Performance of horned puffins (Fratercula corniculata) on an object permanence task
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Cognition influences how individuals interact with the environment, affecting the ecology of species. Gaining insight into the proficiency of relevant cognitive abilities provides an indication of the processes necessary for a species' survival and reproduction. Many birds have "slow" life-histories and complex social environments suggestive of high cognitive ability. Little, however, is known about the cognition of most birds with these traits, thus studying cognition in seabirds with these traits provides insight into how slow life-histories and complex social environments relate more generally to predicting cognitive ability. Object permanence is a cognitive ability shared by highly intelligent animals and could be an ecologically relevant ability for many seabirds. I used a simple experimental setup in a semi-controlled environment to test object permanence in captive horned puffins (Fratercula corniculata) by hiding a reward to be retrieved, first partially and then completely. I discovered that the horned puffins performed poorly on the object permanence task when the reward was hidden completely. I discuss briefly how the slow life-histories of many seabirds probably evolved due to the stochastic conditions associated with their marine environment, which in turn may cause an energetic bottleneck that limits the allocation of resources to certain cognitive abilities.
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2020 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:181 |
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Behavioural processes - 181(2020) vom: 01. Dez., Seite 104274 |
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Huffeldt, Nicholas Per [VerfasserIn] |
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Avian cognition |
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Date Completed 26.01.2021 Date Revised 26.01.2021 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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