Animal <br>consciousness

Last updated on Dec 12, 2019

Most studies on human consciousness rely on a combination of subjective reports and objective measures. Studying consciousness in beings unable to provide verbal reports (e.g., non-human animals, babies, neurological patients) is particularly challenging, and central to serious ethical issues.

We do not perform experiments on non-human animals in the lab, but we are interested in the ethical and societal issues around animal consciousness.

Recently, we reviewed the empirical evidence regarding animal consciousness with colleagues from the French National Institute of Research in Agronomy (see below).

A book in French was published based on this report. Check it out!

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Nathan Faivre
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Matan Mazor, Simon Brown, Anna Ciaunica, Athena Demertzi, Johannes Fahrenfort, Nathan Faivre, Jolien Francken, Dominique Lamy, Michael Moutoussis, Bigna Lenggenhager, Michael Moutoussis, Marie Christine Nizzi, Roy Salomon, David Soto, Timo Stein, Nitzan Lubianker (2022). The scientific study of consciousness cannot, and should not, be morally neutral. Perspectives on Psychological Sciences.

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P. Le Neindre, M. Dunier, Raphaël Larrère, P. Prunet (2018). La conscience des animaux. Editions QUAE.

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Pierre Le Neindre, Emilie Bernard, Alain Boissy, Xavier Boivin, Ludovic Calandreau, Nicolas Delon, Bertrand Deputte, Sonia Desmoulin‐Canselier, Muriel Dunier, Nathan Faivre, Martin Giurfa, Jean‐Luc Guichet, Léa Lansade, Raphaël Larrère, Pierre Mormède, Patrick Prunet, Benoist Schaal, Jacques Servière, Claudia Terlouw (2017). Animal Consciousness. EFSA Supporting Publications.

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