Comparison of numerosity concept in a freshwater turtle after a two-year retention interval

• Published in: Behavioral ecology and sociobiology Vol. 79; no. 1; p. 9
• Main Authors: Lin, Feng-Chun, Godfrey, Stephanie S., Lin, Si-Min
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal cognition; Animal Ecology; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cognition; Cognitive ability; Cubes; Decision making; evolution; Food processing; Fresh water; freshwater; Heterogeneity; Human relations; humans; Life Sciences; Long term memory; Mauremys sinensis; Memory; Original Article; Recall; Reinforcement; Reptiles & amphibians; Resource management; Retention; Social behavior; Social interactions; species; Stimuli; Training; Turtles; Zoology; Quantity discrimination; Memory; Freshwater turtle; Stripe-necked turtle

Cognition and memory ability is pivotal for animal survival and is believed to be particularly adaptive for long-lived species. Numerosity discrimination, crucial for resource management and social interactions, provides a quantitative framework that allows us to compare the performance and the reco...