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Mental time travel by Western scrub jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens)
Reference
S16565
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Nicola Clayton
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Professor Anthony Dickinson
Institution
University of Cambridge
Department
Psychology
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
231,108
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
06/05/2002
End date
06/05/2005
Duration
36 months
Abstract
The capacity of scrubs for mental time travel will be assessed using a cache-recovery paradigm. We shall investigate retrospective cognition by determining whether cache recovery depends upon episodic-like memory that encodes what type of food was cached where and when in a bound representation that can be deployed flexibly at recovery. Prospective cognition will be assessed by investigating the sensitivity of caching to the state of the food caches and the motivational state of the jays at recovery.
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Committee
Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics
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Research Priority
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Research Initiative
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Funding Scheme
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