Childhood as a solution to explore–exploit tensions
A Gopnik - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
I argue that the evolution of our life history, with its distinctively long, protected human
childhood, allows an early period of broad hypothesis search and exploration, before the …
childhood, allows an early period of broad hypothesis search and exploration, before the …
Why learn? The adaptive value of associative learning in wild populations
J Morand-Ferron - Current opinion in behavioral sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Recent progress has been made in studying intra-specific variation in
learning.•Individual differences in learning could be examined using random regression.• …
learning.•Individual differences in learning could be examined using random regression.• …
Cognition in the field: comparison of reversal learning performance in captive and wild passerines
Animal cognitive abilities have traditionally been studied in the lab, but studying cognition in
nature could provide several benefits including reduced stress and reduced impact on life …
nature could provide several benefits including reduced stress and reduced impact on life …
Episodic-like memory in wild free-living blue tits and great tits
Episodic-like memory in non-human animals represents the behavioral characteristics of
human episodic memory—the ability to mentally travel backward in time to" re-live" past …
human episodic memory—the ability to mentally travel backward in time to" re-live" past …
An Arduino-based RFID platform for animal research
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has been broadly applied in the biological
sciences to yield new insights into behavior, cognition, population biology, and distributions …
sciences to yield new insights into behavior, cognition, population biology, and distributions …
Differential participation in cognitive tests is driven by personality, sex, body condition and experience
Failure to participate in a cognitive test may result in sampling biases when measuring inter-
individual variation in cognitive performances in both captive and wild populations. This …
individual variation in cognitive performances in both captive and wild populations. This …
Inhibitory control, exploration behaviour and manipulated ecological context are associated with foraging flexibility in the great tit
Organisms are constantly under selection to respond effectively to diverse, sometimes rapid,
changes in their environment, but not all individuals are equally plastic in their behaviour …
changes in their environment, but not all individuals are equally plastic in their behaviour …
An automated barcode tracking system for behavioural studies in birds
Recent advances in technology allow researchers to automate the measurement of animal
behaviour. These methods have multiple advantages over direct observations and manual …
behaviour. These methods have multiple advantages over direct observations and manual …
How can we study the evolution of animal minds?
During the last 50 years, comparative cognition and neurosciences have improved our
understanding of animal minds while evolutionary ecology has revealed how selection acts …
understanding of animal minds while evolutionary ecology has revealed how selection acts …
Contaminant-by-environment interactive effects on animal behavior in the context of global change: Evidence from avian behavioral ecotoxicology
The potential for chemical contaminant exposure to interact with other stressors to affect
animal behavioral responses to environmental variability is of mounting concern in the …
animal behavioral responses to environmental variability is of mounting concern in the …