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Iterative learning experiments can help elucidate music’s origins Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Marisa Hoeschele
Anglada-Tort et al. Current Biology, 33, 1472–1486.e12, (2023) conducted a large-scale iterative learning study with cross-cultural human participants to understand how musical structure emerges. Together with archaeological, developmental, historical cross-cultural music data, and cross-species studies we can begin to elucidate the origins of music.
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Landmarks, beacons, or panoramic views: What do pigeons attend to for guidance in familiar environments? Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Sebastian Schwarz, Antoine Wystrach, Ken Cheng, Debbie M. Kelly
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Taste aversion learning during successive negative contrast Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Robert A. Boakes, Connie Badolato, Simone Rehn
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Far from the threatening crowd: Generalisation of conditioned threat expectancy and fear in COVID-19 lockdown Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Simon Dymond, Gemma Cameron, Daniel V. Zuj, Martyn Quigley
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No evidence of real-world equivalence in chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) categorizing visually diverse images of natural stimuli presented on LCD monitors Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-24
Abstract Category learning is often tested with similar images that have no significance outside of the experiment for the subjects. By contrast, in nature animals often need to generalize a behavioral response like “eat” across visually distinct stimuli, such as spiders and seeds. Forming functional categories like “food” and “predator” may require conceptual rather than purely perceptual generalization
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The mosaic structure of the mammalian cognitive map Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Kate J. Jeffery
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A special issue honoring Ken Cheng: navigating animal minds Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Cody A. Freas, Marcia L Spetch
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Active and passive waiting in impulsive choice: Effects of fixed-interval and fixed-time delays Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-12
Abstract Behavioral interventions to improve self-control, preference for a larger-later (LL) reward over a smaller-sooner (SS) reward, involve experience with delayed rewards. Whether they involve timing processes remains controversial. In rats, there have been inconsistent results on whether timing processes may be involved in intervention-induced improvements in self-control. Interventions that
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Sexy tools: Individual differences in drumming tool shape Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-18
Summary Heinsohn et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290, 2023.1271, (2023) report that the choice of tool type (drumsticks or seed pods) and the shape of drumsticks manufactured by palm cockatoos differ among individuals. This variation does not seem to be culturally transmitted as no spatial correlation between proximity of display trees and tool shape was found.
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Yes, dogs are susceptible to the Kanizsa’s triangle illusion: A reply to Pepperberg Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Miina Lõoke, Lieta Marinelli, Cécile Guérineau, Christian Agrillo, Paolo Mongillo
A recent paper by Pepperberg, Learning & Behavior, 51, 5–6, (2023) enquires about the validity of the finding that dogs are susceptible to the Kanizsa’s triangle illusion, reported by Lõoke and coauthors (Lõoke et al., Animal Cognition, 25, 43–51, 2022). Here we elaborate on the matter, providing both theoretical considerations and further data, supporting the soundness of our previous conclusions
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Effect of repetition of vertical and horizontal routes on navigation performance in Australian bull ants Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Vito A. G. Lionetti, Ken Cheng, Trevor Murray
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What have we learned from research on the “geometric module”? Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Nora S. Newcombe
This article is an overview of the research and controversy initiated by Cheng’s (Cognition, 23(2), 149-178, 1986) article hypothesizing a purely geometric module in spatial representation. Hundreds of experiments later, we know much more about spatial behavior across a very wide array of species, ages, and kinds of conditions, but there is still no consensus model of the phenomena. I argue for an
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Multiple cache recovery task cannot determine memory mechanisms Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Vladimir V. Pravosudov
A recent paper Smulders et al., (2023) analyzed results of an experiment in which food-caching coal tits needed to relocate and recover multiple previously made food caches and argued that food caching parids use familiarity and not recollection memory when recovering food caches. The memory task involving recovery of multiple caches in the same trial, however, cannot discriminate between these two
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Extinction in multiple contexts reduces the return of extinguished responses: A multilevel meta-analysis Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Javier Bustamante, Marcela Soto, Gonzalo Miguez, Vanetza E. Quezada-Scholz, Rocío Angulo, Mario A. Laborda
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Trail using ants follow idiosyncratic routes in complex landscapes Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Robert Barrie, Lars Haalck, Benjamin Risse, Thomas Nowotny, Paul Graham, Cornelia Buehlmann
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Giving time a chance in the midsession reversal task Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Catarina Soares, Carlos Pinto, Armando Machado
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Unbalanced visual cues do not affect search precision at the nest in desert ants (Cataglyphis nodus) Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Patrick Schultheiss
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Octopus toss-up: Is debris throwing driven by intent? Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Alexandra K. Schnell
In a noteworthy observation, Godfrey-Smith and colleagues report the first evidence of debris throwing in wild octopuses, including instances where they target conspecifics. Proposing parallels with behaviours observed in select social mammals, this discovery prompts inquiries into the extent of their similarity and the potential role of cognition.
