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Learning & Memory

(Sensory mechanisms & development of cognition)




Animal Cognition avesArnold, K.E., Ramsay, S.L., Donaldson, C.& Adam, A. 2007. Parental prey selection affects risk-taking behaviour and spatial learning in avian offspring. Proc. R. Soc. B. 274: 2563-2569.      October 2007           



Animal Cognition avesAronov, D., Andalman, A.S. & Fee, M.S. 2008. A specialized forebrain circuit for vocal babbling in the juvenile songbird. Science 320: 630-634.     May 2008
See also:
Communication       Signals & signal detection  



Animal Cognition arthropodaBlackiston, D.J., Silva Casey, E. & Weiss, M.R. 2008. Retention of memory through metamorphosis: can a moth remember what it learned as a caterpillar? PLoS Biology 3: e1736.     March 2008



Animal Cognition avesBoogert, N.J., Reader S.M., Laland, K.N. 2006. The relation between social rank, neophobia and individual learning in starlings. Animal Behaviour 72: 1229-1239.    December 2006



Animal CognitionBorenstein, E., Feldman, M.W. & Aoki, K. 2008. Evolution of learning in fluctuating environments: when selection favors both social and exploratory individual learning. Evolution 62: 586-602.     March 2008



Animal Cognition arthropodaBouyer, J., Pruvot, M. Bengaly, Z., Guerin, P.M. Lancelot, R. 2007. Learning influences host choice in tsetse. Biology Letters. 3: 113-116.     April 2007


Animal Cognition arthropodaBurger, J.M.S., Kolss, M., Pont, J. & Kawecki, T.J. 2008. Learning ability and longetivity: a symmetrical evolutionary trade-off in Drosophila. Evolution 62: 1294-1304.    June 2008


Animal Cognition avesBurt, J.M., O'Loghlen, A.L., Templeton, C.N., Campbell, S.E. & Beecher, M.D. 2007. Assessing the importance of social factors in bird song learning: a test using computer-simulated tutors. Ethology 113: 917-925.     October 2007



Animal Cognition avesCadieu, N., Winterton, P. & Cadieu, J.C. 2008. Social transmission of food handling in the context of triadic interactions between adults and young canaries (Serinus canaria). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 795-804.     March 2008



Animal Cognition mammaliaCareau, V., Giroux, J.F. & Berteaux, D. 2007. Cache and carry: hoarding behavior of arctic fox. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 87-96.      November 2007



Animal Cognition avesClayton, N.S., Salwiczek, L.H. & Dickinson, A. 2007. Episodic memory. Current Biology 17: R189-R191.
March 2007



Animal Cognition arthropodaCollett, T.S. 2008. Insect behaviour: learning for the future. Current Biology 18: R131-R134.
February 2008




Animal Cognition mammaliaColwill, R.M. 2007. Effect of the passage of time on the contribution of initial response-outcome associations to instrumental performance. Behavioural Processes. 75: 14-22.       May 2007


Animal Cognition molluscaCrook, R. & Basil, J. 2008. A biphasic memory curve in the chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius L. (Cephalopoda: Nautiloidea). Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 1992-1998.       June 2008



Animal CognitionCsibra, G. 2007. Teachers in the wild. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 11: 95-96.  
April 2007
See also:  Group-dynamics 



Animal Cognition reptiliaDavis, K.M., Burghardt, G.M. 2007. Training and long-term memory of a novel food acquisition task in a turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni). Behavioural Processes 75: 225-230.     June 2007



Animal Cognition mammaliaDeCoteau, W.E., Thorn, C., Gibson, D.J., Courtemanche, R., Mitra, P., Kubota, Y. & Graybiel, A.M. 2007. Learning related coordination of striatal and hippocampal theta rhythms during acquision of a procedural maze task. PNAS 104: 5644-5649.   March 2007 



Animal Cognition arthropodaDecker, S., McConnaughey, S. & Page, T.L. 2007. Circadian regulation of insect olfactory learning. PNAS 104: 15905-15910.              October 2007



Animal Cognition arthropodaDreier, S., van Zweden, J.S. & D'Ettorre, P. 2007. Long-term memory of individual identity in ant queens. Biology Letters 3: 459-462.       October 2007
See also:
Recognition      Group-dynamics



Animal Cognition arthropodaDukas, R., Clark, C.W.& Abbott, K. 2006. Courtship strategies of male insects: when is learning advantageous? Animal Behaviour 76: 1395-1404.        December 2006



Animal Cognition avesFeenders, G., Liedvogel, M., Rivas, M., Zapka, M., Horita, H., Haraa, E., Wada, K., Mouritsen, H. & Jarvis, E.D. 2008. Molecular mapping of movement-associated areas in the avian brain: a motor theory for vocal learning origin. PLoS ONE 3: e1768.        March 2008



