ScienceNews: Some scientists say animals have capacity for thought

Release Date: December 9, 2009 This content is archived.

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An article in Science News, the magazine of the Society for Science & the Public, about behavioral signs of cognizance in animals quotes J. David Smith, professor of psychology, who says it's important to keep in mind that consciousness is not an all-or-nothing event, that there are levels and gradations of the capacity.

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