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Crows make optimal choices based on relative probabilities Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Amalia P. M. Bastos
A recent study by Johnston, Brecht, and Nieder (2023, Current Biology, 33, 3238–3243) finds that carrion crows associate varying rates of reinforcement with novel arbitrary stimuli and make optimal decisions when they must later choose between stimulus pairs. These results demonstrate that crows are capable of not only storing information about reward probabilities in their memory but also making optimal
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Some like it “local”: A review of hierarchical processing in non-human animals Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Maria Santacà
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Temporal foundations of episodic memory Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Jonathon D. Crystal
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Memory for where and when: pigeons use single-code/default strategy Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Thomas R. Zentall, Daniel N. Peng
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Directed retreat and navigational mechanisms in trail following Formica obscuripes Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Cody A. Freas, Marcia L. Spetch
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Are there sex differences in spatial reference memory in the Morris water maze? A large-sample experimental study Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Candela Zorzo, Jorge L. Arias, Marta Méndez
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Place-cell coding in flying birds Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Mélanie F. Guigueno
A research article recently published in PNAS by Agarwal and colleagues (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(5), Article e2212418120, 2023) identified place cells in the brain of flying birds, specifically in the anterior hippocampus and in a neighbouring region, the posterior hyperpallium apicale, with fewer detected in a more distant visual area. In contrast to mammalian place cells
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“Cooooooommmmmmmeeeeeeeee heeeerrrrrreeeee . . . . Momma dolphin has something to say” Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Heather M. Manitzas Hill
Mother dolphins shift their signature whistles to higher frequencies and have larger bandwidths when calling to their dependent calves during separations involving stranded health assessments compared with separations when the calf is absent. While this shift may reflect a version of “child-directed communication,” more research is needed to understand the parameters and function of this phenomenon
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A different perspective on avian hippocampus function: Visual-spatial perception Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Verner P. Bingman, Anna Gagliardo
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Investigating boundary-geometry use by whip spiders (Phrynus marginemaculatus) during goal-directed navigation Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Vincent J. Coppola, Hannah E. Caram, Cecilia Robeson, Sophia M. Beeler, Eileen A. Hebets, Daniel D. Wiegmann, Verner P. Bingman
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Resolving conflict between aversive and appetitive learning of views: how ants shift to a new route during navigation Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Vito A. G. Lionetti, Sudhakar Deeti, Trevor Murray, Ken Cheng
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Mechanisms and rules of social learning in crickets Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Yuan Lai, Isabelle Massou, Martin Giurfa
A new study on insect social learning shows that crickets learn to prefer a rewarded odorant by observing the choice of a conspecific and without experiencing the reward themselves. The mere perception of the conspecific activates octopaminergic reward neurons in the brain of the observer, thus facilitating odorant learning.
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Ants on featureless saltpans build tall nest mounds Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Ken Cheng
North African desert ants Cataglyphis fortis living on a featureless saltpan far from the shoreline build a mound at their nest entrance. Experimental manipulations show that they do this purposefully to make it easier for returning foragers to find their nest.
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Bumblebees show capacity for behavioral traditions Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Felicity Muth
A new study shows that bumblebees learn socially, and this resulted in a novel behavior becoming dominant across a group. These findings highlight the opportunity going forward to use social insects to address how simple cognitive mechanisms can underpin the development of complex behavioral phenomena.
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Still-face effect in domestic dogs: comparing untrained with trained and animal assisted interventions dogs Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 C. Cavalli, M. V. Dzik, G. Barrera, M. Bentosela
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Fellowship of the fin: Fish empathy and oxytocin Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Adam R. Reddon, William T. Swaney
Zebrafish exhibit fear contagion, a basic form of empathy, and when observing social fellows that have been exposed to predation cues, will themselves exhibit similar distress behaviours. As in mammals, the nonapeptide hormone oxytocin is essential for this empathic response, and homologous areas of the brain are involved, suggesting that the mechanistic basis of empathy may be conserved among vertebrates
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State-transition-free reinforcement learning in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Yutaro Sato, Yutaka Sakai, Satoshi Hirata
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Learning in the honey bee waggle dance Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Aimee S. Dunlap
The waggle dance of honey bees is a classic example of complex behavior and communication in animals. Despite long being considered a completely fixed and innate behavior, recent work is showing a role for social learning in tuning components of the waggle dance in naïve bees.
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Rat spatial memory and foraging on dual radial mazes Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-20 William A. Roberts, Krista Macpherson, Sophia Robinson, Abagail Hennessy, Bram Richmond
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Simple questions on simple associations: regularity extraction in non-human primates Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Jeremy Yeaton, Laure Tosatto, Joël Fagot, Jonathan Grainger, Arnaud Rey
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Limits of flexibility and associative learning in pigeons Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Johan Lind
In a recent study, Wasserman, Kain, and O'Donoghue (Current Biology, 33(6), 1112–1116, 2023) set out to resolve the associative learning paradox by showing that pigeons can solve a complex category learning task through associative learning. The present Outlook paper presents their findings, expands on this paradox, and discusses implications of their results.
