Social learning and culture in non-human organisms

Kendal, R.L.

Abstract

The article reviews the field of animal social learning and culture, covering how and why it is studied in both captive and wild animals, by researchers with often differing agendas. Our increasing understanding of the adaptive value of social learning and culture is discussed as well as the new avenues for research this opens. The interdisciplinary nature of the field is emphasized, which, among other areas, influences theories regarding modularity in the brain, the evolution of social intelligence, and animal conservation and welfare.

Citation

Kendal, R. (2015). Social learning and culture in non-human organisms. In J. Wright (Ed.), International encyclopedia of the social and behavioural sciences (401-408). (2nd ed.). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-097086-8.81043-0

• Online Publication Date: Mar 12, 2015
• Publication Date: Mar 12, 2015
• Deposit Date: Apr 21, 2017
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Pages: 401-408
• Series Number: 22
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Book Title: International encyclopedia of the social and behavioural sciences.
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-097086-8.81043-0