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17205290

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-3-15
pubmed:abstractText
When animals show both frequent innovation and fast social learning, new behaviours can spread more rapidly through populations and potentially increase rates of natural selection and speciation, as proposed by A.C. Wilson in his behavioural drive hypothesis. Comparative work on primates suggests that more innovative species also show more social learning. In this study, we look at intra-specific variation in innovation and social learning in captive wild-caught pigeons. Performances on an innovative problem-solving task and a social learning task are positively correlated in 42 individuals. The correlation remains significant when the effects of neophobia on the two abilities are removed. Neither sex nor dominance rank are associated with performance on the two tasks. Free-flying flocks of urban pigeons are able to solve the innovative food-finding problem used on captive birds, demonstrating it is within the range of their natural capacities. Taken together with the comparative literature, the positive correlation between innovation and social learning suggests that the two abilities are not traded-off.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1435-9448
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
259-66
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Social learning and innovation are positively correlated in pigeons (Columba livia).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205, Avenue Docteur Penfield, Montréal, Québec, H3A 1B1, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies