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Ecology
Maxime Cauchoix, Gladys Barragan Jason, Arnauld Biganzoli, Jerome Briot, Vincent Guiraud, Nory El Ksabi, David Lieure, Julie Morand-Ferron, Alexis S. Chaine
Summary: Understanding the ecology and evolution of personality and cognition requires the development of new tools to measure individual and species differences in behavioural and cognitive performances in wild populations. This study presents an RFID-based feeder (OpenFeeder) designed to run visual cognitive tasks in wild animals, demonstrating its flexibility and repeatability in assessing associative learning in three passerine species. The open-source design, firmware, and software of the OpenFeeder facilitate its use in a wide range of species, encouraging collaboration among cognitive ecologists and comparative psychologists.
METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
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Behavioral Sciences
Morgan Skinner, Stefaniya Brown, L. Tamara Kumpan, Noam Miller
Summary: Personality traits are consistent across time and context, but the expression of personality in behavior is influenced by developmental and environmental factors. Research on Eastern gartersnakes shows that boldness is consistent over time but changes in response to the social environment, while sociability remains consistent. These patterns of change are moderated by sex and weight.
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Matilda L. Andersson, Kaj Hulthen, Charlie Blake, Christer Broenmark, P. Anders Nilsson
Summary: The research found that Eurasian perch with different behavioral types show differences in dietary choices, with socially active individuals preferring heterospecific prey, while socially inactive individuals are more likely to consume conspecific prey. This individual variation in cannibalism, connected to behavioral type, sheds light on complex population and community dynamics and provides insight into the diversity and maintenance of animal personality.
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Psychology, Biological
Nayade Alvarez-Quintero, Violette Chiara, Sin-Yeon Kim
Summary: This study found that different capture methods may lead to differences in behavior and personality in captured animals, with hand nets proving to be more representative in sampling natural populations.
BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Christina M. Salerno, Stephanie J. Kamel
Summary: Animal personality is a result of the interplay between consistent individual differences in behavior and behavioral plasticity in response to the environment. In this study, the researchers examined the antipredator responses of the marsh periwinkle, L. irrorata, and found that snails exhibited different behavioral types along a bold-shy continuum. The researchers also found that certain aspects of shell morphology were correlated with snail personality. Understanding the role of personality in ecological contexts, such as predator-prey relationships, is critical.
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Biology
Simona Ginsburg, Eva Jablonka
Summary: The passage discusses the definition of cognitive systems and evolutionary transitions, including the transition from learning in non-neural animals to learning in neural animals, as well as the transition from limited associative learning to unlimited associative learning in animals. The focus of the study is on the evolutionary transitions in learning capacities, providing a unified framework for studying cognition.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Lauriane Begue, Noelle Tschirren, Melissa Peignier, Birgit Szabo, Eva Ringler
Summary: Animals often exhibit consistent behavioral traits, known as animal personality, which can persist even through drastic morphological and ecological changes. In this study, researchers investigated the development of animal personality in a Neotropical poison frog and found evidence that personality traits are present in tadpoles and persist throughout metamorphosis. The study also revealed a correlation between exploration and boldness behaviors with growth speed. These findings provide insights into the mechanisms underlying personality in species with complex life cycles.
EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gaelle Botton-Amiot, Pedro Martinez, Simon G. Sprecher
Summary: Sea anemones without centralized nervous systems can still form associative memories, as shown by their conditioned response to light and electric shock. These findings shed light on cnidarian behavior and raise fundamental questions about the origin and evolution of cognition in brainless animals.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Biology
Jack A. Brand, Winston K. W. Yee, Ian J. Aitkenhead, Jake M. Martin, Giovanni Polverino, Steven L. Chown, Bob B. M. Wong, Damian K. Dowling
Summary: Temperature is a crucial factor that affects organismal fitness and has significant ecological implications. The influence of temperature on behavioral variation among individuals and between sexes in ectotherms is still not well understood. This study investigates the effects of temperature on behavioral variation and metabolism in adult male and female Drosophila melanogaster. The results show that males are more responsive to temperature change in mean activity levels, but no sex differences were found in thermal metabolic plasticity. Higher temperatures increased variation in male locomotor activity, but not in females. Further research is needed to explore whether sex differences in behavioral variation in response to temperature change may lead to sex-specific vulnerabilities to a warming climate.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Kristoffer A. Lundgren, Robin N. Abbey-Lee, Laura C. Garnham, Anastasia Kreshchenko, Sara Ryding, Hanne Lovlie
Summary: By manipulating the monoaminergic systems of Mediterranean field crickets, the study investigated the effect of the dopamine antagonist Fluphenazine on activity, exploration, boldness, and aggression. Results showed that Fluphenazine manipulation led to decreased levels of exploration and boldness, but had no effect on activity or aggression. This suggests a causal role of monoamines in explaining behavioral variation associated with animal personality, with effects being dependent on dose and behavior type.
BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Jean-Guy J. Godin, Amelie Le Roy, Alicia L. Burns, Frank Seebacher, Ashley J. W. Ward
Summary: Consistent individual differences in behavior exist within populations. In this study, adult male guppies were tested to investigate the correlation between behavioral and metabolic traits. The findings did not support the prediction of the pace-of-life-syndrome (POLS) hypothesis, as there was no significant correlation between metabolic traits and behavioral traits. Male color ornamentation also did not predict behavioral or metabolic phenotypes. Therefore, individual differences in metabolism may not underlie the evolution and maintenance of behavioral variation in this study population.
Article
Biology
Olof Leimar, Sasha R. X. Dall, Alasdair I. Houston, John M. McNamara
Summary: Interactions in social groups can promote behavioral specialization, and individuals achieve specialization by learning to choose specific actions. Specialization develops more rapidly when there are few neighbors in a network and when learning rates are high. Frequency-dependent competition for resources is the main driver of specialization.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Business
Jeremy L. Schoen, Justin A. DeSimone, Rustin D. Meyer, Katherine A. Schnure, James M. LeBreton
Summary: The research discusses the application of conditional reasoning technology in assessing implicit aspects of personality and emphasizes the importance of focusing on theoretical foundations rather than measurement issues for building more theoretically sound tests in future CR initiatives.
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Catarina Vila-Pouca, Sijmen Vedder, Alexander Kotrschal
Summary: Hybridization plays an important role in evolution by promoting phenotypic variation and generating novel adaptive potential. The impact of hybridization on behavior and cognition needs further exploration.
AMERICAN NATURALIST
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Yuliya Patotskaya, Ludovic Hoyet, Anne-Helene Olivier, Julien Pettre, Katja Zibrek
Summary: In computer animation, the creation of believable and engaging virtual characters has been a long-standing goal. This study focuses on the qualities of human motion and investigates the perception of motion based on distinct movement patterns observed in individuals with neurotic and emotionally stable personality traits. The researchers conducted an experiment in virtual reality to study participants' avoidance behavior when encountering these virtual characters in a constrained environment. The study proposes the use of behavioral measures, such as a choice task and a "turning point" metric, to investigate character motion in future research.
COMPUTERS & GRAPHICS-UK
(2023)
Article
Zoology
Nina Kniel, Jennifer Schmitz, Klaudia Witte
FRONTIERS IN ZOOLOGY
(2015)
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Psychology, Biological
Nina Kniel, Katharina Mueller, Klaudia Witte
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Psychology, Biological
Valentina Scarponi, Jean-Guy J. Godin
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nina Kniel, Stefanie Bender, Klaudia Witte
Article
Ecology
Nina Kniel, Jean-Guy J. Godin
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES
(2019)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Ulrike Scherer, Jean-Guy J. Godin, Wiebke Schuett
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Ryan J. P. Pusiak, Heather L. Auld, Jean-Guy J. Godin
Article
Psychology, Biological
Nina Kniel, Jean-Guy J. Godin
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Jean-Guy J. Godin, Amelie Le Roy, Alicia L. Burns, Frank Seebacher, Ashley J. W. Ward
Summary: Consistent individual differences in behavior exist within populations. In this study, adult male guppies were tested to investigate the correlation between behavioral and metabolic traits. The findings did not support the prediction of the pace-of-life-syndrome (POLS) hypothesis, as there was no significant correlation between metabolic traits and behavioral traits. Male color ornamentation also did not predict behavioral or metabolic phenotypes. Therefore, individual differences in metabolism may not underlie the evolution and maintenance of behavioral variation in this study population.
