Ludwig Huber (biologist)
Encyclopedia
Ludwig Huber is a professor and cognitive biologist at the University of Vienna
where he is the co-founder and Head of the Department of Cognitive Biology.
His research is focused on the experimental and comparative study of animal cognition
, and he has worked with a wide variety of species, including pigeons, dogs, kea
s, and marmoset
s.
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
where he is the co-founder and Head of the Department of Cognitive Biology.
His research is focused on the experimental and comparative study of animal cognition
Animal cognition
Animal cognition is the title given to the study of the mental capacities of non-human animals. It has developed out of comparative psychology, but has also been strongly influenced by the approach of ethology, behavioral ecology, and evolutionary psychology...
, and he has worked with a wide variety of species, including pigeons, dogs, kea
Kea
The Kea is a large species of parrot found in forested and alpine regions of the South Island of New Zealand. About long, it is mostly olive-green with a brilliant orange under its wings and has a large narrow curved grey-brown upper beak. The Kea is the world's only alpine parrot...
s, and marmoset
Marmoset
Marmosets are the 22 New World monkey species of the genera Callithrix, Cebuella, Callibella, and Mico. All four genera are part of the biological family Callitrichidae. The term marmoset is also used in reference to the Goeldi's Monkey, Callimico goeldii, which is closely related.Most marmosets...
s.
Works
- Huber, L. (2001). "Visual categorization in pigeons," in Avian Visual Cognition, edited by R. Cook (Comparative Cognition Press, Medford, MA).
- Voelkel, B., and Huber, L. (2000). "True imitation in marmosets," Anim. Behav. 60, 195-202.
- Huber, L., and Gajdon, G. K. (2006). "Technical intelligence in animals: the kea model," Anim. Cog 9, 295-305.