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ArticlePeerJ2023

Using repeatability of performance within and across contexts to validate measures of behavioral flexibility.

Kelsey McCune, Aaron Blaisdell, Zoe Johnson-Ulrich, August Sevchik, Dieter Lukas, Maggie MacPherson, Benjamin Seitz, Corina J Logan

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Article in PeerJ, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Kelsey McCuneInstitute for Social, Behavioral and Economic Research, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-0951-0827
Aaron BlaisdellDepartment of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-6063-1010
Zoe Johnson-UlrichInstitute for Social, Behavioral and Economic Research, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America.
August SevchikArizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America.
Dieter LukasMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7141-3545
Maggie MacPhersonInstitute for Social, Behavioral and Economic Research, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-9522-5688
Benjamin SeitzDepartment of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
Corina J LoganMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5944-906X
University of California, Santa Barbara · USMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · DEUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USArizona State University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research into animal cognitive abilities is increasing quickly and often uses methods where behavioral performance on a task is assumed to represent variation in the underlying cognitive trait. However, because these methods rely on behavioral responses as a proxy for cognitive ability, it is important to validate that the task structure does, in fact, target the cognitive trait of interest rather than non-target cognitive, personality, or motivational traits (construct validity). Although it can be difficult, or impossible, to definitively assign performance to one cognitive trait, one way to validate that task structure is more likely to elicit performance based on the target cognitive trait is to assess the temporal and contextual repeatability of performance. In other words, individual performance is likely to represent an inherent trait when it is consistent across time and across similar or different tasks that theoretically test the same trait. Here, we assessed the temporal and contextual repeatability of performance on tasks intended to test the cognitive trait behavioral flexibility in great-tailed grackles (

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CognitionMotivationAdvance DirectivesAnimalsPersonalityAnimal cognitionBehavioral flexibilityConstruct validityGreat-tailed gracklesRepeatability

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PMID37605750
PMCPMC10440059
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