Animal cognition in the field: performance of wild vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) on a reversal learning task

• Published in: Animal cognition Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 523 - 534
• Main Authors: Kumpan, L. Tamara, Smeltzer, Eve A., Teichroeb, Julie A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal cognition; Animals; Animals, Wild; Associative learning; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Captivity; Chlorocebus; Chlorocebus aethiops; Chlorocebus pygerythrus; Cognition; Cognitive ability; Cognitive tasks; Laboratories; Laboratory tests; Learning; Life Sciences; Monkeys; Monkeys & apes; Natural environment; Original Paper; Primates; Psychology Research; Reversal Learning; Test animals; Uganda; Wild animals; Zoology; Uganda; Cognitive evolution; Associative learning; Field research; Non-human primates; Reversal learning; Cognitive ecology

Increasingly, researchers are moving animal cognitive research into wild field settings. A field-based approach offers a valuable complement to laboratory-based studies, as it enables researchers to work with animals in their natural environments and indicates whether cognitive abilities found in ca...