More than one way to see it: Individual heuristics in avian visual computation.

ABSTRACT: Comparative pattern learning experiments investigate how different species find regularities in sensory input, providing insights into cognitive processing in humans and other animals. Past research has focused either on one species' ability to process pattern classes or different species' performance in recognizing the same pattern, with little attention to individual and species-specific heuristics and decision strategies. We trained and tested two bird species, pigeons (Columba livia) and kea (Nestor notabilis, a parrot species), on visual patterns using touch-screen technology. Patterns were composed of several abstract elements and had varying degrees of structural complexity. We developed a model selection paradigm, based on regular expressions, that allowed us to reconstruct the spe

SUBMITTER: Ravignani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4710635 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature