What is the anture of psychic processes that differentiate us from other animals?
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The major difference is that we have this big conscious mind which prevents us from having a direct relationship with our intuition. Whereas with dogs, psychic intuition has been studied somewhat successfully. We humans have to train ourselves to be more attuned to our intuition\n\nThe most general rule in the psychic community is to not cause harm.
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Animals and humans are practically one and the same, animals want to eat procreate, protect there young, humans are the same except for one thing, The ability to reason and ask a simple but important question..WHY? \n\nAsking that question has enabled humans to explore and expand,whether evolution or god had a say in that, is another question. But instinctly animals and humans are more similar than some people might like to admit to. \n\nOur behaviour can often be predicted following models based on animals. But the knowledge of our mortality and questioning of it, separates man from beast.
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Aren't we the same?  We're animals that inhabit this planet, the same as many others.  What sets humans apart?  The idea that we have a soul?  That is very debatable and has never been proven or disproven to exist but the same could be said for animals possessing souls.  The fact that many believe that only humans have souls only proves that our egos WANT to believe ourselves somehow better.  In many ways we are superior to the other animals, hence our dominance of the planet.  But also in many ways we are far inferior to other animals.  So where is the balance?
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Yes.  All animals have feelings, they aren't as strong or  prominate as humans but they feel some emotions.  For example cats.  When I was a kid we had two cats named precious and rocky.  And everday when I left for school they would stand with me until the bus came.  Then when I would come home they would be waiting for me.  Other evidence:\n\n-Elephants bury the bones of deceased\n-They adopt abandoned baby elephants after their mothers die\n-Cats nuture each other, I've seen our cats clean eachother\n-Dogs are loyal and have saved others lives
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If you're really paying attention, you can tell one animal from another, too....they each have unique characteristics.
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I think cognitive thinking and instinctual thinking can not be compared so simply.  This question is like asking if apples are fruitier than bananas.  Both animals and humans are agressive alike if locked in a battle, and it just depends:  thinking power  .vs. sheer physical power
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It's not just humans - most mammals (and other animals to a lessor extent) have emotions.  They serve many key functions for survival:\n\nThey give a reason to act.\nThey give a reason for animals to attract each other.\nThey imprint important experiences in the brain.\nThey help animals make decisions.\n\nThere's probably more, but that's a good start.
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Animals sense things alot better than humans do.
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There are at least 200 pages on mind (including animals) in THE URANTIA BOOK.  At least part of the handle for which you are searching will be found there.\n\nI was once a great believer in behavioral phenotypes which I imagined to arise purely from chemical constituents such as DNA....\n\nBut with many more years of investigation, I have found that just as the behavior of our computers is attributable to programmers, so also the behavior of the animals is attributable to their creators.  In this instance living organisms are a substrate of sorts (carefully organized that way) in which higher realities -- mind and spirit -- can have an effect.\n\nNot to the same degree as one finds in humans, nevertheless quite parallel.\n\nWe have animal bodies ourselves, and our development reflects our phylogenetic heritage.  At various stages we share many of the same aspects of mind ministry as the animals have.\n\nBut we can also become philosophical and plan for the future of our children.  Animals are far less self-conscious and lack the potentials necessary for high wisdom or finding God.\n\nAlthough you may think this unscientific, I am a scientist, just an older one.\n\nAnd I am not the first scientist to bring higher concepts into the commentary.\n\nEinstein and Alfred North Whitehead are two others.\n\nThere are quite a few biologists and medical doctors in this category also.\n\nBut again, the best explanation is in the book mentioned.\n\nOne must be humble to enable great learning.
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There's a peak absorbance of rods and cones in the retina.  Humans have three peaks which represent the primary colors (for light) red, green, and blue.  The colors we see are our brain's interpretation of input on those three colors plus general light level input from rods.  Based on the numbers of rods and cones and the absorbance spectra of the different cones, researches can get an idea of the color vision of different animals.\n\nMost mammals are dichromatic (two colors).  Note how non-colorful they tend to be.  Certain primates are trichromatic (three colors).  Birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects are also trichromatic or more.  Note how colorful they tend to be.
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I suppose that it depends on your concept of self-awareness. I recently heard about a study that describes elephants as being aware of their own reflections in mirrors - that is, that they were aware that they were looking at themselves and not at some other creature.\n\nAs for technological development, I guess that if chimpanzees are developing air conditioning for those hot African afternoons, then they've also managed to develop some way to keep it under wraps. :D
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There is no ONE kind of animal.... several species can see color to some extent and it is difficult to prove since animals can not tell us!!\n\nHowever go to this link and it will describe many animals that can see color to some extent.\nhttp://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/17.html\nsome even better than humans (pigeons and mantis shrimp!)
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They say animals dont got no soul but theyre conscious aint they? Its kind of separated, the study of science and religion I mean. So the soul is in religion and the consciousness is in science. I guess its coz you cant really study the soul scientifically, its up to you to believe in it and most people do. It is almost a fact that we have souls right?
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We can never know how another species thinks, let alone another person.  We can only make assumptions based on similar brain activity (using MRIs, CT scans, and EEGs) among individuals.  For example, we can see different regions of the brain are more active during the REM stage of sleep, when people experience dreaming.  We can see the same brain regions active in other animals when they are sleeping, so we therefore come to the conclusion that they are dreaming. (transitive property, I think)
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None of the species, other than the birds and the mammals, in this vast animal kingdom shows the phenomenon of dreaming. It is exclusively a property of birds and mammals and is highly developed in humans.\n      Dreaming is a form of subjective consciousness (after Freud) achieved during sleep. Actually it is a form of memory refreshment(just like a computer system) in which the brain gets rid of the unnecessary data collected during consciousness (like those of clearing the cookies of your system). This is achieved by a complex mechanism related to the biological rhythms of the organism concerned coupled with it's physiological state and behavior and is brought about neuronal firings during REM sleep in different regions of the brain specifically at the frontal lobe, rostral pons and the visual cortex. The actual mechanism is so complicated that this form of neuronal firing can not be carried out when the animal is in conscious state (otherwise the normal behavioral responses and physiological activities will clash). So, dreams only occur in birds and mammals, highly developed in humans and occurs predominantly during sleep related to their biological rhythms.\n      The structure of brain of insects (like bees, as you have asked) or any other animal is not so well developed to support such a complicated mechanism.\n       So, bees can never dream of flowers.\n    Bees can sense flowers by their eyes and other senses while foraging and can convey the message to their mates by their marvellous dancing languages
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Humans ARE animals. We are a mammalian species of bipedal primates called "homo sapiens."\n\nMany people believe humans are separate from animals because of our superior intelligence, but I think intelligence is just a trait that every animal has, some more than others. Cheetahs and peregrine falcons are superior in speed, elephants and Kodiak bears are superior in strength, and squirrels and jaguars are superior in agility, for a few other examples of superiority. Just because we are capable of more things than other animals intellectually does not make us something foreign to the Animal Kingdom.
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We rely on our instincts....our gut feelings....to decide whether or not to believe a stranger.\n\nIt is amazing how intuitive we are.  The most important thing is to remember to always listen to that voice inside you.