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Cognitive performance is linked to group size and affects fitness in Australian magpies

Ashton, Benjamin J ; Ridley, Amanda R ; Edwards, Emily K ; Thornton, Alex

Nature (London), 2018-02, Vol.554 (7692), p.364-367 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Cognitive performance is linked to group size and affects fitness in Australian magpies
Autor: Ashton, Benjamin J ; Ridley, Amanda R ; Edwards, Emily K ; Thornton, Alex
Assuntos: Anatomy ; Animal behavior ; Animal cognition ; Animal intelligence ; Animal reproduction ; Animal social behavior ; Animals ; Animals, Wild - physiology ; Australia ; Australian magpie ; Behavior evolution ; Behavioral evolution ; Biological Evolution ; Birds ; Breeding ; Breeding success ; Cognition - physiology ; Cognitive ability ; Cognitive development ; Cognitive tasks ; Comparative studies ; Cracticus ; Ecology ; Evolution ; Female ; Females ; Genetic Fitness ; Group size ; Gymnorhina tibicen ; Intelligence ; Intelligence - physiology ; Male ; Passeriformes - physiology ; Population Density ; Principal components analysis ; Reproduction ; Reproduction - physiology ; Social Behavior ; Social behavior in animals ; Studies ; Zoological research
É parte de: Nature (London), 2018-02, Vol.554 (7692), p.364-367
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Descrição: The social intelligence hypothesis states that the demands of social life drive cognitive evolution. This idea receives support from comparative studies that link variation in group size or mating systems with cognitive and neuroanatomical differences across species, but findings are contradictory and contentious. To understand the cognitive consequences of sociality, it is also important to investigate social variation within species. Here we show that in wild, cooperatively breeding Australian magpies, individuals that live in large groups show increased cognitive performance, which is linked to increased reproductive success. Individual performance was highly correlated across four cognitive tasks, indicating a 'general intelligence factor' that underlies cognitive performance. Repeated cognitive testing of juveniles at different ages showed that the correlation between group size and cognition emerged in early life, suggesting that living in larger groups promotes cognitive development. Furthermore, we found a positive association between the task performance of females and three indicators of reproductive success, thus identifying a selective benefit of greater cognitive performance. Together, these results provide intraspecific evidence that sociality can shape cognitive development and evolution.
Editor: England: Nature Publishing Group
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Cognitive performance is linked to group size and affects fitness in Australian magpies

Ashton, Benjamin J ; Ridley, Amanda R ; Edwards, Emily K ; Thornton, Alex

England: Nature Publishing Group

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