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⭐ Core Definition: Animal intelligence

Animal cognition encompasses the mental capacities of non-human animals, including insect cognition. The study of animal conditioning and learning used in this field was developed from comparative psychology. It has also been strongly influenced by research in ethology, behavioral ecology, and evolutionary psychology; the alternative name cognitive ethology is sometimes used. Many behaviors associated with the term animal intelligence are also subsumed within animal cognition.

Researchers have examined animal cognition in mammals (especially primates, cetaceans, elephants, bears, dogs, cats, pigs, horses, cattle, raccoons and rodents), birds (including parrots, fowl, corvids and pigeons), reptiles (lizards, crocodilians, snakes, and turtles), fish and invertebrates (including cephalopods, spiders and insects).

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Animal intelligence in the context of Cognitive test

Cognitive tests are assessments of the cognitive capabilities of humans and other animals. Tests administered to humans include various forms of IQ tests; those administered to animals include the mirror test (a test of visual self-awareness) and the T maze test (which tests learning ability). Such testing is used in psychology and psychometrics, as well as other fields studying human and animal intelligence.

Modern cognitive tests originated through the work of James McKeen Cattell who coined the term "mental tests". They followed Francis Galton's development of physical and physiological tests. For example, Galton measured strength of grip and height and weight. He established an "Anthropometric Laboratory" in the 1880s where patrons paid to have physical and physiological attributes measured. Galton's measurements had an enormous influence on psychology. Cattell continued the measurement approach with simple measurements of perception. Cattell's tests were eventually abandoned in favor of the battery test approach developed by Alfred Binet.

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Crab-eating macaque → Carib grackle → Cognition → Non-human → Animal → Insect cognition → Comparative psychology → Ethology → Behavioral ecology → Evolutionary psychology → Cognitive ethology → Mammals → Primate intelligence → Cetacean intelligence → Elephant intelligence → Bear → Dog intelligence → Cat intelligence → Pig intelligence → Equine intelligence → Cattle → Raccoons → Rodents → Bird intelligence → Parrots → Fowl → Corvidae → Pigeon intelligence → Reptiles → Monitor lizard → Crocodilians → Snakes → Turtle → Fish → Invertebrate → Cephalopod intelligence → Pain in invertebrates →