Erica Cartmill - Basic Models of Animal Cognition, Pt. 1 of 3 - IPAM at UCLA

Recorded 10 September 2024. Erica Cartmill of Indiana University Bloomington presents "Basic Models of Animal Cognition, Pt. 1 of 3" at IPAM's Mathematics of Intelligences Tutorials.
Abstract: All species on earth face similar problems. They must navigate through their environments, find food, choose mates, calculate risks, and avoid dangers. They explore and exploit resources, track and learn from past actions, and predict future outcomes. Social species have the added challenge of measuring, tracking, and testing their relationships with others. Some animals’ solutions resemble our own, but others have evolved radically different solutions to these shared problems. This tutorial will explore the ways different species solve common problems, highlighting the methods scientists use to measure and test animal cognition in both field and laboratory settings.
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