Why parents play an essential role in the cognitive development of some animals

By 03/07/2020 Portal

“It takes a village to raise a child.” This African proverb is very relevant when talking about animals, according to Michael Griesser, researcher at the Department of Biology at the University of Konstanz (Germany). Many species, like humans, need to be surrounded by parents or family members to develop a better cognitive system, greater behavioral plasticity or, in other words, more intelligence. It's what you remember A recent study published in Philosophical Transactions who has collected data on corvids, one of the most intelligent families of birds Known for her numerical perception. One suggestion from the analysis is that long-term parental presence is closely associated with a higher density of neurons in the brains of some chicks that foster their abilities, although more research is lacking in natural environments and on other species.

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