PSY 4042

What do animals think? Do they have emotions? Topics such as animal memory, numerosity, and communication, as well as more controversial topics such as animal emotions, morality, and empathy will be addressed in this course. We will explore the developments in both Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience,that are revealing fascinating insights into the animal mind. An underlying perspective of the course is the theme of how our perceptions of the cognitive abilities of animals shapes our expectations and relationships with them and how this, in turn, impacts on both the questions we ask and our animal welfare practices. Cross-level listed with VHM 8520