Revisiting the definition of animal tool use
Revisiting the definition of animal tool use
复制标题
DOI：
10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.09.028
复制
发表时间：
2008-04-01
期刊：
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Horton, Thomas E.
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
St Amant, Robert;Horton, Thomas E.
本杰明·贝克对工具使用的定义已经为动物认知领域服务了超过25年（贝克1980，动物工具行为：工具的使用和制造，纽约，Garland STPM）。本文提出了一个新的、更具解释性的定义，根据两个互补的行为子类别来解释工具使用：旨在通过机械手段改变目标物体的行为，以及在工具使用者与环境或环境中其他生物之间调解信息流的行为。新定义的概念基础和含义与现有定义，特别是贝克的定义进行了对比。新定义被非正式地评估相对于一组场景，突出从贝克的定义以及那些其他人在文献中的差异。(c) 2008动物行为研究协会。Elsevier Ltd.出版。版权所有。
Benjamin Beck's definition of tool use has served the field of animal cognition well for over 25 years (Beck 1980, Animal Tool Behavior: the Use and Manufacture of Tools, New York, Garland STPM). This article proposes a new, more explanatory definition that accounts for tool use in terms of two complementary subcategories of behaviours: behaviours aimed at altering a target object by mechanical means and behaviours that mediate the flow of information between the tool user and the environment or other organisms in the environment. The conceptual foundation and implications of the new definition are contrasted with those of existing definitions, particularly Beck's. The new definition is informally evaluated with respect to a set of scenarios that highlights differences from Beck's definition as well as those of others in the literature. (c) 2008 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.