Memory for own behaviour in pinnipeds

Smeele, Simeon Q.; Hansen, Kirstin Anderson; Ortiz, Sara Torres; Johansson, Fredrik; Kristensen, Jakob; Larsson, Josefin; Siebert, Ursula; Wahlberg, Magnus

doi:10.1007/s10071-019-01286-x

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“…Experiment 1 demonstrated that dogs were able to learn to repeat a set of actions on cue, as previously reported by Fugazza et al (2020) and that dogs need not rely on social cues from trainers to do so. Overall, performance accuracy was comparable to that previously shown in dolphins (Mercado et al, 1998) and pinnipeds (Smeele et al, 2019). Although multiple studies have now shown that nonprimates can learn to repeat multiple actions using a single cue, it remains unclear whether different species (or individuals within a species) are relying on the same mechanisms to do so.…”

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“…Dogs’ accuracy at repeating self-performed actions decreased with increasing delays, further suggesting that dogs were not relying on inadvertent cues from the trainer when responding to the “again” cue. The results of Experiment 2 are generally consistent with the effects of delays on repetition observed in pinnipeds (Smeele et al, 2019). Seals and sea lions showed substantial decreases in the accuracy of repetitions when delays of 9 or more seconds were introduced.…”

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“…The repeating task has subsequently been used to test memory capacities in macaques (Paukner et al, 2007), pinnipeds (Smeele et al, 2019), and dogs (Fugazza et al, 2020). Paukner et al (2007) trained two macaques ( Macaca nemestrina ) to repeat two self-directed actions on cue (scratching and either mouthing or grooming); one macaque was also able to repeat these behaviors after delays of 10 and 30 s. Neither macaque was able to transfer the repeat rule to new behaviors, so it is unclear if the monkeys actually relied on representations of their recent actions when repeating them.…”

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“…They may instead have simply learned to choose between the two responses in the presence of the repeat cue using physiological states as discriminative stimuli. Smeele et al (2019) trained four South American sea lions ( Otaria flavescens ), a grey seal ( Halichoerus grypus ), and two harbor seals ( Phoca vitulina ) to repeat their own actions on cue in single-repeat, double-repeat, and delayed-repeat tasks. The grey seal was tested on his ability to repeat three behaviors in a single-repeat task, whereas the other animals were tested on their ability to repeat three different actions within a double-repeat task.…”

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Do that again! Memory for self-performed actions in dogs (Canis familiaris).

Scagel¹,

Mercado²

2022

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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Previous studies of memory have focused heavily on recognition of environmental stimuli such as objects, images, or spatial cues. Less is understood about animals’ abilities to flexibly retrieve memories of recently performed actions and to use such memories to guide their responses. Training individuals to repeat actions on cue potentially can reveal what they remember about recent actions, how long they retain those memories, and how flexibly they can form and use mental representations of actions. This project examined memories for recently performed actions in domestic dogs. We tested dogs’ abilities to reproduce actions on cue immediately after performing those actions and after a delay. All dogs learned to repeat recent actions when cued to do so. Dogs also proved to be able to repeat actions after short delays, to repeat actions multiple times without additional training, and to repeat actions that they were not explicitly trained to repeat, including untrained actions that they innovated on cue. Collectively, these findings suggest that dogs can flexibly access memories of their actions and can form an abstract concept of repeating that generalizes across many different actions.

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Do that again! Memory for self-performed actions in dogs (Canis familiaris).

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Mercado²

2022

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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“…These differences in time course indicate that the duration of STM in humans is longer than monkeys and in monkeys is longer than pigeons. This may also imply the notion that the duration of STM in humans is among the longer ones among mammalian and avian species (for more supportive evidence, see Fassihi et al, 2014;Smeele et al, 2019). However, more evidence is needed to draw a firm conclusion.…”

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Up to the magical number seven: An evolutionary perspective on the capacity of short term memory

Manoochehri¹

2021

Heliyon

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Working memory and its components are among the most determinant factors in human cognition. However, in spite of their critical importance, many aspects of their evolution remain underinvestigated. The present study is devoted to reviewing the literature of memory studies from an evolutionary, comparative perspective, focusing particularly on short term memory capacity. The findings suggest the limited capacity to be the common attribute of different species of birds and mammals. Moreover, the results imply an increasing trend of capacity from our non-human ancestors to modern humans. The present evidence shows that non-human mammals and birds, regardless of their limitations, are capable of performing memory strategies, although there seem to be some differences between their ability and that of humans in terms of flexibility and efficiency. These findings have several implications relevant to the psychology of memory and cognition, and are likely to explain differences between higher cognitive abilities of humans and non-humans. The adaptive benefits of the limited capacity and the reasons for the growing trend found in the present study are broadly discussed.

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