Comparative Cognition Workshop from the Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, December 2005, San Diego. The papers from this workshop are available in a Special Issue of
Aquatic Mammals, 32(4), 2006, edited by Johnson & Herzing. Including...

Johnson, C. M. & Karin-D'Arcy, M.R. (2006) Social attention in nonhuman primates: A behavioral review.Aquatic Mammals, 32, No 4:423-442.

Johnson, C. M. & Herzing, D. L. (2006) Primate, cetacean & pinniped cognition compared: An introduction. Aquatic Mammals, 32, No 4:409-412.

http://www.greatapetrust.org/

Great Ape Trust of Iowa is the new home of the famous language-using bonobo, Kanzi, along with his kin and kith, including Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Dr. Duane Rumbaugh and Dr. Rob Shumanker. This extraordinary research facility curently houses bonobos and orangutans. Preserving these animals in the wild is also a priority for the Trust, which continues to raise funds for conservation.

http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/

Primate Info Net is an outstanding library and information service associated with the National Primate Research Center at the University of Wisconsin. It also acts as a clearing house for a vast number of research and educational opportunities involving primates all around the world.

http://www.marinemammalogy.org/

The Society for Marine Mammalogy is an international group of researchers working both in the field and in captivity with a wide variety of marine mammals, including cetaceans, pinnipeds, otters, etc. I particularly recommend signing on to their online bulletin board - "MARMAM" - for regular updates on marine mammal publications, news, and research opportunities.

http://www.dolphin-institute.org/index.htm

The Dolphin Institute of the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory has long been one of the premiere facilities for cetacean cognition research. Dr. Lou Herman and Dr. Adam Pack and their colleages have produced an impressive body of work over the years, working with both captive dolphins and wild humpback whales.

http://www.usm.edu/psy-kuczaj/video.htm

Dr. Stan Kuczaj, of USM, also does research on dolphin cognition. This site includes an interesting set of videos (from Xitco, Gory & Kuczaj, 2001) that suggest that captive dolphins point out locations of interest to their trainers, including adjusting their behavior according to the attentional state of the human.

http://www.eva.mpg.de/psycho/

The Max Plank Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, in Germany, has many interesting divisions. The Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, under the directorship of Dr. Michael Tomasello, is of particular interest for their many projects studying comparative cognition in humans, apes, and dogs. Their work on social cognition is especially pertinent. See also the work by the Hominoid Psychology Research Group, which studies ape cognition in sanctuaries in Africa.

Photo from HPR Group.

http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/

Living Links, A Center for the Advanced Study of Ape and Human Evolution, affiliated with the Yerkes Primate Center in Atlanta, conducts non-invasive experimental and observational research on primate cognition and behavior. The Center's director, Dr. Frans de Waal has published many important works on, especially, social negotiation in apes and monkeys.

Ape playing "Blind's Man Bluff", by F.B.M. de Waal in Peacemaking in Primates, 1989.