Article
Zoology
Michael J. Lawrence, Aaron J. Zolderdo, Jean-Guy J. Godin, John W. Mandelman, Kathleen M. Gilmour, Steven J. Cooke
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART A-ECOLOGICAL AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
James A. Klarevas-Irby, Damien R. Farine
Summary: Little is known about how animals overcome temporal constraints on movement during dispersal. This study used GPS tracking of vulturine guineafowl and found that dispersers showed the greatest increase in movement at the same times of day when they moved the most prior to dispersal. These findings suggest that individuals face the same ecological constraints during dispersal as they do in daily life and achieve large displacements by maximizing movement when conditions are most favorable.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Simone Ciaralli, Martina Esposito, Stefano Francesconi, Daniela Muzzicato, Marco Gamba, Matteo Dal Zotto, Daniela Campobello
Summary: Male cuckoos may transfer nest location information to females as a nonmaterial nuptial gift through specific postures and behaviors, potentially influencing mating choices of female cuckoos.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Anne E. Aulsebrook, Rowan Jacques-Hamilton, Bart Kempenaers
Summary: Accelerometry and machine learning have been used to quantify mating behaviors of captive male ruffs. Different machine learning methods were compared and evaluated for their classification performance. The study highlights the challenges and potential pitfalls in classifying mating behaviors using accelerometry and provides recommendations and considerations for future research.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Maria G. Smith, Joshua B. LaPergola, Christina Riehl
Summary: This study analyzed individual contributions to parental care in the greater ani bird and found that workload inequality varied between groups of two and three pairs. However, there was no clear evidence of division of labour within the groups, suggesting individual differences in overall work performed.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Noah M. T. Smith, Reuven Dukas
Summary: Winner and loser effects are observed in many animals, and recent experiments suggest that they may also occur in humans. In two experiments involving video games and reading comprehension, participants who won in the first phase performed significantly better in the second phase compared to those who lost. The effect size was larger in the video game experiment, and men and women showed similar magnitudes of winner and loser effects.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Bianca J. L. Marcellino, Peri Yee, Shannon J. Mccauley, Rosalind L. Murray
Summary: This study examines the trade-off between mating effort and thermoregulatory behavior in dragonflies in response to temperature changes, and investigates the effect of wing melanin on these behaviors. The results indicate that as temperature increases, dragonflies reduce their mating effort and increase their thermoregulatory behavior.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Rafael Rios Moura, Paulo Inacio Prado, Joao Vasconcellos-Neto
Summary: This study examined the escape behavior and decision-making of Aglaoctenus castaneus spiders on different substrates. It was found that spiders inhabiting injurious substrates displayed shorter flight initiation distances and lower sensitivity to predators.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Luigi Baciadonna, Cwyn Solvi, Francesca Terranova, Camilla Godi, Cristina Pilenga, Livio Favaro
Summary: In this study, it was found that African penguins could use ventral dot patterns to recognize their lifelong partner and nonpartner colonymates. This challenges the previous assumption of limited visual involvement in penguin communication, highlighting the complex and flexible recognition process in birds.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Nick A. R. Jones, Jade Newton-Youens, Joachim G. Frommen
Summary: Environmental conditions, particularly temperature, have a significant impact on animal behavior. This study focused on aggression in Neolamprologus pulcher fish and found that aggression rates increased with temperature at lower levels, but decreased after reaching a peak. Additionally, the influence of high temperatures on aggression changed over time during the trials. These findings provide a more comprehensive understanding of the short-term effects of temperature on aggression and highlight the importance of considering non-linear changes in thermal performance.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Bruno Herlander Martins, Andrea Soriano-Redondo, Aldina M. A. Franco, Ines Carry
Summary: Human activities have affected the availability of resources for wildlife, particularly through the provision of anthropogenic food subsidies at landfill sites. This study explores the influence of age on landfill attendance and foraging behavior in white storks. Adult storks visit landfills more frequently and show dominance over juveniles in food acquisition. Juveniles have limited access to landfill resources and are forced to use lower quality areas.