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Interacting cache memories: Evidence for flexible memory use by Western scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica).

Clayton, Nicola S., Yu, Kara Shirley, Dickinson, Anthony·2003·Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

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When Western Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma californica) cached and recovered perishable crickets, N. S. Clayton, K. S. Yu, and A. Dickinson (2001) reported that the jays rapidly learned to search for fresh crickets after a 1-day retention interval (RI) between caching and recovery but to avoid searching for perished crickets after a 4-day RI. In the present experiments, the jays generalized their search preference for crickets to intermediate RIs and used novel information about the rate of decay of crickets presented during the RI to reverse these search preferences at recovery. The authors interpret this reversal as evidence that the birds can integrate information about the caching episode with new information presented during the RI.

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  • Scrub-jays are able to integrate novel semantic information acquired after the event with the what-where-when event information, allowing for cognitive flexibility.

    “and are able to integrate novel semantic information (acquired after the event) with the what–where–when event information, allowing for cognitive flexibility [60].”

    From Is episodic-like memory <i>like</i> episodic memory? (2024) · cites this paper as [60]

  • Scrub-jays integrate novel semantic information with an original episodic-like memory of a caching event, and acquired this information after the event.

    “Scrub-jays were observed to integrate novel semantic information with an original episodic-like memory of a caching event, and importantly, acquired this information after said event [60].”

    From Is episodic-like memory <i>like</i> episodic memory? (2024) · cites this paper as [60]

  • Much of the evidence for episodic-like memory in birds, particularly using the what-where-when paradigm, has revolved around food caching in species highly specialized in this behaviour: scrub-jays, Eurasian jays, magpies, and black-capped chickadees.

    “Much of the evidence for episodic-like memory in birds, particularly using the what–where–when paradigm, has revolved around food caching in species that are highly specialized in this behaviour, namely scrub-jays [52,59,60], Eurasian jays [92], magpies [61] and black-capped chickadees [62].”

    From Is episodic-like memory <i>like</i> episodic memory? (2024) · cites this paper as [60]

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Authors
Clayton, N. S., Yu, K. S., & Dickinson, A.
Affiliations
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
  • University of California, Davis (US)
Venue
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes
Published
2003
Volume
29
Issue
1
Pages
14-22
ISSN
  • 0097-7403 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-2184
OpenAlex
W2086408331
Cited by
164
References
30
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r29ns035465-05)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS35465-03)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Keywords
western scrub-jay, Aphelocoma californica, cache memory, retention interval, animal cognition
MeSH terms
Animals, Appetitive Behavior, Association Learning, Discrimination Learning, Feeding Behavior, Food Preferences, Retention, Psychology, Time Factors, Songbirds

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