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  • Cognitive Science
  • Animal Behavior
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Defining animal consciousness is challenging due to anthropocentric and anthropomorphic extremes.
  • Existing models like dual systems and trace conditioning have limitations in capturing the nuances of consciousness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically analyze existing models of animal consciousness.
  • To propose a new framework for assessing animal consciousness based on behavioral flexibility.

Main Methods:

  • Review and critique of high-level (dual systems) and low-level (trace conditioning) models.
  • Development of a methodology for measuring behavioral flexibility across species.
  • Case study using spatial navigation to illustrate the proposed model.

Main Results:

  • Neither extreme anthropocentric nor anthropomorphic views fully explain animal consciousness.
  • Behavioral flexibility, driven by motivation and attention, is proposed as a key indicator.
  • The Temporal Representation Theory provides an evolutionary context for consciousness facilitating flexible action.

Conclusions:

  • Flexible behavioral response to the environment is the most viable model for demonstrating animal consciousness.
  • A proposed methodology and case study support this framework for cross-species application.
  • Consciousness is framed as representing the present moment to enable adaptive, flexible actions.