The evolution of intelligence in corvids and sensory cognition in humans and corvids

鸦科动物智力的进化以及人类和鸦科动物的感官认知

• 批准号: 2273250
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Cambridge
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2273250
• 关键词: evolution; intelligence; corvids; sensory; cognition

PhD project strategic theme: Understanding the rules of lifeCorvids are highly intelligent animals that display certain cognitive traits on a par with apes. Corvids have excellent eyesight and have been shown to demonstrate theory of mind like traits in visual tasks. This project will look at the importance of auditory information in these birds, as they utilise a large range of vocal cues being excellent mimics, they are expected to have acute auditory perception. A caching experiment was previously completed to probe the importance of auditory information when making decisions where to cache in the presence of a conspecific. Further experiments will utilise behavioural studies to test whether the birds trust their visual or auditory inputs more. The nature of these cognitive studies will vary with the seasonal changes in the birds. In autumn more caching studies may be used, whilst at other times outside breeding season cognitive tests investigating complexes inferences using cups will be used. Similar studies in human participants may be used in order to investigate the evolution of cognition.

博士项目战略主题：了解生命的规则鸦科动物是高度智能的动物，它们表现出与猿类相同的某些认知特征。乌鸦有很好的视力，并已被证明在视觉任务中表现出类似心理理论的特征。该项目将研究这些鸟类听觉信息的重要性，因为它们利用大量的声音线索进行出色的模仿，预计它们具有敏锐的听觉感知。先前完成的缓存实验，以探讨听觉信息的重要性时，作出决定，在那里缓存在同种的存在。进一步的实验将利用行为研究来测试鸟类是否更信任他们的视觉或听觉输入。这些认知研究的性质将随着鸟类的季节变化而变化。在秋季，可能会使用更多的缓存研究，而在其他时间以外的繁殖季节的认知测试调查复杂的推论，使用杯子将被使用。人类参与者的类似研究可以用来调查认知的进化。