dc.contributor.author |
Lambert Megan L |
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dc.contributor.author |
Schiestl Martina |
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dc.contributor.author |
Schwing Raoul |
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dc.contributor.author |
Taylor Alex H |
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dc.contributor.author |
Gajdon Gyula K |
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dc.contributor.author |
Slocombe Katie E |
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dc.contributor.author |
Seed Amanda M |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
England |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2020-10-19T01:00:57Z |
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dc.date.available |
2020-10-19T01:00:57Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2017-9-27 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Royal Society open science 4(9):170652 27 Sep 2017 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2054-5703 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/53363 |
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dc.description.abstract |
A range of non-human animals frequently manipulate and explore objects in their environment, which may enable them to learn about physical properties and potentially form more abstract concepts of properties such as weight and rigidity. Whether animals can apply the information learned during their exploration to solve novel problems, however, and whether they actually change their exploratory behaviour to seek functional information about objects have not been fully explored. We allowed kea (Nestor notabilis) and New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides) to explore sets of novel objects both before and after encountering a task in which some of the objects could function as tools. Following this, subjects were given test trials in which they could choose among the objects they had explored to solve a tool-use task. Several individuals from both species performed above chance on these test trials, and only did so after exploring the objects, compared with a control experiment with no prior exploration phase. These results suggest that selection of functional tools may be guided by information acquired during exploration. Neither kea nor crows changed the duration or quality of their exploration after learning that the objects had a functional relevance, suggesting that birds do not adjust their behaviour to explicitly seek this information. |
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dc.format.medium |
Electronic-eCollection |
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dc.language |
eng |
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dc.publisher |
ROYAL SOC |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Royal Society open science |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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dc.subject |
cognition |
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dc.subject |
corvid |
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dc.subject |
object play |
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dc.subject |
object properties |
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dc.subject |
parrot |
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dc.subject |
tool use |
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dc.subject |
1701 Psychology |
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dc.subject |
Science & Technology |
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dc.subject |
Multidisciplinary Sciences |
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dc.subject |
Science & Technology - Other Topics |
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dc.subject |
cognition |
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dc.subject |
tool use |
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dc.subject |
object play |
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dc.subject |
corvid |
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dc.subject |
parrot |
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dc.subject |
object properties |
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dc.subject |
TOOL USE |
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dc.subject |
NESTOR-NOTABILIS |
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dc.subject |
CORVUS-MONEDULOIDES |
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dc.subject |
BEHAVIOR |
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dc.subject |
MANUFACTURE |
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dc.subject |
CHIMPANZEES |
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dc.subject |
EXPERIENCE |
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dc.subject |
INNOVATION |
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dc.subject |
RIGIDITY |
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dc.subject |
ECOLOGY |
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dc.title |
Function and flexibility of object exploration in kea and New Caledonian crows. |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1098/rsos.170652 |
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pubs.issue |
9 |
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pubs.begin-page |
170652 |
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pubs.volume |
4 |
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dc.date.updated |
2020-09-14T04:36:31Z |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The authors |
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pubs.author-url |
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28989768 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
research-article |
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pubs.subtype |
Journal Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
692267 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
2054-5703 |
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dc.identifier.pii |
rsos170652 |
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pubs.number |
ARTN 170652 |
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pubs.online-publication-date |
2017-9-27 |
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