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  • Animal CognitionTopic guideStart here

    Do animals have dialects?

    3 source papers · citations inside

    Group vocal traditions and an individual dolphin’s signature whistle are different ideas. Neither alone establishes human-like language.

  • Animal CognitionPaper note

    Does a cat’s owner provide a secure base?

    Alice Potter; Daniel Simon Mills · 2015

    A counterbalanced attachment test helps separate observable behavior from the explanations we attach to it. A departure meow alone is not proof of secure attachment.