No evidence tube entrapment distresses rodents in typical empathy tests
Anim Cogn. 2024 Apr 1;27(1):29. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01863-9.ABSTRACTIn the first two experiments an empty tube open at one end was placed in different locations. Male hamsters, tested one at a time, tended to stay close to the tube or in it. During the first minute of the first 4 sessions of Experiment 3, the hamster was unrestrained. If it entered the tube, it was locked within the tube. If it did not enter the tube during the first min, it was placed in it, and the tube was locked. Fifteen min later, the tube was opened, and the hamster was unrestrained for a further 20 min. The tube remained open during Session 5. H...
Source: Animal Cognition - April 1, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Dwi Atmoko Agung Nugroho Sri Kusrohmaniah Emma Pilz Clare Krikorian David Kearns Burton Slotnick Maria Gomez Alan Silberberg Source Type: research
A preliminary analysis of the effect of individual differences on cognitive performance in young companion dogs
In this study, companion dogs under 12 months of age were tested once on two tasks purported to measure aspects of executive function: the delayed-search task (DST) and the detour reversal task (DRT). Owners also filled out the Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire (C-BARQ) to evaluate how temperament influenced task performance. Contrary to prior research, performance did not improve with age on either task. However, the lack of age effects was likely the result of small sample sizes and individual differences across other factors influencing performance. Specifically, temperament differences as measured...
Source: Animal Cognition - April 1, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Jordan G Smith Sarah Krichbaum Lane Montgomery Emma Cox Jeffrey S Katz Source Type: research
No evidence tube entrapment distresses rodents in typical empathy tests
Anim Cogn. 2024 Apr 1;27(1):29. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01863-9.ABSTRACTIn the first two experiments an empty tube open at one end was placed in different locations. Male hamsters, tested one at a time, tended to stay close to the tube or in it. During the first minute of the first 4 sessions of Experiment 3, the hamster was unrestrained. If it entered the tube, it was locked within the tube. If it did not enter the tube during the first min, it was placed in it, and the tube was locked. Fifteen min later, the tube was opened, and the hamster was unrestrained for a further 20 min. The tube remained open during Session 5. H...
Source: Animal Cognition - April 1, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Dwi Atmoko Agung Nugroho Sri Kusrohmaniah Emma Pilz Clare Krikorian David Kearns Burton Slotnick Maria Gomez Alan Silberberg Source Type: research
A preliminary analysis of the effect of individual differences on cognitive performance in young companion dogs
In this study, companion dogs under 12 months of age were tested once on two tasks purported to measure aspects of executive function: the delayed-search task (DST) and the detour reversal task (DRT). Owners also filled out the Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire (C-BARQ) to evaluate how temperament influenced task performance. Contrary to prior research, performance did not improve with age on either task. However, the lack of age effects was likely the result of small sample sizes and individual differences across other factors influencing performance. Specifically, temperament differences as measured...
Source: Animal Cognition - April 1, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Jordan G Smith Sarah Krichbaum Lane Montgomery Emma Cox Jeffrey S Katz Source Type: research
No evidence tube entrapment distresses rodents in typical empathy tests
Anim Cogn. 2024 Apr 1;27(1):29. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01863-9.ABSTRACTIn the first two experiments an empty tube open at one end was placed in different locations. Male hamsters, tested one at a time, tended to stay close to the tube or in it. During the first minute of the first 4 sessions of Experiment 3, the hamster was unrestrained. If it entered the tube, it was locked within the tube. If it did not enter the tube during the first min, it was placed in it, and the tube was locked. Fifteen min later, the tube was opened, and the hamster was unrestrained for a further 20 min. The tube remained open during Session 5. H...
Source: Animal Cognition - April 1, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Dwi Atmoko Agung Nugroho Sri Kusrohmaniah Emma Pilz Clare Krikorian David Kearns Burton Slotnick Maria Gomez Alan Silberberg Source Type: research
Do dogs preferentially encode the identity of the target object or the location of others' actions?
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 30;27(1):28. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01870-w.ABSTRACTThe ability to make sense of and predict others' actions is foundational for many socio-cognitive abilities. Dogs (Canis familiaris) constitute interesting comparative models for the study of action perception due to their marked sensitivity to human actions. We tested companion dogs (N = 21) in two screen-based eye-tracking experiments, adopting a task previously used with human infants and apes, to assess which aspects of an agent's action dogs consider relevant to the agent's underlying intentions. An agent was shown repeatedly acting upon the same...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 30, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Lucrezia Lonardo Christoph J V ölter Robert Hepach Claus Lamm Ludwig Huber Source Type: research
Do dogs preferentially encode the identity of the target object or the location of others' actions?
