As the name suggests, the main concern of comparative psychology is comparing the cognitive abilities of various animal species with those of humans. But how do we choose our subjects? Why is it that ...

The results of a new study indicate that when participants were asked to make comparisons, regardless of the type of comparison they were asked to make, they developed a comparative mind-set that ...

FOR many years Miss Frances Pitt's books have adorned the front rank of observational studies in animal behaviour. One was always sure of finding fresh material, as reliable as it was interesting.

Flow is an altered state of feeling ‘in the zone’ when fully absorbed in a challenge and is associated with positive affective state (feelings). Despite almost five decades of research, Flow has not ...

Humans ask what things mean. Animals move on. That difference explains both our brilliance and much of our psychological ...