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Beyond the mark: Signatures of self-recognition in fish Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Eva Kakrada, Michael Colombo
A new study with cleaner fish demonstrates the need to expand cognitive testing of animals beyond success testing (a simple pass or fail criteria), and instead investigate the signatures of how animals solve tasks. By tailoring traditional cognitive tests to the focal species’ natural behaviour, researchers can provide animals with a better chance for demonstrating their cognitive abilities, offering
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Narrative framing may increase human suboptimal choice behavior Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Jessica Stagner Bodily, Kent D. Bodily, Robert A. Southern, Erin E. Baum, Vincent M. Edwards
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A deeper understanding of noise effects on cetaceans Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Jason N. Bruck
Recent research with cetaceans under human care is illuminating just how dolphins are affected by human-made noise both in terms of their ability to cooperate as well as their ability to habituate to such noise. This research is providing granular detail to regulators assessing the problems associated with anthropogenic effects and is highlighting a role for behavior/cognition research in conservation
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Inhibition and paradoxical choice Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Valeria V. González, Aaron P. Blaisdell
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Context-induced renewal of passive but not active coping behaviours in the shock-probe defensive burying task Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Alexa Brown, Melissa Martins, Isabelle Richard, Nadia Chaudhri
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Contiguity and overshadowing interactions in the rapid-streaming procedure Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 José A. Alcalá, Ralph R. Miller, Richard D. Kirkden, Gonzalo P. Urcelay
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Don't look back on failure: spontaneous uncertainty monitoring in chimpanzees Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-23 Masaki Tomonaga, Yoshiki Kurosawa, Yuri Kawaguchi, Hiroya Takiyama
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Ants find shortest paths using simple, local rules Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Chris R. Reid
Garg et al. (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120[6], e2207959120) build simulation models to understand how turtle ants collectively find efficient paths through branched networks, highlighting the importance of bidirectional traffic, leakage of ants at junctions, and the ability to increase flow as key components for efficiency. Their findings provide new, biologically realistic
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Mechanisms of impulsive choice: Experiments to explore and models to map the empirical terrain Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Travis R. Smith, Robert Southern, Kimberly Kirkpatrick
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A model for recovery-from-extinction effects in Pavlovian conditioning and exposure therapy Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-03 Masato Nihei, Daiki Hojo, Tsunehiko Tanaka, Kosuke Sawa
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Time perception and pain: Can a temporal illusion reduce the intensity of pain? Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-25 Vanessa S. Z. Maia, Catarina Movio Silva, Inaeh de Paula Oliveira, Victória Regina da Silva Oliveira, Camila Squarzoni Dale, Abrahão Fontes Baptista, Marcelo S. Caetano
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Response to Hansen Wheat et al.: Additional analysis further supports the early emergence of cooperative communication in dogs compared to wolves raised with more human exposure Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-21 Hannah Salomons, Kyle C. M. Smith, Megan Callahan-Beckel, Margaret Callahan, Kerinne Levy, Brenda S. Kennedy, Emily E. Bray, Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan, Daniel J. Horschler, Margaret Gruen, Jingzhi Tan, Philip White, Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Evan L. MacLean, Brian Hare
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Motivated to time: Effects of reinforcer devaluation and opportunity cost on interval timing Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Tanya A. Gupta, Federico Sanabria
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Action slips in food choices: A measure of habits and goal-directed control Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Katie M. J. Wood, Tina Seabrooke, Chris J. Mitchell
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Chimpanzee communities differ in their inter- and intrasexual social relationships Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-01 Bruce S. Rawlings, Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen, Marina Davila-Ross
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A Special Issue in honor of Sally Boysen: Studying other minds. Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Suzanne E MacDonald
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Generalized, cross-modal, and incrementing non-matching-to-sample in rats Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-25 Katherine Bruce, River Eure, Victoria O’Connor, Mark Galizio
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Mechanisms of within-session sequential behavior in pigeons Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-17 Robert G. Cook, Muhammad A. J. Qadri, Rebecca M. Rayburn-Reeves, Daniel I. Brooks
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Accumulating evidence by sampling from temporally organized memory Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-17 Zoran Tiganj
A recent study by Shushruth et al. (2022, Current Biology 32[9], 1949–1960) demonstrated that monkeys postpone evidence accumulation until the relevant motor actions are revealed and then sequentially sample the evidence from memory. Here, we reflect on the insights this work provides into reinforcement learning in evidence accumulation tasks and neural mechanisms for the temporal organization of memory
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The effect of age on delay performance and associative learning tasks in pigeons Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-09 Mary Flaim, Aaron P. Blaisdell
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Effects of proactive interference on olfactory memory in dogs Learn. Behav. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-09 Adam Davila, Sarah Krichbaum, Lucia Lazarowski, Jordan G. Smith, Emma Cox, Jeffrey S. Katz