The evolution of social play in songbirds, parrots and cockatoos - emotional or highly complex cognitive behaviour or both?

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 161, P. 105621 - 105621

Published: March 12, 2024

Social play has been described in many animals. However, much of this social behaviour among birds, particularly adults, is still relatively unexplored terms the environmental, psychological, and dynamics play. This paper provides an overview what we know about adult birds addresses areas which subtleties distinctions, such as initiation organisation its relationship to expressions play, are considered detail. The considers emotional, social, innovative, cognitive aspects then environmental conditions affiliative bonds, suggesting a surprisingly complex framework criteria awaiting further research. Adult so far studied only small number avian species, exclusively those with large brain relative body size without necessarily addressing functions lateralization. When lateralization function considered, it can illuminate possibly significant relevance evolution cognition, management emotions, development sociality.

Language: Английский

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Sex-specific effects of cooperative breeding and colonial nesting on prosociality in corvids

eLife, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 9

Published: Oct. 20, 2020

The investigation of prosocial behavior is particular interest from an evolutionary perspective. Comparisons prosociality across non-human animal species have, however, so far largely focused on primates, and their interpretation hampered by the diversity paradigms procedures used. Here, we present first systematic comparison multiple in a taxonomic group outside primate order, namely bird family Corvidae. We measured eight corvid species, which vary expression cooperative breeding colonial nesting. show that positively associated with species. Also, nesting stronger propensity for behavior, but only males. combined results our study strongly suggest both nesting, may rely heightened social tolerance at nest, are likely pathways to corvids.

Language: Английский

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Long-Term Attachments and Complex Cognition in Birds and Humans are Linked to Pre-Reproductive Prosociality and Cooperation. Constructing a Hypothesis

Annals of Cognitive Science, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 4(1)

Published: July 30, 2020

Human prosociality has often been regarded as an important step towards the capacity for empathy; i.e. to think of others in compassionate and caring ways. This ability, turn, is related social attachment. Many writers have rightly argued that, order understand biology evolution attachment, a comparative approach across many taxa needed.

Language: Английский

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Initial compatibility during a “Speed‐Dating” test predicts postpairing affiliation in titi monkeys (Plecturocebus cupreus)

American Journal of Primatology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 85(7)

Published: April 26, 2023

Abstract Behavioral compatibility plays a critical role in shaping how potential mates interact with and evaluate each other whether they choose to pursue relationship. Compatibility is especially important for mate choice relationship quality pair‐bonding species that form long‐term attachments between mates. Although this process has been studied humans birds, relatively few studies have investigated it non‐human primates. In study, we pairing titi monkeys ( Plecturocebus cupreus ) based on initial increased postpairing affiliation Subjects were 12 unpaired adult (two cohorts of three males females). We determined subject's interest opposite‐sex their cohort across series six 30‐min interaction periods (i.e., “speed‐dates”). To determine compatibility, used the Social Relations Model calculate effects (how much subject uniquely preferred beyond own affiliative disposition partner's popularity). then paired way maximized net pairs, measured longitudinal pair Proximity , Contact Tail Twining Combined Affiliation 6 months using daily scan‐sample observations monthly home‐cage video recordings. Multilevel models showed that, average, speed‐dating pairs exhibited higher levels (determined from observations; β = 0.31) compared group 13 age‐matched colony quasi‐randomly without quantifying compatibility. The degree within also predicted recordings) at earlier post‐pairing time points, association peaking 2 0.57). These findings suggest facilitates bonding monkeys. conclude by discussing design can be management inform pair‐housing decisions.

Language: Английский

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Evolution of Primate Social Cognition

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 276 - 297

Published: Oct. 25, 2024

Abstract This chapter surveys the major theoretical issues in study of primate social cognition relation to socioecology, particularly focusing on factors such as food distribution, predator pressure, and intergroup competition. It also discusses how idea intelligence originated primatology/comparative psychology various authors have conceptualized over years. Whereas some denied its existence or importance, others invoked use behavioural rules predict behaviour, a third group has argued that primates make inferences based attributing mental states others. The last part offers speculations about evolution each main taxa.

Language: Английский

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Vultures as an overlooked model in cognitive ecology

Animal Cognition, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 25(3), P. 495 - 507

Published: Nov. 24, 2021

Language: Английский

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Evolution of human language: duetting as part of prosociality and cognition

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: June 16, 2023

The evolution of human language is a topic that has received undiminished attention. Numerous hypotheses for the origin have been proposed, including gestural communication found specifically among apes. This study advances hypothesis evolution, development, three-pronged: prosocial, cognitive, and collaborative. Duetting turn-taking in primates are used as pivotal examples how bonding leads to joint action collaboration. It points out such vocal behavior itself may be crucial precursor sense it explicitly focused on conspecific. Some current acknowledged duetting an important perceptual behavioral example synchronicity. forms synchronized behavior, duetting, dance, or even shared song, were perhaps evolutionary steps preceding language. signifies more than that, however, because observable significant cognitive investment signals attention toward partner. also affect cognition would needed precede any form signs affiliation grooming. Hence, this study, asking what terms, takes multidisciplinary multimodal approach suggest affective speech, chief which prosociality. Prosociality, attitude awareness another, friend partner whom one can do favors help, model collaboration cooperation, increased cognition.

Language: Английский

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Agenda of Early Life Experience and Its Association with Sensitivity to Human Presence and Familiarity in Wild-Born Orphaned Captive Cheetahs

Animals, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(22), P. 3223 - 3223

Published: Nov. 10, 2024

It has been argued that domestication explains the ability of domestic animals to use human cues, but similar abilities exist in wild repeatedly exposed humans. Little is known on importance developmental stage this exposure for developing such abilities. Orphancy and subsequent hand-rearing constitute a quasi-experimental situation investigating question. Cheetahs (

Language: Английский

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Primate Cognition

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 25, 2024

Abstract First published in 1997, Primate Cognition set the agenda for a new field of study. Borrowing theoretical constructs and paradigms from human cognitive science developmental psychology, book reviewed all empirical research existing at that time concerning both physical cognition (space objects, tools causality, features categories, quantities) social (social knowledge interaction, strategies communication, learning culture, theory mind). Since time, on primate has burgeoned, this all-new second edition focuses conducted after 1997. It is divided into two volumes: current volume Social forthcoming Physical Cognition. Existing areas are updated with latest findings, there several practical purposes did not exist first edition, example, prosocial behaviour, behaviour dilemmas, metacognition. There also chapter theories an account how fits overall evolutionary picture. The intended to be up-to-date survey field.

Language: Английский

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The Human Primate

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 298 - 306

Published: Oct. 25, 2024

Abstract This chapter provides a review of findings from human social cognition based on studies that directly compare humans and non-human primates, particularly great apes (mostly represented by chimpanzees), macaques capuchin monkeys, along with some speculations about how is similar to different other primates. It focuses the four themes corresponding Chapters 2–5: competition cooperation; strategies communication; learning culture; theory mind metacognition. The last part offers theoretical evolution emphasizes cooperative cultural nature beings.

Language: Английский

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