Learning & BehaviorPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-11-29DOI: 10.3758/s13420-023-00617-w
Nora S Newcombe
{"title":"What have we learned from research on the \"geometric module\"?","authors":"Nora S Newcombe","doi":"10.3758/s13420-023-00617-w","DOIUrl":"10.3758/s13420-023-00617-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article is an overview of the research and controversy initiated by Cheng's (Cognition, 23(2), 149-178, 1986) article hypothesizing a purely geometric module in spatial representation. Hundreds of experiments later, we know much more about spatial behavior across a very wide array of species, ages, and kinds of conditions, but there is still no consensus model of the phenomena. I argue for an adaptive combination approach that entails several principles: (1) a focus on ecological niches and the spatial information they offer; (2) an approach to development that is experience-expectant: (3) continued plasticity as environmental conditions change; (4) language as one of many cognitive tools that can support spatial behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":49914,"journal":{"name":"Learning & Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"14-18"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138463903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Learning & BehaviorPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-11-22DOI: 10.3758/s13420-023-00615-y
Robert Barrie, Lars Haalck, Benjamin Risse, Thomas Nowotny, Paul Graham, Cornelia Buehlmann
{"title":"Trail using ants follow idiosyncratic routes in complex landscapes.","authors":"Robert Barrie, Lars Haalck, Benjamin Risse, Thomas Nowotny, Paul Graham, Cornelia Buehlmann","doi":"10.3758/s13420-023-00615-y","DOIUrl":"10.3758/s13420-023-00615-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A large volume of research on individually navigating ants has shown how path integration and visually guided navigation form a major part of the ant navigation toolkit for many species and are sufficient mechanisms for successful navigation. One of the behavioural markers of the interaction of these mechanisms is that experienced foragers develop idiosyncratic routes that require that individual ants have personal and unique visual memories that they use to guide habitual routes between the nest and feeding sites. The majority of ants, however, inhabit complex cluttered environments and social pheromone trails are often part of the collective recruitment, organisation and navigation of these foragers. We do not know how individual navigation interacts with collective behaviour along shared trails in complex natural environments. We thus asked here if wood ants that forage through densely cluttered woodlands where they travel along shared trails repeatedly follow the same routes or if they choose a spread of paths within the shared trail. We recorded three long homing trajectories of 20 individual wood ants in their natural woodland habitat. We found that wood ants follow idiosyncratic routes when navigating along shared trails through highly complex visual landscapes. This shows that ants rely on individual memories for habitual route guidance even in cluttered environments when chemical trail information is available. We argue that visual cues are likely to be the dominant sensory modality for the idiosyncratic routes. These experiments shed new light on how ants, or insects in general, navigate through complex multimodal environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":49914,"journal":{"name":"Learning & Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"105-113"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10924020/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138296302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Learning & BehaviorPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-08-31DOI: 10.3758/s13420-023-00601-4
Verner P Bingman, Anna Gagliardo
{"title":"A different perspective on avian hippocampus function: Visual-spatial perception.","authors":"Verner P Bingman, Anna Gagliardo","doi":"10.3758/s13420-023-00601-4","DOIUrl":"10.3758/s13420-023-00601-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The behavioral and neural mechanisms that support spatial cognition have been an enduring interest of psychologists, and much of that enduring interest is attributable to the groundbreaking research of Ken Cheng. One manifestation of this interest, inspired by the idea of studying spatial cognition under natural field conditions, has been research carried out to understand the role of the avian hippocampal formation (HF) in supporting homing pigeon navigation. Emerging from that research has been the conclusion that the role of HF in homing pigeon navigation aligns well with the canonical narrative of a hippocampus important for spatial memory and the implementation of such memories to support navigation. However, recently an accumulation of disparate observations has prompted a rethinking of the avian HF as a structure also important in shaping visual-spatial perception or attention antecedent to any memory processing. In this perspective paper, we summarize field observations contrasting the behavior of intact and HF-lesioned homing pigeons from several studies, based primarily on GPS-recorded flight paths, that support a recharacterization of HF's functional profile to include visual-spatial perception. Although admittedly still speculative, we hope the offered perspective will motivate controlled, experimental-laboratory studies to further test the hypothesis of a HF important for visual-perceptual integration, or scene construction, of landscape elements in support of navigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":49914,"journal":{"name":"Learning & Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"60-68"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10483802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Learning & BehaviorPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-03-17DOI: 10.3758/s13420-023-00580-6
Chris R Reid
{"title":"Ants find shortest paths using simple, local rules.","authors":"Chris R Reid","doi":"10.3758/s13420-023-00580-6","DOIUrl":"10.3758/s13420-023-00580-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Garg et al. (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120[6], e2207959120) build simulation models to understand how turtle ants collectively find efficient paths through branched networks, highlighting the importance of bidirectional traffic, leakage of ants at junctions, and the ability to increase flow as key components for efficiency. Their findings provide new, biologically realistic mechanisms that could improve applications in our own engineered networks.</p>","PeriodicalId":49914,"journal":{"name":"Learning & Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9131586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Learning & BehaviorPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-05-10DOI: 10.3758/s13420-023-00585-1
Jason N Bruck
