Testing cognition in the wild: factors affecting performance and individual consistency in two measures of avian cognition

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• 作者：Rachael C. Shaw ^{rachael.c.shaw@gmail.com}
• 关键词：Cognition ; Consistency ; Individual differences ; Inhibitory control ; Petroica longipes ; Repeatability
• 刊名：Behavioural Processes
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：134
• 期：Complete
• 页码：31-36
• 全文大小：613 K
• 卷排序：134

文摘

North Island robins completed two tasks commonly used to assess avian cognition. Experienced robins outperformed naïve individuals in a novel motor task. Body condition affected detour reaching, which was used to measure inhibitory control. Non-cognitive factors reduced individual consistency in cognitive task performance. In future, cognitive task designs should limit the influence of extraneous factors.