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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2024

Wild raccoons demonstrate flexibility and individuality in innovative problem-solving.

Lauren A Stanton, Carissa Cooley-Ackermann, Emily C Davis, Rachel E Fanelli, Sarah Benson-Amram

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 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.

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  4. Demonstrating the reproductive consequences of cognition: learning from experience.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Lauren A StantonDepartment of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8171-4034
Carissa Cooley-AckermannDepartment of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA.
Emily C DavisDepartment of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-3890-8235
Rachel E FanelliDepartment of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6698-7843
Sarah Benson-AmramDepartment of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0147-7559

Funding

College of Arts & SciencesHaub School of Environment & Natural ResourcesNational Science Foundation OAC1835410University of WyomingWyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium Fellowship NNX10AO95H
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cognitive skills, such as innovative problem-solving, are hypothesized to aid animals in urban environments. However, the significance of innovation in wild populations, and its expression across individuals and socio-ecological conditions, is poorly understood. To identify how and when innovation arises in urban-dwelling species, we used advanced technologies and new testing and analytical methods to evaluate innovative problem-solving abilities of wild raccoons (

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Problem SolvingRaccoonsAnimalsFemaleIndividualityMalecarnivorecognitioninhibitory controllearningpuzzle boxurban

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PMID39043237
PMCPMC11265930

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