Journal
APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE
Volume 101, Issue 3-4, Pages 328-338Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.02.011
Keywords
horse; learning-to-learn; discrimination reversal
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The cognitive capacity of an organism, relative to that of other species, can be assessed by using a relative measure of learning. One such measure is the ability of an organism to learn about the reversal of a discrimination. The present study compared the performance of two groups of horses on a simple discrimination reversal task when the only difference between the groups was the modality of the relevant cue. For the visual group (absence or presence of a light), the spatial position was irrelevant. For the spatial group, a spatial cue (left/right) was available and the visual cue was irrelevant. Horses in the spatial group learned the original discrimination and six reversals; they also showed evidence of learning to learn. Horses in the visual group did not reach criterion during the study. As a result, there was no evidence of learning to learn. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All tights reserved.
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