Animal Cognition最新文献

Numerical competence in peafowl: small quantity discrimination. 孔雀的数字能力：小数量辨别力。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-05-05 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-026-02067-z

Ming-Ray Liao, Ria Patel, Elizabeth J Connor, Maria Ulloa Yoshikawa, Katelyn N Steakley, Orianis A Moore, Jessica L Yorzinski

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Olfactory learning in two Amblypygi species Paraphrynus laevifrons and Phrynus pseudoparvulus. 两种双足动物的嗅觉学习。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-04-18 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-026-02065-1

Laura Segura-Hernández, Kenna D S Lehmann, John Perez, Daniel D Wiegmann, Verner P Bingman, Eileen A Hebets

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Editorial: vocal communication in corvids 编辑：鸦的声音交流。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-04-15 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-026-02051-7

Claudia A. F. Wascher, Valérie Dufour

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Adult companion dogs allocate social proximity toward owners over household dogs under competing contexts. 在竞争环境下，成年伴侣犬比家庭犬更接近主人。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-04-13 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-026-02060-6

Morgan Ferrans, Brian Hare, Jenna McHenry

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Comparative spatial cognition in wild Tanganyikan cichlids: navigation performance varies with home range and shelter availability 坦噶尼干野生慈鲷的空间认知比较：导航性能随家园范围和庇护所的可用性而变化。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-04-13 Epub Date: 2026-04-15 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-026-02064-2

Zoë Goverts, Maëlan Tomasek, Alex Jordan

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Male bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) are more active and behaviourally flexible than workers. 雄性大黄蜂（Bombus terrestris）比工蜂更活跃，行为更灵活。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-04-10 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-026-02061-5

Pizza Ka Yee Chow, Théo Robert, Sophie Donnelly, Kevin D Hochard

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Social communicative characteristics of adolescent police dogs: Acquired experience plays a crucial role. 青少年警犬的社会交往特征：获得性经验起着至关重要的作用。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-04-10 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-026-02063-3

Xinyu Huang, Xisheng Mei, Kui Wan, Chao Chen, Lu Wang, Xiaoyang Wang, Guo-Dong Wang

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Chimpanzee decisions in the prosocial choice paradigm depending on the position of tokens in the feeder 黑猩猩在亲社会选择范例中的决定取决于喂食器中标记物的位置。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-03-24 Epub Date: 2026-04-08 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-026-02053-5

Julia Sikorska, Maciej Trojan, Anna Jakucińska, Alicja Broncel , Tetsuro Matsuzawa

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Zebra finches transform manipulated songs with shuffled syllables to exhibit linguistic laws 斑胸草雀把经过处理的歌曲用打乱的音节来展示语言规律。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-03-18 Epub Date: 2026-03-24 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-026-02058-0

Mason Youngblood

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Can you read my poker-face? Adapting the still-face paradigm to explore dog’s interspecific communication 你能读懂我的扑克脸吗？采用静止面孔范式探索狗的种间交流。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-03-14 Epub Date: 2026-03-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-026-02059-z

Chiara Canori, Giulia Pedretti, Tiziano Travain, Chiara Annoni, Laura Sabbadini, Paola Valsecchi

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