[PDF][PDF] Cognitive enrichment and welfare: Current approaches and future directions

FE Clark - Anim. Behav. Cogn, 2017 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Abstract “Cognitive enrichment” is a subset of enrichment that has gained interest from
researchers over the past decade, particularly those working in zoos. This review explores …

How do animals navigate the urban jungle? A review of cognition in urban-adapted animals

R Sarkar, A Bhadra - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanisation leading to habitat loss is a major problem for biodiversity conservation.
While urbanisation negatively affects the survival of many species, some species are well …

[HTML][HTML] Cognition in the field: comparison of reversal learning performance in captive and wild passerines

M Cauchoix, E Hermer, AS Chaine, J Morand-Ferron - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Animal cognitive abilities have traditionally been studied in the lab, but studying cognition in
nature could provide several benefits including reduced stress and reduced impact on life …

A review of zoo‐based cognitive research using touchscreen interfaces

CL Egelkamp, SR Ross - Zoo biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the past few decades, there has been an increase in the number of zoo‐based
touchscreen studies of animal cognition around the world. Such studies have contributed to …

[HTML][HTML] A cage-based training, cognitive testing and enrichment system optimized for rhesus macaques in neuroscience research

A Calapai, M Berger, M Niessing, K Heisig… - Behavior research …, 2017 - Springer
In neurophysiological studies with awake non-human primates (NHP), it is typically
necessary to train the animals over a prolonged period of time on a behavioral paradigm …

[HTML][HTML] Flexible auditory training, psychophysics, and enrichment of common marmosets with an automated, touchscreen-based system

A Calapai, J Cabrera-Moreno, T Moser… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Devising new and more efficient protocols to analyze the phenotypes of non-human
primates, as well as their complex nervous systems, is rapidly becoming of paramount …

Standardized automated training of rhesus monkeys for neuroscience research in their housing environment

M Berger, A Calapai, V Stephan… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Teaching nonhuman primates the complex cognitive behavioral tasks that are central to
cognitive neuroscience research is an essential and challenging endeavor. It is crucial for …

[HTML][HTML] Studying primate cognition in a social setting to improve validity and welfare: a literature review highlighting successful approaches

KA Cronin, SL Jacobson, KE Bonnie, LM Hopper - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
Background Studying animal cognition in a social setting is associated with practical and
statistical challenges. However, conducting cognitive research without disturbing species …

Genes, evolution and intelligence

TJ Bouchard - Behavior genetics, 2014 - Springer
I argue that the g factor meets the fundamental criteria of a scientific construct more fully than
any other conception of intelligence. I briefly discuss the evidence regarding the relationship …

Increasing animal cognition research in zoos

E Garcia‐Pelegrin, F Clark, R Miller - Zoo Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Animal cognition covers various mental processes including perception, learning, decision‐
making and memory, and animal behavior is often used as a proxy for measuring cognition …