Constraints on statistical learning across species
C Santolin, JR Saffran - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2018 - cell.com
Both human and nonhuman organisms are sensitive to statistical regularities in sensory
inputs that support functions including communication, visual processing, and sequence …
inputs that support functions including communication, visual processing, and sequence …
Priors in animal and artificial intelligence: where does learning begin?
A major goal for the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) is to build machines that are
able to reason and cope with novel tasks, environments, and situations in a manner that …
able to reason and cope with novel tasks, environments, and situations in a manner that …
[HTML][HTML] Learning to detect an animal sound from five examples
Automatic detection and classification of animal sounds has many applications in
biodiversity monitoring and animal behavior. In the past twenty years, the volume of digitised …
biodiversity monitoring and animal behavior. In the past twenty years, the volume of digitised …
Why and how the early-life environment affects development of coping behaviours
MR Langenhof, J Komdeur - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2018 - Springer
Understanding the ways in which individuals cope with threats, respond to challenges, make
use of opportunities and mediate the harmful effects of their surroundings is important for …
use of opportunities and mediate the harmful effects of their surroundings is important for …
ManyBirds: A multi-site collaborative Open Science approach to avian cognition and behavior research
Comparative cognitive and behavior research aims to investigate cognitive evolution by
comparing performance in different species to understand how these abilities have evolved …
comparing performance in different species to understand how these abilities have evolved …
Embryonic exposure to valproic acid impairs social predispositions of newly-hatched chicks
Biological predispositions to attend to visual cues, such as those associated with face-like
stimuli or with biological motion, guide social behavior from the first moments of life and …
stimuli or with biological motion, guide social behavior from the first moments of life and …
Domestic hens succeed at serial reversal learning and perceptual concept generalisation using a new automated touchscreen device
Improving the welfare of farm animals depends on our knowledge on how they perceive and
interpret their environment; the latter depends on their cognitive abilities. Hence, limited …
interpret their environment; the latter depends on their cognitive abilities. Hence, limited …
Filial imprinting
G Vallortigara, E Versace - Encyclopedia of animal cognition and behavior, 2022 - Springer
Face-selective neurons were discovered in the inferior temporal visual cortex by Perrett et
al.(1982), in the amygdala by Sanghera, Rolls, and Roper-Hall (Sanghera et al. 1979; Rolls …
al.(1982), in the amygdala by Sanghera, Rolls, and Roper-Hall (Sanghera et al. 1979; Rolls …
Combined predisposed preferences for colour and biological motion make robust development of social attachment through imprinting
M Miura, D Nishi, T Matsushima - Animal cognition, 2020 - Springer
To study how predisposed preferences shape the formation of social attachment through
imprinting, newly hatched domestic chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus) were simultaneously …
imprinting, newly hatched domestic chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus) were simultaneously …
Resurgence of an Inborn Attraction for Animate Objects via Thyroid Hormone T3
For inexperienced brains, some stimuli are more attractive than others. Human neonates
and newly hatched chicks preferentially orient towards face-like stimuli, biological motion …
and newly hatched chicks preferentially orient towards face-like stimuli, biological motion …