Scientific Papers - Pre-2000

Where available, links to the author abstract and full paper are given. Comment by Compassion in World Farming on selected research papers is given in grey.

Pre-2000

Barnard, N., Kaufman, S., (1997)
Animal Research is Wasteful and Misleading.
Scientific American, 00368733, Feb 97, 276 (2).

Keywords: Animal research; reliability.

Catania, K., et al. (1999)
Cortical Organization in Shrews: Evidence from five species.
The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 410 (1): 55-72.

Keywords: Shrews (Blarina brevicauda, Cryptotis parva, and Sorex palustris); cortical organisation; mammals.

Crick, F. and Koch, C. (1998)
Consciousness and neuroscience.
Cerebral Cortex, 8 (2): 97-107.

Keywords: Consciousness; neuroscience.

Nagel, T. (1974)
What is it like to be a bat?
The Philosophical Review, LXXXIII: 435-50.
Open-access article

Keywords: ‘Scientism’; consciousness; subjectivity.

Schwender, D. et al. (1995)
Awareness during general anesthesia. Definition, incidence, clinical relevance, causes, avoidance, and medicolegal aspects.
Anaesthetist, 44 (11): 743-754.

Keywords: General anaesthesia; conscious awareness; risk factors.

Tomasello, M., Call, J. and Hare, B. (1998)
Five primate species follow the visual gaze of conspecifics.
Animal Behaviour, 55 (4): 1063-1069.

Keywords: Primates; visual gaze.

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