Among-individual differences in auditory and physical cognitive abilities in zebra finches.

ABSTRACT: Among-individual variation in performance on cognitive tasks is ubiquitous across species that have been examined, and understanding the evolution of cognitive abilities requires investigating among-individual variation because natural selection acts on individual differences. However, relatively little is known about the extent to which individual differences in cognition are determined by domain-specific compared with domain-general cognitive abilities. We examined individual differences in learning speed of zebra finches across seven different tasks to determine the extent of domain-specific versus domain-general learning abilities, as well as the relationship between learning speed and learning generalization. Thirty-two zebra finches completed a foraging board experiment that included

SUBMITTER: Lambert CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9116276 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature