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Use Of A Geometric Rule Or Absolute Vectors: Landmark Use By Clark’S Nutcrackers (Nucifraga Columbiana), Debbie M. Kelly, Sarah Kippenbrock, Jennifer J. Templeton, Alan Kamil
Use Of A Geometric Rule Or Absolute Vectors: Landmark Use By Clark’S Nutcrackers (Nucifraga Columbiana), Debbie M. Kelly, Sarah Kippenbrock, Jennifer J. Templeton, Alan Kamil
Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences
Clark’s nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana) were trained to search for a hidden goal located in the center of a four-landmark array. Upon completion of training, the nutcrackers were presented with tests that expanded the landmark array in the east-west direction, north-south direction and in both directions simultaneously. Although the birds learned to search accurately at the center of the landmark array during training, this search pattern did not transfer to the expansion tests. The nutcrackers searched at locations defined by absolute distance and/or direction relationships with landmarks in the training array. These results contrast with those from experiments with …
Memory In Food Caching Animals, Alan C. Kamil, Kristy L. Gould
Memory In Food Caching Animals, Alan C. Kamil, Kristy L. Gould
Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences
One of the more interesting developments in the study of learning and cognition over the past 25 years has been the realization that learning and memory play an important role in the natural world of many animals. As this realization led to research into animal cognition in natural settings, it became clear that such research can make important contributions to our understanding of animal and human cognition. In this chapter, we review one of the areas of research that originally stimulated interest in the role of memory in the field, the ability of many food-storing animals to remember where they …