Kea (Nestor notabilis) fail a loose-string connectivity task

Abstract Naïve individuals of some bird species can rapidly solve vertical string-pulling tasks with virtually no errors. This has led to various hypotheses being proposed which suggest that birds mentally simulate the effects of their actions on strings. A competing embodied cognition hypothesis pr...

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Autores principales:	Amalia P. M. Bastos, Patrick M. Wood, Alex H. Taylor
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a4f813f0f32b42ddac9114578c43e3022021-12-02T16:06:43ZKea (Nestor notabilis) fail a loose-string connectivity task10.1038/s41598-021-94879-x2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/a4f813f0f32b42ddac9114578c43e3022021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94879-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Naïve individuals of some bird species can rapidly solve vertical string-pulling tasks with virtually no errors. This has led to various hypotheses being proposed which suggest that birds mentally simulate the effects of their actions on strings. A competing embodied cognition hypothesis proposes that this behaviour is instead modulated by perceptual-motor feedback loops, where feedback of the reward moving closer acts as an internal motivator for functional behaviours, such as pull-stepping. To date, the kea parrot has produced some of the best performances of any bird species at string-pulling tasks. Here, we tested the predictions of the four leading hypotheses for the cognition underpinning bird string-pulling by presenting kea with a horizontal connectivity task where only one of two loose strings was connected to the reward, both before and after receiving perceptual-motor feedback experience. We find that kea fail the connectivity task both before and after perceptual-motor feedback experience, suggesting not only that kea do not mentally simulate their string-pulling actions, but also that perceptual-motor feedback alone is insufficient in eliciting successful performance in the horizontal connectivity task. This suggests a more complex interplay of cognitive factors underlies this iconic example of animal problem-solving.Amalia P. M. BastosPatrick M. WoodAlex H. TaylorNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021)
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description	Abstract Naïve individuals of some bird species can rapidly solve vertical string-pulling tasks with virtually no errors. This has led to various hypotheses being proposed which suggest that birds mentally simulate the effects of their actions on strings. A competing embodied cognition hypothesis proposes that this behaviour is instead modulated by perceptual-motor feedback loops, where feedback of the reward moving closer acts as an internal motivator for functional behaviours, such as pull-stepping. To date, the kea parrot has produced some of the best performances of any bird species at string-pulling tasks. Here, we tested the predictions of the four leading hypotheses for the cognition underpinning bird string-pulling by presenting kea with a horizontal connectivity task where only one of two loose strings was connected to the reward, both before and after receiving perceptual-motor feedback experience. We find that kea fail the connectivity task both before and after perceptual-motor feedback experience, suggesting not only that kea do not mentally simulate their string-pulling actions, but also that perceptual-motor feedback alone is insufficient in eliciting successful performance in the horizontal connectivity task. This suggests a more complex interplay of cognitive factors underlies this iconic example of animal problem-solving.
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title	Kea (Nestor notabilis) fail a loose-string connectivity task
title_short	Kea (Nestor notabilis) fail a loose-string connectivity task
title_full	Kea (Nestor notabilis) fail a loose-string connectivity task
title_fullStr	Kea (Nestor notabilis) fail a loose-string connectivity task
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Kea (Nestor notabilis) fail a loose-string connectivity task

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