Ethological Research
Scientific research provides insight and answers to the questions we want to resolve. By working with the shared body of research the scientific community makes available, we can broaden our understanding of the complexities of the animal mind, animal sensory abilities, and animal mental health. At Chivalric Ethology, we specialize in several areas of applied research for captive and wild animals. Our broad topic areas with example questions are below:
Welfare Research
Sensory Research
Behavioural Research
Co-operation and Mutual Benefit
Other Ethological Research Areas Include: Emotions - compassion, embarrassment, guilt, joy, loneliness, love, pride, sadness, shame, excitement, Sensory Perceptions - visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, sonar, infra-red, electro-magnetic, gustatory, vibrations Communication - vocalizations, meaning, syntax, comprehension, signal sending and receiving Social Behaviours - co-operation, friendship, generosity, group feeding, mourning, play, altruism Culture - cultural transmission, learning, dialects, sub-group specific behaviours Motives - empathy, morality, revenge, pleasure, fear, trading, deception Awareness - consciousness, self-awareness/recognition, modesty, sentience, theory of mind, Cognition - intelligence, memory, judgement, rationality, perception, innovation States of Mind - optimism, pessimism, pleasure, pain, cognitive bias |
* Funktionslust is the pleasure taken in doing what one does best and having a love for the functions you are physically and mentally equipped to do better than others. Examples include dolphins porpoising, cheetahs sprinting, otters hunting underwater and birds soaring.
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Species-Specific Sonic Enrichment
Press:
Music for Cats launched commercially with Universal Records - The Guardian
Music for Cats could soon be followed by Music for Dogs and Music for Horses - The Independent
This cellist has composed music for cats. Do they care? - The Washington Post
Meet the man who makes Music for Cats - TIME Magazine
Mewsic to cats' ears - New York Times
Music for Cats launched commercially with Universal Records - The Guardian
Music for Cats could soon be followed by Music for Dogs and Music for Horses - The Independent
This cellist has composed music for cats. Do they care? - The Washington Post
Meet the man who makes Music for Cats - TIME Magazine
Mewsic to cats' ears - New York Times