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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2025

Impacts of predation risk on learning and memory of free-living mice.

Carolina C Ganci, Leah McKay, Louis Hunninck, Michael J Sheriff

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Carolina C GanciBiology Department, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA 02747, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7594-8056
Leah McKayBiology Department, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA 02747, USA.
Louis HunninckSwiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach 6204, Switzerland.
Michael J SheriffBiology Department, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA 02747, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In predator-prey interactions, responses to predation risk typically involve behavioural, morphological or physiological changes. Laboratory-based studies have also shown changes in prey cognition (i.e. learning and memory), with individuals often showing impairment. However, an ecological perspective predicts that wild animals should conserve their cognitive ability, given that many risk responses require robust cognition. Here, we simulated predation risk and used a field-adapted version of the Morris Water Maze (MWM) to investigate how chronic predation risk affects cognition in wild white-footed mice (

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LearningMemoryPeromyscusPredatory BehaviorAnimalsCognitionFemaleMaleMaze Learningcognitioncognitive behaviournon-consumptive effectsPeromyscus leucopusrisk-induced trait responses

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PMID39999888
PMCPMC11858748

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