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SUMMARY:An assessment of individual learning abilities and their phenotypi
 c traits in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) - Claudia Martina Luna - D
 epartment of Zoology
DTSTART:20160311T170000Z
DTEND:20160311T173000Z
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CONTACT:Kira Tipping
DESCRIPTION:Differences in cognitive abilities impact many of the behaviou
 ral decisions and fitness-related traits of individuals. A substantial num
 ber of studies have evaluated individual cognitive abilities in captivity 
 but few have done so in the wild. Thus\, the adaptive significance of the 
 individual variation found in natural environments may be overlooked. In g
 regarious species\, an individual’s social rank can be associated with m
 any aspects of its behaviour\, including its cognitive abilities. Addition
 ally\, individual traits such as vigilance\, neophobia and exploratory beh
 aviour have been found to affect performance while solving a cognitive tas
 k. However\, it is unclear whether there is a connection between these tra
 its and cognitive abilities in wild conditions. In this study\, I assessed
  the associative and generalized learning abilities of individuals in two 
 fully habituated troops of wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) with two si
 mple tasks: first\, an associative learning task which consisted in correc
 tly associating a particular colour with a distasteful flavour to avoid in
  the future\; and second\, a generalized learning task that evaluated the 
 abilities of the baboons to accurately choose between two options which di
 ffered in quality based on the previous association between colours and ta
 ste.
LOCATION:Tea Room\, Department of Zoology
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