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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2023

Uncertainty about old information results in differential predator memory in tadpoles.

Adam L Crane, Gabrielle H Achtymichuk, Ita A E Rivera-Hernández, Alexyz A Pregola, Himal Thapa, Maud C O Ferrari

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2023. 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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  2. Zebrafish (Biology · 2025
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  5. Predator metamorphosis and its consequence for prey risk assessment.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Adam L CraneDepartment of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8645-8180
Gabrielle H AchtymichukDepartment of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Ita A E Rivera-HernándezDepartment of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2869-8928
Alexyz A PregolaDepartment of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Himal ThapaDepartment of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Maud C O FerrariDepartment of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3127-9804

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As information ages, it may become less accurate, resulting in increased uncertainty for decision makers. For example, chemical alarm cues (AC) are a source of public information about a nearby predator attack, and these cues can become spatially inaccurate through time. These cues can also degrade quickly under natural conditions, and cue receivers are sensitive to such degradation. Although numerous studies have documented predator-recognition learning from fresh AC, no studies have explored learning from aged AC and whether the uncertainty associated with this older information contributes to shortening the retention of learned responses (i.e. the 'memory window'). Here, we found that wood frog tadpoles,

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CuesRecognition, PsychologyUncertaintyalarm cuesconditioninglearningpredator recognitionretention

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PMID37161339
PMCPMC10170214

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