Difficulties when using video playback to investigate social cognition in California scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica)

Previous research has suggested that videos can be used to experimentally manipulate social stimuli. In the present study, we used the California scrub-jays’ cache protection strategies to assess whether video playback can be used to simulate conspecifics in a social context. In both the lab and the...

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Main Authors: Katharina F. Brecht, Ljerka Ostojić, Edward W. Legg, Nicola S. Clayton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-03-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4451.pdf