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The performance of dogs in these studies is superior to that of NHPs,[39] however, some have stated categorically that dogs do not possess a human-like ToM. Evidence is slowly building that animals do have theory of mind and are able to experience secondary emotions, though this still remains a controversial area. In this paper, we review the reasons of skeptics for their doubts: That existing experimental setups cannot distinguish between 'mind readers' and 'behavior readers', that results that seem to indicate 'theory of mind' may come from studies that are insufficiently controlled, and that our own intuitive biases may lead us to interpret behavior more 'cognitively' than is necessary. [10] In the same year, Towner wrote, "the issue may have evolved beyond whether or not there is theory of mind in non-human primates to a more sophisticated appreciation that the concept of mind has many facets and some of these may exist in non-human primates while others may not. And you, someone who was born a human and will live your life as a human, will end your life that way too. Skip to navigation, Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review, Final publisher's version, 291 KB, PDF document. For such observation furnishes continually, and with overwhelming fullness, the most startling and incontrovertible examples and proofs, that between the thinking, willing, and feeling of men and of animals there is the most striking similarity, and often a mere difference of degree. The object is then removed. Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: Your request to send this item has been completed. The application of noninvasive, restraint-free eye-tracking methods for use with nonhuman primates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 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There are the parrots that don’t just mimic words but appear to understand them, for example, assembling them into what can only be described as sentences. cows , goats and sheep. There are the gorillas and bonobos that can do the same with sign language or pictograms. … The findings indicate that ravens not only remember whom they have seen at caching but they also take into account that the other raven's view was blocked. Infants Generalize Beliefs Across Individuals. This despite the fact that several species have behaved as if they have a 'theory of mind' in various behavioral tasks. When ravens (Corvus corax) witness a conspecific making caches, to pilfer those caches they (1) delay approaching the cache only when in the presence of the storer, and (2) quickly engage in searching away from the caches when together with dominant storers. 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