Young domestic chicks spontaneously represent the absence of objects

Young domestic chicks spontaneously represent the absence of objects

Absence is a notion that is usually captured by language-related concepts like zero or negation. Whether nonlinguistic creatures encode similar thoughts is an open question, as everyday behavior marked by absence (of food, of social partners) can be explained solely by expecting presence somewhere e...

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Main Authors: Eszter Szabó, Cinzia Chiandetti, Ernő Téglás, Elisabetta Versace, Gergely Csibra, Ágnes Melinda Kovács, Giorgio Vallortigara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2022-04-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
object cognition
representing absence
looking behavior
domestic chicks
lateralization
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/67208

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