To understand the animal mind, we have to reconstruct how animals recognize the external
world through their own eyes. For the reconstruction to be realistic, explanations must be …

Aposematic conspicuous coloration consists of one or a few bright colours, often in
combination with a black defined internal pattern. The function of conspicuousness in …

Poultry Chapter 15 Page 1 CHAPTER 15 Visual and tactile cues perceived by chickens M.
Picard1, JP Melcion2, D. Bertrand2 and JM Faure1 1SRA, INRA, 37380 Nouzilly, France; …

Many aposematic species combine their bright colours with a black pattern that produces
internal contrasts. Studies have shown that birds often pay attention to some parts of a …

Abstract Effects of bilateral kainate lesions of telencephalic basal ganglia (lobus
parolfactorius, LPO) were examined in domestic chicks. In the imprinting paradigm, where …

We aimed to reveal what is coded in the basal ganglia of domestic chicks. In the water-
reinforced 'go'task, chicks learned to peck selectively at a colored bead in order to obtain a …

Egg rejection is a crucial defence strategy against brood parasitism that requires the host to
correctly recognise the foreign egg. Rejection behaviour has, thus, evolved in many hosts …

To identify the neuro‐cognitive substrates of valuation and choice, we analysed the neural
correlates of anticipated food rewards in the ventral striatum of freely behaving chicks. One …

Animals are predisposed to memorize specific features of objects they encounter, and to link
them with behavioral outputs in a selective manner. In this study, we examined whether …

Turkeys may reduce their feed intake because of neophobia toward a new diet; however,
their feeding behavior is not well known. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate …