Assessing cats' (Felis catus) sensitivity to human pointing gestures
This study replicates findings that cats respond to human pointing gestures, showing they can follow both ipsilateral and cross-body pointing cues.
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This study replicates findings that cats respond to human pointing gestures, showing they can follow both ipsilateral and cross-body pointing cues.
C. A. F. Wascher, K. Allen, G. Szipl
This study compares motor inhibitory control and reversal learning between crows and chickens, finding crows outperform chickens in motor control but similar performance in learning flexibility.
C. A. F. Wascher, F. Hillemann
The paper reports an observation of female-male mounting in a captive carrion crow, highlighting the need for more systematic study of non-conceptive socio-sexual behaviors.
I. Susini, A. Safryghin, F. Hillemann, C. A. F. Wascher
This paper reviews inter-specific variation in delay of gratification performance across non-human animals and highlights inconsistencies in experimental designs and species coverage.
This study examines how social factors like group size and dominance rank affect gastrointestinal parasite excretion in captive carrion crows, finding lower-ranking individuals excrete more parasite oocysts.
C. A. F. Wascher, D. Canestrari, V. Baglione
The study examines if social relationships in carrion crows affect parasite excretion, finding that strong bonds reduce coccidian oocyst excretion.