This Second Edition discusses ways to improve pharmaceutical product quality while
achieving compliance with global regulatory standards. With comprehensive step-by-step …

Human language and social cognition are closely linked: advanced social cognition is
necessary for children to acquire language, and language allows forms of social understanding (…

Marmosets, Callithrix jacchus, observed a demonstrator removing the lids from a series of
plastic canisters to obtain a mealworm. When subsequently allowed access to the canisters, …

One crucial element for the evolution of cooperation may be the sensitivity to others' efforts
and payoffs compared with one's own costs and gains. Inequity aversion is thought to be the …

The question of whether animals have emotions and respond to the emotional expressions
of others has become a focus of research in the last decade [1–9]. However, to date, no study …

The ability to act on information flexibly is one of the cornerstones of intelligent behavior. As
particularly informative example, tool-oriented behavior has been investigated to determine …

Parrots and corvids show outstanding innovative and flexible behaviour. In particular, kea
and New Caledonian crows are often singled out as being exceptionally sophisticated in …

The ability to learn from the actions of another is adaptive, as it is a shortcut for acquiring
new information. However, the evolutionary origins of this trait are still unclear. There is …

The transmission of cultural knowledge requires learners to identify what relevant information
to retain and selectively imitate when observing others' skills. Young human infants—…

Sixteen domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) were tested in a familiar context in a series of 1-min
trials on how well they obeyed after being told by their owner to lie down. Food was used in …