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Context-specific learning and its implications for social learning

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  • Noa Truskanov
  • Rimon Shy
  • Arnon Lotem

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Experiments on captive house sparrows suggest that the need to generalize across different contexts may limit birds’ ability to learn socially from each other. The results of the study may also explain why social learning is often more effective when it is mediated through active search.

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  • Noa Truskanov & Rimon Shy & Arnon Lotem, 2018. "Context-specific learning and its implications for social learning," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 29(5), pages 1046-1055.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:29:y:2018:i:5:p:1046-1055.
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    1. Julie Morand-Ferron & Ella F. Cole & James E.C. Rawles & John L. Quinn, 2011. "Who are the innovators? A field experiment with 2 passerine species," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 22(6), pages 1241-1248.
    2. Tomer Ilan & Edith Katsnelson & Uzi Motro & Marcus W. Feldman & Arnon Lotem, 2013. "The role of beginner’s luck in learning to prefer risky patches by socially foraging house sparrows," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 24(6), pages 1398-1406.
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