did cognition evolve? When and where did specific forms of cognition evolve? Has it evolved in similar ways again and again?
These questions can only be answered by looking beyond the single species and compare organisms with different, and similar, functions in different, and similar, environments. In this way the histories of cognition can be reconstructed.
This means the careful study of what animals do, and how they do it. To answer the how question, detailed experimental studies are needed where underlying mechanisms can be traced.
LUCS directs two research stations for animal cognition studies:
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Corvid research |
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Primate research |
Want to join us? Check out our course on comparative cognition!
People
Richard Andersson, richard.andersson@humlab.lu.se, Phone: +46 (0)46 222 4045
Helena Osvath, helena.osvath@lucs.lu.se
Mathias Osvath, mathias.osvath@lucs.lu.se, Phone: +46 (0)46 222 4045
Tomas Persson, tomas.persson@lucs.lu.se, Phone: +46 (0)46 222 0284
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