Parrot & Corvid Cognition Flashcards
Encephalization quotient
a measure of relative brain size and is often used to convey how small or large a species brain is compared to that of other species of similar body size.
The hippocampus is important for?
Spatial memory
What part of the brain is less developed in chickens, quails and pigeons compared to corvids and Parrots?
The forebrain
What is insight?
The sudden production of a new adaptive response not arrive at by trial behaviour, or as the solution of a problem by the sudden adaptive reorganization of experience
What is object permanence
Ability to keep track of objects and individuals that are currently out of sight
Folk physics
Understanding how tools work, the consequences of using a tool and the unobservable forces underlying their function
definition of tool use
The use of physical objects other than the animal’s own body or appendages as a means to extend the physical influence realized by the animal
Experience Projection
Relating information about previous experience onto others to change ones own behaviour strategies
What is episodic memory
Long-term memory that involves recollection of specific events, situations and experiences.
What is convergent evolution?
Two distinctly different species evolving similar adaptive traits independently.
What is the social brain hypothesis?
The Idea that there is a positive relationship between cognitive sophistication and complexity of social relations.
What is the name of the area of the avian brain showing similar structures to the mammalian neocortex?
The Dorsal Ventricular Ridge (DVR)
The Dorsal Ventricular Ridge (DVR) is thought to enable what ability in birds?
Mental State attribution to others.
definition of personality
Stable, long-term behavioural, emotional, and physiological differences in suites of traits among individuals of the same species
