But cleverness is hard to define - animals have to contend with different challenges in life and what might be clever or ...

Understanding the biological basis of consciousness or subjective experience is one of the most exciting and challenging projects of this century. For many reasons, an evolutionary approach to this ...

Researchers at the University of Kiel, and at the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that Caribbean box jellyfish (Tripedalia cystophora) can learn at a much more complex level than previously ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Jellyfish are an undeniable evolutionary success story, surviving ...

Analogies between occasion setting and Pavlovian conditioning / Ralph R. Miller and Philippe Oberling -- Conditional learning : an associative analysis / Charlotte Bonardi -- Mechanisms of ...

Can a pigeon match wits with artificial intelligence? Researchers tested pigeons' learning abilities and concluded the birds employ the same basic process, called associative learning, as the most ...

Key points A type of information processing called unlimited associative learning (UAL) may be necessary and sufficient for very basic sentience. UAL is a form of domain-general, open-ended learning ...