Selective attention in peacocks during predator detection

Animal Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 767-777

  Yorzinski, Jessica L ^a   Platt, Michael L ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Eye movements; Eye tracking; Peafowl; Predation; Pupil dilation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GALLIFORMES; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84902343794     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0708-x     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Barbur JL, Prescott NB, Douglas RH, Jarvis JR, Wathes CM (2002) A comparative study of stimulu-specific pupil responses in domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus) and the human. Vis Res 42: 249-255.
2. Bitsios P, Szabadi E, Bradshaw CM (1996) The inhibition of the papillary light reflex by the threat of an electric shock: a potential laboratory model of human anxiety. J Psychopharmacol 10: 279-287.
3. Bradley MM, Miccoli L, Escrig MA, Lang PJ (2008) The pupil as a measure of emotional arousal and autonomic activation. Psychophysiology 45: 602-607.
4. Bradshaw J (1967) Pupil size as a measure of arousal during information processing. Nature 216: 515-516.
5. Briskie JV, Martin PR, Martin TE (1999) Nest predation and the evolution of nestling begging calls. Proc R Soc Lond B 266: 2153-2159.
6. Caro T (2005) Antipredator defenses in birds and mammals. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
7. Charney D, Grillon C, Bremner JD (1998) Review: the neurobiological basis of anxiety and fear: circuits, mechanisms, and neurochemical interactions (part I). Neuroscientist 4: 35-44.
8. Collewijn H (1977) Eye- and head movements in freely moving rabbits. J Physiol 266: 471-498.
9. Cresswell W, Quinn JL, Whittingham MJ, Butler S (2003) Good foragers can also be good at detecting predators. Proc R Soc Lond B 270: 1069-1076.
10. Cresswell W, Butler S, Whittingham MJ, Quinn JL (2008) Very short delays prior to escape from potential predators may function efficiently as adaptive risk-assessment periods. Behaviour 146: 795-813.
11. Curio E (1978) The adaptive significance of avian mobbing: I. Teleonomic hypotheses and predictions. Z Tierpsychol 48: 175-183.
12. Devereux CL, Whittingham MJ, Fernández-Juricic E, Vickery JA, Krebs JR (2006) Predator detection and avoidance by starlings under differing scenarios of predation risk. Behav Ecol 17: 303-309.
13. Fantz R (1958) Pattern vision in young infants. Psychol Rec 8: 43-47.
14. Guillemain M, Martin GR, Fritz H (2002) Feeding methods, visual fields, and vigilance in dabbling ducks (Anatidae). Funct Ecol 16: 522-529.
15. Hadjikhani N, Hoge R, Snyder J, de Gelder B (2008) Pointing with the eyes: the role of gaze in communication danger. Brain Cogn 68: 1-8.
16. Hamada T (1984) A method for calibrating the gain of the electro-oculogram (EOG) using the optical properties of the eye. J Neurosci Methods 10: 259-265.
17. Hart NS (2001) Variations in cone photoreceptor abundance and the visual ecology of birds. J Comp Physiol A 187: 685-698.
18. Hart N (2002) Vision in the peafowl (Aves: Pavo cristatus). J Exp Biol 205: 3925-3935.
19. Kaby U, Lind J (2003) What limits predator detection in blue tits (Parus caeruleus): posture, task, orientation? Behav Ecol Sociobiol 54: 534-538.
20. Kannan R, James DA (1998) Common peafowl (Pavo cristatus). In: Polle A, Gill F (eds) The birds of North America, no. 377. Birds of North America, Philadelphia.
21. Kiltie RA (2000) Scaling of visual acuity with body size in mammals and birds. Funct Ecol 14: 226-234.
22. LaBerge D, Brown V (1989) Theory of attentional operations in space identification. Psychol Rev 96: 101-104.
23. Lima SL, Bednekoff PA (1999) Back to the basics of antipredatory vigilance: can nonvigilant animals detect attack? Anim Behav 58: 537-543.
24. Lima SL, Dill LM (1990) Behavioural decisions made under the risk of predation: a review and prospectus. Can J Zool 68: 619-640.
25. Martin G (1986) The eye of a passeriform bird, the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris): eye movement amplitude, visual fields and schematic optics. J Comp Physiol A 159: 545-557.
26. Martin TE (1995) Avian life history evolution in relation to nest sites, nest predation, and food. Ecol Monogr 65: 101-127.
27. Martin TE, Badyaev AV (1996) Sexual dichromatism in birds: importance of nest predation and nest location for females versus males. Evolution 50: 2454-2460.
28. Maurer D (1975) Infant visual perception: methods of study. In: Cohen LB, Salapatek P (eds) Infant perception: from sensation to cognition, vol 1. Basic visual processes. Academic Press, New York, pp 1-76.
