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ArticleAnimal cognition2022

Well-developed spatial reversal learning abilities in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina).

Benedikt Niesterok, Shanie Martin, Lisa Hildebrand, Guido Dehnhardt, Frederike D Hanke

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Article in Animal cognition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Benedikt NiesterokInstitute for Biosciences, Sensory and Cognitive Ecology, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059, Rostock, Germany.
Shanie MartinFaculty of Science and Engineering, Biological and Marine Science, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK.
Lisa HildebrandGeospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Lab, Marine Mammal Institute, and Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University, Newport, OR, 97365, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5688-1116
Guido DehnhardtInstitute for Biosciences, Sensory and Cognitive Ecology, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059, Rostock, Germany.
Frederike D HankeInstitute for Bioscience, Neuroethology, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059, Rostock, Germany. frederike.hanke@uni-rostock.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1737-3861
University of Rostock · DEOregon Department of Fish and Wildlife · USUniversity of Plymouth · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, behavioral plasticity in harbor seals was investigated in spatial reversal learning tasks of varying complexities. We started with a classic spatial reversal learning experiment with no more than one reversal per day. The seals quickly learned the task and showed progressive improvement over reversals, one seal even reaching one-trial performance. In a second approach, one seal could complete multiple reversals occurring within a session. Again, a number of reversals were finished with only one error occurring at the beginning of a session as in experiment 1 which provides evidence that the seal adopted a strategy. In a final approach, reversals within a session were marked by an external cue. This way, an errorless performance of the experimental animal was achieved in up to three consecutive reversals. In conclusion, harbor seals master spatial, in contrast to visual, reversal learning experiments with ease. The underlying behavioral flexibility can help to optimize behaviors in fluctuating or changing environments.

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PhocaAnimalsReversal LearningBehavioral flexibilityCognitionConditional reversal learningPinnipedsWithin session reversal

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PMID35841437
PMCPMC9617834
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