Outi Vainio
@omvainio.bsky.social
Veterinarian, professor emerita (Univ Helsinki), animal welfare activist, cat enthusiast
Crows can "tell the difference between shapes like stars, crescents and squares, as well as between squares and irregular figures with four sides".
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Crows recognize geometric regularity
Crows spontaneously identify intruder quadrilaterals among arbitrary shapes, excelling with regular shapes over irregular ones.
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April 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Crows can "tell the difference between shapes like stars, crescents and squares, as well as between squares and irregular figures with four sides".
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
New study: "Empathy enhances decoding accuracy of human neurophysiological responses to emotional facial expressions of humans and dogs." academic.oup.com/scan/article...
Empathy enhances decoding accuracy of human neurophysiological responses to emotional facial expressions of humans and dogs
Abstract. Despite the growing interest in the nonhuman animal emotionality, we currently know little about the human brain processing of nonconspecific emo
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March 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
New study: "Empathy enhances decoding accuracy of human neurophysiological responses to emotional facial expressions of humans and dogs." academic.oup.com/scan/article...
Study gives "evidence that wild African elephants address one another with individually specific calls, probably without relying on imitation of the receiver." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
African elephants address one another with individually specific name-like calls - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Machine learning analyses and playback experiments in wild African elephants suggest that individuals address conspecifics with name-like calls that do not rely on imitation of the receiver.
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March 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Study gives "evidence that wild African elephants address one another with individually specific calls, probably without relying on imitation of the receiver." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Scientifically confirmed: cats can quickly form picture-word associations. Like dogs. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rapid formation of picture-word association in cats - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Rapid formation of picture-word association in cats
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March 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Scientifically confirmed: cats can quickly form picture-word associations. Like dogs. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Do you think cats don't bond to humans? "Despite fewer studies, research suggests we may be underestimating cats’ socio-cognitive abilities." doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
January 10, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Do you think cats don't bond to humans? "Despite fewer studies, research suggests we may be underestimating cats’ socio-cognitive abilities." doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...