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[S 37] In 2016, researchers Lauren Brubaker and Monique A.R. Udell noted that studies on rat cognition outnumber those on horse cognition by a factor of seven. [S 38] The question of whether horses possess consciousness remains unresolved. [S 33] In 2023, Éditions Quæ published the first book dedicated to the intelligence of working horses.
In his children's book The Learned Horse (1991), Laurent Cresp tells the story of an intelligent horse who lives in Istanbul, and who wishes to be treated like a sentient being. [ P 17 ] In comics , Lucky Luke's mount, Jolly Jumper (created in 1946), is depicted as the most intelligent horse in the West; he is able to speak (and even have a ...
Clever Hans performing in 1904. Clever Hans (German: der Kluge Hans; c. 1895 – c. 1916) was a horse that appeared to perform arithmetic and other intellectual tasks.. In 1907, psychologist Oskar Pfungst demonstrated that the horse was not actually performing these mental tasks, but was watching the reactions of his trai
Oskar Pfungst (21 April 1874 – 14 August 1932) was a German comparative biologist and psychologist. While working as a volunteer assistant in the laboratory of Carl Stumpf in Berlin, Pfungst was asked to investigate the horse known as Clever Hans, who could apparently solve a wide array of arithmetic problems set to it by its owner.
Morrell authored Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures, which was named by Kirkus Reviews as one of the Best Books of 2013 on Nature and the Environment. [9] [10] The book documents research on animal cognition that reveals the mental and emotional lives of animals including ants, dogs, elephants, fish and parrots.
After tackling our relationship with the English language, the bestselling author of Cultish and Wordslut is ready to challenge the uniquely 21st-century cognitive biases that rule us all.
Christopher Michael Langan (born March 25, 1952) is an American horse rancher and former bar bouncer, known for scoring highly on an IQ test that gained him entry to a high IQ society, and for being formerly listed in the Guinness Book of Records high IQ section under the pseudonym of Eric Hart, alongside Marilyn vos Savant and Keith Raniere.
Michael Froede, a member of a secret Army unit, exhibited behavior that seemed erratic to his supervisors and peers. But trained in the arts of deception, he hid the extent of his mental health ...