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List of works by Alex H. Taylor

Addendum: Kea show three signatures of domain-general statistical inference

scientific article published on 04 June 2020

An end to insight? New Caledonian crows can spontaneously solve problems without planning their actions

scientific article (publication date: 22 December 2012)

An investigation into the cognition behind spontaneous string pulling in New Caledonian crows

scientific article

Animal cognition: Aesop's fable flies from fiction to fact

scientific article published on 13 August 2009

Causal reasoning in New Caledonian crows: Ruling out spatial analogies and sampling error.

scientific article published on July 2009

Complex cognition and behavioural innovation in New Caledonian crows

scientific article published on 21 April 2010

Context-dependent tool use in New Caledonian crows.

scientific article published on 7 September 2011

Crowdsourcing and phylogenetic modelling reveal parrot tool use is not rare

Does absolute brain size really predict self-control? Hand-tracking training improves performance on the A-not-B task

scientific article

Evidence from convergent evolution and causal reasoning suggests that conclusions on human uniqueness may be premature

scientific article published on June 15, 2012

Function and flexibility of object exploration in kea and New Caledonian crows

scientific article published on 27 September 2017

Is there a link between the crafting of tools and the evolution of cognition?

scientific article published on 23 September 2014

Kea (Nestor notabilis) represent object trajectory and identity

scientific article published on 24 December 2019

Kea show no evidence of inequity aversion

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Kea show three signatures of domain-general statistical inference

scientific article published on 03 March 2020

Keas Perform Similarly to Chimpanzees and Elephants when Solving Collaborative Tasks

scientific article

Modifications to the Aesop's Fable paradigm change New Caledonian crow performances

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

New Caledonian crows learn the functional properties of novel tool types

scientific article

No evidence that a range of artificial monitoring cues influence online donations to charity in an MTurk sample

scientific article

Of babies and birds: complex tool behaviours are not sufficient for the evolution of the ability to create a novel causal intervention

article by Alex H Taylor et al published 22 July 2014 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Reply to Boogert et al.: The devil is unlikely to be in association or distraction.

scientific article published in January 2013

Reply to Dymond et al.: Clear evidence of habituation counters counterbalancing

scientific article published in January 2013

Spontaneous metatool use by New Caledonian crows.

scientific article

The crow in the room: New Caledonian crows offer insight into the necessary and sufficient conditions for cumulative cultural evolution

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

Using the Aesop's fable paradigm to investigate causal understanding of water displacement by New Caledonian crows

scientific article (publication date: 2014)