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 30;27(1):28. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01870-w.ABSTRACTThe ability to make sense of and predict others' actions is foundational for many socio-cognitive abilities. Dogs (Canis familiaris) constitute interesting comparative models for the study of action perception due to their marked sensitivity to human actions. We tested companion dogs (N = 21) in two screen-based eye-tracking experiments, adopting a task previously used with human infants and apes, to assess which aspects of an agent's action dogs consider relevant to the agent's underlying intentions. An agent was shown repeatedly acting upon the same...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 30, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Lucrezia Lonardo Christoph J V ölter Robert Hepach Claus Lamm Ludwig Huber Source Type: research
Inhibitory control in teleost fish: a methodological and conceptual review
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 26;27(1):27. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01867-5.ABSTRACTInhibitory control (IC) plays a central role in behaviour control allowing an individual to resist external lures and internal predispositions. While IC has been consistently investigated in humans, other mammals, and birds, research has only recently begun to explore IC in other vertebrates. This review examines current literature on teleost fish, focusing on both methodological and conceptual aspects. I describe the main paradigms adopted to study IC in fish, identifying well-established tasks that fit various research applications and highlighting ...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 26, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Tyrone Lucon-Xiccato Source Type: research
Trained quantity discrimination in invasive red-eared slider and a comparison with the native stripe-necked turtle
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 26;27(1):26. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01850-0.ABSTRACTLittle is known about the behavioral and cognitive traits that best predict invasion success. Evidence is mounting that cognitive performance correlates with survival and fecundity, two pivotal factors for the successful establishment of invasive populations. We assessed the quantity discrimination ability of the globally invasive red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans). We further compared it to that of the native stripe-necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis), which has been previously evaluated for its superior quantity discrimination ability. Speci...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 26, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Feng-Chun Lin Pei-Jen Lee Shaner Ming-Ying Hsieh Martin J Whiting Si-Min Lin Source Type: research
Inhibitory control in teleost fish: a methodological and conceptual review
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 26;27(1):27. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01867-5.ABSTRACTInhibitory control (IC) plays a central role in behaviour control allowing an individual to resist external lures and internal predispositions. While IC has been consistently investigated in humans, other mammals, and birds, research has only recently begun to explore IC in other vertebrates. This review examines current literature on teleost fish, focusing on both methodological and conceptual aspects. I describe the main paradigms adopted to study IC in fish, identifying well-established tasks that fit various research applications and highlighting ...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 26, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Tyrone Lucon-Xiccato Source Type: research
Trained quantity discrimination in invasive red-eared slider and a comparison with the native stripe-necked turtle
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 26;27(1):26. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01850-0.ABSTRACTLittle is known about the behavioral and cognitive traits that best predict invasion success. Evidence is mounting that cognitive performance correlates with survival and fecundity, two pivotal factors for the successful establishment of invasive populations. We assessed the quantity discrimination ability of the globally invasive red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans). We further compared it to that of the native stripe-necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis), which has been previously evaluated for its superior quantity discrimination ability. Speci...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 26, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Feng-Chun Lin Pei-Jen Lee Shaner Ming-Ying Hsieh Martin J Whiting Si-Min Lin Source Type: research
Inhibitory control in teleost fish: a methodological and conceptual review
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 26;27(1):27. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01867-5.ABSTRACTInhibitory control (IC) plays a central role in behaviour control allowing an individual to resist external lures and internal predispositions. While IC has been consistently investigated in humans, other mammals, and birds, research has only recently begun to explore IC in other vertebrates. This review examines current literature on teleost fish, focusing on both methodological and conceptual aspects. I describe the main paradigms adopted to study IC in fish, identifying well-established tasks that fit various research applications and highlighting ...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 26, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Tyrone Lucon-Xiccato Source Type: research
Trained quantity discrimination in invasive red-eared slider and a comparison with the native stripe-necked turtle
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 26;27(1):26. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01850-0.ABSTRACTLittle is known about the behavioral and cognitive traits that best predict invasion success. Evidence is mounting that cognitive performance correlates with survival and fecundity, two pivotal factors for the successful establishment of invasive populations. We assessed the quantity discrimination ability of the globally invasive red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans). We further compared it to that of the native stripe-necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis), which has been previously evaluated for its superior quantity discrimination ability. Speci...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 26, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Feng-Chun Lin Pei-Jen Lee Shaner Ming-Ying Hsieh Martin J Whiting Si-Min Lin Source Type: research
Inhibitory control in teleost fish: a methodological and conceptual review
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 26;27(1):27. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01867-5.ABSTRACTInhibitory control (IC) plays a central role in behaviour control allowing an individual to resist external lures and internal predispositions. While IC has been consistently investigated in humans, other mammals, and birds, research has only recently begun to explore IC in other vertebrates. This review examines current literature on teleost fish, focusing on both methodological and conceptual aspects. I describe the main paradigms adopted to study IC in fish, identifying well-established tasks that fit various research applications and highlighting ...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 26, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Tyrone Lucon-Xiccato Source Type: research
Trained quantity discrimination in invasive red-eared slider and a comparison with the native stripe-necked turtle
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 26;27(1):26. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01850-0.ABSTRACTLittle is known about the behavioral and cognitive traits that best predict invasion success. Evidence is mounting that cognitive performance correlates with survival and fecundity, two pivotal factors for the successful establishment of invasive populations. We assessed the quantity discrimination ability of the globally invasive red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans). We further compared it to that of the native stripe-necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis), which has been previously evaluated for its superior quantity discrimination ability. Speci...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 26, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Feng-Chun Lin Pei-Jen Lee Shaner Ming-Ying Hsieh Martin J Whiting Si-Min Lin Source Type: research
