TY - JOUR
T1 - Using natural travel paths to infer and compare primate cognition in the wild
AU - Janmaat, Karline R.L.
AU - de Guinea, Miguel
AU - Collet, Julien
AU - Byrne, Richard W.
AU - Robira, Benjamin
AU - van Loon, Emiel
AU - Jang, Haneul
AU - Biro, Dora
AU - Ramos-Fernández, Gabriel
AU - Ross, Cody
AU - Presotto, Andrea
AU - Allritz, Matthias
AU - Alavi, Shauhin
AU - Van Belle, Sarie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors
PY - 2021/4/23
Y1 - 2021/4/23
N2 - Within comparative psychology, the evolution of animal cognition is typically studied either by comparing indirect measures of cognitive abilities (e.g., relative brain size) across many species or by conducting batteries of decision-making experiments among (typically) a few captive species. Here, we propose a third, complementary approach: inferring and comparing cognitive abilities through observational field records of natural information gradients and the associated variation in decision-making outcomes, using the ranging behavior of wild animals. To demonstrate the feasibility of our proposal, we present the results of a global survey assessing the availability of long-term ranging data sets from wild primates and the willingness of primatologists to share such data. We explore three ways in which such ranging data, with or without the associated behavioral and ecological data often collected by primatologists, might be used to infer and compare spatial cognition. Finally, we suggest how ecological complexity may be best incorporated into comparative analyses.
AB - Within comparative psychology, the evolution of animal cognition is typically studied either by comparing indirect measures of cognitive abilities (e.g., relative brain size) across many species or by conducting batteries of decision-making experiments among (typically) a few captive species. Here, we propose a third, complementary approach: inferring and comparing cognitive abilities through observational field records of natural information gradients and the associated variation in decision-making outcomes, using the ranging behavior of wild animals. To demonstrate the feasibility of our proposal, we present the results of a global survey assessing the availability of long-term ranging data sets from wild primates and the willingness of primatologists to share such data. We explore three ways in which such ranging data, with or without the associated behavioral and ecological data often collected by primatologists, might be used to infer and compare spatial cognition. Finally, we suggest how ecological complexity may be best incorporated into comparative analyses.
KW - Biological Sciences
KW - Cognitive Neuroscience
KW - Neuroscience
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85105301640&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102343
DO - 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102343
M3 - Artículo de revisión
C2 - 33997670
AN - SCOPUS:85105301640
SN - 2589-0042
VL - 24
JO - iScience
JF - iScience
IS - 4
M1 - 102343
ER -