Journal
BIOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 455-458Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0114
Keywords
physical cognition; means-end task; support problem; aves
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- Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
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The 'Support Problem' is a benchmark test to investigate the understanding of spatial relationships between objects. We tested kea parrots' performance in a paradigm that has previously been studied in primates. Kea perform comparably well to tamarins when they are confronted with a choice between two support devices, one of which has a reward resting on it and the other slightly next to it, or when given a choice between a continuous and a disrupted support. Kea did better than chimpanzees in some tasks in which the perceptual connection of the food to the support was altered. The results indicate that kea are capable of assessing the spatial means-end relationships of this problem spontaneously and in a way that is comparable with primates.
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