{"title":"A deeper understanding of noise effects on cetaceans.","authors":"Jason N Bruck","doi":"10.3758/s13420-023-00585-1","DOIUrl":"10.3758/s13420-023-00585-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent research with cetaceans under human care is illuminating just how dolphins are affected by human-made noise both in terms of their ability to cooperate as well as their ability to habituate to such noise. This research is providing granular detail to regulators assessing the problems associated with anthropogenic effects and is highlighting a role for behavior/cognition research in conservation.</p>","PeriodicalId":49914,"journal":{"name":"Learning & Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10171909/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9451195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Learning & BehaviorPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-05-30DOI: 10.3758/s13420-023-00588-y
Johan Lind
{"title":"Limits of flexibility and associative learning in pigeons.","authors":"Johan Lind","doi":"10.3758/s13420-023-00588-y","DOIUrl":"10.3758/s13420-023-00588-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a recent study, Wasserman, Kain, and O'Donoghue (Current Biology, 33(6), 1112-1116, 2023) set out to resolve the associative learning paradox by showing that pigeons can solve a complex category learning task through associative learning. The present Outlook paper presents their findings, expands on this paradox, and discusses implications of their results.</p>","PeriodicalId":49914,"journal":{"name":"Learning & Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"7-8"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9548518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Learning & BehaviorPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-12-05DOI: 10.3758/s13420-023-00614-z
Vito A G Lionetti, Ken Cheng, Trevor Murray
{"title":"Effect of repetition of vertical and horizontal routes on navigation performance in Australian bull ants.","authors":"Vito A G Lionetti, Ken Cheng, Trevor Murray","doi":"10.3758/s13420-023-00614-z","DOIUrl":"10.3758/s13420-023-00614-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Solitarily foraging ant species differ in their reliance on their two primary navigational systems- path integration and visual learning. Despite many species of Australian bull ants spending most of their foraging time on their foraging tree, little is known about the use of these systems while climbing. \"Rewinding\" displacements are commonly used to understand navigational system usage, and work by introducing a mismatch between these navigational systems, by displacing foragers after they have run-down their path integration vector. We used rewinding to test the role of path integration on the arboreal and terrestrial navigation of M. midas. We rewound foragers along either the vertical portion, the ground surface portion, or across both portions of their homing trip. Since rewinding involves repeatedly capturing and releasing foragers, we included a nondisplacement, capture-and-release control, in which the path integration vector is unchanged. We found that rewound foragers do not seem to accumulate path integration vector, although a limited effect of vertical rewinding was found, suggesting a potential higher sensitivity while descending the foraging tree. However, the decrease in navigational efficiency due to capture was larger than the vertical rewinding effect, which along with the negative impact of the vertical surface, and an interaction between capture and rewinding, may suggest aversion rather than path integration caused the vertical rewinding response. Together these results add to the evidence that M. midas makes minimal use of path integration while foraging, and the growing evidence that they are capable of quickly learning from aversive stimulus.</p>","PeriodicalId":49914,"journal":{"name":"Learning & Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"92-104"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10923747/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138488824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Learning & BehaviorPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-05-25DOI: 10.3758/s13420-023-00586-0
Eva Kakrada, Michael Colombo
{"title":"Beyond the mark: Signatures of self-recognition in fish.","authors":"Eva Kakrada, Michael Colombo","doi":"10.3758/s13420-023-00586-0","DOIUrl":"10.3758/s13420-023-00586-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new study with cleaner fish demonstrates the need to expand cognitive testing of animals beyond success testing (a simple pass or fail criteria), and instead investigate the signatures of how animals solve tasks. By tailoring traditional cognitive tests to the focal species' natural behaviour, researchers can provide animals with a better chance for demonstrating their cognitive abilities, offering a more comprehensive understanding of the evolution of cognition.</p>","PeriodicalId":49914,"journal":{"name":"Learning & Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"5-6"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9522839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sexy tools: Individual differences in drumming tool shape","authors":"","doi":"10.3758/s13420-023-00620-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-023-00620-1","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Summary</h3> <p>Heinsohn et al. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290</em>, 2023.1271, (<span>2023</span>) report that the choice of tool type (drumsticks or seed pods) and the shape of drumsticks manufactured by palm cockatoos differ among individuals. This variation does not seem to be culturally transmitted as no spatial correlation between proximity of display trees and tool shape was found.</p>","PeriodicalId":49914,"journal":{"name":"Learning & Behavior","volume":"34 2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138715039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miina Lõoke, Lieta Marinelli, Cécile Guérineau, Christian Agrillo, Paolo Mongillo
{"title":"Yes, dogs are susceptible to the Kanizsa’s triangle illusion: A reply to Pepperberg","authors":"Miina Lõoke, Lieta Marinelli, Cécile Guérineau, Christian Agrillo, Paolo Mongillo","doi":"10.3758/s13420-023-00619-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-023-00619-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A recent paper by Pepperberg, <i>Learning & Behavior</i>, <i>51</i>, 5–6, (2023) enquires about the validity of the finding that dogs are susceptible to the Kanizsa’s triangle illusion, reported by Lõoke and coauthors (Lõoke et al., <i>Animal Cognition</i>, <i>25</i>, 43–51, 2022). Here we elaborate on the matter, providing both theoretical considerations and further data, supporting the soundness of our previous conclusions.</p>","PeriodicalId":49914,"journal":{"name":"Learning & Behavior","volume":"86 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138631398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}