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Laboratory studies of imitation/field studies of tradition: towards a synthesis in animal social learning.
Behav Processes
March 2015
Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S4K1. Electronic address:
Here I discuss: (1) historical precedents that have resulted in comparative psychologists accepting the two-action method as the "gold standard" in laboratory investigations of imitation learning, (2) evidence suggesting that the two-action procedure may not be adequate to answer questions concerning the role of imitation in the development of traditional behaviors of animals living in natural habitat, and (3) an alternative approach to the laboratory study of imitation that might increase the relevance of laboratory studies of imitation to the work of behavioral ecologists/primatologists interested in animal traditions and their relationship to human cumulative culture. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Tribute to Tom Zentall.
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Behav Processes
November 2013
Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1. Electronic address:
Development of a widely accepted vocabulary referring to various types of social learning has made important contributions to decades of progress in analyzing the role of socially acquired information in the development of behavioral repertoires. It is argued here that emergence of a consensus vocabulary, while facilitating both communication and research, has also unnecessarily restricted research on social learning. The article has two parts.
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Curr Biol
April 2013
Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S4K1.
A recent study shows that subordinate rats reduce their rate of sniffing while dominants explore their faces thus delaying dominants' subsequent aggression. Sniffing not only facilitates acquisition of olfactory information, but unexpectedly, also serves as a medium for communication.
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Wiley Interdiscip Rev Cogn Sci
November 2012
Department of Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada.
The number of publications concerned with social learning in nonhuman animals has expanded dramatically in recent decades. In this article, recent literature addressing three issues that have been of particular concern to those with both an interest in social learning and a background in experimental psychology are reviewed: (1) the definition as well as (2) empirical investigation of the numerous behavioral processes that support social learning in animals, and (3) the relationship of the 'traditions' seen in animals to the 'culture' that is so important in shaping the development of behavioral repertoires in humans. WIREs Cogn Sci 2012 doi: 10.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSocial learning in humans and nonhuman animals: theoretical and empirical dissections.
J Comp Psychol
May 2012
Early Cognitive Development Centre, School of Psychology, University of Queensland.
The past decade has seen a resurgent, concerted interest in social learning research comparing human and nonhuman animals. In this special issue, we present a synthesis of work that consolidates what is currently known and provides a platform for future research. Consequently, we include both new empirical studies and novel theoretical proposals describing work with both human children and adults and a range of nonhuman animals.
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