A Capuchin monkey (Cebus apella) recognizes when people do and do not know the location of food.

abstract：:Although the Piagetian framework has been used by numerous researchers to compare cognitive abilities of diverse species, the system is often criticized as implemented. I examine the various criticisms, suggest ways in which the system can be improved, and argue for the need for descriptive systems such as the Piageti...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Pepperberg IM

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most robust sex differences in cognition across polygynous mammalian species are the sex-specific patterns of the use of spatial cues during encoding and orientation. In laboratory rats, wild rodents, and humans, females orient preferentially to the features and arrangement of local landmarks, while males preferen...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Bettis TJ,Jacobs LF

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some animals have the cognitive capacity to differentiate between different species of predators and generate different alarm calls in response. However, the presence of any addition information that might be encoded into alarm calls has been largely unexplored. In the present study, three similar-sized human females ...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Slobodchikoff CN,Paseka A,Verdolin JL

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are simple co-occurrences as well as functional relationships between events. One may assume that animals detect and use causation rather than mere co-variation. However, understanding causation often requires concepts of hidden forces. In string pulling, obstacles may hamper the access to food. Here, I studied ...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Pfuhl G

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have found that Carolina chickadees and tufted titmice use a predator's head orientation to determine risk, taking fewer seeds from a feeder if an avian predator model's head is facing the feeder while ignoring the head orientation. In addition to head orientation, eyes are a cue of predator risk. In ...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Kyle SC

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Learning abilities are exhibited by many animals, including insects. However, sedentary species are typically believed to have low capacities and requirements for learning. Despite this view, recent studies show that even such inconspicuous organisms as larval antlions, which employ an ambush predation strategy, are c...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Kuszewska K,Miler K,Filipiak M,Woyciechowski M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolutionary theories suggest that ecology is a major factor shaping cognition in primates. However, there have been few systematic tests of spatial memory abilities involving multiple primate species. Here, we examine spatial memory skills in four strepsirrhine primates that vary in level of frugivory: ruffed lemurs ...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Rosati AG,Rodriguez K,Hare B

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lateralization represents a key property of many behavioural traits, with the right and left sides of the brain providing different and integrative functions. Common ecological contexts where lateralization can be observed are foraging and predatory ones, where both visual and auditory lateralization may provide advan...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Pellitteri-Rosa D,Lazić M,Gazzola A,Vallortigara G

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original article shows incorrect values for 'Coef. and Robust SE' under the heading. ...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Perry S

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some nonhuman species demonstrate metamemory, the ability to monitor and control memory. Here, we identify memory signals that control metamemory judgments in rhesus monkeys by directly comparing performance in two metamemory paradigms while holding the availability of one memory signal constant and manipulating anoth...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Brown EK,Basile BM,Templer VL,Hampton RR

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of novel behavior is a multilayered phenomenon that comprehends distinct processes. One such process is known as insightful problem solving. "Insight" can be explained as the spontaneous interconnection of previously acquired behavioral repertoires. The objective of this study was to investigate: (1) whe...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Neves Filho HB,de Carvalho Neto MB,Taytelbaum GP,Malheiros RD,Knaus YC

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the five-term, transitive inference task used with animals, pigeons are trained on four simultaneous discrimination premise pairs: A + B -, B + C -, C + D -, D + E -. Typically, when tested with the BD pair, most pigeons show a transitive inference effect, choosing B over D. Two non-inferential hypotheses have been...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Zentall TR,Peng D,Miles L

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study shows evidence of a domestic cat (Felis catus) being able to successfully learn to reproduce human-demonstrated actions based on the Do as I Do paradigm. The subject was trained to reproduce a small set of familiar actions on command "Do it!" before the study began. To test feature-contingent behavioural si...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Fugazza C,Sommese A,Pogány Á,Miklósi Á

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inequity aversion refers to an attempt to reduce a perceived discrepancy between one's own input and output ratio (i.e. ratio between work invested and rewards obtained) and that of others. It has been proposed that inequity aversion might also play a role in the decision-making process of other animals. One issue, ho...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Ostojić L,Clayton NS

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overmarking occurs when one individual places its scent mark directly on top of the scent mark of another individual. Although it is almost ubiquitous among terrestrial mammals, we know little about the function of overmarking. In addition, almost all studies on mammalian overmarking behaviour dealt with adult individ...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Pluháček J,Tučková V,King SRB,Šárová R

