Piero Amodio
Little evidence that Eurasian jays protect their caches by responding to cues about a conspecific’s desire and visual perspective
Amodio, Piero; Farrar, Benjamin G; Krupenye, Christopher; Ostojić, Ljerka; Clayton, Nicola S
Authors
Benjamin G Farrar
Christopher Krupenye
Ljerka Ostojić
Nicola S Clayton
Abstract
Eurasian jays have been reported to protect their caches by responding to cues about either the visual perspective or current desire of an observing conspecific, similarly to other corvids. Here, we used established paradigms to test whether these birds can – like humans – integrate multiple cues about different mental states and perform an optimal response accordingly. Across five experiments, which also include replications of previous work, we found little evidence that our jays adjusted their caching behaviour in line with the visual perspective and current desire of another agent, neither by integrating these social cues nor by responding to only one type of cue independently. These results raise questions about the reliability of the previously reported effects and highlight several key issues affecting reliability in comparative cognition research.
Citation
Amodio, P., Farrar, B. G., Krupenye, C., Ostojić, L., & Clayton, N. S. (2021). Little evidence that Eurasian jays protect their caches by responding to cues about a conspecific’s desire and visual perspective. eLife, 10, Article e69647. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.69647
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Sep 10, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2021 |
Deposit Date | Dec 20, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 21, 2021 |
Journal | eLife |
Electronic ISSN | 2050-084X |
Publisher | eLife Sciences Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 10 |
Article Number | e69647 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.69647 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1218495 |
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