For some mental processes, humans and animals likely follow similar lines of thinking. Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment via Getty Images Can a monkey, a pigeon or a fish reason like a person? It’s a ...

ANN ARBOR--A new University of Michigan study provides the first evidence of transitive inference, the ability to use known relationships to infer unknown relationships, in a nonvertebrate animal: the ...

Human infants are capable of deductive problem solving as early as 10 months of age, a new study by psychologists at Emory University and Bucknell finds. The journal Developmental Science is ...

Scientists have discovered a method to the wasp's menace which was once believed to be a trait only seen in humans. The insects also use a form of reasoning known as Transitive inference whereby known ...

A male fish can size up potential rivals, and even rank them from strongest to weakest, simply by watching how they perform in territorial fights with other males, according to a new study by Stanford ...

Male fish, like humans, use a sophisticated form of logical reasoning to assess potential rivals, scientists say. Tiny African fish called cichlids watch how other males perform in battles over ...

Don't let the googly eyes or bewildered look fool you, babies are smarter than they seem. New research has found that babies are capable of working out social hierarchies as early as 10 months old. In ...

Human infants are capable of deductive problem solving as early as 10 months of age, a new study by psychologists at Emory University and Bucknell finds. The journal Developmental Science is ...

Deductive problem solving was previously thought be be beyond the reach of babies, says study lead - Human infants are capable of deductive problem solving as early as 10 months of age, a new study by ...