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Can animals recall the past and plan for the future?

Clayton, Nicola S., Bussey, Timothy J., Dickinson, Anthony·2003·Nature Reviews Neuroscience
DOI 10.1038/nrn1180
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According to the 'mental time travel hypothesis' animals, unlike humans, cannot mentally travel backwards in time to recollect specific past events (episodic memory) or forwards to anticipate future needs (future planning). Until recently, there was little evidence in animals for either ability. Experiments on memory in food-caching birds, however, question this assumption by showing that western scrub-jays form integrated, flexible, trial-unique memories of what they hid, where and when. Moreover, these birds can adjust their caching behaviour in anticipation of future needs. We suggest that some animals have elements of both episodic-like memory and future planning.

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Authors
Clayton, N. S., Bussey, T. J., & Dickinson, A.
Affiliations
University of Cambridge (GB)
Corresponding author
Clayton, Nicola S.
ORCID
Venue
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2003-08
Volume
4
Issue
8
Pages
685-691
ISSN
  • 1471-003X (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-0048
DOI
10.1038/nrn1180
OpenAlex
W2132039854
Cited by
658
References
65
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FWCI
2.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Nature reviews. Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Medical Research Council
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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
mental time travel, episodic memory, episodic-like memory, future planning, food caching, scrub jay, animal cognition, memory flexibility
MeSH terms
Animals, Animal Population Groups, Forecasting, Planning Techniques, Mental Recall

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