Explorative Learning and Functional Inferences on a Five-Step Means-Means-End Problem in Goffin’s Cockatoos (Cacatua goffini)

Alice M. I. Auersperg; Alex Kacelnik; Auguste M. P. von Bayern

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068979

Loading metrics

Open Access

Peer-reviewed

Research Article

Explorative Learning and Functional Inferences on a Five-Step Means-Means-End Problem in Goffin’s Cockatoos (Cacatua goffini)

Alice M. I. Auersperg ,

* E-mail: alice.auersperg@univie.ac.at (AA); alex.kacelnik@zoo.ox.ac.uk (AK)

Affiliations Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Max-Planck-Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany
⨯
Alex Kacelnik ,

* E-mail: alice.auersperg@univie.ac.at (AA); alex.kacelnik@zoo.ox.ac.uk (AK)

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
⨯
Auguste M. P. von Bayern

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Max-Planck-Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany
⨯

Explorative Learning and Functional Inferences on a Five-Step Means-Means-End Problem in Goffin’s Cockatoos (Cacatua goffini)

Alice M. I. Auersperg,
Alex Kacelnik,
Auguste M. P. von Bayern

Published: July 3, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068979

Reader Comments

Post a new comment on this article

Gloves?

Posted by TheWholePicture on 04 Jul 2013 at 15:57 GMT

Sorry if it mentioned in the details,were gloves used by the research team when placing the interlocking devices on? Could the bird have followed a reverse scent trail from oils on hand? Were the parts cleaned?

No competing interests declared.

RE: Gloves?

kacelnik replied to TheWholePicture on 15 Jul 2013 at 13:52 GMT

Good question. Gloves were not used, but the parts were reassembled all the time between trials, and all devices were equally touched by the person running the tests, so that smell could hardly have conveyed any useful information.

No competing interests declared.

Subject Areas
?

For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click here.
We want your feedback. Do these Subject Areas make sense for this article? Click the target next to the incorrect Subject Area and let us know. Thanks for your help!

Birds
Is the Subject Area "Birds" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Learning
Is the Subject Area "Learning" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Animal behavior
Is the Subject Area "Animal behavior" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Animal sociality
Is the Subject Area "Animal sociality" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Cognition
Is the Subject Area "Cognition" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Problem solving
Is the Subject Area "Problem solving" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Behavior
Is the Subject Area "Behavior" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Parrots
Is the Subject Area "Parrots" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.

Explorative Learning and Functional Inferences on a Five-Step Means-Means-End Problem in Goffin’s Cockatoos (Cacatua goffini)

Explorative Learning and Functional Inferences on a Five-Step Means-Means-End Problem in Goffin’s Cockatoos (Cacatua goffini)

Reader Comments

Post Your Discussion Comment

Why should this posting be reviewed?

Thank You!

Gloves?

Posted by TheWholePicture on 04 Jul 2013 at 15:57 GMT

RE: Gloves?

kacelnik replied to TheWholePicture on 15 Jul 2013 at 13:52 GMT