Comparative Cognition and Behavior Reviews

Visual illusions are powerful tools to understand similarities and differences in the perceptual mechanisms of human and nonhuman animals.Such investigation is particularly important in the presence of animal species whose brains largely differ from ours, because it can reveal whether perceptual laws described in humans are strictly related to the peculiarity of large brains, as the case of mammals and birds.Here we review the literature on visual illusions in species with a much smaller relative brain size.Most works on this subject have investigated fish, whereas only a few studies have been conducted on amphibians and reptiles.Taken together, the existing literature found more similarities than differences in the perceptual mechanisms underlying size, numerosity, brightness, motion, and subjective contours among vertebrates, regardless of the high variability in the relative brain size of the species.

Alessandra Pecunioso

Maria Santacà

Maria Elena Miletto Petrazzini

Christian Agrillo

Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews

Is the susceptibility to visual illusions related to the relative brain size? Insights from small-brained species

视觉错觉易感性与相对脑容量有关吗？来自小脑物种的启示

Petra L. McDougall

When Behaviors Are Contagious and Mimicry Matters: A 5-Step Framework for Predicting the Spontaneous Transmission of Automatic Behavior

行为何时具有传染性及模仿的重要性：预测自动行为自发传播的五步框架

All birds studied to date have a functioning sense of smell, which they use for a wide range of tasks, from foraging to mate choice.However, compared with other avian senses, olfaction has received comparatively little research attention and is often overlooked when designing experiments, or interpreting data, in which birds have been used as subjects.This brief review aims to provide an overview of our understanding of avian olfaction, focusing in particular on articles published over the past 10 years.We emphasize studies, species, and concepts that may be of particular interest to those working within animal behavior or cognition, and we conclude by highlighting some directions for future research.

Vincent Abankwah

D. Charles Deeming

Thomas W. Pike

Avian olfaction: a review of the recent literature

鸟类嗅觉：近期文献综述

The many cue types that animals are able to use for both long-and short-scale navigation have been studied extensively, and a well-researched literature has developed into the strategies that have evolved to exploit information provided by these different cues.Less well understood are questions of how animals select different cues to learn about, and the conditions for learning based on these cues.These queries have tended to concern psychologists interested in the extent to which the principles of associative learning apply to spatial learning.The question is of interest because the predictions of associative learning theories are often at odds with spatial learning theories, which instead tend to emphasize the special types of representation and learning process necessary for navigation.Here I examine spatial learning from an associative perspective, starting with the question of what kinds of associations are formed in associative learning and how these may fit within our knowledge of spatial learning.I then examine the conditions of learning, including the effects of prior experience on spatial learning in terms of both latent inhibition and perceptual learning, changes to the attention paid to spatial stimuli as a result of their predictive history, and the extent to which redundancy -when multiple cues predict same outcome -affects learning.The effects are illustrated mostly with examples from the associative learning literature, which is often with rodents or pigeons.But where possible, I have demonstrated similar effects in more diverse species and have tried to indicate the general learning effects that associative learning theories predict.

Anthony McGregor

What Suboptimal Choice Tells Us About the Control of Behavior

次优选择如何揭示行为的控制机制

Stephan A. Reber

Crocodilians are promising intermediate model organisms for comparative perception research

鳄类动物是有前途的比较感知研究中间模型生物

Caroline Casey

Colleen Reichmuth

The Critical Human Elements in Using Artificial Intelligence in Comparative Cognition Studies

比较认知研究中使用人工智能的关键人类因素

The field of comparative cognition is in a good position to support conservation efforts in a quickly changing world.Given that cognition is central to real-time adaptation, we have a responsibility to advocate for the often-overlooked relevance of our expertise in helping animals cope.To contribute we recommend (a) increasing our own understanding of the ecological validity of our work, (b) translating the value and relevance of our work for others, and (c) making ourselves available to conservation managers.

Heidi E. Harley

Peter F. Cook

Gordon B. Bauer

The Future of Comparative Cognition? Conservation!

比较认知的未来？保护！

Computational modeling should and will play an increasingly important role in the future of comparative cognition.Computational comparative cognition is a burgeoning field, poised to tackle perennial questions about animal behavior as well as to take the opportunity to ask new ones.To establish computational comparative cognition as a field, researchers must work together to create interdisciplinary collaborations, to translate and disseminate findings that can be digested by a diverse audience, and to rethink the status of computational modeling.Blending models, experiment, and observation to deepen our understanding of animal behavior promises a bright future for the field of comparative cognition.

Konstantinos Voudouris

Lucy G. Cheke

Marta Halina

The Future Is Computational Comparative Cognition

未来是计算比较认知

This article examines interrelated issues of the subject and object of comparative cognition.First, we discuss field's focus on a limited selection of subjects; rodents and primates are common, whereas taxa outside of mammals and birds are rare.We suggest new directions for a more comparative approach.Second, we discuss an epistemological view of cognition that helps discern behavioral observations from cognitive inferences and promotes a clearer, less anthropocentric approach vital for studying underrepresented taxa and enhancing species diversity.

Christopher A. Varnon

Mary Kate Moore

Reconsidering the Subject and Object of Comparative Cognition

重新思考比较认知的主体与客体

Abbreviation	CCBR
Journal Impact	1.06
Quartiles(Global)	BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES(Q4)

ISSN	1911-4745
h-index	11

Publication Information	Publisher: Comparative Cognition Society，Publishing cycle: ，Journal Type: journal，Open Access Journals: Yes
Basic data	Year of publication: 2016，Proportion of original research papers: 0.00%，Self Citation Rate:0.00%， Gold OA Rate: 84.62%
Average review cycle	网友分享经验：12 Weeks

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Is the susceptibility to visual illusions related to the relative brain size? Insights from small-brained species

When Behaviors Are Contagious and Mimicry Matters: A 5-Step Framework for Predicting the Spontaneous Transmission of Automatic Behavior

Avian olfaction: a review of the recent literature

What Suboptimal Choice Tells Us About the Control of Behavior

Crocodilians are promising intermediate model organisms for comparative perception research

When Behaviors Are Contagious and Mimicry Matters: A 5-Step Framework for Predicting the Spontaneous Transmission of Automatic Behavior

The Critical Human Elements in Using Artificial Intelligence in Comparative Cognition Studies

The Future of Comparative Cognition? Conservation!

The Future Is Computational Comparative Cognition

Reconsidering the Subject and Object of Comparative Cognition