Animal Cognition fishFerrari, M.C.O., Gonzalo, A., Messier, F. & Chievers, D.P. 2007. Generalization of learned predator recognition: an experimental test and framework for future studies.  Proc. R. Soc. B. 274: 1853-1859.     August 2007 
See also:
  Signals & signal detection       Recognition
     



Animal Cognition arthropodaFerrari, M.C.O., Messier, F. & Chivers, D.P. 2008. Threat-sensitive learning of predators by larval mosquitoes Culex restuans. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 1079-1083.     May 2008



Animal Cognition arthropodaFranks, N.R., Hooper, J.W., Dornhaus, A., Aukett, P.J., Hayward, A.L. & Berghoff, S.M. 2007. Reconnaissance and latent learning in ants. Proc. R. Soc. B. 274: 1505-1509.         June 2007   



Animal Cognition mammaliaGentner, D. 2007. Spatial cognition in apes and humans. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 11: 192-194.
May 2007



Animal Cognition molluscaGlanzman, D.L. 2008. Octopus conditioning: a multi-armed approach to the LTP-learning question. Current Biology 18: R527-R530.       June 2008



Animal Cognition mammaliaHopper, L.M., Lambeth, S.P., Schapiro, S.J. & Whiten, A. 2008. Observational learning in chimpanzees and children studied through "ghost" conditions. Proc.R. Soc. B. 275: 835-840.      April 2008



Animal Cognition mammaliaHuber, D., Petreanu, L., Ghitani, N., Ranade, S., Hromadka, T., Mainen, Z. & Svoboda, K.  2008. Sparse optical microstimulation in barrel cortex drives learned behaviour in freely moving mice. Nature 451: 61-64.    January 2008



Animal Cognition mammaliaInoue, S. & Matsuzawa, T. 2007. Working memory of numerals in chimpanzees. Current Biology 17: R1004- R 1005.    December 2007



Animal Cognition arthropodaJemielity, S. & Keller, L. 2007. Aging: a young mind in old bees. Current Biology 17: R294- R295.  
April 2007 
See also:
  Neuroethology




Animal Cognition mammaliaKornell, N. & Terrace, H.S. 2007. The generation effect in monkeys. Psychological Science 18: 682-685.
August 2007
  



Animal Cognition arthropodaKrashes, M.J. & Waddell, S. 2008. Drosophila memory: will Orb(2) predict the future? Current Biology 18: R74-R76.
January 2008
 
See also:
Neuroethology      



Animal Cognition arthropodaKulahci, I.G., Dornhaus, A. & Papaj, D.R. 2008. Multimodal signals enhance decision making in foraging bumblebees.     Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 797-802    April 2008  
See also:
  Decision-making         Signals & signal detection  



Animal Cognition arthropodaLeadbeater, E. & Chittka, L. 2007. Social learning in insects- from miniature brains to consensus building. Current Biology 17: R703-R713.      August 2007  
See also:
  Decision-making        Group-dynamics    


Animal Cognition arthropodaLeadbeater, E. & Chittka, L. 2008. Social transmission of nectar-robbing behaviour in bumblebees. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 1669-1674.   July 2008
See also: Communication


Animal Cognition arthropodaLetzkus, P., Boeddeker, N., Wood, J.T., Zhang, S. & Srinivasan, M.V. 2007. Lateralization of visual learning in the honeybee.  Biology Letters 4: 16-18.    February 2008 
See also:
Signals & signal detection          



Animal Cognition avesMale, L.H., Smulders, T.V. 2007. Memory for food caches: not just for retrieval. Behavioral Ecology 18: 456-459.    
April 2007 
See also:  Planning 


Animal Cognition mammaliaMateo, J.M. 2008. Inverted-U shape relationship between cortisol and learning in ground squirrels. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 89: 582-590.     May 2008



Animal Cognition arthropodaMery, F., Belay, A.T., So, A.K.C., Sokolowski, M.B. & Kawecki, T.J. 2007. Natural polymorphism affecting learning and memory in Drosophilia. PNAS 32: 13051-13055.          August 2007



Animal Cognition mammaliaMunoz, A. & Bonal, R. 2007. Seed choice by rodents: learning or inheritance? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology  62: 913-922.   April 2008



Animal Cognition mammaliaMurphy, J. & Arkins, S. 2007. Equine learning behaviour. Behavioural Processes 76: 1-13.
September 2007



Animal Cognition mammaliaMurphy, R.A., Mondragon, E. & Murphy, V.A. 2008. Rule learning by rats. Science 319: 1849-1851.
 March 2008  



