Personality and social environment predict cognitive performance in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus).

ABSTRACT: Consistent inter-individual variation in cognition has been increasingly explored in recent years in terms of its patterns, causes and consequences. One of its possible causes are consistent inter-individual differences in behaviour, also referred to as animal personalities, which are shaped by both the physical and the social environment. The latter is particularly relevant for group-living species like common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus), apt learners that display substantial variation in both their personality and cognitive performance, yet no study to date has interlinked these with marmosets' social environment. Here we investigated (i) consistency of learning speed, and (ii) whether the PCA-derived personality traits Exploration-Avoidance and Boldness-Shyness as well as the social

SUBMITTER: Slipogor V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9072541 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature