Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition最新文献

Food-caching chickadees know where to look. 储存食物的山雀知道去哪里找。

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Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1037/xan0000403

Vladimir V Pravosudov

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Attention and prediction error as mechanisms for theory protection? 注意和预测误差作为理论保护的机制？

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Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1037/xan0000408

Evan J Livesey, Yvonne Y Chan, Shu Chen, Hilary J Don

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"Captured" by centaur: Opaque predictions or process insights? 被centaur“捕获”：不透明的预测还是过程洞察？

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Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1037/xan0000410

Phillip H Kieval, Cameron Buckner

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Response-specific behavioral plasticity in habituation triggered by repeated visual looming stimuli in foraging bumblebees (Bombus terrestris). 觅食大黄蜂（Bombus terrestris）在重复视觉隐现刺激触发的习惯化反应特异性行为可塑性。

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Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1037/xan0000412

Andrea Dissegna, Lars Chittka, Cinzia Chiandetti

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Bonobos track but might not represent ignorance. 倭黑猩猩会跟踪，但可能并不代表无知。

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Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition Pub Date : 2025-09-22 DOI: 10.1037/xan0000405

Susana Monsó

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Migrating Bogong moths navigate by the stars. 迁徙的博贡飞蛾靠星星导航。

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Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition Pub Date : 2025-09-22 DOI: 10.1037/xan0000406

Verner P Bingman

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Associative learning helps ants to hold grudges. 联想学习有助于蚂蚁保持怨恨。

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Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition Pub Date : 2025-09-22 DOI: 10.1037/xan0000404

Ken Cheng

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Modulating perceptual learning: Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) reduces the face inversion effect (FIE), while cathodal tDCS restores it to baseline. 调节知觉学习：阳极经颅直流电刺激（tDCS）可降低人脸反转效应（FIE），而阴极经颅直流电刺激（tDCS）可使其恢复到基线水平。

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Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition Pub Date : 2025-08-21 DOI: 10.1037/xan0000402

Ciro Civile, Yizhen Shen, Siobhan McCourt, Guangtong Wang, I P L McLaren

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Spatial proximity determines overshadowing between landmarks in human spatial navigation. 空间接近决定了人类空间导航中地标间的阴影。

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Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1037/xan0000398

Estibaliz Herrera, Joe M Austen, Gonzalo P Urcelay

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Probability and rate of reinforcement in negative prediction error learning. 负预测误差学习中的强化概率和强化率。

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Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-12 DOI: 10.1037/xan0000396

David J Sanderson, Joseph M Austen, Anthony McGregor, Jasmin A Strickland

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