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ArticleRoyal Society open science2022

Does trappability and self-selection influence cognitive performance?

Benjamin J Ashton, Alex Thornton, Elizabeth M Speechley, Amanda R Ridley

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Benjamin J AshtonSchool of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales 2109, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3357-0395
Alex ThorntonCentre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Treliever Road, Penryn TR10 9FE, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1607-2047
Elizabeth M SpeechleyCentre for Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0690-955X
Amanda R RidleyCentre for Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5886-0992

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent research has highlighted how trappability and self-selection-the processes by which individuals with particular traits may be more likely to be caught or to participate in experiments-may be sources of bias in studies of animal behaviour and cognition. It is crucial to determine whether such biases exist, and if they do, what effect they have on results. In this study, we investigated if trappability (quantified through 'ringing status'-whether or not a bird had been trapped for ringing) and self-selection are sources of bias in a series of associative learning experiments spanning 5 years in the Western Australian magpie (

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associative learningAustralian magpiecognitionsampling biasSTRANGE

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PMID36117861
PMCPMC9470268

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