Dimensions of corvid consciousness
Dimensions of corvid consciousness
Corvids have long been a target of public fascination and of scientific attention, particularly in the study of animal minds. Using Birch et al.’s (2020) 5-dimensional framework for animal consciousness we ask what it is like to be a corvid and propose a speculative but empirically informed answer. We go on to suggest future directions for research on corvid consciousness and how it can inform ethical treatment and animal welfare legislation.
Animal cognition, Animal consciousness, Bird consciousness, Corvids, Dimensions of consciousness
Veit, Walter
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Browning, Heather
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Garcia-Pelegrin, Elias
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Davies, James R.
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DuBois, Jamie G.
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Clayton, Nicola S.
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2 May 2025
Veit, Walter
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Browning, Heather
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Garcia-Pelegrin, Elias
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Davies, James R.
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DuBois, Jamie G.
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Clayton, Nicola S.
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Veit, Walter, Browning, Heather, Garcia-Pelegrin, Elias, Davies, James R., DuBois, Jamie G. and Clayton, Nicola S.
(2025)
Dimensions of corvid consciousness.
Animal Cognition, 28 (1), [35].
(doi:10.1007/s10071-025-01949-y).
Abstract
Corvids have long been a target of public fascination and of scientific attention, particularly in the study of animal minds. Using Birch et al.’s (2020) 5-dimensional framework for animal consciousness we ask what it is like to be a corvid and propose a speculative but empirically informed answer. We go on to suggest future directions for research on corvid consciousness and how it can inform ethical treatment and animal welfare legislation.
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Accepted/In Press date: 26 March 2025
Published date: 2 May 2025
Keywords:
Animal cognition, Animal consciousness, Bird consciousness, Corvids, Dimensions of consciousness
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/500486
ISSN: 1435-9456
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Walter Veit
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Heather Browning
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Elias Garcia-Pelegrin
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James R. Davies
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Jamie G. DuBois
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Nicola S. Clayton
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