| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5735844 | Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Individual recognition allows animals to discriminate among individuals and adjust their behavior accordingly. It involves the production and propagation of individually-distinctive signals or cues and then the perception and recognition of those signals or cues. This review highlights recent work investigating this process, emphasizing the cognitive basis of perception and recognition. It finds that relatively few studies have addressed how signatures propagate through the environment and are processed by the receiver. Given variation across species in the complexity of recognition, this review recommends further comparative studies be conducted to unravel the factors underlying this variation.
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Authors
Jessica L Yorzinski,