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ArticleEcology and evolution2024

Differences in inhibitory control in two species of Tanganyikan bower-building cichlids contrasting in building flexibility.

Maëlan Tomasek, Katinka Soller, Valérie Dufour, Alex Jordan

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2024. 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 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Decision rules diverge between sympatric Featherfin cichlids despite shared preferences, ecology, and evolutionary history.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Maëlan TomasekLAboratoire de Psychologie Sociale et Cognitive UMR6024, CNRS, UCA Clermont-Ferrand France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0879-1700
Katinka SollerBehavioural Evolution Research Group Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour Konstanz Germany.
Valérie DufourLAboratoire de Psychologie Sociale et Cognitive UMR6024, CNRS, UCA Clermont-Ferrand France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1766-9598
Alex JordanBehavioural Evolution Research Group Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour Konstanz Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6131-9734

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A central challenge in understanding the evolution of cognition is the ability to compare a set of species differing in a trait of interest while being ecologically and phylogenetically close. Here, we examine whether differences in bower-building flexibility are related to differences in cognitive flexibility between two Tanganyikan cichlids. Cognitive flexibility enables animals to modify their decision rules when faced with new situations, and inhibitory control, the ability to inhibit a normally favoured response, is an essential component of this capacity. We tested male

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animal constructioncognitive flexibilitycomparative cognitionlekpreferencewild animals

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PMID38846708
PMCPMC11154817

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