Fruit bats adjust their decision-making process according to environmental dynamics.

ABSTRACT: One of the main functions of behavioral plasticity lies in the ability to contend with dynamic environments. Indeed, while numerous studies have shown that animals adapt their behavior to the environment, how they adapt their latent learning and decision strategies to changes in the environment is less understood. Here, we used a controlled experiment to examine the bats' ability to adjust their decision strategy according to the environmental dynamics. Twenty-five Egyptian fruit bats were placed individually in either a stable or a volatile environment for four consecutive nights. In the stable environment, two feeders offered food, each with a different reward probability (0.2 vs. 0.8) that remained fixed over two nights and were then switched, while in the volatile environment, the posi

SUBMITTER: Naamani G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10687778 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature