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Catherine Macri

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Review Open access Sep 2026

Exploring emotional expression in invertebrates: mechanisms, functions and phylogeny

Abstract The idea that invertebrates may exhibit basic forms of emotion, and possibly sentience, is gaining traction as evidence of their advanced cognitive abilities continues to mount. While high-level cognition does not imply emotional states, invertebrates offer a unique window into whether such states can arise in...

Luigi Baciadonna, Catherine Macri, D. Baracchi et al. · 1 citation
Open access Aug 2026

From insect cognition to sentience: Exploring the edge

This commentary reflects on Jonathan Birch’s framework for defining and scientifically investigating sentience in animals, and considers trace conditioning, affective states, and neural architectures as potential windows into consciousness in insects.

Catherine Macri, Martin Giurfa · 0 citations

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