Wild psychometrics: Evidence for 'general' cognitive performance in wild New Zealand robins, Petroica longipes

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 101-111

  Shaw, Rachael C ^a   Boogert, Neeltje J ^b,c   Clayton, Nicola S ^d   Burns, Kevin C ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive test battery; G; General intelligence factor; Individual variation; Petroica longipes

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INHIBITION; MEMORY; PASSERINE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; WILD POPULATION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PETROICA; PETROICA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84941780243     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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