Parallel overinterpretation of behavior of apes and corvids

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Robert R. Hampton, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2019-06
• Publisher: Springer Nature
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: © 2018, Psychonomic Society, Inc.
• Final Published Version (URL): https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-018-0330-5
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Learning & Behavior
• Volume: 47
• Issue: 2
• Start Page: 105
• End Page: 106
• Keywords: corvids; planning; apes; ravens
• Subject - Topics: Behavioral ecology; Cognition in animals

Abstract

The report by Kabadayi and Osvath (2017) does not demonstrate planning in ravens. The behavior of corvids and apes is fascinating and will be best appreciated through well-designed experiments that explicitly test alternative explanations, and that are interpreted without unjustified anthropomorphic embellishment.