Animals can navigate an environment relying on different sources of information, such as
geometrical or featural cues. The favoring of one type of information over another depends on …

When animals prefer to make efforts to obtain food instead of acquiring it from freely available
sources, they exhibit what is called contrafreeloading. Recently, individual differences in …

Beyond physical and zootechnical characteristics, the process of animal domestication has
also altered how domesticated individuals, compared to their wild counterparts, perceive, …

Animal domestication leads to diverse behavioral, physiological, and neurocognitive changes
in domesticated species compared to their wild relatives. However, the widely held belief …

Different personalities may lead to different ways of processing environmental information;
however, the relationship between personality and cognition is not fully understood as studies …

Recent research on free-range chickens shows that individual behavioral differences may
link to range use. However, most of these studies explored individual behavioral differences …

While most animals have received increasing attention for their welfare, consideration for fish
welfare has started more recently, particularly since the recognition that fish have emotions …

Occupational enrichment emerges as a promising strategy for improving the welfare of
farmed animals. This form of enrichment aims to stimulate cognitive abilities of animals by …

Inhibiting impulsive, less flexible behaviours is of utmost importance for individual adaptation
in an ever-changing environment. However, problem-solving tasks may be greatly …

Although there is evidence to suggest that animal domestication acts as a modulator of
spatial orientation, little is known on how domesticated animals, compared to their wild …