Comparative approaches to same/ different abstract-concept learning

摘要

SummaryMartinho and Kacelnik (2016) imprinted newly hatched ducklings (Anas platyrhynchos domestica) with a moving pair of eithersameordifferentobjects, and following only one session, the ducklings accurately transferred thesame/differentrelationship to novel object pairs that maintained the training relationship. This rapid learning and transfer of the conceptssameanddifferentfar outstrips the more gradual learning of these basic concepts by animals in associative-learning tasks in which reinforcement is given for correct responses.]]>