Minding the gap: Why there is still no theory in comparative psychology

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences 31 (2):152-153 (2008)
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The prevailing view that there is significant cognitive continuity between humans and other animals is a result of misinterpretations of the role of evolution, combined with anthropomorphism. This combination has often resulted in an over-interpretation of data from animal experiments. Comparative psychology should do what the name indicates: study the cognitive capacities of different species empirically, without naive evolutionary presuppositions

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