Ducklings imprint on the relational concept of “same or different”. Martinho, A. & Kacelnik, A. Science, 353(6296):286–288, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2016. doi abstract bibtex The ability to identify and retain logical relations between stimuli and apply them to novel stimuli is known as relational concept learning. This has been demonstrated in a few animal species after extensive reinforcement training, and it reveals the brain\textquoterights ability to deal with abstract properties. Here we describe relational concept learning in newborn ducklings without reinforced training. Newly hatched domesticated mallards that were briefly exposed to a pair of objects that were either the same or different in shape or color later preferred to follow pairs of new objects exhibiting the imprinted relation. Thus, even in a seemingly rigid and very rapid form of learning such as filial imprinting, the brain operates with abstract conceptual reasoning, a faculty often assumed to be reserved to highly intelligent organisms.
@ARTICLE{Martinho2016,
author = {Martinho, Antone and Kacelnik, Alex},
title = {Ducklings imprint on the relational concept of {\textquotedblleft}same
or different{\textquotedblright}},
journal = {Science},
year = {2016},
volume = {353},
pages = {286--288},
number = {6296},
abstract = {The ability to identify and retain logical relations between stimuli
and apply them to novel stimuli is known as relational concept learning.
This has been demonstrated in a few animal species after extensive
reinforcement training, and it reveals the brain{\textquoteright}s
ability to deal with abstract properties. Here we describe relational
concept learning in newborn ducklings without reinforced training.
Newly hatched domesticated mallards that were briefly exposed to
a pair of objects that were either the same or different in shape
or color later preferred to follow pairs of new objects exhibiting
the imprinted relation. Thus, even in a seemingly rigid and very
rapid form of learning such as filial imprinting, the brain operates
with abstract conceptual reasoning, a faculty often assumed to be
reserved to highly intelligent organisms.},
doi = {10.1126/science.aaf4247},
publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science}
}
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