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Parsimonious explanations and wider evolutionary consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2004

James E. King
James E. King
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 kingj@u.arizona.edu
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Abstract

The uncertainty response adds an important new dimension to conventional animal learning and memory studies. Although the uncertainty response by monkeys and dolphins resembled that of humans, parsimony alone does not necessarily indicate that the monkeys and dolphins had a full self-awareness. However, the uncertain response may be an index of an evolutionary precursor to full self-awareness of uncertainty and a theory of mind.

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Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , June 2003 , pp. 347 - 348
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© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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