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Cross-population variation in usage of a call combination: evidence of signal usage flexibility in wild bonobos 呼叫组合使用的跨种群变异：野生倭黑猩猩信号使用灵活性的证据。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-024-01884-4

Isaac Schamberg, Martin Surbeck, Simon W. Townsend

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Correction to: Welldeveloped spatial reversal learning abilities in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) Correction to：港海豹发育成熟的空间逆向学习能力：期号 : 25_5_Issue.

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-024-01893-3

Benedikt Niesterok, Shanie Martin, Lisa Hildebrand, Guido Dehnhardt, Frederike D. Hanke

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Surfacing of Latent Time Memories Supports the Representational Basis of Timing Behavior in Mice 潜伏时间记忆的浮现支持小鼠计时行为的表征基础

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-024-01889-z

Tutku Öztel, Fuat Balcı

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Serial visual reversal learning in captive black-handed spider monkeys, Ateles geoffroyi 人工饲养的黑手蜘蛛猴（Ateles geoffroyi）的序列视觉反转学习。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2024-08-13 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-024-01897-z

Jules Dorschner, Laura Teresa Hernandez Salazar, Matthias Laska

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Sex-specific discrimination of familiar and unfamiliar mates in the Tokay gecko 托卡伊壁虎对熟悉和不熟悉配偶的性别鉴别。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2024-08-07 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-024-01896-0

Marie-Ornélia Verger, Maëlle Devillebichot, Eva Ringler, Birgit Szabo

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A comparative evaluation of the role of olfaction in attachment 比较评估嗅觉在依恋中的作用。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2024-07-30 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-024-01891-5

Emma Cox, Courtney Collins-Pisano, Lane Montgomery, Jeffrey S. Katz

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Looks like home: numerosity, but not spatial frequency guides preference in zebrafish larvae (Danio rerio) 看起来像家：斑马鱼幼体（Danio rerio）的偏好受数量而非空间频率的影响

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2024-07-27 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-024-01888-0

Elisabeth Adam, Mirko Zanon, Andrea Messina, Giorgio Vallortigara

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Investigating the relationship between physical cognitive tasks and a social cognitive task in a wild bird 研究野生鸟类的体能认知任务与社会认知任务之间的关系。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-024-01892-4

Grace Blackburn, Benjamin J. Ashton, Alex Thornton, Holly Hunter, Sarah Woodiss-Field, Amanda R. Ridley

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Do sheep (Ovis aries) discriminate human emotional odors? 绵羊（Ovis aries）能分辨人类的情感气味吗？

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-024-01895-1

Izïa Larrigaldie, Fabrice Damon, Solène Mousqué, Bruno Patris, Léa Lansade, Benoist Schaal, Alexandra Destrez

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Reinforced colour preference of parasitoid wasps in the presence of floral scent: a case study of a cross-modal effect 寄生蜂在花香中的强化颜色偏好：跨模态效应的案例研究。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-024-01890-6

Soichi Kugimiya, Takeshi Shimoda, Junji Takabayashi

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