Environmental harshness does not affect the propensity for social learning in great tits, Parus major
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 12;27(1):25. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01862-w.ABSTRACTAccording to the harsh environment hypothesis, natural selection should favour cognitive mechanisms to overcome environmental challenges. Tests of this hypothesis to date have largely focused on asocial learning and memory, thus failing to account for the spread of information via social means. Tests in specialized food-hoarding birds have shown strong support for the effects of environmental harshness on both asocial and social learning. Whether the hypothesis applies to non-specialist foraging species remains largely unexplored. We evaluated the rel...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 12, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Emil Isaksson Julie Morand-Ferron Alexis Chaine Source Type: research
Environmental harshness does not affect the propensity for social learning in great tits, Parus major
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 12;27(1):25. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01862-w.ABSTRACTAccording to the harsh environment hypothesis, natural selection should favour cognitive mechanisms to overcome environmental challenges. Tests of this hypothesis to date have largely focused on asocial learning and memory, thus failing to account for the spread of information via social means. Tests in specialized food-hoarding birds have shown strong support for the effects of environmental harshness on both asocial and social learning. Whether the hypothesis applies to non-specialist foraging species remains largely unexplored. We evaluated the rel...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 12, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Emil Isaksson Julie Morand-Ferron Alexis Chaine Source Type: research
Environmental harshness does not affect the propensity for social learning in great tits, Parus major
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 12;27(1):25. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01862-w.ABSTRACTAccording to the harsh environment hypothesis, natural selection should favour cognitive mechanisms to overcome environmental challenges. Tests of this hypothesis to date have largely focused on asocial learning and memory, thus failing to account for the spread of information via social means. Tests in specialized food-hoarding birds have shown strong support for the effects of environmental harshness on both asocial and social learning. Whether the hypothesis applies to non-specialist foraging species remains largely unexplored. We evaluated the rel...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 12, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Emil Isaksson Julie Morand-Ferron Alexis Chaine Source Type: research
Environmental harshness does not affect the propensity for social learning in great tits, Parus major
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 12;27(1):25. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01862-w.ABSTRACTAccording to the harsh environment hypothesis, natural selection should favour cognitive mechanisms to overcome environmental challenges. Tests of this hypothesis to date have largely focused on asocial learning and memory, thus failing to account for the spread of information via social means. Tests in specialized food-hoarding birds have shown strong support for the effects of environmental harshness on both asocial and social learning. Whether the hypothesis applies to non-specialist foraging species remains largely unexplored. We evaluated the rel...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 12, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Emil Isaksson Julie Morand-Ferron Alexis Chaine Source Type: research
Environmental harshness does not affect the propensity for social learning in great tits, Parus major
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 12;27(1):25. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01862-w.ABSTRACTAccording to the harsh environment hypothesis, natural selection should favour cognitive mechanisms to overcome environmental challenges. Tests of this hypothesis to date have largely focused on asocial learning and memory, thus failing to account for the spread of information via social means. Tests in specialized food-hoarding birds have shown strong support for the effects of environmental harshness on both asocial and social learning. Whether the hypothesis applies to non-specialist foraging species remains largely unexplored. We evaluated the rel...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 12, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Emil Isaksson Julie Morand-Ferron Alexis Chaine Source Type: research
Environmental harshness does not affect the propensity for social learning in great tits, Parus major
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 12;27(1):25. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01862-w.ABSTRACTAccording to the harsh environment hypothesis, natural selection should favour cognitive mechanisms to overcome environmental challenges. Tests of this hypothesis to date have largely focused on asocial learning and memory, thus failing to account for the spread of information via social means. Tests in specialized food-hoarding birds have shown strong support for the effects of environmental harshness on both asocial and social learning. Whether the hypothesis applies to non-specialist foraging species remains largely unexplored. We evaluated the rel...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 12, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Emil Isaksson Julie Morand-Ferron Alexis Chaine Source Type: research
Environmental harshness does not affect the propensity for social learning in great tits, Parus major
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 12;27(1):25. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01862-w.ABSTRACTAccording to the harsh environment hypothesis, natural selection should favour cognitive mechanisms to overcome environmental challenges. Tests of this hypothesis to date have largely focused on asocial learning and memory, thus failing to account for the spread of information via social means. Tests in specialized food-hoarding birds have shown strong support for the effects of environmental harshness on both asocial and social learning. Whether the hypothesis applies to non-specialist foraging species remains largely unexplored. We evaluated the rel...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 12, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Emil Isaksson Julie Morand-Ferron Alexis Chaine Source Type: research
Environmental harshness does not affect the propensity for social learning in great tits, Parus major
