Drinking from tails: Social learning of a novel behaviour in a group of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta)
Drinking from tails: Social learning of a novel behaviour in a group of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta)
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从尾巴喝水：一群环尾狐猴（Lemur catta）的新行为的社会学习
作者：
G. Hosey;M. Jacques;A. Pitts
有几个例子已经记录了新的行为，这些行为显然是在灵长类动物群体中自发产生的，然后通过学习在群体中传播。在这里，我们描述了第一个记录的例子，这种收购行为的原猴。在一组半自由放养的环尾狐猴（Lemur catta）中观察到了这种行为，包括将尾巴浸入水中，然后从湿尾巴中饮水。28只动物中有17只表现出这种行为，包括成年雄性。观察到几只没有表现出这种行为的动物在观看，有时还分享那些表现出这种行为的动物的湿尾巴。几个不完整的序列，特别是非刺激导向的元素，也被认为是在非表演者。刺激增强很可能是这种行为在群体中传播的机制，尽管不完整序列的存在表明模仿也是一种可能性。
Several examples have been documented of novel behaviours which have apparently arisen spontaneously in primate groups and then spread through the group by learning. Here we describe the first recorded instance of such an acquired behaviour in a prosimian. The behaviour, consisting of immersing the tail in water and then drinking from the wet tail, was observed in a group of semi free-ranging ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta). Seventeen of 28 animals showed the behaviour, including adult males. Several animals which did not show the behaviour were observed watching and sometimes sharing the wet tail of animals who did. Several incomplete sequences, notably of non-stimulus directed elements, were also seen in non-performers. It is likely that stimulus enhancement is the mechanism of spread of this behaviour through the group, although the presence of the incomplete sequences suggests that imitation is also a possibility.
儿童（智人）和黑猩猩（黑猩猩）对人工水果加工的模仿学习。
DOI：
10.1037/0735-7036.110.1.3
发表时间：
1996
期刊：
Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983)
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作者：
Whiten,A;Custance,DM;Gomez,JC;Teixidor,P;Bard,KA
通讯作者：
Bard,KA