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Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) show subtle signs of uncertainty when choices are more difficult

Authors: Matthias Allritz, Emma Suvi McEwen, Josep Call

Publication/Journal: Cognition

Keywords: chimpanzee, epistemic emotions, feelings of uncertainty, procedural metacognition, transitive inference

2021

Orangutans (Pongo abelii) “play the odds”: Information-seeking strategies in relation to cost, risk, and benefit

Authors: Heidi L. Marsh, Suzanne E. MacDonald

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: cognitive flexibility, information-seeking, metacognition, orangutans

2012

Beyond stimulus cues and reinforcement signals: A new approach to animal metacognition

Authors: Justin J. Couchman, Mariana V. C. Coutinho, Michael J. Beran, J. David Smith

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: comparative psychology, metacognition, monkeys, primate cognition, uncertainty monitoring

2010

Consciousness, emotion and animal welfare: insights from cognitive science

Authors: M. Mendl, E.S. Paul

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, blindsight, cognition, consciousness, emotion, metacognition

2004

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