Flexible self-protection as evidence of pain-like states in house crickets.
Proceedings. Biological sciences May 13, 2026 Oscar Manzi, Kate E Lynch, Daniel M Allman et al.
The possibility that insects experience pain is a frontier question at the intersection of behaviour, cognition and philosophy of mind. Interest has been fuelled not only by anatomical discoveries but also by expanding behavioural and comparative evidence. Leading frameworks emphasize behavioural indicators of pain-like experience such as flexible, targeted responses to harm beyond reflexive...