Algorithmic behavior and spatial memory are used by two intertidal fish species to solve the radial maze
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An eight-arm radial maze was used to examine the relative contribution of learned patterns of movement and spatial memory to the foraging efficiency of stickleback and corkwing wrasse. Foraging efficiency was improved in the absence of spatial cues by developing the algorithm of visiting every third arm. Algorithmic behavior was largely subsumed in the presence of spatial cues, by the use of spatial memory.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1999
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Two intertidal fish species use visual association learning to track the status of food patches in a radial maze
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The ability of fifteen-spined sticklebacks and corkwing wrasse to associated visual spatial cues with food sources in a radial maze was tested. Both species were able to distinguish between renewable food sources differing in productivity. Subjects were able to switch from win-shift to win-stay behavior through continued sampling.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2000
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Shore crabs are able to transfer learned handling skills to novel prey
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Research is presented concerning the ability of shore crabs to remember and use handling skills which were previously learnt to subjugate new prey. Trained crabs were compared with crabs which had not been trained.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2001
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