"The intelligence of sheep" by David Gamez

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Citation

Gamez, David (2019) The intelligence of sheep. Animal Sentience 25(27)

Author Website

http://www.davidgamez.eu/

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Lori Marino and Debra Merskin, Intelligence, complexity, and individuality in sheep

Abstract

This commentary suggests how recent theories about the predictive brain could help us understand the evidence put forward by Marino & Merskin for intelligence in sheep. I contrast predictive intelligence in sheep with automatic behaviors that do not require intelligence, and I consider the flexibility of sheep intelligence.

Author Biography

David Gamez, Lecturer in Computer Science at Middlesex University, UK, is a cross-disciplinary researcher in philosophy, artificial intelligence and neuroscience. Website

DOI

10.51291/2377-7478.1455

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