Road Map

What is “Intelligence”?

How in intelligence defined?

Examples of these traits in animals.

What is “Intelligence”?

(1) : the ability to learn, understand, and deal with new or trying situations : reason; also : the skilled use of reason (2) : the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by tests.

Learning - Memory

Animals have been shown to display the ability to remember information that they have learned before.

Studies show that Rats can remember.

June 2013 - Indiana University Neuroscientists tested mice to see if they could remember where they found pieces of chocolate.

Learning/ Problem Solving with Tools

Animals have been known to use tools in order to help them get to their main goal.

Wild Dolphins use sponges to protect their noses

Green Herons use small fish to catch larger fish.

Communication

A process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior.

Several studies have been made in which scientists have tried to communicate with animals.

AlexThe Parrot

Alex knew 100+ Words

Could Count

He could different different aspects of one object

Knows Sign Language

Koko Paints

Once had a kitten friend

Animal IntelligenceBy Roque Ayala

Callaway, Ewen “Alex the parrot’s last experiment shows his mathematical genius” Nature.comhttp://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/02/alex-the-parrots-last-experiment-shows-his-mathematical-genius.html (2.20.2012)

Cook, Roberts Dr., “Herons Fish with Bait”http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/psych26/birds.htm#heron

Bennet, Maryann, “Koko the Gorilla Communicates” http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=127510&page=1 (12.2.20??)

Hamilton, John “Myth Busting: The Truth About Animals And Tools” npr.orghttp://www.npr.org/2011/12/23/143833929/myth-busting-the-truth-about-animals-and-tools (12.23, 2011)

Krakovsky, Marina, “Is Koko's Clock Ticking?” Standford Magazine. http://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=42609(6.3.2011)

Shaw, Suzanne Sander, “Rare Rendezvous With Koko the Gorilla” NBC Bay Area http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Koko-the-Gorilla-Gets-a-Makeover-196628391.html (3.11.2013)

The Gorilla Foundation - “Mister Rogers Meets KoKo” 1998 Journal Reprinthttp://www.koko.org/kidsclub/teachers/mister_rogers.html

Media SourcesMouse Image - http://newsinfo.iu.edu/pub/libs/images/usr/15141_h.jpg

Cat Glasses - http://wallpapersfor.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cat_eyes_glasses.jpg

Nat Geo AMAZING: Clever Crows (VIDEO) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/09/nat-geo-amazing-clever-cr_n_635605.html

Koko meets her favorite Celebrityhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn79Lgfh1hw

BibliographyResearch Notes