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 12;27(1):25. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01862-w.ABSTRACTAccording to the harsh environment hypothesis, natural selection should favour cognitive mechanisms to overcome environmental challenges. Tests of this hypothesis to date have largely focused on asocial learning and memory, thus failing to account for the spread of information via social means. Tests in specialized food-hoarding birds have shown strong support for the effects of environmental harshness on both asocial and social learning. Whether the hypothesis applies to non-specialist foraging species remains largely unexplored. We evaluated the rel...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 12, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Emil Isaksson Julie Morand-Ferron Alexis Chaine Source Type: research
Environmental harshness does not affect the propensity for social learning in great tits, Parus major
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 12;27(1):25. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01862-w.ABSTRACTAccording to the harsh environment hypothesis, natural selection should favour cognitive mechanisms to overcome environmental challenges. Tests of this hypothesis to date have largely focused on asocial learning and memory, thus failing to account for the spread of information via social means. Tests in specialized food-hoarding birds have shown strong support for the effects of environmental harshness on both asocial and social learning. Whether the hypothesis applies to non-specialist foraging species remains largely unexplored. We evaluated the rel...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 12, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Emil Isaksson Julie Morand-Ferron Alexis Chaine Source Type: research
Environmental harshness does not affect the propensity for social learning in great tits, Parus major
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 12;27(1):25. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01862-w.ABSTRACTAccording to the harsh environment hypothesis, natural selection should favour cognitive mechanisms to overcome environmental challenges. Tests of this hypothesis to date have largely focused on asocial learning and memory, thus failing to account for the spread of information via social means. Tests in specialized food-hoarding birds have shown strong support for the effects of environmental harshness on both asocial and social learning. Whether the hypothesis applies to non-specialist foraging species remains largely unexplored. We evaluated the rel...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 12, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Emil Isaksson Julie Morand-Ferron Alexis Chaine Source Type: research
Environmental harshness does not affect the propensity for social learning in great tits, Parus major
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 12;27(1):25. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01862-w.ABSTRACTAccording to the harsh environment hypothesis, natural selection should favour cognitive mechanisms to overcome environmental challenges. Tests of this hypothesis to date have largely focused on asocial learning and memory, thus failing to account for the spread of information via social means. Tests in specialized food-hoarding birds have shown strong support for the effects of environmental harshness on both asocial and social learning. Whether the hypothesis applies to non-specialist foraging species remains largely unexplored. We evaluated the rel...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 12, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Emil Isaksson Julie Morand-Ferron Alexis Chaine Source Type: research
Serial reversal learning in nectar-feeding bats
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 7;27(1):24. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01836-y.ABSTRACTWe explored the behavioral flexibility of Commissaris's long-tongued bats through a spatial serial reversal foraging task. Bats kept in captivity for short periods were trained to obtain nectar rewards from two artificial flowers. At any given time, only one of the flowers provided rewards and these reward contingencies reversed in successive blocks of 50 flower visits. All bats detected and responded to reversals by making most of their visits to the currently active flower. As the bats experienced repeated reversals, their preference re-adjusted fast...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 7, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Shambhavi Chidambaram Sabine Wintergerst Alex Kacelnik Vladislav Nachev York Winter Source Type: research
Serial reversal learning in nectar-feeding bats
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 7;27(1):24. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01836-y.ABSTRACTWe explored the behavioral flexibility of Commissaris's long-tongued bats through a spatial serial reversal foraging task. Bats kept in captivity for short periods were trained to obtain nectar rewards from two artificial flowers. At any given time, only one of the flowers provided rewards and these reward contingencies reversed in successive blocks of 50 flower visits. All bats detected and responded to reversals by making most of their visits to the currently active flower. As the bats experienced repeated reversals, their preference re-adjusted fast...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 7, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Shambhavi Chidambaram Sabine Wintergerst Alex Kacelnik Vladislav Nachev York Winter Source Type: research
Serial reversal learning in nectar-feeding bats
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 7;27(1):24. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01836-y.ABSTRACTWe explored the behavioral flexibility of Commissaris's long-tongued bats through a spatial serial reversal foraging task. Bats kept in captivity for short periods were trained to obtain nectar rewards from two artificial flowers. At any given time, only one of the flowers provided rewards and these reward contingencies reversed in successive blocks of 50 flower visits. All bats detected and responded to reversals by making most of their visits to the currently active flower. As the bats experienced repeated reversals, their preference re-adjusted fast...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 7, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Shambhavi Chidambaram Sabine Wintergerst Alex Kacelnik Vladislav Nachev York Winter Source Type: research
Serial reversal learning in nectar-feeding bats
Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 7;27(1):24. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01836-y.ABSTRACTWe explored the behavioral flexibility of Commissaris's long-tongued bats through a spatial serial reversal foraging task. Bats kept in captivity for short periods were trained to obtain nectar rewards from two artificial flowers. At any given time, only one of the flowers provided rewards and these reward contingencies reversed in successive blocks of 50 flower visits. All bats detected and responded to reversals by making most of their visits to the currently active flower. As the bats experienced repeated reversals, their preference re-adjusted fast...
Source: Animal Cognition - March 7, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Shambhavi Chidambaram Sabine Wintergerst Alex Kacelnik Vladislav Nachev York Winter Source Type: research
