Nicola Clayton

New research shows that male jays are able to disengage from their own current desires to feed their female partner food that she wants.

Why are so many companies brought down by an excess of self-confidence, and rash decision-making by out-of-control egos at the top? A Cambridge conference aims to explain why power corrupts, and whether corporate leaders could learn a few lessons from the humble crow.

Research suggests that Eurasian Jays might be able to determine aspects of the ‘internal life’ of their mate.

Cambridge scientists have used an age-old fable to help illustrate how we think differently to other animals.

Seven Cambridge researchers are among the 44 new Fellows announced by the Royal Society this week.

Nicky Clayton, Professor of Comparative Cognition in the Department of Experimental Psychology, has thrown the doors wide open on animal cognition. Where once the idea would have been dismissed that animals can re-experience the past and plan for the future, her imaginative studies have shown this inherent cleverness in crows.