This study was funded by a“Bielefeld Young Researchers'Fund"grant awarded by Bielefeld University(Germany)to I.D.M.under the code BYRF2021-DamasMoreira.
Urbanization occurs at a global scale,imposing dramatic and abrupt environmental changes that lead to biodiversity loss.Yet,some animal species can handle these changes,and thrive in such artifcial environments.One po...
Behavior is predicted to be a primary determinant of the success of the invasion process during the early phases of colonization.Comparing invaders with sympatric native species may provide a good approach to unravel ...
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Project No.31501868 and No.32070445);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Project No.lzujbky-2020-ct02).
In recent years,researchers have been attempting to relate differences in personality(e.g.,boldness,aggressiveness,exploration tendency)to variation in cognition(performances in tasks that require learning,reasoning,a...
To take an indirect route(detour)in order to reach a specific target requires complex cognitive processes.Yet more demanding,from the cognitive point of view,is when the goal is only visible at the beginning of the de...
Funding was provided by PRIN 2015 Grant(prot.:2015FFATB7)to A.B.from Ministero dell'Istruzione,Universita e Ricerca(M IUR,Italy);FIR2018 and FAR2018 grants to T.L.X.from University of Ferrara.
In a number of species,males and females have different ecological roles and therefore might be required to solve different problems.Studies on humans have suggested that the 2 sexes often show different efficiencies ...
National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 31772470, J1210026);Project of National Biodiversity Observation Network-Bird (2016-2018).
String-pulling is one of the most widely used paradigms in an imal cog nition research. We in vestigated how azure-wi nged magpies Cyanopica cyan us solve multiple-string problems that they have never encountered befo...
Aims and Objectives This Special Column aims at complementing our knowledge and deepening our understanding of the complex processes involved in learning and neurobiological mechanisms in the context of sexual selection.
Male cognition has gained recognition as an important potential player in sexual selection. A number of studies have found positive correlations between male sexual signals and cognitive performance an d/or female pre...
In many species, males signal quality with elaborate traits, but females often show inter-individual variation in pref ere nee for these traits. Choosi ng a mate requires multiple cog nitive steps;therefore, cog nitiv...
Functional asymmetries, for example, the preferential involvement of 1 brain hemisphere to process stimuli, may increase brain efficiency and the capacity to carry out tasks simultaneously. We investigated which hemis...