Comparative Psychology: Recent and Future Studies

Session I, Virtual Room 4: The ABC's of Psych

Comparative Psychology provides a foundation for performing cross-species comparisons (human and animal), where we can assess the consistency of various cognitive abilities and potentially unravel the influence of environmental pressures on cognitive abilities. Current research projects focus on marine mammal, canine and human children’s cognitive development. Our presentation will give a brief overview of our collaborative projects on human and animal creativity, executive function/delayed gratification, animal assisted therapy and the creation of the new Comparative Psychology laboratory focusing on canine cognition.