Personality traits affect learning performance in dwarf goats (Capra hircus).

ABSTRACT: A wide range of species exhibit time- and context-consistent interindividual variation in a number of specific behaviors related to an individual's personality. Several studies have shown that individual differences in personality-associated behavioral traits have an impact on cognitive abilities. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between personality traits and learning abilities in dwarf goats. The behavior of 95 goats during a repeated open field (OF) and novel object test (NO) was analyzed, and two main components were identified using principal component analysis: boldness and activity. In parallel, the goats learned a 4-choice visual initial discrimination task (ID) and three subsequent reversal learning (RL) tasks. The number of animals that reac

SUBMITTER: Finkemeier MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9336648 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature