Individual differences in task participation in wild chacma baboons

Martina, Claudia; Cowlishaw, Guy; Carter, Alecia J.

doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.11.020

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“…A limitation of this study is that trapping attempts were only made once on some individuals. Unlike previous studies, we found no evidence that sex [ 4 , 28 ] or age [ 28 , 29 ] influenced task participation. However, it is worth noting that we were only able to treat age as a categorical variable because the age of some birds was unknown (some individuals were already adults when we started our research on the study population)—inclusion of age as a continuous variable may have revealed different patterns of participation.…”

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Does trappability and self-selection influence cognitive performance?

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Recent research has highlighted how trappability and self-selection—the processes by which individuals with particular traits may be more likely to be caught or to participate in experiments—may be sources of bias in studies of animal behaviour and cognition. It is crucial to determine whether such biases exist, and if they do, what effect they have on results. In this study, we investigated if trappability (quantified through ‘ringing status’—whether or not a bird had been trapped for ringing) and self-selection are sources of bias in a series of associative learning experiments spanning 5 years in the Western Australian magpie ( Gymnorhina tibicen dorsalis ). We found no evidence of self-selection, with no biases in task participation associated with sex, age, group size or ringing status. In addition, we found that there was no effect of trappability on cognitive performance. These findings give us confidence in the results generated in the animal cognition literature and add to a growing body of literature seeking to determine potential sources of bias in studies of animal behaviour, and how they influence the generalizability and reproducibility of findings.

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“…Alongside differences between wild and captive populations, experiments have also shown high inter-individual variability in interaction with experimental tasks, with factors such as age and level of distraction influencing an individual's likelihood of interacting with a task (Martina et al, 2021).…”

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“…Rates of participation in wild populations may also be low, with Morand-Ferron et al (2015) finding that in a population of wild great tits Parus major only 8% visited and interacted with an artificial feeder. Alongside differences between wild and captive populations, experiments have also shown high interindividual variability in interaction with experimental tasks, with factors such as age and level of distraction influencing an individual's likelihood of interacting with a task (Martina et al, 2021).…”

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Lab cognition going wild: Implementing a new portable touchscreen system in vervet monkeys

Harrison

Mohr

Waal

2023

Journal of Animal Ecology

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1. Touchscreen technology has provided researchers with opportunities to conduct wellcontrolled cognitive tests with captive animals, allowing researchers to isolate individuals, select participants based on specific traits, and control aspects of the environment.2. In this study, we aimed to investigate the potential utility of touchscreen technology for the study of cognition in wild vervet monkeys. We assessed the viability of touchscreen testing by comparing rates of participation between wild and sanctuary-housed vervets. Additionally, we compared performance on a simple associative learning task in order to verify that wild participants are able to engage meaningfully with a touchscreen task presented in their natural environment.3. We presented eight groups of vervet monkeys (four wild and four sanctuary groups, totalling 240 individuals) with a portable touchscreen device. The touchscreen displayed tasks in which food rewards could be gained by touching a stimulus displayed on the screen.We assessed individuals' likelihood of interacting with the touchscreen, their frequency of participation, and their performance on a simple associative learning task. 4. We found that sanctuary-housed monkeys were more likely to interact with the touchscreen. Participation in wild vervet monkeys was influenced by sex and age. However, monkeys in the two contexts (sanctuary versus wild) did not differ in their performance on a simple associative learning task.5. This study demonstrates that touchscreen technology can be successfully deployed in a population of wild primates. This gives us a starting point to test animal cognition under natural conditions that include varying group composition, environmental challenges, and ongoing activities such as foraging, which are challenging to recreate in captivity. While rates of participation were lower than those found in captivity, reasonable sample sizes can be achieved, and wild primates can successfully learn touchscreen tasks in a manner comparable to their captive counterparts.

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“…Rescue is not the purpose, but it is also indispensable. e legal norms related to field exploration should also stipulate the basic framework of rescue mechanism, including rescue subjects, rescue organizations, rescue funds, and other relevant contents [25]. Second, encourage and support, supplemented by management and control constraints.…”

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Design of Emergency Intelligent Terminals for Field Exploration Based on Intelligent Internet of Things Technology

Qiu

Zhang

2022

Mobile Information Systems

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To solve the intelligent rescue design of field exploration, the design of field intelligent terminal is explored based on intelligent Internet of things technology. Through the system’s platform management, integration of internal information, and strengthening technology research and development, the system has successfully completed the deployment and implementation, which strongly supports the design of intelligent terminals for field exploration emergency rescue. Relevant technicians need to recognize the application and development trend of Internet of things technology in intelligent field emergency rescue scenarios and take various measures to promote it, so as to make it a better support and enrich intelligent field emergency rescue functions and provide better impetus for intelligent field emergency rescue and the construction of digital city. For the construction of the current intelligent field emergency rescue scene, the Internet of things technology plays a major role, which also shows that the system has better realized the predetermined function. The field intelligent rescue system makes good use of the shared location function, which can avoid accidents such as team members falling behind and also well identify the location of team members.

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Individual differences in task participation in wild chacma baboons

Cited by 10 publications

References 70 publications

Does trappability and self-selection influence cognitive performance?

Does trappability and self-selection influence cognitive performance?

Lab cognition going wild: Implementing a new portable touchscreen system in vervet monkeys

Design of Emergency Intelligent Terminals for Field Exploration Based on Intelligent Internet of Things Technology

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