Lucy A. Bates
University of St Andrews
22 Papers
98 Citations
Lucy A. Bates is an academic researcher from University of St Andrews. The author has contributed to research in topics: Animal cognition & Captive elephants. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 22 publications. Previous affiliations of Lucy A. Bates include University of Sussex & University of Oxford.
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Papers
Sociality, Evolution and Cognition
Richard W. Byrne,Lucy A. Bates +1 more
TL;DR: Future research needs to get beyond vague ascription of 'greater intelligence' or 'faster learning' towards a precise account of the cognitive mechanisms that underlie particular mental skills in different species; that will allow theory-testing against data from complex, natural situations as well as from the laboratory, on a common metric.
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Elephants classify human ethnic groups by odor and garment color.
Lucy A. Bates,Katito N. Sayialel,Norah Njiraini,Cynthia J. Moss,Joyce H. Poole,Richard W. Byrne +5 more
TL;DR: It is shown that elephants distinguish at least two Kenyan ethnic groups and can identify them by olfactory and color cues independently, able to classify members of a single species into subgroups that pose different degrees of danger.
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African elephants have expectations about the locations of out-of-sight family members
Lucy A. Bates,Katito N. Sayialel,Norah Njiraini,Joyce H. Poole,Cynthia J. Moss,Richard W. Byrne +5 more
TL;DR: It is shown that African elephants can recognize up to 17 females and possibly up to 30 family members from cues present in the urine–earth mix, and that they keep track of the location of these individuals in relation to themselves.
Elephant cognition in primate perspective
TL;DR: For instance, the authors found that wild elephants show no effects of absolute magnitude or relative size disparity in making number judgements in number discrimination, and their ability to remember large-scale space over long periods suggests good cognitive mapping skills.
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•Journal Article
Do Elephants Show Empathy
Lucy A. Bates,Phyllis C. Lee,Norah Njiraini,Joyce H. Poole,Katito N. Sayialel,Soila Sayialel,Cynthia J. Moss,Richard W. Byrne +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse reports collected over a thirty-five-year period, describing behavior that has the potential to reveal signs of empathic understanding, such as coalition formation, offering of protection and comfort to others, retrieving and ‘babysitting’ calves, aiding individuals that would otherwise have difficulty in moving, and removing foreign objects attached to others.
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