کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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6379779 | 1625426 | 2008 | 10 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Larger, enriched cages are associated with 'optimistic' response biases in captive European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)
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موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک
علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
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چکیده انگلیسی
Anxious and depressed humans typically view circumstances more pessimistically than non-depressed individuals. Here, we explore the proposal that such cognitive biases also exist in non-human animals, and could be used as novel measures of animal welfare. Specifically, we test the hypothesis that wild-caught captive European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) are more optimistic in their interpretation of ambiguous stimuli when they are housed in cages designed to promote greater welfare compared with when they are housed in standard laboratory cages. Starlings were trained using a choice procedure to discriminate between two temporal stimuli (2Â s versus 10Â s duration light stimulus) associated with outcomes of a different value (instant or delayed food). Next, the birds' responses to ambiguous, unreinforced stimuli of intermediate duration ranging from 2 to 10Â s were examined under two housing regimes designed to manipulate the birds' welfare: big enriched cages versus standard cages (smaller and unenriched). The birds' probability of classifying an intermediate stimulus as that associated with the instant food outcome was significantly higher in the enriched cage compared with the standard cage. Thus, the birds displayed greater optimism in the face of uncertainty under housing conditions in which other measures indicate better welfare. These findings support the use of cognitive bias-based tasks as a novel, non-invasive technique for assessing affective state in non-human animals.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science - Volume 109, Issues 2â4, February 2008, Pages 374-383
Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science - Volume 109, Issues 2â4, February 2008, Pages 374-383
نویسندگان
Stephanie M. Matheson, Lucy Asher, Melissa Bateson,