Animal Cognition arthropodaNarendra, A., Si, A., Sulikowski, D. & Cheng, K. 2007. Learning, retention and coding of nest-associated visual cues by the Australian desert ant, Melophorus bagoti. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 1543-1553.   August 2007
See also:  Signals & signal detection      



Animal Cognition arthropodaNeuser, K., Triphan, T., Mronz, M., Poeck, B. & Strauss, R. 2008. Analysis of a spatial orientation memory in Drosophila. Nature 453: 1244-1247.       June 2008




Animal Cognition aves5Prather, J.F., Peters, S., Nowicki, S. & Mooney, R. 2008. Precise auditory-vocal mirroring in neurons for learned vocal communication. Nature 451: 305-310.     January 2008    
See also:
Communication       
  Neuroethology   



Animal Cognition arthropodaRaine, N.E. & Chittka, L. 2008. The correlation of learning speed and natural foraging success in bumblebees. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 803-808.       April 2008



Animal Cognition arthropodaRavary, F., Lecoutey, E., Kaminski, G., Chaline, N. & Jaisson, P. 2007. Individual experience alone can generate lasting division of labor in ants. Current Biology 17: 1308-1312.      August 2007
See also:
 
Decision-making    Group-dynamics 



Animal Cognition arthropodaRichardson, T.O., Sleeman, P.A., McNamara, J.M., Houston, A.I. & Franks, N.R. 2007. Teaching with evaluation in ants. Current Biology 17: 1520-1526.     September 2007  
See also:
 Decision-making
 



Animal Cognition mammaliaRoberts, W.A., Feeney, M.C., MacPherson, K., Petter, M., McMillan, N. & Musolino, E. 2008. Episodic-like memory in rats: is it based on when or how long ago? Science 320: 113-115.     April 2008



Animal Cognition arthropodaRogers, L.J. & Vallortigara, G. 2008. From antenna to antenna: Lateral shift of olfactory memory recall by honeybees. Plos ONE 3: e2340.        June 2008




Animal Cognition avesSeppanen, J.T. & Forsman, J.T. 2007. Interspecific social learning: novel preference can be acquired from a competing species. Current Biology 17: 1248- 1252.      July 2007   
See also: 
Communication



Animal Cognition mammaliaShier, D. M., Randall, J.A. 2007. Use of different signaling modalities to communicate status by dominant and subordinate Heermann's kangaroo rats (Dipodomys heermanni). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 1023-1032.
 
May 2007  See also: Communication      Signals & signal detection 



Animal Cognition molluscaShomrat, T., Zarrella, I., Fiorito, G. & Hochner, B. 2008. The octopus vertical lobe modulates short-term learning rate and uses LTP to acquire long-term memory. Current Biology 18: 337-342.     March 2008



Animal Cognition avesSiddall, E.C. & Marples, N.M. 2008. Better be bimodal: the interaction of color and odor on learning and memory. Behavioral Ecology 19: 425-432.       March 2008 
See also:
 Signals & signal detection  

Animal Cognition avesSkelhorn, J., Rowe, C. 2006. Do the multiple defense chemicals of visually distinct species enhance predator learning? Behavioral Ecology 17: 947-951.             December 2006

Animal Cognition arthropodaSommer, S., von Beeren, C. & Wehner, R. 2008. Multiroute memories in desert ants. PNAS 105: 317-322.
January 2008
 
See also:
 Orientation & Navigation         Decision-making  

Animal Cognition avesSulikowski, D., Burke, D. 2007. Food-specific spatial memory biases in an omnivorous bird. Biology Letters 3: 245-248
June 2007
      


Animal Cognition mammaliaSwaney, W.T., Curley, J.P., Champagne, F.A. & Keverne, E.B. 2007. Genomic imprinting mediates sexual experience- dependent olfactory learning in male mice. PNAS. 104: 6084-6089.     April 2007     



Animal Cognition mammaliaThorpe, C.M., Hallett, D., Wilkie, D.M. 2007. The role of spatial and temporal information in learning interval time-place tasks. Behavioural Processes. 75: 55-65.     May 2007

Animal Cognition molluscaTurner, A.M., Turner, S.E.& Lappi, H.M. 2006. Learning, memory and predator avoidance by freshwater snails: effects of experience on predator recognition and defensive strategy. Animal Behaviour 76: 1443-1450.         December 2006  

Animal Cognition mammaliaTye, K.M., Stuber, G.D., de Ridder, B., Bonci, A. & Janak, P.H. 2008. Rapid strengthening of thalamo-amyglada synapses mediates cue-reward learning. Nature 453: 1253-1257.        &nbs