Same/different concept learning by capuchin monkeys in matching-to-sample tasks.

The ability to understand similarities and analogies is a fundamental aspect of human advanced cognition. Although subject of considerable research in comparative cognition, the extent to which nonhuman species are capable of analogical reasoning is still debated. This study examined the conditions...

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Autores principales:	Valentina Truppa, Eva Piano Mortari, Duilio Garofoli, Sara Privitera, Elisabetta Visalberghi
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:53aaf804676e4141a9dc07577b36be232021-11-18T06:47:52ZSame/different concept learning by capuchin monkeys in matching-to-sample tasks.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0023809https://doaj.org/article/53aaf804676e4141a9dc07577b36be232011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21858225/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203The ability to understand similarities and analogies is a fundamental aspect of human advanced cognition. Although subject of considerable research in comparative cognition, the extent to which nonhuman species are capable of analogical reasoning is still debated. This study examined the conditions under which tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) acquire a same/different concept in a matching-to-sample task on the basis of relational similarity among multi-item stimuli. We evaluated (i) the ability of five capuchin monkeys to learn the same/different concept on the basis of the number of items composing the stimuli and (ii) the ability to match novel stimuli after training with both several small stimulus sets and a large stimulus set. We found the first evidence of same/different relational matching-to-sample abilities in a New World monkey and demonstrated that the ability to match novel stimuli is within the capacity of this species. Therefore, analogical reasoning can emerge in monkeys under specific training conditions.Valentina TruppaEva Piano MortariDuilio GarofoliSara PriviteraElisabetta VisalberghiPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 8, p e23809 (2011)
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description	The ability to understand similarities and analogies is a fundamental aspect of human advanced cognition. Although subject of considerable research in comparative cognition, the extent to which nonhuman species are capable of analogical reasoning is still debated. This study examined the conditions under which tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) acquire a same/different concept in a matching-to-sample task on the basis of relational similarity among multi-item stimuli. We evaluated (i) the ability of five capuchin monkeys to learn the same/different concept on the basis of the number of items composing the stimuli and (ii) the ability to match novel stimuli after training with both several small stimulus sets and a large stimulus set. We found the first evidence of same/different relational matching-to-sample abilities in a New World monkey and demonstrated that the ability to match novel stimuli is within the capacity of this species. Therefore, analogical reasoning can emerge in monkeys under specific training conditions.
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author	Valentina Truppa Eva Piano Mortari Duilio Garofoli Sara Privitera Elisabetta Visalberghi
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title	Same/different concept learning by capuchin monkeys in matching-to-sample tasks.
title_short	Same/different concept learning by capuchin monkeys in matching-to-sample tasks.
title_full	Same/different concept learning by capuchin monkeys in matching-to-sample tasks.
title_fullStr	Same/different concept learning by capuchin monkeys in matching-to-sample tasks.
title_full_unstemmed	Same/different concept learning by capuchin monkeys in matching-to-sample tasks.
title_sort	same/different concept learning by capuchin monkeys in matching-to-sample tasks.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2011
url	https://doaj.org/article/53aaf804676e4141a9dc07577b36be23
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Same/different concept learning by capuchin monkeys in matching-to-sample tasks.

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