Slow-Exploring Java Sparrows Lonchura oryzivora Hold Higher Reversal Learning Ability

IF 0.8 4区 生物学 Q3 ORNITHOLOGY Acta Ornithologica Pub Date : 2023-11-10 DOI:10.3161/00016454ao2023.58.1.005
Qiu-Yang Chen, Meng-Yao Shao, Yuan-Xiu Wu, Jia-Yu Wang, Dong-Mei Wan, Jiang-Xia Yin
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Individual differences in cognition widely exist in diverse animal taxa. Such cognitive variance is supposed to be influenced by animal personality. While the relationships between various personality traits and performances in diverse cognitive tasks are not consistent, few studies have examined the effects of a particular personality trait on different cognitive abilities. We measured the exploratory behaviour of 35 individuals lab-reared Java Sparrows Lonchura oryzivora with a novel environment test and a novel object test. Three cognitive abilities of birds, for discrimination learning, reversal learning, and inhibitory control, were quantified in three classic cognition tasks (a colour association task, a colour reversal task, and a detour-reaching task). We found no correlation between the exploration and the trials required to pass the colour association task or the detour-reaching task. The slow explorers, however, needed less trials to reach the criterion in the colour reversal task. Our results suggest that slow explorers hold higher reversal learning ability. Slow-exploring style would be advantageous to birds when facing unpredictable environmental changes.
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探索缓慢的爪哇麻雀Lonchura oryzivora具有较高的逆向学习能力
认知的个体差异广泛存在于不同的动物类群中。这种认知差异被认为是受到动物个性的影响。虽然不同人格特质与不同认知任务表现之间的关系并不一致,但很少有研究考察特定人格特质对不同认知能力的影响。我们用一种新的环境测试和一种新的对象测试测量了35只实验室饲养的爪哇麻雀的探索行为。在三个经典的认知任务(颜色联想任务、颜色反转任务和绕道任务)中,对鸟类的辨别学习、反向学习和抑制控制三种认知能力进行了量化。我们发现探索和通过颜色联想任务或绕路任务所需的试验之间没有相关性。然而,速度慢的探索者需要较少的试验来达到颜色反转任务的标准。我们的研究结果表明,慢探险家具有更高的逆向学习能力。当面对不可预测的环境变化时,缓慢探索的风格对鸟类是有利的。
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Acta Ornithologica
Acta Ornithologica 生物-鸟类学
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期刊介绍: Publishes scientific papers (original research reports, reviews, short notes, etc.) and announcements from all fields of ornithology. All manuscripts are peer-reviewed. Established in 1933 as Acta Ornithologica Musei Zoologici Polonici, since 1953 continued under the present title. Published twice a year by the Natura Optima Dux Foundation under the auspices of the Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences.
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