29. McFadden SA, Reymond L (1985) A further look at the binocular visual field of the pigeon (Columba livia). Vis Res 25: 1741-1746.
30. McNamara JM, Houston AI (1992) Evolutionarily stable levels of vigilance as a function of group size. Anim Behav 43: 641-658.
31. Meyer DBC (1977) The avian eye and its adaptations. In: Crescitelli F (ed) The visual system of vertebrates, handbook of sensory physiology. Springer, New York, pp 549-612.
32. Moore BA, Baumhardt P, Doppler M, Randolet J, Blackwell BF, DeVault TL, Loew ER, Fernández-Juricic E (2012) Oblique color vision in an open-habitat bird: spectral sensitivity, photoreceptor distribution and behavioral implications. J Exp Biol 215: 3442-3452.
33. Nagamatsu T, Kamahara J, Iko T, Tanaka N (2008) One-point calibration gaze tracking based on eyeball kinematics using stereo cameras. In: Proceedings of the 2008 symposium on eye tracking research applications. ACM, Savannah, GA, pp 95-98.
34. Newman JA, Caraco T (1987) Foraging, predation hazard and patch use in grey squirrels. Anim Behav 35: 1804-1813.
35. Nunnally JC, Knott PD, Duchnowski A, Parker R (1967) Pupillary response as a general measure of activation. Percept Psychophys 2: 149-155.
36. Preuschoff K, 't Hart BM, Einhäuser W (2011) Pupil dilation signals surprise: evidence for noradrenaline's role in decision making. Front Neurosci 5: 1-12.
37. Pulliam HR (1973) On the advantages of flocking. J Theor Biol 38: 419-422.
38. Pulliam HR, Pyke GH, Caraco T (1982) The scanning behaviour of juncos: a game-theoretical approach. J Theor Biol 95: 89-103.
39. Roberts G (1996) Why individual vigilance decreases as group size increases. Anim Behav 51: 1077-1086.
40. Schleidt WM (1973) Tonic communication: continual effects of discrete signs in animal communication. J Theor Biol 42: 359-386.
41. Schneider KJ (1984) Dominance, predation, and optimal foraging in white-throated sparrow flocks. Ecology 65: 1820-1827.
42. Sherman PW (1977) Nepotism and the evolution of alarm calls. Science 197: 1246-1253.
43. Simpson HM, Hale SM (1969) Pupillary changes during a decision-making task. Percept Mot Skills 29: 495-498.
44. Szechtman H, Adler NT, Komisaruk BR (1985) Mating induces papillary dilation in female rats: role of pelvic nerve. Physiol Behav 35: 295-301.
45. Takahashi M, Hasegawa T (2008) Seasonal and diurnal use of eight different call types by Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus). J Ethol 26: 375-381.
46. Tisdale V, Fernández-Juricic E (2009) Vigilance and predator detection vary between avian species with different visual acuity and coverage. Behav Ecol 20: 936-945.
47. Tsal Y (1983) Movement of attention across the visual field. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 9: 523-530.
48. Turk-Browne NB, Pratt J (2005) Attending to eye movements and retinal eccentricity: evidence for the activity distribution models of attention reconsidered. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 31: 1061-1066.
49. Wallman J, Letelier J-C (1993) Eye movements, head movements, and gaze stabilization in birds. In: Zeigler H, Bischof H-J (eds) Vision, brain and behavior in birds. MIT Press, Cambridge, pp 245-263.
50. Whipple B, Ogden G, Komisaruk BR (1992) Physiological correlates of imagery-induced orgasm in women. Arch Sex Behav 21: 121-133.
51. Whittingham MJ, Butler SJ, Quinn JL, Cresswell W (2004) The effect of limited visibility on vigilance behavior and speed of predator detection: implications for the conservation of granivorous passerines. Oikos 106: 377-385.
52. Yorzinski JL, Penkunas MJ, Platt ML, Coss RC (in review) Dangerous animals capture and maintain attention in humans. Cognition.
53. Yorzinski JL, Platt ML (2012) The difference between night and day: antipredator behavior in birds. J Ethol 30: 211-218.
54. Yorzinski JL, Patricelli GL, Babcock J, Pearson JM, Platt ML (2013) Through their eyes: selective attention in peahens during courtship. J Exp Biol 216: 3035-3046.
55. Yoss RE, Moyer NJ, Hollenhorst RW (1970) Pupil size and spontaneous papillary waves associated with alertness, drowsiness, and sleep. Neurology 20: 545-554.
56. Zeigler HP, Bischof H-J (1993) Vision, brain, and behavior in birds. MIT Press, Cambridge.