RESEARCH ARTICLE


Does 'Relationship Intelligence' Make Big Brains in Birds?



Isabella B.R. Scheiber*, Brigitte M. Weiβ, Katharina Hirschenhauser, Claudia A.F. Wascher, Iulia T. Nedelcu, Kurt Kotrschal
Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle für Ethologie, A-4645 Grünau 11, Austria


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Abstract

Lately, Emery et al. developed a bird-specific modification of the “social brain hypothesis”, termed “relationship intelligence hypothesis”. Although the idea may be valuable, we doubt that it is supported by sufficient evidence and critically discuss some of the arguments raised by the authors in favour of their new idea.