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that the neuropeptide oxytocin is involved in the regulation of several complex human social behaviours. There is, however, little research on the effect of oxytocin on basic mechanisms underlying human sociality, such as the perception of biological motion. In the present study, we investiga...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Kovács K,Kis A,Kanizsár O,Hernádi A,Gácsi M,Topál J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have examined whether non-human tool-users understand the properties that are relevant for a tool's function. We tested cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) and rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) on an expectancy violation procedure designed to assess whether these species make distinctions between the fun...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Santos LR,Miller CT,Hauser MD

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantity discrimination is adaptive in a variety of ecological contexts and different taxa discriminate stimuli differing in numerousness, both in the wild and in laboratory settings. Quantity discrimination between object arrays has been suggested to be more demanding than between food arrays but, to our knowledge, t...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Addessi E,Crescimbene L,Visalberghi E

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Killer whales (KW) may be predators or competitors of other cetaceans. Since their foraging behavior and acoustics differ among populations ('ecotypes'), we hypothesized that other cetaceans can eavesdrop on KW sounds and adjust their behavior according to the KW ecotype. We performed playback experiments on long-finn...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Curé C,Isojunno S,I Vester H,Visser F,Oudejans M,Biassoni N,Massenet M,Barluet de Beauchesne L,J Wensveen P,Sivle LD,Tyack PL,Miller PJO

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tests whether the face-processing system of humans and a nonhuman primate species share characteristics that would allow for early and quick processing of socially salient stimuli: a sensitivity toward conspecific faces, a sensitivity toward highly practiced face stimuli, and an ability to generalize change...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Neiworth JJ,Hassett JM,Sylvester CJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence for different tool kits, proposed to be based upon culture-like transmission, have been observed across different chimpanzee communities across Western Africa. In light of these findings, the reported failures by seven captive juvenile chimpanzees tested with 27 tool use tasks (Povinelli 2000) seem eni...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Furlong EE,Boose KJ,Boysen ST

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether cats have a cross-modal representation of humans, using a cross-modal expectancy violation paradigm originally used with dogs by Adachi et al. (Anim Cogn 10:17-21, 2007). We compared cats living in houses and in cat cafés to assess the potential effect of postnatal experience. Cats were presented w...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Takagi S,Arahori M,Chijiiwa H,Saito A,Kuroshima H,Fujita K

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-control has been shown to be linked with being cooperative and successful in humans and with the g-factor in chimpanzees. As such, it is likely to play an important role in all forms of problem-solving. Self-control, however, does not just vary across individuals but seems also to be dependent on the ecological n...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Range F,Brucks D,Virányi Z

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pigeons given a simultaneous spatial discrimination reversal, in which a single reversal occurs at the midpoint of each session, consistently show anticipation prior to the reversal as well as perseveration after the reversal, suggesting that they use a less effective cue (time or trial number into the session) than w...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Laude JR,Pattison KF,Rayburn-Reeves RM,Michler DM,Zentall TR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As with humans, vocal communication is an important social tool for nonhuman primates. Common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) often produce whistle-like 'phee' calls when they are visually separated from conspecifics. The neural processes specific to phee call perception, however, are largely unknown, despite the possi...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Kato M,Yokoyama C,Kawasaki A,Takeda C,Koike T,Onoe H,Iriki A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the behavioural and cognitive development of a captive male infant chimpanzee, Ayumu, raised by his mother, Ai. Here we report Ayumu's achievements up to the age of 2 years and 3 months, in the context of complex computer-controlled tasks. From soon after birth, Ayumu had been present during an experim...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Sousa C,Okamoto S,Matsuzawa T

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because most learning studies in cephalopods have been performed on octopods, it remains unclear whether such abilities are specific to octopus, or whether they correlate with having a larger and more centrally organized brain. To investigate associative learning in a different cephalopod, six sexually mature cuttlefi...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Cole PD,Adamo SA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scatter hoarding birds are known for their accurate spatial memory. In a previous experiment, we tested the retrieval accuracy in marsh tits in a typical laboratory set-up for this species. We also tested the performance of humans in this experimental set-up. Somewhat unexpectedly, humans performed much better than ma...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Urhan AU,Brodin A

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hallmark of the human language faculty is the use of syntactic rules. The natural vocalizations of animals are syntactically simple, but several studies indicate that animals can detect and discriminate more complex structures in acoustic stimuli. However, how they discriminate such structures is often not clear. Us...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： van Heijningen CA,Chen J,van Laatum I,van der Hulst B,ten Cate C

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An overview of mechanistic and functional accounts of stimulus generalisation is given. Mechanistic accounts rely on the process of spreading activation across units representing stimuli. Different models implement the spread in different ways, ranging from diffusion to connectionist networks. A functional account pro...

journal_title：Animal cognition

authors： Cheng K

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00