Exploring individual variation in associative learning abilities through an operant conditioning task in wild baboons.

Cognitive abilities underpin many of the behavioural decisions of animals. However, we still have very little understanding of how and why cognitive abilities vary between individuals of the same species in wild populations. In this study, we assessed the associative learning abilities of wild chacm...

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Main Authors: Claudia Martina, Guy Cowlishaw, Alecia J Carter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230810