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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Eurasian jay"”.
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Convergent cognitive evolution: what can be learnt from comparisons with corvids and cephalopods?
… proposed that corvids (e.g. crows, ravens, jays) may have evolved – convergently with apes – flexible and domain general cognitive tool-kits. In a similar vein, others have suggested that coleoid cephalopods (octopus, cuttlefish, squid) may have developed complex cognition convergently with …
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A comparative analysis of auditory perception in songbirds: Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius) and great tits (Parus major)
… learning and sociality in the two model species: Eurasian jay (*Garrulus glandarius*) and great tit (*Parus major*). Chapters 2-5 utilise several different auditory paradigms in Eurasian jays, focusing on caching, reasoning and recognition. Chapter 2 replicates an experiment to test whether jays …
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Episodic cognition: what is it, where is it, and when does it develop?
… these tasks to previously untested animal (the Eurasian Jay), developing children (aged 3-6), and a sample of human adults (Cambridge Undergraduates). Finally, these findings are applied in the assessment of episodic cognition in a population that is thought to have mild hippocampal damage – the …
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A comparative investigation of the attribution of desires and preferences
… abilities. In this thesis I therefore used Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius) as a comparator with human adults, due to existing evidence of Eurasian jays’ sensitivity to their partner’s desires. I focused on three key questions in my thesis: 1. Do adult humans have an implicit sensitivity …
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Sociality, social learning and individual differences in rooks, jackdaws and Eurasian jays
… (Corvus monedula) and nongregarious, territorial Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius). In addition to that, the species' social structure was analysed and individual differences between members of each species were determined. Introducing the field of social learning research, I presented a new …